Short Floodgate Poems

 
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It may have been only an illusion,
a delusion or dream;
yet, in that vivid imagination
I once possessed,
the tiniest crack became
an open floodgate ~
I couldn’t help myself
from drowning
in you.
~~~...

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A floodgate

Is opened in the

Meanderings of

Wholeness

As THIS gains

Resonance..

THIS excludes

No story..and all

Stories can expand

Racing away as

The story of the

Expanding universe..

Words hang together

Somehow and can

Seem as infinity

Lives in each

Story:

THIS......

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Her bare shoulder
red silky strap's open secret
her bare shoulder
sensuous silk's silent wonder
opens up fantasies' floodgate
moonwalk from anklet to bracelet
her bare shoulder


© 2011 kashinath karmakar
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Placement:4th;(Sept.2011)

By:kashinath karmakar (13th Sept.2011)

Contest:Weave a Rondelet

Sponsor:Nette Onclaud...

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I see a world wet with tears of sorrow;
there is so much bigotry, greed, and hate.
I fear what fate may befall the morrow;
while politicians beg you to donate,
corruption runs like an open floodgate.
Cultists and conspirators shared one voice;
to deprive women of having a choice.
Frustrated, the confused support a fool,
and the multi-billionaires rejoice;
the poorly informed are the perfect tool....

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Walls were covered in cobwebs that chattered.
Splash is flaking from the crumbling floodgate.
It was flawed to wait while you were battered.
Walls were covered in cobwebs that chattered.
A long time of hush leads in aged flattered.
And some items that may freshly relate.
Walls were covered in cobwebs that chattered.
Splash is flaking from the crumbling floodgate.

Written: February 20, 2023...

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Listen to poem:

Writing I most appreciate 
When poetry I can create
Be it a sonnet impromptu
I need every word to ring true 
I sometimes open the floodgate
When I only meant to tempt fate
It's often whimsy I pursue 
Dreams of Corfu and Kathmandu
Taking my pen I bid adieu
I need to write an ode to you



AP: 3rd place 2021

Submitted on January 20, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on July 20, 2019...

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Cannot cry, tears don't know which way to go
they are caught in an emotional maze
bottled up tears, have formed a wall of woe
The nose may run, but the eyes simply glaze
Such repressed sorrow is more than a phase
Crystallized dam has been growing for years
Fortified fortress of blood, pus and fears
Feelings that are deemed way over the top
Afraid to release this floodgate of tears
Once the crying starts it may never stop




5/15/16...

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"Deep Waters"


These walls full circle
This room full tide
Deepest Deep Waters
All shades of Blue
Floodgate sheds lives
Empty room 
Vacant garden bed
Dead Womb 
Departure
Called Home
Cut the chord
Reborn



(Lovejoy-Burton/April 2018)










Artwork/Rene Magritte, Deep Waters 1941

"Facades", Philip Glass/Michael Reisman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=109&v=OAYHRQphMb8...

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It’s The Heart Stupid
By: Miracle Man
8/7/2019

Our Country seems filled
With guns and hate.
The rash of shootings
Is like an open floodgate.
We see the race card played
On almost any given day.
But It’s the hearts of men
That cause bullets to spray.
Taking away the guns
Will never be the answer.
But the blood of Jesus
Can eradicate this cancer.
When man’s evil heart
Is bent on destruction.
The taking of life with guns
Will have no reduction.
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