Short Fortresses Poems

tall grey fortresses
feeling insignificant
diploma in hand...

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sandcastles built by

     small hands with pails and shovels

    ...... the tide is the foe...

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waves break on the shore

     climbing higher as they go
 
            ... sand fortresses fall...

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Castles
             High walls
     Deep moat surrounding
         In the Dark Ages
             Fortresses...

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In measures of heart
we choose our fragility 
in fortresses of loving
by practical arrangements 
bottled up messages sink...

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Hence, how with time courageousness and bravery vaporized. 
How kings used to withdraw their swords alongside their noble soldiers and 
how presidents now cower behind their fortresses of weapons of mass destruction....

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Impenetrable fortresses built from stones of regret,
reinforced with concrete mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves....

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Impenetrable fortresses built from stones made of regret
reenforced with the concrete of mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt here shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves....

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Impenetrable fortresses built from the many stones of regret, 
re enforced with the concrete mistakes we can never forget.
Confined within these walls only your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves....

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Impenetrable fortresses constructed with stones made from regret,
reinforced with the concrete mistakes one can never forget.
Confined within these walls only you and your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves....

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Impenetrable fortresses constructed from stones made of regret,
reinforced with the concrete of mistakes we can't let go or forget.
Confined within these walls only you and your guilt shall dwell.
The cruelest prisons are the ones that we build for ourselves....

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Roses are red 
Violets are violet
Oh look I see my love in its full glory 
Standing in the wasteland like it's guardian
It's massive cannon aims at the enemy Giving them a warm welcome 
I can't wait to see you In a fashion of    explosions.
Perhaps who I am for you to be bothered
For all I know 
I'm just a big gun enthusiast....

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White, billowy, fleeting.
Floating aimlessly through
The blue summer sky.
Silently towering above me.
Building fortresses, monuments,
Sailing ships...
Animals... Faces...
Constantly moving and changing.
Going wherever the wind takes them
Like free spirits.
On a lazy summer afternoon
I could sit for hours
And watch the
Clouds....

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I googled peace 

to get the feel of how 

she fared 

and

found her fight her

roughened way into 

men's bosoms and 

fortresses

and shuttle back

and forth 

between heaven 

and 

heavy hearts 

 
* * *

and then…

and then I browsed 

for war 

and with a gaping eye 

I watched 

the endless edging of a khaki  

garb 

and Oh the omnipresence...

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Re : Old Poems


Bells of triumph clang,
Fortresses fain to hail thee
Men of valiant swords.
Glories thence fell, crowns crumbled
To dust, no wailings were heard.

,,

The wind about thy sceptre howl and cry,
Loft precipices trampled;
Ruined rich piles of graves.

~


Forms : Tanka / Kimo


(3/21/2012)


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Pyramids are scattered
in a flat plane,
as red dust blows
once in a while.

For millennia,
we have read stories
of "flying fortresses"
or vimanas to Hindus,
"flying shields" to Alexander
the Great,
and "flying eggs" to the Dogon

The distant travelers
were revered as gods from the stars;
gods who know us very well;
gods who are us a million years from now.......

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Their elegance astounds you,
Gowns and suits of the finest fabrics,
Palaces and houses,
Like fortresses strong and sophisticated,
They sweep the universe,
With their trips of honor,
Complicated and diversified,
Loveable and likeable,
Like we are and always have been,
They read like a romance novel,
Chapter by chapter,
A James Bond novel well-written.

Author: Gwen Meyer-Erlach Schutz...

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Is it possible to live
            in this world without pain...!?
            Painlessly...!?
            No... but we can
            build fortresses
            with pure feelings
           to understand and learn
           the need for learning...
           learn to accept and have power
           to mitigate this pain while we live 
           because everything belongs
           to the whole of what life is,
           and live together.
           it's needed......

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