Short Dulled Poems

My light never dulled 
Oh, I have a childlike mind
Ah, I cherish it!...

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Writer's block
Has found me;
Walled me up
And fenced me in.
My dulled pen
Very faintly
Scratches 'help'......

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Jaded mojo has faded
Quelled knelled chime dulled and muffled
No longer heard nor noticed
Surfeit of sameness plated...

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The boy just lay there
    eyes dulled, vacant stare
 
  Needles spread all about
    another sprout, its life snuffed out...

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They fade away
Cold poems
Yellowed pages
Unread

Old warriors
Cold souls
Unsheathed
Blades dulled

Forgotten
Words
Buried
In tomes
...

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from down on the flats we can see
high-on-the-hills poetry
sonnets like mansions
sestinas in stanchions
they fill our dulled hearts with much glee...

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The vicissitudes in life I've faced
Have neither dulled me
Nor defined me.
I rather like to think, instead,
That they have honed me
And refined me.
...

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A blood’s cry dulled eerily from ghosts,
Had its jarred kisses like melancholia noon on purpled quab,
Righteous sanity to undone vain whirlwind, 
xylophoning, yet zephyr....

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Life is a series of one acts
Life is  a bucket of feelings
Life is a bunch of played-up, made up quotes that are dulled out and disbelived 
and and easy target for haters,for...

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All I've done
is eat and drink
to lull myself
to sleep
my senses
dulled
with food and wine
I know
I'm marking time
wishing my life away
dulled
with food and wine
gorging myself to sleep....

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I drive me crazy
- there's no hiding or help
for dark self distrust.

Frightening whispers
are like a levied tax of
doubt about my choices.

Anticipations
dulled on anxieties rough shore
- best to keep them deep....

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Life,
Breath -
Taken
One leg gone
Perished in deathbed
Diabetes  murdered Grandpa
Benumbed by ill - gash's agony perforating - dulled
Gold medal won after the day of his death reminds me of his only heart memoirs......

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dulled sunken midnight 
tear strewn stars on window panes 
pacing up and down.
with sleeping pills half dreams sail
dark circles of crescent moon. 



Dated 14th June 2020
Sponsor	Carolyn Devonshire
Contest Name	Sleepless...

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Pain
dulled as
time turns but
it will always
hurt.

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(checked with howmanysyllables.com)

(C) 1st May 2017

For the "Lanterne Frenzy Number 2" contest by Ir0nic ZiNk.
(4th Place)...

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Reflective Soul

the bottom of my coffee cup
swirling darkness
an extinguished cigarette
ashes to ashes
an enormous smile
eroding sculpture
once pounding heart
barely audible
creative mind
dulled by thought

reflective soul........

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‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend, and borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.’
Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3 by Shakespeare

That $100 you wanted to borrow~
Forget it, I don’t want my edge dulled!!!!!
...

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Can you recall when vividly colored hues drenched the sights of life?
Elation from light that appeared as sky’s streaming gilded wonder,
Made steadily dulled from its owed inexorable demise
To which, our beloved innocence fell so quickly asunder....

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THAW




The fearsome ice
Held us all in thrall
  - Mighty,  weeks ago  -
Now bows its head 
To the sun’s holy fire:
Subjugated without grace,
Piercing ice spears dulled,
Cold grip pulled loose,
Harsh white glare commuted
To green gaze....

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In their formative
moments
artists live alone
Sharing themselves
only when
the pain has dulled

In corners
of dark musings  
their spirit’s hide
Calling out  
whenever the lights go down
— and the rush is gone

(The New Room: May, 2025)
...

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Tree trunk dulled the axe,
feller had to sharpen and wax,
apply strength twice as much,
to fell the tree as such,
all arduous deeds are about same,
you have to work hard,hard and hard,
honing,cutting and nibbling,
before they lead you to any fame....

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A rose of rich color
Parallels a wood fence
I can’t quite love her
Though it makes sense 

Unlike my lawn
My petals are green
Enraged by her song
I chose not to sing

My beauty is fading
Dulled by her shine
I’ll waste away, waiting
To move up in line...

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I am the sun,
Brighter than a straight 'A' student;
Shining my way to greatness.
I can never be dulled,
Because I am a ball of orange warmth.
In the night
When it is time for the moon to shed his neon light,
I will be re-energizing myself
For another day to shine....

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A broken muscle, pumps and slackens.
It's feeling dulled in her chest.
Lifts a hand up to feel it move,
But there's no sound beneath her breast.

The veiny parts have all been cut, 
A very clever trick.
He whispers, “if I can't be with her, 
I won't let her live.”...

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Make my coffee hot and dark,
  bold with flavor to light my spark.
I awake blinded and dulled
  by the dreams that nite unfolds.
Bright sun and chilly breezes
  makes waking a little easy.
Coffee though rises swift to the occasion
  that sets my inner fires blazing....

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Brass flower vase
Auctioned by millions
Stood in a nightstand

Rust lines on bottom
Reflect the memories
Encapsulated by time

Gold engraved initials
Symbol of blessed times
Dimmed by regrets 

Polished with dedication
Brought back lost shine
Dulled by indifference...

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