Short Fared Poems

Christians killing Christians,
politics trumping God

The Axis dared, the Allies fared
—shared lineage facade

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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her sagacious disposition fared well in this Celtic family
Colleen had the gifts of clairaudience and clairvoyance
some said she could see flirty flitting faeries in Dublin Woods
Irritating me, for I thought I was the only one who saw them....

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There once was a Ninja so sneaky
He broke their mercenary treaty
For he turned on his own
Because greed was his bone
His skeleton is now not so meaty

Now let this be a lesson to all
Be upstanding and honour your call
Like the Ninja has fared
No sneaks can be spared
If you do it, your never to fall...

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Spring

                  Spring
                 new life
               a hope you
             bring for every
     creature great and small
          who fared the long
             Winter’s bleak
                 wake up
                  Spring



04.09.2021©deborah burch


Ninette...

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this is such a plus in my life....all these talented new friends..where souls are 
bared, and laughter shared....and you've all cared.....how I dared....my mind 
compared, to someone who sweared, that he was fared amongst those who 
blared, their trumpets snared, in time now squared.  Ya didn't expect it ta'  make
sense, now, did ya?...

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I googled peace 

to get the feel of how 

she fared 

and

found her fight her

roughened way into 

men's bosoms and 

fortresses

and shuttle back

and forth 

between heaven 

and 

heavy hearts 

 
* * *

and then…

and then I browsed 

for war 

and with a gaping eye 

I watched 

the endless edging of a khaki  

garb 

and Oh the omnipresence...

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The journey of life is not a competition
We stand alone as we run our individual race
edging slowly and steadily towards a certain transition 
Everyone with a different strategy and pace 

When we eventually arrive at our live’s end 
It won’t matter how swift the race was done 
But how we fared through every bend
Fulfilling the destiny for which we were born...

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At first, it was merely a seedling of hope,
struggling hard to cope.

And yet, it felt new,
as it slowly grew.

People proved they cared
how older folks fared.

The right questions asked,
their tears were unmasked.

Wash your hands with soap
truth's a safety rope,
at first, it was merely a seedling of hope.


(Rhyme)


08/14/2020...

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Where did you fly off too bird,
the trees where your babies live?
New camera was out of focus,
but I heard the squawking loud enough.
Mother came out ringing the dinner bell;
did she know of the crimson sunset?
With the sound of birds in my ears,
I ran to the rice bowls, hot and ready.
Chopsticks in her hands - she first asked
how I fared in my adventures.
The birds were quiet, the sunset now violet;
I ate it all, but was still hungry for the woods outside....

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Are you really scared?

Scared to see how you fared

Are you really weak when you try to speak?

When your cries are heard and no one's concerned

Do the sands of time run straight through your mind?

Do you feel so sad for those dreams you once had?

When you were so damn sure that this life was yours

Do you look and see another life you need?

The life you owe yourself before those gates of hell

Are you really scared when you see how you've fared?...

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That sex was fine or so I thought
The mask removed to plair my prott
When all along I thought was hot
was all I'd fared to bring her sot

As all I was was fair to her
and held a hone up for dare to stare
And all I'd said was killed for stlair
Dead all run down for stilt for hair

When all run down more HELP to bare
where all good reason meant to pare
Was all basht out for love despair
where all who'd think that rape was fare
Was all you ruggs who'd culm to bare...

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I fared under the caricature
Of desolate bane this eve –
Walking with shiver in pocket
Toward the glassiness of now –

As I reached the tip of today
Drenched I was, in disgust –
Saturated with concocted sweat
I gripped tirelessly, the shiver –

Poured the shock of yesterday
Through forgotten cloud –
As I quivered under the dry
Of pouring dry rains –

My eyes swelled silently shut
From the lack of tears this eve –
My shiver, it completely melted
From the glassiness of now –...

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