Short Excerpt Poems

The eye is a terribly hungry thing.

The only terribly hungry thing....

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The wound bleeds free
—that kills the angry heart

(From My Novel: 'Jumping Into The Darkness'- February, 2021)...

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my shoulders are broad
my back is strong

maybe I was born to carry all of this
maybe I was never meant to put it down
...

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The slying light inks up the paper
For the angle is just right
For shadows to enter my language
The landscape I'll dream of tonight...

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8
Let’s
Just
Wait
Till
We’re
Both 
Dead


(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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“Place this cloak around you and blink six times
You will then hear three chimes
When your body begins to shudder
You’ll be invisible to your own mother!”...

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You are-

Every line;
Every word
The tip of my pen;
Every thought in my head

You are my poetry;
Part of my soul
Included in my story;
An excerpt of my prose...

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An Excerpt from Nature's diary

The Rain took a break 
Sunshine embraced the wet woods
Squirrel out of drey

©Anulaxmi Nayak, December 2019...

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Rumors are invented by liars,
divulged by scoundrels and accepted by imbeciles... !



  P   literary interaction with excerpt
       from an author
       unknown...

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HEAVENLY KISS XL1


My dynamic paraphrase  translation excerpt of one of Quirinus Kulhmann's (A Christian sonneteer) series depicting the union of the soul with Christ...

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26
Idk
What
To write
So close
To going home
I just need
Some help

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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46
Is this 
The end?
Is this my
New beginning?
Is this where
I start winning?

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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43
So today
I wrote a song
And I don’t know
How to play it 
In my head
Or that guitar

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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So what’s 
Going on
Oh yeah
Just listening
To a song
Have to 
Think clear
Or I’ll end up…


So yeah


(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)...

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Life is fusion of sun and rain, clouds of sadness won't last long.


Oct 12, 2016.
Excerpt from my poem - Life is fusion
Life or death one liner - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One...

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9
On the
Radio
Calls
Like 
Cats
Taped
To 
The 
Wall
In the vent
We breed
Resentment

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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FOOTLE POETRY

Footle
Order
Often
Takes time
Learning
Excerpt

Placing
Onset
Edging
Tactful
Reading
Yuppie

Contest: Footle-Me
Sponsored By: Brian Strand
Date Created: 12/16/2020...

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34
Just one
Cigarette
And I’ll 
Be fine
And with
A vape of
Weed oil
I’d be 
So,
So 
Fine

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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Did I listen
To you 
When I was
Drunk did
I say something
That made
George mad
I love you
Both so much
Thanks for always
Having my back


(excerpt from the ebook 'mother' on amazon.com soon)...

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few treasured sunrays
awaken dormant daydreams
~ hope lurks on standby



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on May 1, 2021 ~ excerpt form my STANBY - HAIKU SEQUENCE originally posted on December 28, 2019...

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So for
My mother
Here’s another
If life’s a game
Then I’m not doing well
But clean shaven
Clean shirt
Clean and sober
You can’t tell

(Excerpt from the ebook 'Mother' available on Amazon.com soon)...

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excerpt from my new poem Mistletoe

Who’s she expecting ‘neath the mistletoe?

The poor gal looked dejected,

So lonesome and rejected.

For pity’s sake, someone kiss the gal!...

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how could I let fate
tear you away from me

and now forever’s
come and gone



Submitted on February 26, 2021 for contest LIBERUM DIVISA 4 sponsored by GREGORY R BARDEN  -  excerpt from my poem FOREVER...

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My word tigers I train with chair in hand
and meter's whip. Good syntax I require,
true spelling, decent rhythm - I demand
they jump iambically through hoops of fire.

An excerpt of the sonnet "Taming Tigers"...

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31
So I don’t
Miss
The good
Old days
Had some
Fun made
‘Em play
But yeah
Ya’ know
It was
Just on
The way 
To here

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
(100 poems $4.99)...

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