Short Eschewed Poems

Friday night 
at the bar 
you spot a Jew --
    The Sabbath wine
    he hath eschewed...

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Sir Edmund Clerihew Bentley
passed away, so he sent me.
He wrote of gumshoe detectives,
and eschewed dumb invectives.
...

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Miss Carol craved sexual adventure
Her desires so wild no man could quench her
   She eschewed all foreplay
   Saying, 'Why waste the day?'
If kissed, men found her mouth full of dentures...

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Why is the middle where I put a book down?
My anticipation dies at that half-read interlude.
I lack the discipline that keeps me inbound.
A famous author's endings should be praised, and not eschewed....

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A veil of sadness
 was pierced,
 the fabric of sorrow
 ripped.

In moments
 a rippling silence
 eschewed.

I was liberated
 from a shroud
 that bound my grief,
 I am now a silken thread
 fixed to spin,

in silent whorls....

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gilt
but of intricacy
of a mirror’s frame
guilt
shown an ember in me
am I not the reflection’s heel
am I not intrinsic
   asked, though eschewed
you judge me mirror
   abased, now
heavens just let me be
in my own camouflaged
hypocrisy 


...

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On his daily morning constitutional
    Carter stumbled on an old brown shoe

  Just one it was, and not a pretty sight
    Weeds peered from it, smeared with blight

  Carter picked it up, pondered a while...
    Tossed it aside ~ last year's style...

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Yeah, we had wavelengths that worked and that didn't

Good, bad, happy, sad, over the top slightly mad
all that stuff.

I eschewed butterflies
so did you and maybe we
should not have

tossed shoulds
tho
seems better to both of us
than embracing butterflies?

Dunno, do you?...

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Building a bridge
for others to walk
light burning at the end

It’s never enough
to stand and wait
their crossing must begin

Toeing a path
in another’s steps
fruition comes in view

Toll again paid
in memory script
—to spite the dark eschewed 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2023)...

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the limericks can’t be eschewed
my muse seems excessive imbued
they seep through the pores
they flood out in scores
seek nuance to coyly allude

It’s not just a trek through lewd grit
perfection is sought for, to whit
there’s meter to wrangle
inference to dangle
infinitives to boldly split...

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~THE  USA NATION~

Observe, the very last of boys and girls.
Teachers decide now if they might be birds?

Educators, these, are also high above you.
Parents’ rights are summarily eschewed!

The once proud Red,White and Blue nation.
Now but a raging transgender sensation!

                  

                  5/3/2023...

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Don't hastily conclude,
All the facts, you include
By being always shrewd,
Have a pleasant mood,
Toward none, be rude,
Approach be not crude,
Wisely if you have viewed,
Mysteries, you can denude,
Life must be improved,
Talents must be proved,
Our skill must be improved,
We must be by all approved,
Bad things must be removed,
If we have properly moved,
Defeats can be eschewed!...

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Once More…
(Apropos Orlando)

Once more and again
bigotry spreads
like a keloid of shame
across the face
of the promise land.

Once more
liberty and justice
proves to be 
only for some—
serving Satan
in the name of God.

Once more
eschewed minds
flake death
to the tested innocent
living out 
the tried truth—
their being
who they are:
children of the same God
blasphemed with desecration
of name....

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Your happiness comes from the
good you do.
Both envy and jealousy should be
eschewed.

It sounds so simple but the more you 
give, the more you get.
Grousing and selfishness create
hateful mindsets.

So many great poets here taught
me all of this.
They may not have trophies or be
on Best lists, but are teaching me
by loving examples and utter poetic 
tenderness!

Thank you, 
Panagiota xx
...

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I shall write of bygone days
Old memories, old-fashioned times
Of strange and primitive ways,
Simple tunes and easy rhymes.
When poems were read out loud
To entertain family and friends,
Prayers were said with heads bowed
To each his own business attends.
While life flowed steadily onward
And chaotic noises were eschewed,
At all costs everyone avoided discord
And dinnertime was a day reviewed.

written November 28, 2021...

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He was there recumbent like a log
Cancer has culminated,prevailing over him
Enfeebled all his shielding apparatuses
Yet spurned to frolic prolongation

Eschewed palliative care ministrations
He detected the vital prognosis was engaged
He had instead to plough money into God's certitude
For he realized HE implements nothing fortuitously 

Could he yet afford to acquit himself otherwise 
Engage in a battle lost right from the dawn ?...

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When early morning breaks and the sun shines through
Sleep flees from the eyelids and false fantasies are eschewed
When the dream ends and the music fades, we are left with harsh sunlight cutting through the mystery of the night
Wishing to continue our dreams we close our eyes and pretend to not see the light
We can only hide for so long and all too soon our delusion fades
And then we long for the ancient days when we were loved without a thought...

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Willows wheeze while traders weep
A head for softer shoulders grasped
Spread another bid too deep
On margin calling crumpled dreams collapsed

Umbrellas saved the follicles
While frozen feet alarmed by sudden cold
Observe the blaze advanced to diabolical
All paper perished, all future visions sold

Jackals trace the wall of worry
Dining on the furtive few
Until at last the feast of falling flurry
All pensioners resolve eschewed...

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