Short Droops Poems

camellia droops
under the weight of rain
blossoms fall like tears...

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flowers emerald
clinging to last tails of sun---
winter droops petals...

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Season ends, zinnia!
Fertile, unborn bud has hope.
Stem curves, flower droops....

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*Locks of white spumes droops
  on rug of emerald moss--
  Blanket of cold rocks

*Lock-- tress of hair...

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There once was a hero named Supes, 
Whose tight suit gave him terrible droops. 
He'd fly through the sky, 
With a tear in his eye, 
"These wedgies," he'd groan, "make me stoop!"

©bfa031625

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in a slender vase
on the bare bedside table
a faded rose droops...
my love, drained and time consumed
succumbs to fragility

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Contest: One of Three~Tanka
Sponsor: Laura Loo
© 25th June 2017...

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His head droops
listless mid-day
Waves of heat
Collar damp
shirt clings
Seconds drag
Minutes, eternities
Knees rain perspiration
Rivulets of sweat 
in between the lines
His pen, heavy
ink drains
eyelids heavy
slumber stalks him...

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Pale flower, tuber of the mother,
Unfathered but by stony hard ungiving, 
Every petal leaf down droops with rain,
Not quite living.

Frail power, yet each of three
By two is bound,
Unable to forgive the others' pain
Unable to be forgiven....

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On moss covered log I sit to rest; a yellow robin shows no fear,
there's continual rippling water, a ground thrush feeding near.
Maidenhair droops down the weathered bank; a currawong mournfully cries …
for this one afternoon I feel - I'm lost in paradise....

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sienna oak droops low

khaki-like trunk stained in brown,

leaves flapping on roads

crumpled by autumnal prints...

weaving a fabric of tree's hue.




Maureen's Mc Greavy's  New or Old Less is Mo Little Poem 
Re-post 2/23/2019
~ Not entered in any contest...

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at breaking point
erect stance droops 
but there is no shame
for there is no one here
and as the edifice crumbles
both victories and defeats
fade as mirages in time 
held therein by spirit
pervading the void

recognising this play
the earth entity smiles

08-January-2033...

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My stem droops
My petals are awkward
My leaves are brown and wilted

But the other flowers

Their stems are straight
Their petals are perfect
And their leaves are bright and green

The sun shakes his head at me
"A crow amongst doves"
He says

I want to be beautiful
But all I'll ever be
Is an outcast
A pariah
Imperfect...

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Reading contest requirements
which make me jump over hoops,
shakes my head until it droops,
discourages me from submitting ,
rather than writing I end up spitting,
it is a game of utter frustration
as my psyche goes through deflation,
and my muse hits a ten-foot tall brick wall,
screaming all the way because of the fall.


1/31/18...

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You tremble in my arms,
my head droops..
as hearts falls into an abyss
oh, if only it was so for us
love always knows.
   
Wondering now, 
what's in store for two lips
hope lives in a quick fire
our tortured touch. 
 
The stars whisper in a moment
stealing a prayer from the heaven's  
watching two in want,  
awaiting magic.. 
in a kiss....

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A whole man
was sucked into the earth, 
when the sun made a hole.

Out of seeing a blue flunk
under the thin layer
of poor economy.

A sensitive mimosa
droops on knocking.
The browned bread does not claim any butter.

Hunger sleeps
on dust. Summer walks on
the heaving dogs.

A strange thing happens,
desires are flattened out.



Satish Verma...

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A whole man
was sucked into the earth, 
when the sun made a hole.

Out of seeing a blue flunk
under the thin layer
of poor economy.

A sensitive mimosa
droops on knocking.
The browned bread does not claim any butter.

Hunger sleeps
on dust. Summer walks on
the heaving dogs.

A strange thing happens,
desires are flattened out.



Satish Verma...

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Your once proud head 
Now droops in sorrow, 
Your bright yellow petals 
Slowly wilts away, 
As you find yourself dumped in the bin. 
With little or no thought 
Of the life still within. 
Sunflower, 
You grew in the soil, 
Reached out to the warmth and comfort of the sun. 
Only to be cut 
As a pretty thing in a vase. 
For a moment of beauty, 
That most hardly notice....

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The primrose droops, with Tulip’s pout,
breath-holding shade of midnight blue.
The fairy-wail    -    a waterspout.
The primrose droops with Tulip’s pout.
Intent tantrum  -  her tears devout.
Doused floral skirt with bloom askew.
The primrose droops, with Tulip’s pout,
breath-holding shade of midnight blue.

1/26/2022
Caren Krutsinger’s Triolet Contest...

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Snow Drop

A sunshine in the winter,
The weight of snow,
Droops the snow drop down,
Yet it doesn’t fall,
It only blooms.

A star in the night,
The memory so long,
Yet so alive,
Lives through generations,
Alive as long as the colour white dances on the ground.

A goddess floating in white,
The smile that only She can give,
While floating in a scent of hope,
A sunshine in the winter....

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the last rose of summer
entrapped in the weave
of autumn's leaves
bears my secrets
in its petal's hold
as it droops
from the weight
of morning dew
that trickle 
like tears

soft kisses
against its velvet folds
whispered on the wings
of butterflies
are carried in the breeze

the horizon 
blushes sanguine
the ivory rose
flushes pink
as i smile back
through the distance
...my secrets told...

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Beauty speaks fresh
In sparkling dash


Floral tints glow
In fancy show


Light in bright tints
Such obvious mints


Flowers now bloom
As nature grooms


Cast of wild splurge
Bright colours merge


A touching sight
Such radiance bright


Such floral droops
As beauty scoops


Scent fragrance sweet
As perfumes greet


This garden poise
Hurls floral voice




Leon Enriquez
27 August 2017
Singapore...

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The dimly lit sky is everywhere.
An ocean of precious peach and cooling citrus,
Bright yellow splashes of cheesy happiness,
And a sparkling red jewel embedded in its drapes.
The avalanche of red warmth lavishly submerges the scenery into its
onsen perfection.
Sweetness like red bean,
and a tart tang of sour apple.
Gently awaiting the moon...
for the wick to blow
for the ink to dry
And the false sun to leave.

A branch droops.
A leaf falls....

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.
There’s
………..……....A
………….Metaphor……I
……..Of inverted lotus.. …N
…stationed in the heart.. ….V
.Not a lotus in bloom this.. ….E
.Nor a thousand petalled ……..R
One in Crown. Sahasrara.………T
A drooping bud is Listless .. ....E
Surrendered stem unable…….D
.To support.  Self Weight
..Bud droops  Heartfelt ………L
….Unspoken .   Love… ..………O
……Beauteous.  <3….. . ………T
…….You realize .. . ………..…U
B…….The Lotus.. ………...S
…U……...Bud in
………D….…..<3...

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Fickle fancy floods face
Gain glimpses grandeur's grace


Leaping laughter looms loud
Grapple grand glory's gout


Tipsy troubles turn trite
Wallow's wasteland works write


Deadly drizzle droops dance
Crisp crazy cocoons chance


Dizzy decay drifts deep
Sight sneaky savvy sleep


Feel falling fleeting fun
Pique plunging petty pun


Nimble nice nasty nape
Rich rancid ripples rape




Leon Enriquez
09 September 2017
Singapore...

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When is the totality,
for the city shake
of shoulders—
meant to pick a
tulip from its smile?

The moment she's pulled
from her planet
reveries— she writhes 
and slowly droops,
her face, a blacking out
kind of hue.

For once on Terra firma,
she let the heaven in—
its color confidences;
and how our mind on dry 
land would spin.

And by her cells wherever 
they time; know her 
comatose petals will all fall— 
but she's someone else... 
in shredded flight....

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