Short Four By Two Poems

five,four,three,two,one



coming...ready ..or..not...

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Five four three two one
power fails
voice wails-
a dream
dies...

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Ten, nine, eight, seven,
six, five, four, three, two, one, and
where are we going?...

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One, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.
Count and play the notes in the measure....

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Horses in daydreams dwell
Four hooves two wings and a tail
Pegasus flies well

By Robb A. Kopp...

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a woman standing four foot two

went shopping to buy some shampoo

with shoppers aghast

a snob clerk let blast

madam what a meager hairdo....

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When I saw her it was plain
She was all I wanted and more
And I could show no resistance
With so much for me to adore

She is all I wanted it's true
I have to admit it and sigh
Since I am only four foot two
We just couldn't see eye to eye!...

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Indelible the writing…
each theme enslaves the words
The weight placed squarely on their backs
to bear the message heard

The meaning what’s important
four ruling two plus two
Verbs forgotten, nouns erased
—their insight still imbued

(Villanova University: June, 2022)...

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I know Mr.Society
he is an upside_down
who lives in my town

He always says
"Two plus two equals two "
I know its not true

If I say 
you are wrong
It equals four;not two

He will take his gun
And shot me down
He won't moan

then, how can i say
which is right and wrong 
I know that i am not alone...

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rOCKRt  BLAST OFF
                             By James Edward Lee Sr.
 rOCKEt    BLAST OFF
by James Edward Lee Sr.

Ten
Nine, eight,
Seven, six,
Five, four, three, two,
One...We have lift off.
"Houston, WE HAVE-
A PROBLEM,
SYSTEMS
DOWN"

"WE
HAVE A
PROB SIGHTING.
DYNASTIC SHOWN
COMPUER
HARDDRIVE
CRASH"

12/06/17...

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skip
a stone seven
times across
water's of
a calm pond
before day's bugle
blows

walk
stop
motionly around
an oak
tree before it's
two years old
too late

always
every
full moon even
if it oddly falls
twice
in one month
be nude

repeat
these
these three stanzas
four times two
everyday til twelve
midnight the first
of May...

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not a wisp taller than four foot two
sporting mile high stilettos
her tossed bleached hair
way up high in a loose chignon
red dress tails that effortlessly
flow dreamily behind her
without missing a beat
'excuse me ~'
she winks and smiles
as she struts on by



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on June 2, 2018 for contest SHE WALKS POETRY sponsored by JULIA WARD...

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Four Three Two One…

Four, three, two, one, it's all clover,
Green, black and blue,
All the same to you.

Beer, whiskey, cake, juice-bar drink
Open a cup O' Kidney I think.
Pour me a tall one, leaf it all to me,
Clover-mint-sprout, rag weed invite.

Herbal tax on highs
Lows lax on thighs.

Hang from the watermelon rafters.
Four, three, two, one…
Let's all run for cover....

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Some say bad times are a comin,
some say trouble's on the way.
Nonsense I say, just a total lunar eclipse
as the moon passes through 
the darkest part of the Earth's shadow
any light reaching the moon is refracted 
through the Earth's atmosphere
which scatters the blue light, 
and what reaches the moon is red.
So I say, but with four in two years
and the situation in the Ukraine, Syria and all
I'm goin to cover my mirrors....

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Two times two is four
Four times two is eight
Eight times two is sixteen
How far can we multiply by two?
Forever

Two divided by two is one
One divided by two is one half
One half divided by two is one fourth
How far can we divide by two?
Forever

Where is the end of the universe?
Forever

So, I confess
Our mind is limited
Between infinity and infinitesimal

Beyond which
We use the word
FOREVER
Meaning  I don’t know...

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I am a watermelon
with no meter or rind.

Counting syllables
like one, two, three...

Some beats make me sweet.
Some rhythms make me salty.

Four, three, two...

Some poets prefer
a non-rhyming peach
whose lines taste better than mine.

One, two, three…

Please don’t cry.

Four, three, two…

I’m still here
and I hope you’re
doing just fine.

A real Peach
never says goodbye.


Berteena
Harmony of the Soul
13 February, 2019...

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Acid, flowing rapidly
a Niagara down my cheeks
brushed away quickly.
The clock on the wall un-moving
reading four fifty- two
stopped there to keep the fall flowing
to keep me from forgetting
since forgeting would hurt more than the memories.
April 5, 2002, 4/5/02, 4:52
The clock stopped ticking, stopped ticking away,
the ticking stopped, it had to, it sounded so much like...

April 5, 2002, heartbroken, heartbreaking
but faithfully
I will wait for you....

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The 1970 Four-Four Two Oldsmobile was a spectacular beauty
I still like her today; she was owned by Mr. McPueuty.
He shined her up so often, her sheen was something to see.
He gave me a ride once in nineteen seventy-three.

She did not go as fast as I had hoped, but I felt like a queen.
Sitting in this brilliant red Olds, a marvelous speed machine.
I wish I had one today; I would shine her front and her back.
The 1970 Four-Four Two was a gorgeous car said my cousin Mack....

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