Short Fireside Poems

fades with fire sides heat 
the chill of a snowy day 
leaving me relaxed...

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Fireside reflection,
silent colors sit shattered;
Free to paint the world....

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the warmth of glowing red embers~from the earth a gift of black coal

© Harry J Horsman 2018...

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Fireside
beside the waves 
that were lying dormant;
At dawn the sky exploded red; 
Sunrise....

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Rain drops
Hypnotic
He sulks
fireside.

The cradle rocks
soothing innocence
woman's perfect snare....

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the wood was too green
          above the flames the sparks danced  
               the fire gave its warmth
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Sad Sextet. 


Rainy day 
Wet dog on pavement 
Looking in
Seeing me
Sit by the cosy fireside 
Ignoring its plight....

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As darkness falls
On this autumn night
I close the blinds
And dim the lights

It's cold outside
but cosy in here
Snuggled up by the fireside
With my love so dear...

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A sigh of sound
sweet batting of eyes
there is no end
to worrisome

our defence is to gather
round the fireside
where the spirit
fails to congeal



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A ray of sound
sweet batting of eyelids
there is no end
to worrying
its got to stop

our defence is to gather
round the fireside
where the spirit
fails to congeal



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love displayed by fireside
burning passion in the night
flickering glow on moistened skin
fire burning from within
with each touch that does excite
verses to a poem we write
winter snow falls soft and white
love that flows with each soft sigh...

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a glossy pearl peeks
from around the sky's blanket
gray clouds hover

white hare frolicking
in a scattering of snow
moonlight glimmering

logs crackle fireside
bare branches covered with quilts
tranquil winter night...

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Chameleonic fragility of feminine tranquility
Displayed in stretching curled felinity
Of cat in fireside chair
Between the lines of sight are seen
In visibility of mind
True views to find hide there
Where they've ever been
In ability
With flair...

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Put me in the rotisserie.
Warm me up with your heat.
Let me turn golden brown toasty.
Bite into me ever so sweet.

Lull me with your fireside ways.
Hypnotize me with your love.
Warm memories ‘til the end of the day
When I rise to the world above....

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Of all the months, the days of October
Call to me with a voice  like no other
The harvest almost done, silos filling
Over night the color palate changes
Birds have gathered for their flight 
Enchantment of the year's first fireside
Renewing rest of winter soon to come...

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witching fireside
a versus, bright host wallows
under the outside
~
fireside witching
a local, bright host wallows
into outside flames
~
rains OF flames
versus a, bright fiery…
host wallows outside

2/1/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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I'm sitting alone by the flame,
with lonely heart beating your name.
and thinking, my darling, of you.

I tried to enjoy the dance,
in my new gown, ordered from France.
It enhances my eyes of blue.

But no other arms felt like yours,
and all of my partners were bores.
Only your loving arms will do....

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Four from India
coffers filled
with cobwebs
dusty jargon
of their own
wept assunder
by your glances
lost disciples
driven snowflakes
of the 
full grown moon
you taught to dance
once so fluent
by the fireside
flaunting heavens
innocence
love itself will not
commit you to the
desert laureates...

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Logs melt slowly in a stone pit
Lights the night, in silence we sit
by fireside
Darkness afar illuminates,
as if the night must compensate
the firestorm
A battle of flames now delight
Claims the visual in the night
with fireflies


contest Fire,Earth,Wind
The Night of Fire
Frederic Parker 11/9/14...

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Lover,

Warm my heart, let me feel
the warmth of your embrace
taste the heat on your lips
and see the fire in your eyes.

Come,

Warm my soul, hold me
as we lay by the fireside
in the heat of passion
yearning for the spring that comes.

Winter Love Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: JCB Brul
2/17/22...

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I must dream by a mountain
and knell by the bells
cliche after cliche
is my calling
From  Gibraltar to the Pennines
I see the lemmings meet their master
But the fireside grows dim
the crows come home to roost
Playing a deadly Violin Concerto
by the ghost riders byeway
As a single tree props the World...

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Pale daughters
don't stoke the familial fireside
they wait patiently for the darkness
toting their time

They are not the ones
to hang around freckles smiles
instead they tell quaint jokes

Children call them defilment
their painted smiles tell a different story
lying in bed with their spectacles on....

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Orange blooms at dusk
goblins in the pumpkin patch
rich fall's come again

ghosts haunt dark cool nights
scarecrows wave in harvest fields
sad trees weep colors

devils on doorsteps
trick or treat candy cane lane
warm fireside cider

gaudy, red nosed clown
creeping like sun going down
when wind is howling...

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Listen to poem:

My hands hold a strange reminder
Of your presence
When I pray
Or when I play

There's a texture of sadness
Yet a warmth of affection
A rough surface of unknowing
Yet a fireside tingle after the icy snowing

I may have travelled since you knew me
Or maybe 
I still sit in the same chair
As memories clamp me there...

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Rikity Skikity

Rikity, Skikity, Mikity, Squawk
If you were a sheep how would you talk?
Would you talk flock or have mutton to say?
Tell me Rikity,  Quikity, I pray.

If I were a sheep, I would not talk,
I'd sit in the fireside room, knit woollen sweaters,
And cradle a lamb, and rock...... Baaaaaaaaaaack and forth....

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