Short Espied Poems

My eyes espied my heart did shout,
to find the courage to ask her out.




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   Mysogynous Mouse
  
      espied a cat in the house
 
        ~ exterminated the louse
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Shower, she exits
Naked stance in wetted drape
A droplet espied
In slow cascade towards pert
Perpendicular excite





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I espied it
  far off in the field
A four-leaf clover!
  I cried with glee

As I approached
  its leaves were three
What Fate lay in store
  for unlucky me...

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Who adjourns me
in this backlight story
Who will call the wolf
to dance in her captivity ?
Willow wisp dispensing hollowness
espied on fields of grey

The World's a stage
disembark at your own peril
Pontificate
your ardour
anoints us well...

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Bubbling

As I peeked inside a drum
Of beer brewed by mum
I espied exploding bubble
Like lips exuding warble!

There's something in yeast
(That inflate us to a Beast)
Fomenting guts to replete
Then at last dignity delete!


22nd Aug 2013...

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Didn't know where she was going
    or remember where she came from

  Standing around on street corners
    banging an empty drum

  A gent in a tux espied her
    She thought, 'How could I be so dumb?'

  'I was supposed to become a grown-up'
    She never ate cake ~ now stuck with crumbs...

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I had a lover once, just one,
espied through misted panes
from my corner loft, 
above the grocery store.
His lanky gait would pause 
for the Southbound No.3.
and though I wished, 
with all my heart,
he’d lift his head from down,
the passing years have 
have brought no more
than a greying shade of brown....

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This risen churlish cold
all cove like
lost in the rigging
crying out the humour
to dance the green lithe of light
as a figment of your mind
The inconsolables retain
lost memories flight
Winters club  bastioned to the driving winds
Daffodils espied amongst the houseflies
once prudent pierce their aching hearts...

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There was once a finicky chap named Lou,

     Who espied a fly swimming in his stew!

          Said the waiter to the bloke,   

               "What a fantastic backstroke!

                    He won't eat much and will leave some for you!"

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2014 All Rights Reserved...

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She dances she glances pirouettes in the rain 
beyond her shoulder a turtle dove sits posed  
She peers inside the water, a reflection of the self 
looking back into time, for it is then that she espied  
her beautiful smile intact upon a baby bird who couldn't fly  
She poses in the mirrored lake, its a looking glass of sort....

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I espied a young roach
As he did encroach
Upon a spot I call my place
I gunned him with some mace

In madness he did flee
Into a hole I could not see
Twas assumed death was his fate
Yet he had only gone to mate

And so I sit where I still live
Viewing the territory I did give
Unto this most clever foe
And his multitudes born below...

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My dear Selene
you continue
to amaze me...
tonight you took
my breath away
as I espied
the veiled beauty
of your flushed face
and like a fool
was lost for words!

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(My) Eclipse  form: Consists of 10 lines, 
each comprising 4 syllables (no rhyme).

© 27th July 2018...

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There’s the Buddha by the banjo
There’s a jumbo in the hall
And I must admit it took some time 
To notice them at all
But just last night at bedtime
As I snuggled up in bed
There upon the wardrobe
I espied a camels head
I smiled a little smile
As I turned off the bedroom light
Lay my head upon your pillow
And, I dreamt of you all night...

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Cucumbers, celery and stem-vine tomatoes
were hobnobbing with my Russett potatoes.
Pears and plums and one Georgian peach
winked at the Wisk and Snuggled the bleach.
Pretzels and popcorn and the Tostitos chips
ogled in awe as Meyer's bacon strips stripped!
Mr. Clean and Mrs. Dash espied a risqued art - 
when double-clipped coupons tainted the cart!...

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When shopping I espied my plumber 
I’d dallied with him in the summer
We’d meet round the block
I’ve seen his ballcock
He ditched me, I couldn’t be glummer

He’s laying pipe with my friend Mary
I advised her she should be wary
Because I do not think
He’ll be fixing her sink
But bonking her down in the dairy

2/23/19 ...

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Darkness' hush awaits songbird's melody
   Stars yet twinkle in the arms of night's tree
Dew drops cover the earth; flowers' petals still folded
   The world is at rest; to slumber all moulded

When, Hark! A crack in Heaven's firmament's espied
   Dawn's herald has risen to brighten the sky
     ~ To ease us from slumber with Warmth from on High...

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illusive ephemeral
transient,short-lived
just in this moment
from memory's sieve

recited or written,
rhythmic or rhyme
to fill a line,
with cadence,divine

fly away image,fly
as swallows in the sky,
to drift, 'til espied
in another's mind's eye

then rest ,and remain
in a different domain,
to inspire or prompt;
yet n'more the same




http://brianspoetrybio.blogspot.com/...

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With his long narrow beak he drank
drawing out nectar from a flower 
it was an Eastern Red Columbine,  
an Aquilegia wild desire ...

Nature was singing a sweet refrain 
sending sunshine to my visitor 
with wings spread he extracted,  
using a tubular beak and tongue;

He was a welcome guest 
inside this beautiful garden  
From a latticed gazebo I espied 
as he took delight, in every sip...

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Through frosted, fall night window panes,
a darkened shape in a pine tree,
an owl tall, tufted, stately,
listening for scurrying prey.

Gliding down, slow, whisper-quiet,
mouse stands out on the dusted leaves,
talons grab hold, down comes the beak...
I am lucky to have espied it.

Flaps back hard for the midnight pines,
with one quick bolt it’s had a feed,
regains its perch, at the ready
to stalk the shadows of night times....

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A slender lad, a city boy, set sail
'Board ship that hugged the contours of his coast
But lo! there brewed a mighty storm that night

The frail lad's heart did rise and fall that night
As gazing at each battered, storm-tossed sail
He wondered if again he'd see that coast

When morning broke, the lad espied his coast
Remembering the perils of that night
He marveled at how steady was each sail

~ No longer did he need to see the coast...

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My guardian angel reached for me
And tumbled right beneath a tree.

When I espied him on the ground,
It was as if I had been bound.

I couldn’t reach him lying there.
I feared he’d think I didn’t care.

As I stared with astonished eyes,
A big arm plucked him to the skies.

I wonder if God scolded him
For leaning over Heaven’s rim.



“Angels descending from above,
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.” by: Fanny J Crosby

For: ‘ Fallen Angel” contest...

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I met a man in pink,
Who chose to freely think
That those who often drink
Are bound to sadly sink:
“No braving it to a brink;
With no sure shores a link!”  
But while just this saying
Made with his glass a clink
And for a day graying
Did not quite snatch the wink
I’d espied in his look
But still stung then The Crook:
The Detective in me
My nose sure of odd Tea …

“Heh! Together we sink
For together we drink …

Both of us in a boat
You just in Liar’s Coat....

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I espied him in his designer suit
Such a looker, he’s REALLY cute

This morning he waved and shot me a grin
Oh how I would love a date with him

Think I’ve managed to catch his eye
Got my heart set on a handsome guy

I knocked on his door  …he was wearing a dress
I just stood there gawking I must confess!

Just who is my neighbour - I’m not so sure
But any dream of romance was premature!

Contest Who is my Neighbour
Sponsor Mystic Rose
09~03~15...

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The fishing of Scotland's coast
To be honest I have to boast
Please come take a look 
And dangle your hook
And join me in traditional toast

My favourite place is called Dunnet Head
With many species it has to be said
One just dangles their line
Hey presto! see what you find
It's a bite, not the weight of your lead

But sadly there has been some stinkers
When the fish must have been thinkers
For many times we did try
In us they espied
Wasting our time dropping our sinkers...

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