Short Fastened Poems

The bird is fastened 
in deep sadness and sorrow, 
Then it flies its cage....

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Many and oft these soft ideas have flown. . .
  only to be fastened sharp talons with Reality thorns....

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when june was a little girl

her only hair was a curl

jeweler dad dismayed

a crown so sad displayed

so he fastened on a pearl.
...

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Joy and Ride went for a spin
  Round each bend, a wicked grin
Those seatbelts they weren't fastened in
  The ones that stank of rum and gind...

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a deafening thud
seatbelt hurriedly fastened
a fender bender
a cell phone quickly hidden
s/he can't explain what happened

written January 26, 2022...

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The old dog smiles with knackered eyes fastened
on the old friend he loves hard
to get up for but will


March 26, 2022
Form K - Kimo Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France...

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The rickety bridge holds steady 
underneath his bare dusky feet. 
Un-sturdy but still fastened,    
the darkling waters do waver. 
He prays, then crosses over.


Image # 5   
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Speak softly babe as I incline my ear   
to hear the rustlings of your loving thoughts 
Draw me to your bosom and  hold me dear   
fastened to your heart like a Celtic Knot....

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Teeth fastened in his throat,
Claws buried in his side,
Blood gushes out of your mouth.
As he falls to the floor,
You pray he understands
You had no other choice.
This was always how this story was going to end....

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"Dance! Dance!"
he constantly told his dancers.
They danced morning,
afternoon, and evening.
So exhausted they were,
they died.
Now he keeps their bones
in his closet, fastened with strings
like marionettes......

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I caught a falling star,
oh yes, I swear I did
I put it in a jar
and fastened tight the lid
So when it’s late at night
or days are kind of gray
Then I can use it’s light
to help me find my way...

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He took my hand to the other end of paradise 
we told secrets to each other as we fastened  
our eyes to the spingle songs of yesterday;
When the poetry stars descended 
we began a kiss that never ended 
up there, in paradise.......

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TWENTY MINUTES OF TURBULENCE

seat belts fastened
tight

snack carts
jettisoned away

pilot on the talkie
nonsensical i say

the mobster clouds
take our jumbo jet

for a ride
we fly the turbulent skies

Kim Rodrigues © 2017...

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Modern Times 

Artificial heart
Its batteries fastened to your belt
Be careful
Always have reserve batteries
In your pocket
Should you run out you have got
2 minutes 
To find and replace
So do not fumble and lose them 
On the floor....

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There’s a well
in your meadow
only music can fill

It’s deeper 
and wider
and calls to you still

With its bucket
overflowing
and rope fastened tight

Sweet melodies   
waiting
— to quench your delight

(The New Room: February, 2024)
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A manuscript of gold,
Written in crimson nectar.
Are now fastened in tears so cold,
That even love silenced in freezing hell may stir.
For a manuscript of gold,
That never reached its crimson queen.
Will never be able to tell of a patron’s undying love....

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After soliloquizing 
In darkness 
We struck a resounding chord 
Making rhythms
As we march into the light
Now we come 
But not to you 
To plead for justice 
Not to you 
To stay your fastened arm
But to face you
And voice it home 
That our hope is not dead....

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Bitter and sweet 
Bliss and misery 
Are, all the things that you,
Inspire in me.
Your name gives my heart, just
A hot chill.
Until my fastened lips are able to,
Open and say “I love you”.
But alas my mind becomes delusional,
Unable to approach the being that is you....

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In a not-so-ideal
wedding idyll,
a homicidal,
recent bride’ll
get ideas,
not be idle.
When he shut-eyed, ill,
then she sidled
with a bridle,
fastened idol,
both hands tied, till
in came tidal,
claimed suicidal,
got car title,
left for Slidell.
...

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Starlight
Like sequins on a
Dress

A gown of
Black
Across
The water

A blanket fastened
To unknown
No light, no shadows
In the blackness
Of the universe

No one will ever
Know
The secrets
In its depths

Night
Willing to be forgotten
Reminding us we’re alive...

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savor of fresh rain
bird house fastened to tree trunk~
beak full of earthworms

nestlings bulging cheeks
leaves its nest gravity pulls~
prompt upward movement

2/12/2023

Spring Flower, Bird Or Butterfly Haiku X 2 Poetry Contest.
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin

howmanysyllables...

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I've put the foil on my bedroom doorknob
and fastened rubber bands across the latch.
I've mixed Coca Cola with toothpaste and vaseline 
then poured the rest of the coke in the toilet.
I've drunk warm water and a shot of olive oil.
I'm tired; the bananas will have to wait til morning.
...

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1970’s FIX


Tied, bound, cinched
Must-a-bin-bad

Fastened, secured, fixed
Must-a-bin-bad

Trussed, restrained, enslaved
Must-a-bin-bad

Strung, laced, affixed
Best lay still

Learn not fight it, else
It gets tighter

																																													          Sunshine Williams...

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The grain of the wood,
fastened and softened
by time and breath;

these pebbles so smooth,
coated and left with
the silk of dead waves -

and you, all of you, your flesh
so awake to my longing, my touch,
are more beautiful yet

than all these reminders
that night will embrace us
and change us in time....

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Floating in with a tune
Striking a melodious tone 
Stirring, revving 
A once scenery mind
Into a hat full 
Of harvested choice

With each sounding pitch 
Awaits a sure response 
From the riding of feet 
To a rising note
Crowned with a crested call
Running from a fastened passion 
Echoing our own desires...

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