Short Etching Poems

intaglio
delicate incisions
in soft outline...

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frigid frost etching
the windowpane unseeing
warmth sunshine dripping...

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The rain falls softly.....etching fluid memories.......as your footprints fade.......

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Ideas…
cut glass of perception,
Obsidian tomorrows
—etching today

(Dreamsleep: July, 2021)...

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hoarfrost coats the grass
etching it 
like acid on a metal plate
defeating the
morning glories 


*10/20/12...

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Portuguese-born Paula Rego
feminist issues her artistic lingo
In a suite of pastel etching
her spotlight did bring...

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Charles Maurin with talent to spare
an etching revolutionaire
His composition - allegorique*
best displays an enigmatic technique...

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Even though our kiss
was brief and gentle 
as the graze of a butterfly 
wing 
etching itself on my lips
as a sweet memory to
linger........

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Placing your heart on your sleeve
Opening the doors to you soul
Etching out a path for yourself
Talking to a friend
Reaching for a star
Yearning for love....

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walls crawling 
inside out 
Escher etching
fingernail grout
staring at stares
plaid throughout 
plied and played
guts splayed out 

wailing away 
in bars in stout...

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sunset bleeds of gold

    etching opalescent clouds--

 till light turns to ash





For Tania Kitchin's Contest
Haiku - Nature Themed 2 Poetry

8/18/2020...

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Easy blue etching
End to end sleepwalk
Rains without water
Rocks full of blood
An uneasy daydream
Covering a nude urge
O, I undid something
Before unravelling it
And I have undressed
A little shyness....

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My enemies surround every element
Entirely never easing
Everywhere, each etching.
Etching at each easement
Envy etches each one.
Every Enemy!
Each enemy electrifies me.
Enemy no extra!
Each to easier existence!...

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splashing thoughts
on moving water
etching words onto quicksand

we declare

look

see what time and
a certain fretfulness
has made us do

it is petulant


it is childish


sometimes it is poetry


...

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1

dry skin can make a 
superb etching art pad that
lotion can erase.

2 

lose of appetite
can help you fit into those
chic designer jeans.

3 

memory loss can
be an apology crutch,
when saying something....

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R-iveting spot of dawn
H-as fascinated your eyes; 
E-arly twenty-sixth of May, 
A-lluring morn meets the skies.

F-etching beacon begins
R-ising with warmth and light; 
I-t's a captivating view, 
A-n interesting
S-ight....

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Whisper
words of love 
into my soul's psyche,
etching into my memories
echoes

of times
now stored inside dusty attics;
forgotten in the end,
a summer spent
with you.  

Whisper
echoes
of times
with you....

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on tip of a wisp
as it bevels and bloats
streamlined scribbles etching a note
upturned waves collapsing
in cotton bobs
greys and embers mating a mistake
ethereal tendril veins knitting patters undone
phoenix fogs missed mist
of almost pink...

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I feel
the encroaching
necrosis settling in,
as the shadows finger their way
toward the growing twilight, etching my mind,
endless scratching with no escape!
It’s closing in on me,
this demon heart
I feel!


10/31/2017...

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sunset vanishes
etching traces of his  face
my breath cold as dew
quivers with pained requiem...
through autumn’s first interlude


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Lament A Tanka Contest for Rick Parise
9/29/2016...

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In age of winter                                                                                                       the reflections are glazed                                                                                                 etching the surface...

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I write upon the sand
With an unseen pen,
Making my mark on eternity.
I live day by day,
Etching out a living,
And seeking out the best.


Eternal rest
Comes in forgiving
Along the way.
Thus, receiving serenity,
Every now and then
Forever take my stand....

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each memory that comes to me
is silver sharp and worried
as if I could finger it, feel each tear
drop
etching all around
with each revisit more detail is
added
more scrolls, more fine lines and
whispers of regret
that close my throat
and 
drown me in sorrow...

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A sweet ray of sun on an autumn breeze
Nestled amongst arms in nature's way
Dreaming dreams and living scenes 
Right in front of our very eyes
Etching out lasting memories
And uncovering endless possibilities

Happy birthday Andrea!!
You are truly a gift to us....

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R.  Resounding peace
E.  Enters to the
F.  Foyer of my spirit
L.  Leaving a lullaby 
E.  Etching an outline
C.  Calming down
T.  The chaos within
I.  Installing instead peace
O.  On the inside of my heart
N.  Never giving back the
S.  Scantions of the chaos I've evicted....

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