Short Exerting Poems

wholly
utterly
completely
devoting
dedicating
committing
striving
exerting
straining
victory 
triumph
conquest
smiling
grinning
beaming
gratitude
appreciation
acknowledgment
modesty
humility
prayer...

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In contrast  well on the other hand seems like
opposites attempting to catch the wind. Exerting to resolutions, connecting, and associations. A goal one's  mirror of one's mind, A afterthought? often dazes in one's head according to one's way of thinking, interconnected ways of linking....

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our aversion
forged a bond
exerting a pull
magnetic

trauma bonding thus
in time we became
the object we disliked 
now stalking our soul

love however
is our lifeline
for it dissolves
all opposites

love employs no force
it is a soothing caress
healing and transmuting
the very core of our being...

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Full of disquiet
And extrapolating views
Exerting pressure

Those that wish me harm
I can distance or ignore
The minority 

To rest from within
Exhaustion harms my self worth
I can't help myself

Release need to care
No validation needed
Expunge negative

I want to just breathe
In proximity to light
Whilst my hand is held...

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Your words flow faster than your mind
Can decipher their impact
No Fetish
But, you are licking your own feet
Sucking your toes clean
For you think you are on higher ground
Above exerting discretion over the dialogue you utter
Censorship does not exist in your vocabulary
Your slippery tongue betrays you
For it knows no boundaries
Your foolishness is never-ending...

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karmic attraction veers 
toward the inevitable and 
the unavoidable rolls out 
as it was always meant to be

like magnets exerting their pull
collide becoming inseparable
call it fate or call it destiny
too late to change the outcome

no deciding factor 
comes into play
it just is...
inevitable and predestined

the dice cast
the cards dealt
so we wait to see
how the script plays out


Posted on October 26, 2024...

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Winter reminds me of wet coats
in the hall and the smoky kitchen heat,
of large logs sizzling,
exerting their wetness on the hearth stone;
cut fresh from the garden,
they fill the flagged floor with warmth.

Each morning pale yellow ashes lie
like floury dust around the fireplace,
a brighter yellow appears in the garden,
across the street,
when the rain beats upon the ash heap.


From Perfume of the Soil.  Swan Press, 1999....

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My aching frame feels like breaking
Shattered glass shards scattered
I'm quaking, totally shaking
Battered weak bones smattered

My paining form's fully draining
Crumbling bits come tumbling
This straining strength slowly waning
Grumbling parts go stumbling

This hurting is disconcerting
Fractured frailty captured
Exerting flesh is diverting
Ruptured decline structured


05.01.2021

For Charlotte's "Open Poetry 4" contest...

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Shake all those weights off of your form,
Exerting your power of will.
Xenobiotic fabrics fill
Unseen voids that should be the norm.
Activity creates a storm,
Leaving you all wet from the spill
Inside out, because of the thrill
Zippers create within your dorm.
Acting on operating parts,
These movements define the pleasure,
Increasing the beating of hearts.
On my voyage to your treasure,
Natural motions strike like darts,
Sending you strokes in all measures....

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Beam from a spherical body;
Formed by divine hands,
Travel down towards the earth 
in rays;
Landing on men's thin lined 
epidermis,
Exerting its strength on their 
skins,
Thus, making them make 
noises;
Ranging from shrieks to 
screams.  
In their screams, they cursed 
the sun saying;
Oh Sun! May thou loose thy 
brightness,
And may thy shape be lost; let 
it be square.
Look at the scourge you have 
given to us,
It has colored our light skins; 
making it black....

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