Short Espouse Poems

opening one’s mouth to espouse religious or political rhetoric…likely closes a doorway to conversation...

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believe
that every thought you have
marks your face
every falsehood you espouse
darkens your eyes
and I am watching...

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Each day, I fight many battles

Against obscure enemies, my heavenly Lord

To espouse the laws of thy divine peace

Having my faith in Thee as sword! 





© Demetrios Trifiatis
    10 OCTOBER 2014...

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The golden eagle flies through the clouds so swift and easy,
And a tree with nest is her stay for years of three;
One or two fledgling young espouse colour as marking,
Hear her calling them, just them, when elegantly swooping.


22/10/2015...

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ESPOUSE

Wife and lover, combined
Being married, a way of life one can espouse
So refined

Not always smooth
Yet is as good as love allows
Your move

Above
All of the vows
Love

Wife and lover, combined
Yet is as good as one allows
Love
...

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Indifference
A cold, sharp silence
that cuts deep
shredding a
hopeless heart
suffering the agony 
born from the
apathy and fear
of those
who claim to care 
and espouse empathy
Empty words
wafting on the wind 
carrying a seed
that descends
on concrete
Feckless folly
false and
meaningless
Sincerity 
such a rarity...

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Crush the negative thoughts that pull you down
Brush the black and white dots in vibrant hues
Rush not the success for it's not the running race
Hush and trounce failures and get rid off blues

Descry and espouse every opportunity that comes
Deny the quote, that common man cannot score
Try until your zeal for success blazes bright and
Fly beyond the blue sky, for you deserve more 

June 15 2021...

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The end of another year of much uncertainty
As we sifted through mounds of propaganda,
Watching folks line up to espouse their ardency
The end of another year of much uncertainty,
Many vocalizing without a smidgeon of courtesy
Apparently, some did not get the memoranda,
The end of another year of much uncertainty
As we sifted through mounds of propaganda.

written December 26, 2021...

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Can you speak to the masses
will your words cross the line
From youngest to oldest
will listeners opine

How many octaves
can sing out your tune
Is it seasonal only
or July until June

Is time to speak kindly
of what you espouse
Or pile like kindling
as scraps from a house

The listeners are out there
awaiting your call
Their ears to the ground
—will you bend to enthrall

(The New Room: June, 2022)...

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Bowls 'n' bags 'n' 
branches 'n' trees
Orchards 'n' lives 'n'
meanings and needs

Taste the sweet meat of
Prunus avium - Bing,
Sweetheart, Rainier, Tulare
the tart, the sweet 
the redness - a treat

A bowl, a bag, 
by hand-to-mouth
to suck - to chew 
to rave - to espouse

© Goode Guy 2013-11-18

ekphrastic for 2013-11-24 at 
the Charles Taylor Art Museum of 
watercolor "A Bag Full" by Gemma B. Wallace...

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Years ago, when my kids were small,
We danced at night and had a ball 
When we were in our country house,
A custom we should all espouse.

Years later, here we are once more,
With grandkids on the dancing floor,
Both moving to the radio,
Their dad just going with the flow.

Of course, their nana joins the fun, 
Her smile the wattage of the sun,
For words cannot describe the joy
Of dance, the grandkids and her boy....

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Stalin cared nothing for his people 
Mao Zedong was likewise 
Cruel and brutal tyrants 
Who slaughtered millions of their own people. 

And now let those who espouse the ideals 
Of communism, marxism, socialism and globalism
Learn the truth from the blood soaked landscape 
Of the twentieth century 
And listen to the haunting cries 
Of countless millions who have died...


        W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly 2022.

         3/9/22...

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You're the only thing that seems real 
By Michelle Morris 
13/08/2020

You're the only thing that seems real 
in this crazy universe;
A touchstone of pure when 
everything is in reverse... 

I look into your eyes and see 
my love for you returned;
Of passion and friendship that 
will continue to burn... 

Like a cleansing flame
that cannot be doused;
We're soulmates together always,
like the fairy tales espouse... 

© Michelle Morris, 2020...

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The melody of delight
extricate themselves
from the practicality of life

You glisten, beam
with excitement
as days of reckoning

blindly pass through
ecstasy clouded by
persistent turmoils

surrounding perpetuity,
utilizing deliverance.
Daily drills bring pleasures

that linger throughout brilliance
as dazzling behemoths
try to replicate

serenity's musical escapades
that bounce around and
reluctantly espouse

sounds drifting into
minds exuberance....

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Observed while on my morning walk – 
A tiny little mouse
Went scampering out in the street,
A plan I’d not espouse.

For he ran willy-nilly
With no destination set,
Approaching several buildings
But no access could he get.

He darted back to whence he came,
A pile of curbside trash,
Then turned around and to
Another building he did dash.

A fellow walker witnessed this
When I said, “Look at that!”
He laughed and answered, New York style,
“At least it’s not a rat!”...

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