Short Encumber Poems

we would encumber
what was excessive lumber
made me feel number...

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to take each day without encumber-shine the light that shows the way

 © Harry J Horsman 2018...

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Does a number encumber
Or does it just slumber?
When you have to start over
Each New Year to chart over
Do you put last year's number?...

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Rotate and reload the heads,
it is the matter of actions,
recover and encumber the legs,
it is the matter of reimburse.

Adopt the impossibles
as a chameleon in from the rooftops
react for the lives
as a lascivious cat to foods....

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The day is long
 the night short
filled with restless dreams
 crisscrossing imagery
 of fictional and unfamiliar parties
trying hard to encumber life
 by restrictive containments
 anxious in the tossing and turning,
fearful wakening
 only to find
 it is reality....

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Listen to poem:

As I
slumber, 
a dream encumber,
wakefulness denied
in fitfulness.
What be changed
when I awake
from subconsciousness?
'tis the dreams
forgotten
that matters
to the deaf, blind
unfeeling mind
within,
matters to the within
of things
encompassed in:
As I, Dream
I am....

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In the midst of midnight twilight 
sleep meekly fades in the moonlight. 
Umber earth and men encumber, 
nature’s chatter, charmed in slumber.
Tranquil dreams of peace, no sorrow, 
thankful for light of tomorrow.
Epic heartbeats waves break away 
warm cinders soothe the moment stay.


 
Date: 11/7/2018...

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Heavy Heart slow to beat,
As the whispers come hastily,
all but halting cold feet

Only lifetime's distraught, wretched spell shall she speak,
steadfast cries in the moonlight,
Wolves howl in late heat

Still standing alone,
not one tear shall break under 
this sweet child's face, 
smiling throu cold encumber...

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The mourning heart lives
Nestled within life’s decay
Perpetual memories
Stream loops on replay

Symbolic references
Gathering dust on display
While casketed treasures
When viewed bring dismay

Another season spent 
With happiness in slumber
Stagnated remembrances
Of a past life encumber

Copy write @ Debra Squyres
10/02/2012...

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It is a gift to close your eyes and sleep
To enjoy the healing balm of slumber
Slowly drifting away, lost in the deep
With no past or present to encumber
While dreaming winter dreams without number
Sleep's nothingness a special kind of bliss
From dusk to dawn the sweetest fairy kiss


Barbara Gorelick

Rhyme Royal contest by Dr Ram...

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I open my eyes, and you stare at me in awe.
Have you never seen anyone sleep in the raw?
It is a mid-summer night that is quite sultry.
With no air conditioning, this is the way to be.
I am spending the night naturally.
There is nothing to wear that would encumber.
This is the way many other people slumber.
Lady, why don't you come and lay beside me?
First, tell me, do you like what you see?
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There’s a rumor going ‘round it’s my birthday today;
they say that I’m seventy years old..…no way.
too many candles to light,
it would take into the night.
When did I suddenly turn old and grey.

Some say I’m an old man and not too smart,
but I say don’t put the horse behind the cart;
‘cause age is just a number
not something to encumber,
and this old man is still young at heart.


December 7, 2017...

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A wife in each tent
My hearth a tenement
Fecund grove lofty sentiment
Cultivating each manicured accoutrement
Family tree planted in oasis of wine
Fertile sprouts a fruitful sign
Pristine shoots pure genetic thread to enshrine  
Concubines to further seed family line
Pods proliferating in an ocean of brine
Hybrid progeny status will assign
Grafted branches of patriarchal vine
Strong arm, domesticated wings to align    
Sinewy twine to encumber free-flowing bine...

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Returning back to earth, elements five,
that that remains, is essence of presence,
spirit unfettered, here on earth to jive,
until ego stifles soul’s innocence,
whereupon veiled remains luminescence,
with attention orbiting narrow grooves,
enmeshed in desires, conscience disapproves,
remaining thus in hypnotic slumber,
bleeding needlessly under dream form hooves,
plunged in darkness, by fears that encumber. 

06-March-2022...

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You pass by me like a faint cologne -
the scent barely grazing my senses.
I am as empty as a widow's soul.
Your ghostly caresses die like
a distant reflection.

You are an owl beating
your broken wings
into corner niches
that do not encumber my soul.
Feathers slowly drift to the ground like
Autumn leaves almost hovering
in mid-air.

You steal light from the white-hooded moon
as your vacuous demeanor dissolves
into nothingness in the thin air
of a peach-colored sky....

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Salivation of intent
mouth watering, ne'er extent
I must envision
in practice risk content!

Salvation must be real
or I am only spent
to chew away the corners
unreasoned with resent!

What is then in God's order
surviving daily task
to walk some safety's border
insuring my relapse!

My actions must stay forward
in diplomatic stance
the hungry heart's affording
must emphasize ~ enhance!

Starvation as encumber
eliminating class
is not a Godly answer
but usury's repast!...

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