Short Drafty Poems

once this old guy robert naffy

wore clothing made of bright taffy

so whenever it rained

confectioners complained

his suits though tasty were drafty.
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I just couldn't wait for the county fair
All of my family and friends were there
I stumbled and ripped my pants
Nothing but whistles and chants
I forgot to wear any underwear...

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Pain can rip through my belly
and make me sick
open my heart
this is not a trick
split my head so its drafty and hollow
sting my teeth there is nothing to borrow
no solution to stopping what we all know is there
hunger
loss
its just too much to bear....

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Quick whispers in quiet night,
This stretch of time that has no end.

Too fast this whimsy flight.
Shifty shadows down halls descend.

Only candle flutters dim.
Drafty disturbances of cold.

Something whispers of stories grim,
And tales yet untold.

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Two glasses of whisky
dipped in a cigarette smoke.

The sound of ice
dancing at the bottom
every time we take a sip.

Red rose in an empty bottle
and a little note.

Shine bright my star,
he murmurs and grins,
shine bright.

He touches my hand
and the cage cracks.

Peel me like an egg John,
help me hatch.

Take me under your drafty wings....

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I put my pen to page
and ply my complex craft

Eyes turn inward
to gaze upon
the parlor
of my soul

A dark room
and drafty too

Hollow sounds persist
subtle and gnawing

Something sinister slithers
b'neath the walls
eating at the foundation
never revealing its form

I stumble through
cobwebs to
the door

The walls fall in
on parting glances...

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My floors are slanted
And tables are tipping
The back porch sags
My bathtub is dripping
A chimney needs pointing
Wood stairs are creaking
My windows are drafty
The old roof is leaking
The toilet is running
My furnace is rusted
A basement that floods
The doorbell is busted
Small narrow closets
What were they made for?
But despite my complaints
Its finally paid for....

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Leaves now crimson red
Faded yellow and brown 
In the darkness coals 
Flicker like jewels on a crown
Sipping wine and cuddled up
I settle in for sleep
Dogs dozing cats as well 
Birds nodding without a peep 
Candle flicks to and fro
Drafty house propels its own 
Bewitching shadows dancing
Ceremoniously on the wall
I fear conjured beasts
No sleep at all 








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Victorian, drafty, floors crooked, creaking, windows stick, but full of character.


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October 3, 2016

Poetry/Free Verse/My Old House (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Copyright Protected, ID 16-832-262-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

Written for the contest, Where I live, One Liner
sponsor, Silent One

Third Place...

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A house no more
Save on the distant shore
Of my memory

Cracked window,
Drafty, makes me daffy
"Peeve Room" joys,
Music through the night
Friends and lovers,
Made me warm
Till morning's light

Haunting memories
Of the bumper-car ride of life,
Friends and lovers gone,
And too many an ex-wife,

I can still see out
That cracked window,
That is no more,
Those rooms will die with me,
That home that I did adore....

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Flanked by violets and similes
   in a drafty den she pens
away fleet hours, pensive, concocting
   exotic brews of rarest essence

and scents, honey-tipped phrases
   in secret rhythmical chants  
known only to denizens of her
   innermost sanctum, where she,

perches, chin in hand, arranging
   delicate strands of sound, eliciting
murmurs from those gathered, who lionize her
   though she remains as the dust underfoot...

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Dismal dark dreary purposed poised
Winters breeze rain icy snow blows
Doused dusting dead driven snows

Bitter colds biting drafty bleaks
Intensifying ice- kissed cheeks
Body armored flannel-fleece

So Winters animated life
Frozen senses desires light
Benign appeased nature's wife

In the Northern Hemisphere
Make sure you shiver make sure you go" blurr"
Coldest season of the year


For Contest Attention: To Detail Poetry Contest
Sponsored by:  Rob Levasseur...

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