Short Ensnare Poems

snare
is one
way to hold
a loved one, but
beware. you might be trapped with him or her....

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To write to ensnare
to weave a web of intrigue
is it for one’s self?
I’d rather be the devil
than steal true loves innocence.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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Dusk, willows grey,I watch the sight
Enduring moments when time's not there.
To reckon with agony's rite,
And tearducts bearing what tonight
Can line the shadows that ensnare....

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Emoted investment
dividends high
Buying then selling
as spirit contrives

Unlimited resource
consciousness fares
In debits and credits
— whose riches ensnare

(Dreamsleep: October, 2024)
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Midnight flashing lights

tree huggers dancing around

like festivities.

Should I join them for the night

Or ensnare this happiness?



Written: 03/11/22
an entry to "Firefly Tanka Poetry Contest"...

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Air fragrant your presence
Smile radiant your essence
My poems try to ensnare
Encase whatever you are.

Storm fierce you’re blown
Time ruthless you’re torn
The poems melt in my eyes
Drown what of you remains....

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In the twilight of my existence, I shall find peace in shadows, thorns ensnare my frame darling, dark and loving mistress, a fragile leaf clinging to the branch of eternity, a tender lover's embrace, I shall be no more....

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Ensnare my heart
Puzzle my mind
Boggle my feelings
While I follow you blind

Riddle my ears
Spin me a tale
Cast out my fears
Love will never fail

Envoke my dreams 
Stroke my pride
Live in my destiny
Lock our souls inside...

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Can you see that it’s true,
but not prove what you know

A problem physicists
and philosophers share

Hints all around,
results to confound

As the questions unanswered
—ensnare

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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Foliage and birds pollute the air
Flowery infestation everywhere
Happy children’s smile with an infectious stare
Melodious songs do my tortured ears ensnare
Food has no taste, though I don’t care 
With out you life is a nightmare...

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A pre planned slap,
when the beast breaks the chains beware;
             A pre planned slap,
deeper wound falling for a trap;
It’s the charge you feel in the air 
with sharpened nails it will ensnare;
             A pre planned slap....

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Sun beams accurately placed,
loiter behind cliffs. Shadows
form female face, in lakes fringe.

Legends tell of mature curse
deceitful waters, ensnare.

Unbalanced minds,
death plunging
simulate barnacle geese ~
to inherit her beauty...

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To catch you in my rhythm,
ensnare you in my rhyme

To make the meter come alive,
and pull you out of time

With lines that end so sweetly,
words pleasant to your ear

For you to carry past today
—and sing from year to year

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)...

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Relationship's stress:
Gives awful distress;
Depression caress,
Patience can't assess,
What lone words undress.

In my mind's bus;
I sit mistrusts,
To alight fuss,
While turning wuss.

Our affair;
Faults ensnare,
To repair...

Weird souls'
Wrath goals,

Paired!...

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To catch you in my rhythm,
  ensnare you in my rhyme

To make the meter come alive,
  and pull you out of time

With lines that end so sweetly,
  words pleasant to your ear

For you to carry past today,
  and sing from year to year

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)...

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To live in the embraces of 
of self-love
means
letting go

of the toxicity–
of the negativity–
of the disillusion–
of the fear–
and of the doubt.

All of these at one point 
make us feel safe, 
but the truth is 
they will ensnare worth
like pestilence ensnaring breath....

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let’s look at life forms scattered across space
each of underlying truth unaware
trauma bonding with darkness soul’s disgrace
distanced from source by refusing to pair 
dark desires continuing to ensnare
in an instant, if we’re not resistant
staid stillness makes ego nonexistent...

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Dear patience, hold my wetted tongue,
And rouse my restless soul to speak;

Let not the vipers in my veins
Betray the sound of my heart’s beat;

Let not this captive loneliness
Ensnare the light that dwells within;

Cast off the serpents of the night,
And let the hope of heaven in....

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Her smile and eyes
Relay an open invite
Dressed to ensnare
Her looks leave them
Openly ogling
None of this is accidental
She claims she does this
For herself not for them
A spider’s web made
As a lovely reclining bed
For its lovely owner
The seductive spider



(ACKMI LUIS 2016)...

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There are told ancient tales of mystery,
of singing maids beneath the sea
with golden tails and flowing hair
how gullible sailors they do ensnare.
Enchanting words their perfect pitch
With their voice, they can bewitch 
entranced naive souls, to enslave 
enticing them to their watery grave....

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I say a prayer
For you today
Hoping the devil
I can chase away

His clutches closer
To ensnare your mind
Trying to outsmart him
Failing much in kind

I say a prayer
For you tonight
To put Jesus first
And never give up fight

To be humble and serve
Our dear Lord above
Free from all sins
His everlasting love...

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side step ole stress n cross the street,
pick em up, don't drag ya feet,
if love is there, it's all so sweet,
but love is slow to find.

right one, i've ever yet to meet...
ensnare her heart, 2 be complete:)
2 be johnsons you'd delete,
all old  memories of 'pure' passion.

Don Johnson
pure is in, Russells input....:) 

yep better!...

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life on the edge
of a thread
suspended from a network
of interlocking filaments
bound by triangulated interstices
woven by a master of deception
integrated into his lair
lying in wait
patient vigilant and aware
of what disturbs motion
intersects light
ever ready to ensnare the unaware
who venture into the transparent maze
suspended mid-air...

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.........Of the softest alabaster skin,
she is clothed.
The fragrance of her is alive,
a tangible entity.
The closeness of her warmth,
sets the blood aflame.
A mere brush of her hair,
ensnare the skin with electricity.
Trembling now with the touch,
tremors,explode from her fingertips.
Breathless,
one caress of her lips,
................oblivion....

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The power to burn, this much may be true,
But tell me you know I could never hurt you.
Fire's not in my nature, it favours your name,
The stars have dictated that you are the flame.

I could be the worser, my sign is of air,
Changing, and fragile, and hard to ensnare.
But such things can change when these elements meet,
A fire with no air cannot generate heat....

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