Short Gavel Poems

sitting,
he invokes justice
a gavel raps...

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The judges gavel banged
Order in my court he roared
All sound disappeared....

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glory expounding
                                     with gavel

                             sent to hell with love





MagiCicada13...

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gavel,  raffles,
travels unravels.

palming,  bombing,
becalm, embalm.  

death on-death on
becalm, becalm

2/9/20
Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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Down came the gavel
    again and again
  Deafening ears
    amidst all the cheers

  Of course I was guilty
    'twas never in doubt
  Of far greater import
    Would the Truth yet leak out...

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Trump With Supporters Travels

Trump with supporters likes to travel;
Gets on our nerves and does unravel;
On self is depending;
Never condescending;
Needs to be hit in head with a gavel.

Jim Horn...

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The best laid plans of men unravel
while on a lesser road of travel,
     (If plans were made at all)
when by demand of gut and gavel,
dues must be paid to dirt and gravel
     for time spent in their thrall....

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He lives in fear eternally for crimes he committed, 
Considering each t-cross and i-dot he omitted, 
Waiting for the sad, sickening slamming of the gavel, 
But it has long since crashed; see his mind, like yarn, unravel....

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recklessness attacks ego
fury attacks soul
adrenaline attacks viscera
middle digit attacks upward
foot attacks accelerator
vehicle attacks vehicle
hand attacks pistol
lead attacks flesh
remorse attacks fury
gavel attacks sound block
inmate attacks inmate...

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The itty bitty committee

meets at intervals unknown
to mediate its cause
convinced the case is airtight
for they can see no flaws

The gavel at their table
sounds a tone of doubt and dread
for this committee meeting
takes place inside my head.


4/14/14...

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Call her Lucy
O'! For She once was all
Heavenly kingdom strung 
On her Mandolin song

Call her Lucy 
O'! For she had it all
Had she not fallen
Rising end-time eyes forlorn

O'! My poor Lucy  
Fearing the last judges
Hammer,gavel,fire......
Earthly kingdoms now torn...

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In the auction of love my heart is the star lot
The gavel will go down as Cupid’s arrow hit the spot  

I fall on bended knee and offer you a diamond ring
Please accept it my beautiful Queen, and I’ll be your King


Contest: Bid on my love
Sponsor: Tammy Reams
11~27~15...

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The prisoner


Neath the sword of Damocles
the vassal lays supine
gazing up at bitter fate
an endless space of time
threadbare death above him
Hades there below
sacrificial fodder
carrion for the crow
echoing inside his head
he hears the gavel fall
liberty and truth betrayed
injustice for us all...

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God Pleiades

Goodness in abundance
Generous without fault
Grandiose by nature
Greatness never excelled
Galactic Sovereign
Gladness in the heavens
Gavel in hand judges.

2nd attempt at a Pleiades it's difficult but I enjoy it, hope you do too.
First Place Winner

John Derek Hamilton    November 22,2015...

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Cold scared
A little unprepared
Hopes lost
I’m well aware
I'de tries to move
But I don’t care
Impressive, your presence
Last meal, death sentence
Gavel rings
Destroys dreams
An angry chair
Wishes to share
Its personality
Electrifying character
Waiting arms
Tin crown
Watch your step
It’s a long way down...

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You hold the wood in your hand 
And 
Wear the robes wrapped around your fragile human frame

You judge the living 
And
The dead although your own breath is shallow

You read between these lines
And
Decide a life's works worth

The verdict
To convict or aquit
Hangs in the balance of the downward hammer swing...

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I wore a smile on my face
my pulse began to really race
my knees trembled, my hands shook
I was petrified of that look
I tried to compose myself but the more I tried
The adrenaline that was pumping inside of me, I could not hide
His eyes bore down on me and I sensed his mood
I saw the gavel and I knew I was screwed....

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This room of mine is barren, your memories were sold
When the  gavel was laid down your stories disappeared 
With word and deed complete, there's nothing to be told
Will I ever see a treasure or ever hold the same
Might my room be filled with more than devil’s flame 
I'm imprisoned with one thought, its me not you I feared

4 May 18...

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Ways Which We Will Unravel

Are some ways which we will unravel;
When in House hit head with a gavel;
Slander;
Gerrymander;
Then leave and on a long trip travel.

Jim Horn

Enough Tough Stuff That Is Rough

Each one of us did have enough,
Things that became tough stuff;
Hesitated,
Then devastated;
A poor golf game ending in rough.

Jim Horn...

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I implore you a race to the top floor
where every other candidate has won.
The stairways and elevator jammed
with all the top placers, second sucks
and third place has passed out on the bottom floor.

(I jest, of course, having judged. My gavel plunged
as deep into the heart as any other. And yet I’ve loved
each read, deeply sipped the wordy tea.)


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under oath

a bloody lie

truth revealed

the jury sighs

a corjel gathering
of pros and cons
for the love of God
a return............
guilty or not

once the gavel connects 

a thrusting motion intense

the law is laid down

forever an eternity 

freedom evermore

solid bars of restriction

or possibly wings to soar

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I sit in a straight back chair
With my dragon humpback glowing
Leaning against nothing
Making no excuses
Smiling at the peons
My crown is too heavy to slide
They watch me expectantly.
What will I do with my gavel?
What decrees will I make?
I wish them well, knowing I am only the queen of one.
The Queen of Me.
My fire dragon breath obliterates them 
And I smile, loving this dream....

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Whispers of dissent,
Apathy is present,
Nothing seems interesting,
Nothing appears promising.

An ambience of gloom,
Melee pervades the room,
Closed doors to the mind,
Twilight at the window.

Seeds of discord,
Frustration to record,
Rebellion in the air,
Light is cloaked.

History’s gavel,
People marvel,
The tables finally turn,
Justice for the oppressed.


January 30, 2023.

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Here comes the Judge
All dressed in black
not taking any prisoners
nor even any slack

He walks in the room
With his head hung high
He acknowledges everyone
And no one passes Him by

When he sits behind his desk
With his gavel in his hand
He's ready to judge every woman
Every child and every man

As the call goes out
In which all has heard
Every one rises
Cause here comes the judge....

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Huddled poor the masses, did you say, not I.
Whirlpools hide the dragon and it's eye.
Needles would I thread upon one point.
Before the Gavel falls, I'd hear your allocution.

While one was never made, ambition grew.
Each priest before his god, one never stood.
Here a rose and there it's bud, yet beauty paused.
Lillie's look caused her to Donn a rustic mask.

James McLain Wednesday, October 28, 2009...

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