Short Duplex Poems

An elderly television speaks to her
in a deaf duplex.
Her garden is a cluster of cobwebs,
it rattles and spins its gossamer skeletons
by the shade of a spidery light....

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Tale of Two Citizens

The pair of bi-sexual two-timing women left the duplex, too drunk to board the Twin Cities 2:22 .

Double crossed on the two way street, the duo fled New York, clutching the Tale of Two Cities....

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THE PATRIOT
With pride
Lonesome
Lady
Reached out
Moist eyes
Spoke out
Her love
Boundless
Selfless
Poured out
Applause
Broke out
Clutching
Award
In hand
For son
Martyred
Battling
For his
Homeland

Date 6Dec2016
Duplex contest...

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1941


harbor
warm with

heartbeats
pulses
friendship

villain 
planes fly
above

sunday’s
ripcord
is cut

sailors
are trapped
they scream
for help

nice day
explodes

on land
on sea
in news

frozen
In time

12/7/2016
1st Place...

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double midterm 

a sinner complex
you hear train whistles 
say to yourself 
he’s nervous 
cat corked up
in my window 
a caboose in my house 
boose if you need it
double voyage  duplex 
many moons ago bad luck
whole bunch of holloween years 
to boot...

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Paper Skin

I touched
my skin
and winced
in pain.

Stinging
Throbbing
Bruising
Aching

You tore
my soul
to shreds
again.

Slashing
Ripping
Splitting
Clawing
Scratching

A wild
creature
would do
far less
damage.

7.12.2016...

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Villain

Caged in
boxed-in
in love
with a
villain

Handcuff
to evil
nowhere
to run
away

Turned light
to dim
fond of
stealing
peace; joy
 
Closed hand
bruised face
regret
repeat
please stop

Thoughts of
slaying
villain
escape
bondage...

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Strangers staring, father frowning
as the crickets chirp   in  the deluged duplex,
Sydney swims towards the stairs,
looks like no water wets here, she said,
father follows further, 
where's little Linda? , he heard,
a barking bulldog runs down the slippery stairs....

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She thought
     "ugly"
 was her 
 first name
 the girls
   hated
 her guts
 the boys 
 would tease 
 her too

 Then one
 summer
 she bloomed
     into 
 a rose, 
 the boys
 desired
    her touch
 the girls
 hated
 her more
 she walks 
 with grace....

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Not Me


Some mourned 
His death
Today -
Not me

Someone
Killed him
They say -
Not me

He stole
My wife
And laughed -
Not me

I fear 
Prison
That's why
Not me

His death 
Improved
This Earth 
Say I


He'll rot
in Hell
Godspeed -
Not me

12-7-16
For contest Duplex...

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Up above the light of heaven.
The shining sea below so clear.
Awaiting to the sun to duplex.
The moon the opposite side.

Up above the light of heaven.
The sky so clear, at the night.
Stay focus on the creation made.
The bright, beauty of the everlasting light.

BY: DR. BARBARA J. ZINNAMON...

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Honeymoon

Till death
us  do
depart
We vowed

Husband
new wife 
first night 
cold door
closed shut

Witching
hour pulsed
he changed

Black eye
broken 
sore ribs 
bruises

Till death
us  do
depart
one’s say


12/6/2016

DUPLEX - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: JAN ALLISON...

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An Honest Man

Christmas
Eve and
he is
rushing
home with
gifts for
his wife
in bad
traffic.

He texts
“Dying
to get
home.” Then
nothing.

His wife,
not far
away,
and some
minutes
later,
can hear
sirens.

He was
always
true to
his word.

For Jan's Duplex Form Contest: 2 syllables per line...

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Trojan Flower

Demon
Seeds that
Grow with
Your vine
Only
Bring forth
Bitter
Blush wine
Nectar
Of love
Gift from
You a
Trojan
Flower
Only
To be
Revealed
As a
Poisoned
Shower.



Dec.06.2016
DUPLEX - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: JAN ALLISON 

'Duplex' which is 2 syllables per line and builds up to tell a story
Minimum of 20 lines...

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Limiting Our Restrictions

Sometimes
Limits
Are Placed
On us
To make
Better
People
Sometimes
Limits
Turn out
To be
What we
Needed
To grow
Into
What God
Gave us
Lastly,
Limits
Sometimes
Are meant
To be
Broken
To prove
That we
Never
Needed
Restraints
At all
Henceforth
Break your
Limits
And live
Like you
Know that
You should


12-6-2016...

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Christmas


Every
Christmas,
our close
kinfolk
arrive.
We share
our love,
great gifts,
good food.
Round the
table,
we all
hold hands
and pray;
give thanks
and praise
that now
one more
Christmas
was shared
jointly
with love.
  

Sandra M. Haight

~1st Place~
Contest: Duplex
Sponsor: Jan Allison
Judged: 12/10/2016
...

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Strangers staring, father frowning
as the crickets chirp   in  the deluged duplex,
Sydney swims towards the stairs,
looks like no water wets here, she said,
father follows further, 
where's little Linda? , he heard,
a barking bulldog runs down the slippery stairs.

Sponsor                Date.                        Contest
Joseph May.          19/5/2023.            Alliterisen...

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Witch cousins crammed into the tiny duplex.
Packed in so tightly, that no one could flex.
Warlocks were mad now, couldn’t work on their pecs.
Party spilled over onto noisy neighbor’s upper deck.

Neighbor strained to take pix, injuring her neck.
Gawkers I cars had a horrible three-pile-wreck.
Landlord made witch cousins write him a big check.
They painted his car with psychedelic paint fleck....

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Alone
Couple
A crowd
Seasons
One hand
Sextet
Sin count
Octave
Cat lives
Two hands
Sports team
Dozen
Bad luck
Fortnight
XV
Grown up
Haiku
Golf holes
'nam age
One score



(7th December 2016 - entry to "duplex" contest)

Note: The 'nam reference was a bit obscure. There was a song in the eighties by Paul Hardcastle called "19" referring to the average age of a US soldier in Vietnam....

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The Serial Killer  (Duplex)

Daily 
he waits
for night
to come
and then,
shrouded
in pitch
darkness
or pale
moonlight,
he goes
in search
of prey
striking
swiftly
without
mercy.

His needs
appeased,
the great
horned owl
puts his
conscience
to rest.
Remorse?
He does
not give
a hoot.

- - - - - - - - - 
Duplex form: 
2 syllables each line 
 
'I Got a Darn NA Again' Contest
Sponsored by Luloo (June 2019)
Placed 1st...

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Duplex

Dead End

I loved
each day
the sun
shone on
this world.

I was
the one
that you
chose for
your girl.

I wore
your ring
upon
a string
of gold
around
my neck.

Nosegay
roses
pressed in
pages
keepsakes
young girls
collect.

Until
one day
you asked
if you
could take
out my
best friend.

So, with
these words
my love
for you
came to
a quick
dead end.

12/7/16

Duplex  
Jan Allison...

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UNTIL FOREVER

Oh, d e a t h 
sad end-
with DEEP
sorrow
I weep.

My tears
endless-
F A L L I N G
always
farewell.

My LOVE-
mom, dad,
grandma
sister
b a b y .

R e p o s e
in peace
U N T I L
I come
to you.

_________________
December 7, 2016


Poetry/Verse/Duplex
Copyright Protected, ID 16-855-941-0
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.

For the contest, Depth
sponsor, Jan Allison

First Place...

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doe dolphin 
bud dew-bedecked dawn
things all these 
past and gone 
grow wall,grow wall 
not the corn
flats- villa- duplex earth adorn
Veiling wardrobe vying with roar
sumtuous sex to seventh heaven soar
frigidity flirts with feverish flair
relishing euphoric orgasm rare
poems popcorns petty prudish puff
licentious thoughts and roads all rough
hi hello friends vile vagrant words
as if unruly shepherds'herds
write not,write not,tell I myself
business brings this power nor pelf...

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