Short Featherweight Poems

The weight of a smile,
Featherweight on the scale,
Light and merry heart,
Happily drifting away,
Unperturbed by the encompassing waves,
Unruffled by the crashing sea.



May 30, 2022....

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Fallen out of favour
Dovecotes
Of arms 
Flapping
The featherweight fight

A symbol's weight
May fluctuate

But the pigeon
Has always 
Been a dove



6.27.2020

N/A Strand Completely New Poetry (1)...

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waves crash mist and spray
touch upon lighthouse's strong walls..
lights steadily warn

lightkeeper's sturdy
rock home filled with light warmth love..
unharmed as storm passes

delphiniums bloom
their gauze blossoms withstand storm..
strength in featherweight  

Sponsor: Gail Doyle
Contest: A Scenery Of Your Choice As An Artist
July 15, 2012...

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The apartment leaks footsteps,
it’s hard to avoid their featherweight padding.

Fabric and pith teach
walls how to speak;
fragmented recordings
that always threaten to utter
something intelligible.

Ears question,
closed eyes grope for answers.

They abide --- the indwellers,

they nightly rearrange,
whatever you thought was yours
as you daydream of being real....

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A step too far, brings right of passage to a ledge
Fluttering at cliff walls, pushing life’s brittle edge
A sheer instinctive thrust, with no trust to pledge
Now or never moment, undermines fear’s wedge
A chick leaps off, flailing frail wings fail to fledge
Featherweight of hope meets a ten-pound sledge
Crashing straight down, no safety net to dredge
Next guy flaps like mad, landing softly in a hedge...

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Extremely Fractured Footles.

Grose art
Faint heart

Write poem
Rhyme time

Compose song
Sing along

Opening night
Stage fright

Break leg Superstition
Big Audition

Ballet dance
On toes prance

Gymnast Cartwheel
No big deal

Tap dancer approaches
Kill those roaches

Featherweight fighter
Must get lighter

Jockey of course
Needs a horse

Happy Thanksgiving 
Keep those turkeys living

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