Short Elfin Poems

elfin pirouette
flaunts prettiness of peacocks
redefined rainbow
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Elfin crackers
well, they’d sell better if they were called
Cannibal crackers...

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stardust golden veil
streams ‘cross an elfin nymph 

deep buried dark lurks
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What would a flower be
If none admired its scent?
Even the elfin shrub heals.
Could they find joy
From their reflections in the mirror?
Then why must I?...

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Identical elfin twins consult their mama
Without any arguing, no fits or drama
She has them listening, and their respect.
No underlying theme to unravel or inspect....

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Once, a fellow was swinging on a swing
Which was elfin when comparing
Then the swing splintered
He fell and and fractured his head
And shrilled along with a loud ping...

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sweet elfin baby is asleep in her vine cocoon
we will let her slumber in the light of the moon
her azure eyes will not open any too soon
we might even let elfin baby sleep until noon...

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faerie queen grants wishes elfin whispered
my wish was granted the instant I saw her
she arrived light, lithe, luxuriously lightning-like
her wings were blazing; I felt honored and humbled...

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A magnetic fairy with elfin smile,
Captures immersion with feminine wile.
    Moonshine aura enwraps you,
    Queen with crown of diamond dew,
Sublime joie de vivre shines in style.

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The sun in London comes to shine
Above the placid Serpentine
And glimmer, glint and glow
Upon the statue of a boy:
Proud Peter Pan with elfin joy,
Surviving sun and later snow,
A pixie out of long ago....

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create
for me a song
so blue, that doves dare swoon
'pon gentle breeze, hear elfin cries
swallowed
~
swallowed
'pon gentle breeze, hear elfin cries
so blue, that doves dare swoon
for me a song
create...

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Tickle his ear next Larry Harry the giant roach’s brother said.
Make it good, wake him up, shake him up, make his face red.
Jerry Ferry did his best to tease the elfin man awake.
But this elf had already slept through a tornado and earthquake....

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that shimmering scruff
upon the fresh branches of spring
like fall, it catches the gaze

a riot of autumnal shades
subtly and truly elfin
sprinkle the earth with gems

until late May, days scour
with their broad broom
greenery all across the globe

Written: May 12, 2023...

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Keats—Romantic Humanist  
 
Romanticus-Extraordinaire
John Keats
La Belle Dame sans Merci
Circe-Enchantress to all.

Beautiful, deadly in her elfin grot
Supernatural-nous
She wept and sighed full sore
Hath thee in “Keatsian” thrall.

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved,
August 17, 2015 (Double Dactyl)...

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Raindrops 
fall like nymphs
darting and dodging
twittering
elfin echoes
in camouflage
dancing 
on my face
skating 
on my fingernails
like frozen ponds
glistening
in a flurry 
of winged petals
balancing 
on my eyelashes
like liquid orchids
poised
to flower
their laughter
muffled berries
yet to blossom


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EFG


Emeralds

elfin emeralds
exude earthbound energy ~
  essence escaping

Fiera

fiery fireworks fun
 fire flowers fauna flora ~
  festive fairground fetes

Gourmand

gourmet gastronome
 grumbles gets greasy gravy ~
  gleeful glutton gloats
 
7-20-20
Let the Pens Flow – Alliteration
Sponsor: Jenish Somades...

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Setting sun

Splash of burgundy paan-spit
and the paterfamilias nodding off

pink  filial freeness
silhouetted against a crimson feel- flare
(or was it orange flair or even purple fair)

symbiotic exchanges
slapstick sequences

elfin  hemlines and tarty décolletages
catching agoraphobic impulses
homing…


04 aug 13

For Charlotte's contest...

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The resonance of Time's ticking is unbearable!
Once you appeared on the warm and soft riverbed
Years passed stealthily
The 'elfin pinnace' glided on and on
The echoing life slowly engulfed you to a hallucinating slumber

And then

Left on the arid banks 
Where even the carcasses of buffaloes rot disdainfully
You stare at yourself, shocked and wide awake......

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Heart robbers
Chasing after fine brothers,

Prior to a valentine arrival,
This elfin figure had no rival.
Hobgoblins are hobnobbing again
Playing games for a heart to sprain
Plastic surgeons with harpoons and weapons
To bludgeon emotions for coupons, sine qua non.
But this gossamer heart’s gone to bed, futon anon! 

Heart robbers,
Costumed as fine brothers....

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Not every day
is a good day
for the elfin tailor.
Some days
the stolen cloth
reveals what it 
was made for:
a handsome weskit
or the jerkin
of an elfin sailor.
Other days
the tailor
sees a jacket
in his mind
and sets about
to find the fabric.
But some days
neither the idea
nor the material
presents itself;
and these are 
the hard days
for the tailor...

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Sitting at a bus shelter
hoodie baby, skinny, drab,
denim-discount,
elfin face,
 the nose ring an ugly stigmata.

She's been staring at empty walls lately,
I can tell, I’ve stared at those same walls.

I am guessing the weight of her solitude
will not decrease anytime soon.

I want to tell her that life
outgrows itself, blooms and becomes.
but I’m all out of bs. today....

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Elfin forest, 
Hiding in Peru,
Waiting for fog drip

Gnarled trunks,
Lichens, ferns, orchids,
Mossy forest's trolls

Intense tree canopy
Keeping shy mountain gorilla's secrets
Holding raindrops hostage

Perpetual fog,
Adding a mystique 
of shadowed magic

Tropical delight
Heavily affected by
Global climate changes

Elfin forest,
Lending her mosses
To lead the way...

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A slim handsome ogre named Vampire,
married into a fairytale empire.
His elfin wife named Hairy
bore him a sharp toothed fairy,
That looked like a Hobbit from the shire.

Much to the elves’ and Ogres’ chagrin,
they bore an impish child again.
This time being on a roll,
they bore an impish troll,
and now all the fantasy creatures are kin!

(inspired by Debbie Guzzi's contest)...

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I watch my young son
Look full-faced into the rugged wind
His blond silken hair is blown about
Like spikes around his elfin-like face.

He knows nothing 
Of how the wind starts
Or how it effects
His cool Maritime climate.

Only that this invisible wind
Tickles his eyes and nose,
Stirs up fallen leaves,
And challenges him to dance
- Open-armed -
Into the deep bosom of the wind....

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Walking on the beach was a Christmas elf
Her ears were not pointed, but she had a faerie like look
With bright blue eyes and golden hair,
She gave us a wink as we passed her.
And we knew….

There was something special about her
She was definitely from the fey
Possibly from a meadow village in Dublin
I felt her Celtic ancestry as she walked in confident steps
Leaving elfin boot prints in the sand...

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