Short Encases Poems

clear ice encases
sharp, fragile, gray branch styli
rain frees spring’s heralds...

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When I die...
I’m an explosion of bubbles,
Just like how a bubble encases the air within it,
I become that air.

In ‘time’ that very air will dissipate.
Blended together to form what we know as ‘The Everything’.
The ONE....

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Sitting on a blanket watching ocean waves,

 Pleasantly drunk while the sun warmed our faces.

 Toes touching, shoulders touching , lips touching,

  Fingers entwine as heartbeat races.

  All serious thoughts banished from our minds

  Leaving tender serenity that love encases....

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The mist rolls in like a mythical creature
It rolls and winds itself  around, clinging,
like a choking vine clings to life.
It rides in softly, white, transparent,
Yet visible to the naked eye.
It creeps, it encases everything
Nothing, is left untouched in it's wake.
Visual one moment and the next gone.

10/30/12...

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Oh shameful bottomless pit that is,
My life.
Take me to the ocean,
And drown me.
Eternal flame,
My sunrise and sunset,
Burning my flesh,
Burning.
The foul stench encases my nostrils,
As you and all your race of men,
Look upon me,
Laughing with disgusted upturned noses.
Not yet satisfied,
You impale me with a four foot spear....

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A colorless void encases a cardinal mind
Aesthetically stifled in a lonely heart
Its beauty therein has flown worlds apart
Entrusting true love, one day it’ll find

Until then, she’ll dwell in memories
and shadows that haunt every dream
Her tears flow in an endless stream
when love was more than reveries


July 30, 2020
Be Inspired Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh...

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You can feel the breath of fall
as she blows cold air across the plain
she whispers to the sun
asking it to shine a few more weeks
while she gathers the bountiful yield
bringing closure to the seasons warmth
night temperatures begin to plummet 
her breathing becomes raspy
as  coldness encases
her labored breathing ceases
with a final breath she
brings forth winters frost.


08/01/16...

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Deep dark dreary days of winter
Frozen moments immersed in cold
It grasps and clutches all within reach
Freezing the inner bowels deep within
Barren roots forbidden to breathe
Bitter cold encases gives a squeeze
Winters grip covers sleeping growth
White dust creates icy dunes
Darkness appears early on the horizon
Cold, unyielding,harsh twilight hours
In the deep dark dreary days of winter....

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I sit and wait
For gate number 8 
To open its doors and set me free

Free to what
Free to where
Free to go here and there

Breaking through the glass that encases my 
Fragile mind
Free to think 
About whatever I please 

A bird one minute 
The ocean the next 
But this constant thought of you will 
Never rest
And I wouldn’t want it to--it occupies my time
And keep in mind that I would have
Nothing less...

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Missing wind-up key
lethargic symphony 
doll missing its dream

How do I break out
of this maddening nightmare
my unfulfillment

Branches in the road
which path leads to my passions
Fairy-tale Journey 

Life's uncertainty 
energy deficiency 
path blocked before me

Where am I going?
fog encases around me
Possibilities

Manifestations
the apparitions discuss
the game of my fears

Fighting listlessness 
penetrating light calling
to keep on going...

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Sheathed in unfamiliar undulating curves
Likened to white marble maidens
Once a graceful willowy frame, wistful memory serves
Augmented by fruitful years and plump babies laden

This heart and mind deceived by time
And all that I have collected
My evolution into this voluptuous frame sublime
Youthful archetype of attraction neglected

Yet this mantle that encases 
Does not define or symbolize
For my reflection in my children’s faces
Is the only mirror I realize....

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