Short Figurine Poems

Your milk skin like
Voluptuous frame figurine
Of Roman deities....

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thy white shoulder
is glimmering
when a tender dusk
meets
the whisper of lips

bent by the moon
dew
(a figurine
by Japanese master)
velvet fingers
will touch you
before you flow
into the ocean...

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Doll house

Smoke came from the attic
the doll house was aflame.
Burnt down to ashes
as were the small figurine 
that lived noiselessly 
in childhood memories.
A casket
tiny music box had a dancer
buried 
at the bottom of the garden.
Ashes to ashes.
Even memories will vanish....

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Hoisting the bisexuality
on a figurine,
I crawl back to anxiety.

The primitive instinct
was taking over the stitches
on a snake.

What do you want from
a moon for the drooling
mouth of a seashell ?

Braiding the breasts
against gravity,
earth wants to defy the duality.



Satish Verma...

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Porcelain statue
A girl with a goose
She has food hidden 
Treat in a small sack
A teasing gesture
It reminds me
Of you with goose
A gift maybe
The perfect gift.
Maybe gift 
Purchased now
Tucked away
For a 
Special
Time  

Sponsor: Nathan A
Contest: Precious Moments The Figurine...

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Scream Queen.
Silver Screen.
Rave action scenes.
Back in the day.
A dated matinee.
Two bits the fee.
Orange crush is a treat.
Popcorn queue waits.
Salt and butter to taste.
Soft Sixth-row seat.
Newsreel review.
Latest previews.
Stop motion Anime.
King Kong Figurine.
Vina Fay Wray,
A Lady of Fame....

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Windows clashing
As the storms passing
Watch the clouds as they go a stray
A big ball of light
Oh what a fright
From the windows stay away
Rain drops on my window make a figurine
Look at them glistening
As the clouds throw one more strike
Out of my home goes the light
Back on they come on
Now the storm is gone...

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Set in stone
I might be
As jewel
Her, Aphrodite

Eyes, but who 
Inward stare
Upon pure nude
Venus de Milo

Cold cold marbel
Questionable masterpiece 
Or warm warm rains
Crying towards Greece

However shall beauty
Reach out to thee
To worlds passed
Time has never pleased

But, by any other name
I am woman; figurine
Upon others pedestals
I am thee...

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A figurine par excellence 
An angel with brilliance
Dusky looks heavenly
Couture cools celestially
Damsel or diva delighting
Belle boldly bewitching
Svelte, slender and stylish
Dwells in a den so lavish
Luscious lips and aroma
Enticing is Lord Minerva
Dazzles in buttoned shirt
Glitters in gown and skirt
Any garment suits superb
Brassiere bikini or just garb..!!...

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Toy in the shape,
of a figurine,

Boy saw it,
and began to whine,

he had seen possibilities,
of frolic and fun,

he began insistence,
full throttle and gun,

he had an agenda,
different from parents,

knowing that,
he deepened his laments,

scared now for sure,
both became full aware,

that they had to quieten the guy,
so they simply bought the toy ware....

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Glass Galateas, made in heads,
Figures for showing on shelves,
Shining sheens of pondered light.

Glazed goddesses, fire dreams
Frozen to figurine for icons
Kept in sacred case.

Praise them not with touch,
For they are delicate form'
Special for fragile touch,
Fragile for special form.

Praise them with a gaze
Before they shatter, 
Fall and scatter
Raw pain in naked feet....

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There was an elf whose name was nack
He did such things as others lacked
But then one day he got a nick 
Upon his knee right from a pick

They laid him up so he could heal
Upon a shelf  by window seal
Though never would he work again
He'd give a smile when one passed him

In time his name would come to mean 
A little thing a figurine
Now some that sat upon a shelf 
Must surely look just like this elf...

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Ballerina prisoner figurine  
Such beauty locked away
Only dances 
When she sees the light of day

But, in my mind
Her twirls are reminiscent
Of forgotten memories, round and round
Stirring music weighs

So, I hide her still
Under key
And silence
Hoping she is forgiving

Until a fondness of providence is found
That soon soul will awaken
Her gracefulness hopes of ironies 
O' may she dance her way back among my living...

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Need mercy for a 
Freudian slip.
I was sitting on a window.

The light went out 
from the eyes of the masterpiece. 
Only stones were left.

Give me the figurine. 
I wanted to cut open the navel 
and find out the blue god.

Will you pull the chariot 
of moon ? The black horses 
will not send the blessings.

The dawn was still hiding 
in a bunker. First you feed 
a child and then kill the rising sun.


Satish Verma...

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I’m daughtering in place and it’s a full time job.
I'm a posable figurine, like a barbie for my mom.
She's been shopping in a frenzy, to fill the empty hours.
I think we have an Amazon truck dedicated to our house.
I needed another closet so we took my sister's room
It looks like a Dior outlet-store or maybe King Tut's tomb.
"I think you've gotten carried away," I said to her last night.
Looking at all the loot arranged, she said, "you may be right."...

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Scars been stricken on their face
The game is called, the green is dressed,
They shout, insult, drink and curse
(no rhyme of course, and seldom versed!)

We’re the blowing hooligans of the side
Swift and smooth as Jell-O Bratwurst,
Soccer warriors admiring the slide.
No matter who has lost or won.

Don’t you see the beauty of the game?
A seat, a bottle and that sissy figurine
Fly, knock, and hit any without a name
Till scars bleed on their face....

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Spooked by a two headed snake,
a double of a living person squirms.
A moral crisis comes out
of a cage.  

The private space is violated 
and bloodbath of robins start-
to understand the unrest.
Antimatter will keep the mystery alive.

A distorted truth falls in your lap
like a figurine asking your pardon.
The dogma lies in mess. Chronology 
moves forward for future dates.

This is not unusual. A wounded
lion has a sanguinity
of exactitude, lying on
a stretcher.  



Satish Verma...

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I built her a glass castle
And set her as my queen
And promised her the East and West
And e'r'thing in between.
She placed me on her white cake -
Her Golden Figurine.
It looked like I could do it, 
But that's just how it seemed.

I tried to keep my promises.
I did with all my might.
But in the end I failed at that
And proved the hater's right.
The queen's still in her castle, 
Her raiment's simply stunning.
She's waiting for her Charming,
But I'm not sure he's coming....

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Forgiveness is key.
Remember this:
Agree to disagree, and you’ll
Get along fine. Say
I love you often.
Leave room for the other to breathe.
Each night go to bed with a kiss.

Hear each other! Listen intently!
Eagerly await your spouse’s arrival.
Attend to the marriage, never
Rescind the contract nor threaten it.
Train your children by your example.
Serenade each other with kind words.

FRAGILE glass shatters lives. Protect your
HEARTS like you would an heirloom figurine....

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Seeing, what others want us to see,
Invigorate ‘them’, by subduing our plea.
Tears inside, still continuing with a glee,
Temporal affiance, desisting us to be free.
If this is life then what are we?
Condign figurine, maneuver by thee.
Even if we wish to, cannot flee,
Hypocrisy insinuates a denouement spree.
This world! A forlorn tree,
Subtle roots, nix flowers to be.
Living in the jungle of heartless “HE”
Don’t snatch my heart, I prithee,
In the name of God, let me---------- be ME....

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