Short Eap Poems

Edgar Allan Poe
Seems cold as snow
Brilliant and kinda creepy
Maybe he was just sleepy...

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The poet hears silence;

in the eyes of grief

within the clouds motif

in the falling leaf

of the haiku,brief...

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E-xcellent 
M-ove 
M-akes 
A-pparent 

L-eap 
A-s 
X-factor 
A-bounds 

Topic: Birthday of Emma Laxa (July 23) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Love is all good;
With the hearts filled with yearning
And the ever-constant pining
In the equation two are finding
By the similar emotions displaying...

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A poet is enlightened

by the 
              chance remark
in the 
              shadowed dark
by the
            song of the lark
in the
             image,stark...

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A poet is enlightened

by the 
              chance remark
in the 
              shadowed dark
by the
            song of the lark
in the
             image,stark...

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The environmentalist laments:

in the polluting of seas

by the toxins abreeze

and the chopping of trees

by the greedy who seize



For Brian's Rhyme Time contest...

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The blood boiled 
In the pit of frustration set ablaze
With the wrath and the rage of the day’s
Constant commotion—can’t clear the haze
Of chaos causing and creating this craze....

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A ship tossed like a cork with the wind
And the waves lapping in the gale
As the creator never fails
with the lungs exhale
the salty spray of the whale's tail.

Inspired by Brian...

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The dove of the night has flown
With the whirr of his wings a song
By the early light his coo no wrong
And the signs of spring reminds us strong
As the cold lingers on, could he be gone...

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Your true friend sees you ...

   By the smile showing pride .

    As the strength by their  side .

     By the trust you'll  confide .

      As the brakes , on life's  slide ......

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Fear is the impetus which doubt provides:
with the roiling of false pride
of the sought for safety decry!
By the power of prophesy let fear hide
as the brave push forward let love abide....

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The artist creates art:

with the portrait passe
in the still life display
of the abstract soufle
in the objets trouve

Why not try one of these yourself in my latest contes 'RHYME TIME'...

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The midnight stars still gleam:

and the dark sky just beams

with the light bouncing off the stream

by the end of the night it always seems

as the day goes by the light controls my dreams...

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The romantic sees dreams

  At the dusk's sultry light

  For the wrong , that he'll right

  In the pacifists fight

  With the spark he'll ignite .


Inspired by Brian's rhyme time theme .....

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The optimist sees hope:

in the springtime sunlight
and the red sky at night
by the common man's foresight
in the free speech birthright

(Why not try one yourself in my latest contest' RHYME TIME'...

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R-ighteousness
O-f
L-ord
L-ets
Y-our

S-pirit
I-mmediately
M-ake
B-rave
L-eap
A-s
N-egativity
T-imely
E-vaporates

Topic: Birthday of Rolly C. Simblante (June 20) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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She tiptoes to his bed to peek:
   In the room so sweet, no words could speak
   As the child she loves so soundly sleeps
   And the moon beyond the window creeps
   With the moonlight kissing baby cheeks...

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A few days after Big Daddy's death
In the night don't really know if asleep
And the man appeared to me, spoke deep
Of the assurance the he's alright, so sleep
In the vision he said I'm free, no pain, don't weep...

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eap- One navy pilot  sweating out the flag,
as the orange ignites, searing metals shine,
and the jolt aloft, with an fermine whine,
then the falcons queue, then plunge in line,
to the scarlet blooms I can claim as mine....

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eap-DISASTER

When disaster befalls a people;
In the midst of desperation
And the mountains of frustrations
With the mercy of divine intercession
By the kindness of neighbors restoration

Eap-Earthquake disaster in Haiti –January 2010...

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Brian, poet inspirational
With the words and knowledge of Aristotle
And the endurance of Job, above all
In the bonnie country, UK's drawl
With the grace of Lauren Bacall

For Brian's contest eap, thanks for all the inspirational contests!!...

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The rain continues to plummet and fall 
And the gray of the day looks like it will never go away.
I long for the boisterous blue of a hot summer’s day.
It seems our shy sun has wandered and meandered astray
From today’s and tomorrow’s forecast much to my dismay....

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C ar crash looms a personality

A ched by all said and done

P rojected by my voice to

R eap solace and the sun

I am my words and they me

C onfused by life when it decends to call

O nly your quiet grace 

R eaches in to my soul and saves me

N everending, my love, my all...

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eap-FLEAS

Cats and dogs both hate fleas:

in the dirt or in the leaves

and the bite, each one agrees

by the scratching relief sees

in the North or in the Keys


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 12, 2010

Inspired by Poetry Soup member contest:  RHYME TIME 	
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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