Short Elegies Poems

Ashes to ash dreams
dust to dust free elegies
BOGO sale...

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Geese, electrified, dances smoothly.
Yellow wings serenade elegies
amongst the endless sky.
 Sorrow washes stained 
blueness satisfaction near rain
Shattering grayness sighs...

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George
Carlin
Stand-up guy
Hippie-dippy
FM, AM, banned words, silly putty

Booze, pain-pills, expedited heart failure
untimely loss
bright void left
empty
still

By: Nancy Jones
For entry into Michael Falitico's "Smiles and Frowns" contest...

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My fantasy: to play the saxophone.
My soul poured out in jazzy melodies;
soft, supple nuance, sensual in tone.
I picture in my mind sweet harmonies -
aural aromas of sad elegies,
or spicy Latin rhythms of romance,
or reveries that make the people dance.
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Exceptions especially encouraged-- 
Every encounter emerges, 
Eventually enveloping everyone 
Eagle-eyed; ecstatic, energetic   
Early earthlings enjoyed elegies 
Effusively effected, each eloquent.

March 23, 2021...

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Lost in a labyrinth of
Glistening sights
Infinitely out of reach,
Trembling amidst sweeping mistrals, 
Fabricating a life of nostalgic allusions,
Caught in lapsed reveries, of 
Restless arias and faint rustlings
Sequestering my rampant aura,
Bleeding in russet naivety, 
Evaporating in silent elegies....

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GERMANY 


From Black Forest’s leafy velvet
Breathing fresh air over the land;
From the fertile earth of the sheltered Rhine,
Or where Goethe and Handel wrote their elegies;
From geest and damp marshes
Teeming rich with sea birds : 
From this ground rises a misty eulogy,
A breathy chorus of myriad murders....

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The mighty eagle feasts
The sleek swift fish leaps and steals
The lovely meat for himself
Bless the fish who did not base the
Flawless beauty of his faith on doubt

The mighty eagle circles low for he seeks revenge

And I am the widow of elegies
I go back to the follies of my youth to see
How ruinous my last move was against your love...

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My soul relishes the harmonious melodies
That glides the ever-flowing force upon the ivory,
Tickling a fondness that embraces our remedies.
My soul relishes the harmonious melodies
By the conjuring use to form scorned elegies.
Mourning and clothed upon the silk finery,
My soul relishes the harmonious melodies
That glides the ever-flowing force upon the ivory....

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Eerie voices underground
strangely invite 
yet they are nowhere to be found.
Broken bones, broken souls
Lamenting memories
Lost in the catacombs.
Dark elegies written on walls,
Unheard songs that were never recalled
The hymn of unfortunate souls.
The truth will likely be hidden
in the dark alleys where questions remain unanswered
Now, Then...Forever

LeiStrauss2020...

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Remembrance Day	

Cold
Mists of
November
Gently embrace
Moss covered tombstones
In cathedral graveyards
Silent battlefields echo
Plaintive elegies of poppies
Remembrance Day for fallen heroes

11-10-22
Contest: November Nonet
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich

I was in England when Remembrance Day was celebrated.  People were wearing red poppies to memorialize fallen soldiers....

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Night poet as, I create
Other poems possible
Tankas intimate
Heroic rhyming poesy
Iambic couplets plenty
Nursery rhyme tales
Greek elegy odes
Italian novellas fables
Mournful elegies
Poesy, sestinas, villanelles
Other verse lyrics
Short rhythmical compositions
Spiritual rhyme versifications
Innovative poetry stanzas
Book anthology prefaces
Literary novelettes
Epic narratives...

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True
Golden
Is the light given to write
The words that lovingly depart
Gleaned from the collection of moments
Watching the dance of life on a limitless silent stage
While the multitude of days fold in-between
A ream of poems on blank paper sheets
Rehearsing years of storied elegies
That churn and spill upon a new
Light of understanding
Recounting hope
Enlightenment
Wisdom
Love...

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Farewell to summer, daily bringing heat
Arrivederci, warmth, I'll miss you so
Reluctantly, I bid adieu to waves
Enjoyed in balmy weather, thanks to you
Waving goodbye to toes bathed in a stream
Extending elegies of wakened dream
Lost to a frigid blast of autumn's gale
Laughing - to know that you'll be back next year

Written 8 Oct 2020...

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winter serenade

winter serenade
 frozen crystal melodies ~
  red cardinal chants

leafless boughs sing out
 arias of roaring storms ~
  snowdrops harmonize

blasts of icy frost
 chanting plaintive elegies ~
  daphne flowers bloom

short days intone night
 with a solstice lullaby ~
  fir trees wear white stoles

shadows of springtime
 creep into amber twilights ~
  bears snore rhythmic dreams

1-18-23
Syllables checked with www.howmanysyllables...

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The flipside of the day
Brings a lot of melodies
Of painful journals
At most the moon and stars are dead
For those eyes that lament for the beloved
The breezy sound of the wind
Doesn't bring a beautiful song of serenity
Instead a tune of sinister
Darker than the night
Because the lullabies of every nocturnal
An echoing elegies
For those who were left behind
Sightseeing imaginary images
Whispering song for them
Every night 
Still dying inside



5-25-2016
Mysterious Aries...

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