Short Ducts Poems

My heart isn't there
My tear ducts have become dry
My smile is hidden...

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ducts swell with warm streams
silty briny residue
eroded dreams clog...

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boots by the door
mittens drying by heat ducts
happy rosy cheeks



posted on July 12, 2018...

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Cry into the happiness,
Salty tears leave tracks in the dirt,
The sun glistens off the drops on the cheek,
Tear ducts empty onto these streets of gold....

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Grief stricken spirit;
          Heartfelt depthless soul; tear ducts
filled yon banks hold; spreads

          o'er a vast steep creek; thirst trails
          fluids back of walled eyelids.


Date: 06/02/2019...

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All is mathematics
The wind is mathematics, 
and your tear ducts
me insisting we continue, 
the curvature of your smile

the rock you sat down on, 
the ocean that sighed in your stead

the proof that life is a theorem,
which can never be proven to be one...

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I wish I could write
a simple poem like the kind
they read in church.
Poems with simple words 
"heart," and "soul," 
the kind that 
stay written down and chanted.
I am not
a sour puss.
My tear ducts open
just when the sentiment rushes.
I worship.
Why can't I write a hymn?...

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MEN

Some men approach 
clouds with effortless
silence- infusing skies along
the way, transmitting indigo
bouquet

Some men drain ducts
dark juice from depths of
fractured- bitter dining
table, while I digest their 
poison


© Kim van Breda—June 2014...

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Looking into the distant sunset
Watching a burning pile of logs float off
Think of the things of past
Sailing under the bridge of life
Missing them, yet glad to see them leave
I can help but hold back
The river from my tear ducts
Everything but my love can get f*ck*d...

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    Tears fight their way back
       into their ducts for now  
    moist palms clammy at my sides
      
    Prayers are said
       the living honor the dead
    shovelfuls of earth on top are spread

    Is there nothing more I can do
       ~ She once told me ‘I love you’
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Of a Pin Cushion Heart

Corroded tear ducts,
crystallized tears,
and estranged crying,
have left
a pin cushion heart
that no longer bleeds
memories of hurt.

The space left
with your leaving
still remains
but need not be filled:

I will always
have known you
and love you still....

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God knows I love you
He hears it every day.
In morning devotion
As tears clean dust
From the ducts

I kneel and pray
Kneel and pray
But as time goes on
Those three words stay

Two pronouns, one verb
Every morning the air disturb
Turbulent words

From my heart they come
With blessings and pain

For you...

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Birds bedded down. The cool air circulates.
Whispers of crickets. The black noise hushes.
Yawns give way to tears - the ducts erupting.
An autumnal wave crashes over me.
It’s obvious how seasons come and go,
as mom’s settled in purple urn - the ashes
keep; without incandescence in her sleep....

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No amount of words could keep her from leaving 
Repetitive words spewed in her direction 
Lost looks of uncertainty 
Groans of gigantic proportions 
Tear ducts betrayed her and sprung a leak 
Frozen stiff, my heart remained rapidly alive 
Her runway walk out of my life was quite insidious 
At that moment, I drowned in waves of embarrassment...

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As I sit and ponder on my bed
A storm is brewing in my head

I wait for the madness to stop
I feel my like my brain will pop

Why is life so extremely hard?
My soul is broken and scarred

And tear ducts no longer work
My Fiancé left me,with a smirk

I sit and ponder how I can heal
But first I have to somehow feel




Alexis Y.
12/03/ 19...

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It’s so beautiful out today
Perfect day for me
Wind is blowing
Not cold at all today
This winter, it feels like fall
Going for a walk

Don’t need a coat or a sweater
Fall in the winter
Perfect weather

Leaves are still falling
The ducts are walking
Standing by the tree
At the lake
It’s so beautiful outside to me
Oh what a beautiful Christmas day...

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I am a lazy boat but can sail the cheery 
nile

I am not longer a poet please forive me
but

sometimes i can build a poem with 
anonymous theme 
free verse 
and fictional pain

to paint my heart in vain
not 
for these dried eyeses to let its rain
falls on their cheeks
as if their ducts
has become the widest waterfall from 
higher to the highest at all....

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Today is a miserable day
Seemingly operatic in nature
But I feel it deep within me
I feel this void building up inside my chest
A malignant emptiness
The cause of my shallow breath

My tears dry in their ducts
Dapper attire cannot hide the discomfort
No one should see my pain
For any vapid empathy towards me
Would do nothing
But fuel this pernicious attack on my soul...

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She sobs until the tears make.
The only other sound's the break,
Of distant waves and birds awake.
The death is sudden, expected and deep,
But she has promises to keep,
Until then she shall not sleep.
She lies in bed with ducts that weep.
She rises from her bitter bed,
With thoughts of sadness in her head,
She idolises being dead.
Facing the day with never ending dread....

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M	eandering through a maze of feelings
Y	ou wash,cleansing as you sweep them afar


T 	raveling through the ducts you come cascading
E	ach crystalline drop glistening and warm
A	llowing release to ragged nerves and emotions	
R	eleasing pain or irrepressible joy and 
S	oftly and silently you flood your gates and appease

~*~
By Annalise
For: H.G. Harvey "A Tear Personification", Contest....

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Craving air and freedom
Losing my mind in the enclosed space
Allowing darkness to numb away the anxiety
Undeniable sadness and fear
Slowly seeping into my mind
Tear ducts filling up
Entrenched by my own stupidity
Rethinking my choice of path
Praying to be heard and saved 
Having to give up the darkness 
Or face this fear 
Believing that only my faith in God 
Is worth this journey 
Amen....

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Sitting Here Watching The Birds Go By 
How Joyful They Seem In Pairs They Fly 
Makes My Soul Start Wondering Why 
Humans Let It All Go By 
Tear Ducts Full As Couple Holding Hands Go By 
Wondering What Went Wrong And Asking Why 
Humans Can't Get It Right Though They Try
Humans Break Hearts And Make You Cry
Perhaps I Should Stop Asking Why 
Humans Can't Learn From Birds That Fly
Humans Let It All Go – Bye...

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so shy am I yet
 I don't hide my love the pains 
of life do not come
~
 from above my tears 
yet so do flow down my eyes
 you see the greatest 
~
greatest of these mine
 drying eyes do breathe abundant life
 cry for you I love 
~
Instilled rain falls on my
 face my eyes tear ducts absorb
solace viewed my love

Drying tears

9/13/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
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Dreams take on wings and fly away
Parasitic green, paints window panes
In a heap of, once white, torn strands 
of happiness she begs tear ducts,
for just one more time.

Overgrown fingernails,
despair and gloom.
Swollen stomach and
matted hair.
Sitting in a castle of tombs,
she longs to fly way.

A bit of blue through a little,
insect nibbled hole in the wall
lends her hope in spurts,
but night always falls,
and leaves her alone again....

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I would not put you in harm’s way
I’d never do that to you Babe
I would not set you up in anyway
Unequivocally I’m here to stay

I’d never turn on your tear ducts
I love you way, way too much
I’d never pull your heart string
Could never-ever be that mean

Don’t second guess my motive
I gave you my love
Just hold it

Don’t lose your confidence
You and I make good sense
Just like a judge sitting on the bench

Our love is fair and just
It’s simply robust
In love put your trust...

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