Short Footstep Poems

quarter past midnight
dad’s wild footstep, as he goes
to change diaper...

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Fresh and green grass farm
Maiden walks freely at glance
Footstep in cow's dung...

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A tiny footstep, awakens my wooden planks
Who goes there? My inner journeying voice asks...

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Each footstep, thunders
Near by, sunning rocks, tremble
Neurotic turtles!...

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Time…
our most precious consumable 

Buying each footstep
—lace on the pall 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)...

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Caterpillar crawling – 
Fat and fuzzy.
Footstep falling – 
Flat and scuzzy.


for Andrea's Itty Bitty Contest...

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each footstep in the sand,
remains betwixt our ebb&flow,yet
in others hearts,never to fade-
indelible marks,well made...

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           a snap of a twig

           made by my careless footstep

           white tailed doe takes flight






For Rick's "Haiku You" contest...

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                               The snap of a twig
                                   Doe and fawn quickly vanish
                                        My careless footstep...

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in storm of silence
beating wings left nest in spring
will return heart asks? sighs yes

dawn splendor in sky
daffodils dancing in breeze
is it your footstep? maybe



Katuata-Haiku...

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Clear skies greet us, panoramas open wide
    Rays of sunshine our every footstep guide

Gentle breezes caress our cheeks, toss our curls
    Shade and shelter, tree branches fondly unfurl...

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My walk each day
Takes me away
Where I can stray
My mind to play

Each trek it seems
Awakens dreams
And thoughts to be 
  —each footstep free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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When you recede and disperse
Either its darkness or enlightenment
Between life and death!
Its a thin line divide
Be sure!
In every passing moment
I hear the footstep
Someone is approaching
I know 
Illusion, I treat as life!...

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Flowering like an African violet 
Onyx hair kinky with flair
Only you can be brown beauty
Thunder bold or teal shy soul
So diverse in the universe 
Ties round head and neck
Emerald green black red best
Pride in your eyes your chest...

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PLANNING ADULTERY

Heard his footstep spring upon the stair and stop--
Heard his hand upon the cold brass knob ...and click--
Held her arms as open as her wandering heart could bear--
Heralded her fall...


Victoria Anderson-Throop
Dec 25, 2012...

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So lost without
a reason,
So trapped
inside a care,

The weight of 
endless absence,
From hurt when 
you’re not there,

Until our eyes
are focused,
Locked and
seen as one,

You’ll shadow my
every footstep,
Until my
day is done....

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#1
Footstep dies away
My atrophied heart
listens the howl of tempest
#2
She broke out, choked, tearful
Her house caught fire
Caskets of memories set ablaze
#3
Vast expanse, solitary tree
She was wiggling
She lost her eggs in desolate moon...

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inside the fireplace
                                  
                                         tinkle  branches crepitate
   
                             the forest’s footstep


Written: April 17, 2021

ONE HAIKU Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier...

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Born to the same words as you,
the feelings were my own
Language shared, intention spared,
a vision fully grown
Our words converse, beyond my verse,
your prose unto my rhyme
To search that darkest hidden place,
each footstep out of time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)...

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Between 
a nameless you
And bygone days when
world was around you!
I could breath one thing
Emptiness, am added season
Deep down within 
I swear
The canvas will be painted
Only in black and white
If ever I meet you
I will guess
In every footstep of your
The colour was sprinkled!...

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Leaves slippery here
I will watch my footstep then 
In their dance invite

I will not turn gold
For brown will come, old in cold
Ungrateful breezes

Manners of the young
Left much to desire today
Casting leaves to rot

Like values in trash
Thrown away. I am careful
Dancing in the wind....

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death of a circle 


 it was in the meadow
 when i first learned to wait.
 
 the marshes were heavy with morning
 and the footstep of a frog became a slight ripple
 born to die in the center.
 
 but only after i learned to wait,
 watching the slow death of a circle.

tolbert
...

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It's ridiculous, I know, but I looked for you all day.
I knew you weren't there, but I still expected every footstep to be yours, every door opened to be opened by you, every way I turned to see you there.
I even looked for your car.
Not that I needed to, I saw it this morning,
It wasn't you driving, though....

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Time is the mask that all memories wear,
  as feelings age within

Time is the bridge where eternity walks,
  each footstep to begin

Time is a voice spoken only inside
  where denial cannot hear

Time is the measure of what’s yet to come
   —in moments far and near

(Santa Fe New Mexico: February, 2019)...

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Even if the end draws near
I will not succumb to fear
Even if death is at my footstep
I will not turn dark and damp
There is no room for rain or hale
I would rather embrace the finale
It is better to savour what remains
Instead Of fearing the coming end
So keep my soul unto thy hand
For my prayers to thee i send...

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