Short Extol Poems

dark night of soul
fears control mind
extol ego

04-July-2021...

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Our free will chooses between ego and soul ~
Destiny's shaped by vibrations we extol

19-October-2022...

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A secretary must control
A randy boss's rigid pole
Her knickers extol
A lacy peephole
A fitting end to his bankroll...

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If someone stutters that you meet
Just think of it like it's a treat
You might extol 
It's a drum roll
Keeping you on the edge of your seat!...

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Poetry gives wings to the soul
    Like music, it's meant to extol

  Though betimes its place, to console
    Inspirational it is, on the whole...

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Reflections are important to the mirrors of our soul,  
cast back the waters of distortion and learn how to extol


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So Weapons Control Horn Haiku

So weapons control
Should have been our greatest goal
This I will extol.

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet...

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To sing the blues you must have seen
sad days and happiness serene
sung with catchy voice.

Sorrow from your inner soul
mixed with love you will then extol
music of your choice....

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The eyes are the light  of the soul
While  spiritual light we extol
as we walk  in grace

 Without that light we lose control
Staying enlightened is our goal
 as the truth we embrace...

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no greater joy than knowing one has touched 
the essence of your poetry with love this much 
those tender words of recognition reach my soul 
Adele, your thoughts are deep with sweet extol...

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Whatever else he was, recall
He was a Bookman after all,
And at his quietest, a poet too.
Redonda…wine…the sordid rest
Ignore for now—extol his best!
For there was good in Gawsworth, as in you....

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Once we have sorted truth from lies

Peace dwells fully without disguise;

And through lifetime’s need  to be whole

Integrity… our hearts extol!



~
Contest Of Silent One: Food For Thought
1/04/2018...

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St. Nicholas was a right merry ol’ soul
Making children happy was his entire life's goal,
With a pack full of toys
For all good girls and boys
For centuries, his dedication we extol. 

Written November 27, 2022...

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Starry nights extol classical
staccato hues as hawthorn winds
pronounce timbers as magical.
Starry nights extol classical
violins sway as magical
sentinels praising summers’ end.
Starry nights extol classical
staccato hues as hawthorn winds....

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The sum of all possibility,
true nature of our soul

To act upon or take flight from,
virtues to extol

What may or may not happen,
to inspire or pretend

The choice is ours, the will empowers
—to flee or to ascend

(Bryn Mawr College: September, 2020)...

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Just think on this, at end of days
All we hold dear is gone
But awareness self-aware stays
Because our soul lives on

Where within us is soul
The light scriptures extol
God’s search our only goal

Where lies pure bliss
Just think on this...

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If soap could talk today
   What would it say

If masks had eyes instead of holes
   What would they see to extol

If plastic gloves weren't hot and sweaty
   Would wearers still act so petty

If it weren't for this COVID pandemic
   Such speculation would be academic...

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Woe, to touch the winter’s soul
The depths of slumber
Once filled whole
My heart it trembles at the thought
That it could be ensnared

Assuming then my true control
My might and virtue
I now extol
My heart awakens knowing well
Its life has just been spared...

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Immersed in Verse

Natures reflection so vibrant
Stilled beauty revealing pure grace
Colored precision tis brilliant
Timeless completion, glowing face 
Creates a heartbeat in the soul
Rises toward heaven to extol

Carole Cookie Arnold
John Freeman's contest
Nature Verse...

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each pore of form a door
each cell represents the whole
Holy Spirit manifests as magnetism 
soul becomes living light scriptures extol

a million suns illuminate our head ovoid
from a centreless fulcrum we expand 
how can form contain the energy
yet before you, here we stand...

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Give me some mustard and collard greens. 
Bring along some rice and beans. 
I'll have some chicken good enough for finger licking. 
Those barbecued ribs are rib sticking. 
If you want to see me open my eyes, 
serve me any assortment of pies. 
This is the food I extol. 
This kind of food is good for the soul....

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Bliss pulsates in our head ovoid,
love’s pristine essence, unalloyed,
looping form over front and back,
extinguishing feeling of lack,
as soma nectar feeds our soul,
borne of divine grace we extol,
felt within as magnetic heat,
suffusing us from head to feet.

07-September-2022...

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Watching the protests grow larger and stronger
     burying hope in the stench of a dumpster

   Hearing speakers extol baby-burners
     they themselves as unhinged as murderers

   What has America come to when human butchery is praised
     with social media as their church, on such values our youth is now raised...

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Once
Back in time
A life or two
There lived a loving soul
The words he’d rhyme
Where meant for you
To know when you were old
And in this generation
I find in veneration
Sweet exacting finite truth
Repeating to extol 
Youth’s  swiftly dancing  role
In this road there is a toll
And the travel makes you whole
Again...

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To whom does the urge manifest appear
To us of course but to the body or soul
Waves that arise, in time disappear
Where lies bliss, scriptures extol

Sans mind-body, who are we
Self-existent bliss and living light
In bondage to form, we cannot see
Light of a thousand suns, shining bright

15-October-2022...

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