Short Evinces Poems

Swish of withered leaves
In the depths of the forest
Evinces the tense calm
Before an approaching storm
Leashes its contained fury










For 5 line max New or Old Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Rick Parise
June 3, 2017
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Exalted   by  Vedas,


 epitome: Ganesh;


 exculpates   us  of sins.


 Evidence  of  tameness,


 Exhausted   to   our   ends;


 exploited   as   transport.  


 Evinces  a paradox!


18/09/16
Pleiades E by Kim Merryman- PLACED 8
42 syllables, 6 in each line ( howmaysyllables.com)

(Ganesh is Lord Ganesha in Vedas)...

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My friend reluctant to
attend office, too afraid of
his boss's disproportionate love;
constantly meddle through
intrusive disruption thereof;
evinces what he can do.

Keeps juniors under watch;
tries to manage even smallest
details of each work in office;
impossible to dodge;
‘Work Freedom’ thought he'll abolish
if he can; None can match.
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This poem was inspired by a piece from the modern artist Mark Ruthko.


Grey ash evinces our long hot burn.
The blaze, suddenly extinguished,
leaves a blackened smoltering expanse
that uncouples
here and the horizon, 
the beginning and the end, 
you and me.

Separated, we burn 
quietly sending the signal,
“I love you,”
through the devastation,
under the polluted purple sky.
Alone.
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