Short Furrows Poems

digging in the dirt
laying furrows deep only
for sowing wild oats...

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cloudless sunlit sky
furrows in ploughed brown field
large flock of black crows...

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deep furrows
in spring's garden....
my love for you  ...

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Lines
and 
wrinkles-
deep furrows
of experience
surround eyes that have seen it all....

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In strange lit areas
Openness great strength
Fires burn deep within
Anger furrows below

Russell Sivey...

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The seasons are running with a plow straight over my face 
and creates furrows for tears under my eyes....

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stars felt, hands unseen
farmer brailles spring-drilled furrows
life saving compass

Brian Johnston
December 26, 2015...

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The Dachshund’s a marvel on skis
Little legs that stop short of its knees 
It can schuss like a pro
Making furrows in snow
(Though its privates are given to freeze)...

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The future blocked,
by words unsaid

The pasture torn,
its furrows bled

The future blocked,
by words unsaid

The present cries
—its orphans dead

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

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Tapering to a point
time pierces the veil
Unharvested moments
a gardener’s tale  
Dug from the furrows
a voice has been freed
Whose final word spoken  
—eternity’s seed

(Septa R5: June, 2023)...

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skin shows its past days

lines and furrows reveal age

youth has no beauty

 

 

 

(February 7, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

 
(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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The present blocked,
  by words unsaid

The pastures torn,
  its furrows bled

The present blocked,
  by words unsaid

The future cries,
—its orphans dead

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)...

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the divine magnetic grid looping form
energetically divides our body vertically 
even as bliss furrows deepen day by day
as a receptor of grace there is nothing to do
save dwelling prayerfully in this ocean of delight...

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Don’t wait for that perfect poem 
  to appear

It lives in the seeds of your
  imperfection

Waiting for new furrows of wonder
  and strife
  
To flower in soil you have yet
  to plow

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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Don’t wait for that perfect poem 
  to appear

It lives in the seeds of your
  imperfection

Waiting for new furrows of wonder
  and strife
  
To flower in soil you have yet
  to plow

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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An onyx ink impression
spirals in unique form,
from the dizzying loops
etched in soft flesh--

where furrows weave
like trenches in the earth,
dotting the surface 
with ridges and islands
that protrude in 
evidential patterns....

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Screaming, she slams
furious fists forward 
punching powerfully
through timber.

Drops down
exhaling exhausted. 
Furrows forehead,
discouraged, disappointed.

Breathes bravely,
stands strong,
moves mountains,
lives life.

March 25, 2016...

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Brow furrows.
Hand shakes.
   Stay inside,
   a strict voice says.
   No breaks allowed.

Yet uncalled
they slip slide down
   unbidden,
creep out the corners,
wet the lash,
drip the cheek.

Oh dear dear
Another soul leak,
My eyes betraying me
again....

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Ego insane chases rainbows
Frittering gift of life
Upon brow are sorrow furrows
It’s way of life is strife

Blunder after blunder
How long will we flounder
Leaving hearts asunder

Plots loss and gain
Ego insane

13-January-2022
Quietus ...

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Fraught
Frantic
Feeling fuels
Speeding up time
Filling furrows of a flailing fellow soul

Resolute resplendent raging bells toll
Relishing time
Rekindles
Revives
Hope

Live
Today
Reinvent
Time traveling
Telling twisted tales is fun to behold...

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Tanka

Roses like soft rain
Deluge kills them brutally 
Fallen pale petals 
Drowning in a pool of regrets 
As rain makes furrows in soil 

 

Senryu
Floor cleaners are
Floor managers, wear logos
But pay is lousy. 

Senryu
A man from Timor
Selling flowers to lovers  
Lives on rejections...

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Overnight rain hangs wetlights on the twigs of the autumnal hedges, 

as the light blue sky is ploughed by diagonal yellow furrows to remind 

farmers to finish their ploughing in this 'Yellow Belly' county, the most  

               the most farm favoured in all England.  

the blue sky ploughed by diagonal...

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When I lay my head to sleep
Dappled moonlight shines down
Whilst gently, softly I weep

The furrows on my forehead as I frown
The fear i'll die alone, forgotten
And in my sorrows drown

The thoughts I have are rotten
Like a heart of stone
So ill-begotten

I must not die alone
Bereft of love, bereft of home....

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A misty sky hovers over the bay
Awaiting the Majestic Princess
Suddenly appearing on the horizon
Like a garganuan beast plowing
Through frothy watery furrows,
Eager shopkeepers making ready
For bargain hunters their wares
Expensive doodads for souvenirs.

written November 17, 2021
in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico...

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Wet furrows slowly churn,
his plough horse snorts,
a farmer walks,
lost to his morning world.

Clay sticks yellow to the disc,
he kicks at it,
the dawn sky is his citadel.

Harsh days, like summer, 
blaze in his memory;
confined to this land,
 his earthly flesh has made a pact.

 His arms are held like tree boughs....

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