Short Garb Poems

The boys of football
     Enter in warrior garb
Fall gladiators...

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false face ghastly garb
bellows boos by porch light halo....
no fruit or mints please...

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flowers
wither with glory,
the birds
mute with garb:
why we stubbornly
in suffering...!?...

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pompous pretender
poses purposely pious 
patiently preying 


(note: Think of a praying manthis and some who wear clearical garb)...

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Listen to poem:

Why mozzies love you?

Its your nice smell.
Its your heavy breathing.
Your sweaty, scent, perfume.
Your black, blue garb!...

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The Big Lie
Is usually wrapped  in a garb
With all the appearance of virtue. 


           W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 2021

            8/7/21...

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Are you wearing black?
Yes it’s a funeral I know 
But underneath the garb
Is that all black also?

No, it’s not irreverent
Picturing you in lacy black
There was no bigger letch
Than your dead uncle Jack...

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Thanksgiving?

They smile
slowly moving – 
slow line shuffle 

Tattered garb,
top-scuffed shoes,
weathered hands

grasping plastic plates
awaiting hot portions
of Thanksgiving.


John G. Lawless
©11/6/2017...

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denizens of dark
float the streets in ghoulish garb
feeding on our fear

creep the alleyways
haunting us at every turn
endless dread we feel

thankfully this night
only comes but once a year
it's all hallowed eve...

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Every so often,
Just as a snake sheds its skin,
I yearn to discard this garb;
To strip away all 
the concerns of the world and 
roam free in the wilderness.



~08/08/17
~Form S / Sanctuary / contest by Broken Wings....

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BIPOLAR
Buoyant joyful spirits
but a garb, tormented
binary mind, prey to
betraying, grave  mood swings.
Brazeness doth  give way
brusquely to despondence;
blues to sadly,  hold sway.
Date Aug 16 2016
Name of contest 
PleiadesB...

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Hushed night arrives in forlorn garb
Embracing pathos of pensive heart,
As elusive hope flickers in sullen eyes
Tears of despair feign vacant smiles.

July 27, 2020
Placed 2nd: Four Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Constance La France...

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I dress up every Sunday, 
but only in my mind
My coat and tie in tattered shreds,
the past and future bind

To celebrate in peasant rags,
as memory dances free
Imagining in formal garb
—what only I can see

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)...

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I love a shirt with stripes across
And own more than a few.
The colors vary and the styles 
Though stripiness shines through.

If I had gone to prison
When the garb was black and white,
I would've hated lock-up
But the uniforms? All right!...

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27 October, this day.
In the garb of security,
The uniformed men landed here.

All the mountains surrounding our land,
Became red,
Foretelling mass blood loss!

Under the boots of uniformed men,
From free state,
Every Chinar leaf turned slave!...

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~Lost are our beautiful starlets in the early forties
  In full garb, signs of their times, dancing tipping toe prancing their stance
  Contrasting our times, no cleavage revealed , but legs were bare

 For: Rick Parise 
Contest Name:  May I Have This Sijo Dance...

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hemlock
a shock

foxglove
no love

orchid
morbid

wolf’s bane
insane

larkspur
bad blur

glory
gory

sumac
step back

laurel
quarrel

bloodroot
a brute

jimson
no fun

bella
donna

monkshood
not good

rhubarb
grim garb

flower
power...

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Promises of passion,
my urgings unspoken,
a glamorous gossamer garb.
Sexy, sultry, shameless,
I'm luxurious lace:
enticing and ethereal.

- - - - - - - - - - - -

11 November 2017

Entered in the "Knit Your Fabric" contest, sponsored by Nette Onclaud.
(5th Place)...

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Noble, regal tasseled turkey
prominent, pendulous wattle,
garb of iridescent feathers,
and bright red dangly snood.
Your stately gait pleases my eye
and your beloved, peculiar gobble
sends particular pleasure to my ear
May you forever strut your stuff(ing)!...

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Remand


A desperate prisoner
Out on remand
Am I
Till sentence do us part
On her hand 
Lamely hung;
Inconsiderate
And
Irascible woman’s
Husband-
Suspect of love
 Treason
(Heart’s betrayer)
Defying reason
To forever wear garb
In a wrong season.


JM

05th January 2014...

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The eyes of heavenly beacons
Peek out from amidst the shadows,
Like so many playful stars
Behind a mist-blown sky—
Or the diffuse glow of street lamps
Draped with sculpted snow.
From songbirds to sonatas,
From meteors to mantras,
They veil themselves in fetching garb
And wink at us as a lover....

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Winter snow is falling down.
The earth is covered in white.
Children rejoice all over town.
The adults laugh with all their might.
As they view the frosted ground.

Snow men in garb do astound.
Glowing in the moon's bright light
With coal black crown.
A more elaborate sight 
On earth cannot be found....

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Shedding off slowly the smothering snow
Peeking through the veil of winter slumbers 
Reviving fans to her delightful show
Instigated by showers and thunders
Nascent nature swaps her seasonal scenes
Grim grayish garb transformed by gorgeous greens 
  

March 8, 2021...

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Grey slender  almost blue as embers
Pouncing in the greener yard~
Faithful   He was oh so graceful
Past a concrete curb to wander
	Into streaming metal garb ~ 
Where did he go,
Still no one knows
	But she believes she’s found him ~
A carbon-copy of a cat,
If you could just imagine that;
So sure that he is 
Smokey....

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Silvan black
Come the grackles
Shimmering blue streaks
Darting toward the sound
Of bird song glee

Bullies
In Zorro garb
Storm the bird feeder
Black darts
Flung at swaying targets
Challenging
The squirrels reign.

Sparrows 
Root for the stalking cat
To strike
Leap high
A streak of red
Upon the sylvan black
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