Short Exhaled Poems

Your soul has exhaled
Into me, an unwanted
Abhorrence for life....

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Release:
the universal
palliative’s
deepbreath,
slowly    exhaled....

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Insistent kisses
Passion exhaled heated breath
Two hearts in rhythm...

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each breath exhaled without use of force ~
melds essence of presence, with the source...

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attempting to contour 
a train of thought born
as we exhaled we died
to be here again reborn...

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DOG DAZE

August, dog daze, 
hot, sticky, panting breezes
humidly exhaled


John G. Lawless
8/12/2016...

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she inhaled my true virtues.
but exhaled vice into my nostrils
then all hopes withered
in spring time of hopes...

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HAIKU 11/5/2017

Autumn silence
softly  titillates life’s roots
love’s exhaled OM


John G. Lawless
©11/5/2017...

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warm breath exhaled, illusionary smoke in frigid night air.



Written December 8th, 2013

First attempt at this form....

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Years
devolve
becoming
fragmented time
scattering moments
across lifetimes 
in final
exhaled
breaths...

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Inhaled oxygen
Then exhaled stress and inhaled
the stress I exhaled.

Continuing life
Though in hesitations, Ah!
Positivity...

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Wispy smoke billows
Steamy breath exhaled in swirls
Like paper streamers
Break free, gone in a moment
Bon voyage to hopes and dreams...

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A wispy finger tickles the air
But a breath exhaled
Chases it away
All that remains now
A sweet scent in the air
And now it's time
For another puff
On the pipe...

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an infant's cry --
                                                      first breath of life
                                                              exhaled

8/1/13...

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Certainly I'll reminisce thereof the past,
Tho' shall not dwell therein it evermore.
For when I've inhaled and exhaled life's last,
Perhaps therein memory's realm I'll yet soar....

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comprehend oh fellow souls, this truth stark ~
each breath exhaled is a leap in the dark

likewise in-breath graced is a gift from God ~
use it well dear, by giving love a nod...

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life flows thru 
the flesh
exhaled thru
movement
recycled about
i want to know 
where it is
i am supposed 
to go-
leaking faucet
giving time a 
pulse, yet still
no reason....

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latent privacy
emerges into the limelight,
into the unfamiliar:
emptiness
exhaled
anguish abolished
destroyed:
insignificance
dismantled
despatched
to the extremities
of life...

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Her soul still clung after she exhaled her last breath.
Her body still feels warm even in death.
Her voice still echoes in my head.
Her memory still lives on even though she is dead....

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There was this entrée; they called it bean soup
My pet tasted some, then let out a whoop --
   Doggone it, I exhaled
   As Fido wagged his tail --
While I removed all his stench from the stoop......

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summer rain
upon hand
a fallen tear
  ###
winter snow
upon her face
rosy lips
 ####
autumn wind
upon her hair
braid unravels
  #####
spring breeze
upon her cheek
breath exhaled

3/25/15...

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Soft summer breeze
sensual aromatic scents
inhaled and exhaled
through sensitive nostrils
the rhythm of the wind
warming soft cheeks
inviting the closing of eyelids
capturing a peaceful solitude....

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meltwater
exhaled breath
warm remnant of kiss
inescapable consequences
ramifications off-ramp.

despite en garde, parry loop,
deflect dodge defy deny and cry;
relent now, 
imbibe and savor the afterglow....

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A sanctuary I entered
I exhaled
lifting me sweetly
to my cloud
I shout aloud
releasing my tension
thoughts pushed aside
as I reside in my abode
lulling sounds encircling me
pushing me to rest
a while...zzzzzzzzzzzzz...

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Tanka 11
	
	
	prickly pear islands
	frost-silvered prairie grassland
	horses grazing   their
	exhaled cloud-breath floating low
	in autumn’s cold morning light
	
	
	
	Written 11.07.2013 for
	Francine Roberts’ contest...

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