Short Elapses Poems

N-ew
O-pen
R-ay
I-s
C-learly
A-bating

A-nother
N-ight
N-egating
E-vening

S-torm
A-s
R-ainy
T-ime
E-lapsesl

Topic: Birthday of Norica Anne Sarte (October 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Barely awake on a sun showered knoll,
Elapses does time though no thought of it I've stole.
Am I awake with a fish in my mouth?
Right or wrong I care not what it’s all about.

*If I Was Animal What Would I Be* Contest
Matt Caliri...

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Rows of sprouted thoughts have withered
dying of thirst, drying up in a field of grief,
and I, their neglectful sower, helplessly sit
as time elapses, watching them expire.



November 1, 2021
Liberum Divisa 8 Contest
sponsor:: Gregory R. Barden
Excerpt from 'The Bereft Poet' 1/24/21...

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Tranquil, calm, kind

A storm beneath it all

Joyful, happy, fake

Alone in my wake

Mind is dark

Life seems stark

A box too small

Thoughts that crawl

Feeling so low 

As the roof collapses

And time elapses

Skin too tight

How to make it right

You have the key 

Depression tormented me

Trapped, scared, alone

Atone

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Time elapses, 
Time begins.
May Time  adds 
some essence, some colors
To the life of the great warrior of nature
Who hopes, fights, torn apart
Still, never lose heart.

Time elapses.
Time begins.
For reasons, we pour words,on
Pages, white as floating clouds
Only to understand the kindness 
Of the words of the highest one
In the darkness, in sorrow, in our despair....

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Oh my brother, permit me please
Release the grip, ease my larynx
I die gasping for breath.
Lincoln, the Abe, sighed and signed 
To restrict not, but to foster brotherhood
Time elapses, but your ingrained grudge not erased
Give me space, enough to breath;
Give me air,
To live, believe and relieve my burden; Of history.
It’s a race to merge our color
Oh my brother, run
Run against Time..
And 
Permit me please....

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