Short Frieze Poems

A
ceiling
confection-
tutti fruiti
style...

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Once summer green
then Autumn gold
bedecked this ancient tree-
Today silhouette laid bare
misletoed in winter frieze....

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Sculptor Thorneycroft Wiliam Hamo
made many a statue 'to go '
He also carved building frieze
so versatile was always at ease...

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Off
chance
in a 
web of paint-
dripping with talent.

Ekphrasis after Frieze by Pollock

Listen to me read my poetry on youtube under name of ichthyschiro...

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Rising well before dawns first light,
Driving through tunnels of trees.
Bedecked with frost shining bright
I miss the sight of this winter frieze.

© Dave Timperley 2012...

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Dr. Walter Frieze

Here, arrogant Dr. Walter Frieze
Who in idle boast, cured every disease;
From illness, could never go blue
Lies cold, felled by common flu!

Sept. 16, 2018
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Once,summer green
Then,autumn gold
Bedecked the ancient tree-
Now,in silhouette,laid bare
Mistletoed in winter frieze;
Flurries of snow,fine & dry
On its branches lie
White stars,scurry and shift
In piles of patterned drifts....

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Once,summer green
Then,autumn gold
Bedecked the ancient tree-
Now,in silhouette,laid bare
Mistletoed in winter frieze;
Flurries of snow,fine & dry
On its branches lie
White stars,scurry and shift
In piles of patterned drifts....

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The rafters creak
The Fire alarm is delirious
Its 4 AM
all is in a frieze
Intrigued by the night
I unpetal
The Night people dine in-between
Top hats appear
Bell drawn dazzles
You stole my castle
I need to graduate from this dawn...

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Solo artist Snow works throughout night,
silently painting rooftops white,
crayons lawns, pencils in trees
a dazzling shade of white
over his great frieze;
his masterpiece
wins acclaim,
then melts -
shame!

Jack Horne for Linda-Marie's contest...

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RECREATIONS
virtual
sensory experience
 two
   dimensional
glimpses
of
the past
in
mirrored
  shards
of
yesterday
glowing
 & vibrant

elaborate
bedazzled
&profound
interpreted
  anew
in a
frieze
of redemption
of
beauty
ornamented
with
  abandon...

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re-post inspired by Janice's contest

SHADES OF WINTER

Once,summer green
Then,autumn gold
Bedecked the ancient tree-
Now,in silhouette,laid bare
Mistletoed in winter frieze;
Flurries of snow,fine & dry
On its branches lie
White stars,scurry and shift
In piles of patterned drifts....

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Of men and ships that plow the seas
And leave a vanished furrow
In unmarked depths of ocean field
Where a million sees lie fallow.
Men who cast with roughened hands
Hopes upon the silken crests
And visions to the salty breeze
Ships that touch the foreign shore
And paint the harbor frieze....

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HORIZONS
clear
level &
pivotal
&
holds
a delicate
 light

ascending
in
contrasting
reflections
 enigmatic
surrounding
frieze
stunning
& compelling
 this phenomenal
world
of wonders
treasured

tranquil
traces
of the
sublime
colourfully
adorned
 looking
at
a luminous
sunset
of
fleeting images...

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Snowflakes soft as a Kentucky breeze
Floating down gently in the frigid air
Settling on the barren limbs of trees,
White brush strokes on a winter frieze
A whisp of snow, an old winter tease 
Reminding us of our ski gear to prepare
Snowflakes soft as a Kentucky breeze
Floating down gently in the frigid air.

Written November 18, 2022...

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Nature of visions ,voices of expression
from the frieze of life a purifying fire
of confession.In an ode of contentment
a blended passage,an intense yearning
where last things,last.

Hear me recite from my 4000+ PS anthology on youtube under my pen nameichtbyschiro..


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Raindrops, God's tears for His creation,
When frozen, His jewels for decoration.
The hoare frost bedecks the trees,
A wonderland set in a frieze.
Driving out on  wintry nights,
Sparkling jewels caught in headlights.
A spiders web is on display,
White with frost that passed that way.
A watery sunrise fails to melt away,
The winter wonderland that is today. 

© Dave Timperley 16 January 2015....

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SCULPTURAL
fusion
 frieze
fine curved
   perceptions
economy of line
to
stimulate
 humdrum  gestures
unrecognized
    pretentious
hysteria
 & shocks
foibles
so explosive

THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived...

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SPONTANEITY
Like nature  working
inside from out,painted feelings
impressions..from within
drip by drip An abstract
creation pure form  in colour
A spontaneous,  frieze  to   and
fro,high  then low ,back and forth
so off chance, large scale ;
a web of paint,layer on layer,
Drop by drop-one by one
out of the unconscious mind 
to arrive as a statement ,alive 
in the here and now;
Colour on canvas remade

Listen to me read this poem aloud on youtube  under name of ichthyschiro...

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Dappled light streams, 
filtered through 
Shaded green, 
mossy rock gleams 

Such light pooled below.. 
Strange flutterings, 
I heard so, 
in summer trees 

Deepest,richest green, 
filled my heart 
Summer trees 
Where have you been? 
Lost on a soft breeze 

Tall and strong 
The giants of the earth 
They cannot walk 
Here they belong 

Summer trees, 
caressed the ground 
Deepest, richest green 
Nature's colour frieze 
In it, I breathed 
in it, I drowned...

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BIRDS

    B    reathless each day the winged ones burst and unite into the twilight frieze--
     I     s there a more delicate touch to the sight than the songbirds as they take to the sky?
     R    eveling while entwined with the tailwinds-- delighting the indigo breeze,
     D    ashing on the last rays of sun to nip the laziest mosquito on the fly --
     S    ong of the satisfied sung—they fade into the welcoming night bosom of the trees. 

Victoria Anderson-Throop ©
12-21-12...

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