Short Glib Poems

The difference between a lie and a fib

   ~ One's awkward; one's glib...

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A glib tongue
is remembered for the poison it delivers,
not the smoothness of its delivery.
Tom
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Here he lies as he always did.
I hope they locked the coffin lid.
O hark ye satan, watch and learn,
With glib of tongue he might return....

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Umm
ummmm really?
You who are so

glib with the phrase.

Get a life, love ifya can and smile
frequently.

k, so another idea,
rock on

~N

yep...

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glib talkers weave enticing, eloquent words-- empty their meaning.


Monoku 5: Cliche Contest, Silent One
Quote--" All that glitters is not gold"
6 Jan 2018...

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   Quick with a quip
     glib with ad-libs
   She had the gift of gab

   A commonplace beautician
     she had dreams and ambition
   ‘Til one day she removed her hijab
...

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frail and innocent		
she let her defences down
enticed by glib words...
now, like a crypto virus,
he holds her heart to ransom.


______________________
One or Two Tanka Contest
Hosted by Rick Parise...

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Listen to poem:

Glib of sunflowers in league with tryst morn,
Drifts the occasion in the versed raised light,
Statuesque envied green hushed in its might,
Pure yellow beams echoed its earthly form.


Date:09/07/2019...

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Destiny


glib fortune tellers
crystal balls and tarot cards…
faking the future



06-05-2014

Contest:      Destiny
Sponsor:     Leonora Galinta
Placement:  3rd...

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a showpiece
a speciality
        to 
           declaim:
visually clever
a retort even
to circulate:
enfolded
in a prestigious
compendium
of the poetsirregular&glib-
a hackneyed canticle
to provoke
           or not...

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In Blarney there’s one magic stone.
When you kiss it, you’re put in ‘the zone.’
You’ll soon gab with words so glib.
Matters not if truth or fib.
With a stout Guinness, one must atone.
...

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Against a fence, glib looks descend; 
somethings will not mend.

Pockets empty, belly too, fill it 
With sweepings, firewood chopped
From dried old yew.


Ignomeny? Plain to see. The past 
Can’t rescue,what’s not there to see....

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your secrets billow like smoke
then dissipate slowly in my ears

if I want to make love
I look at you
if I want to write a poem 
I look through you

the other side a place
where our hearts bathe 
in cold glib pools 
that bare such a fiery true
inspiration...

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Frail and pale, oh! Can't you tell
That I have suffered a botched romance?
With open Heart, invited Hell
Though I assumed a fighting stance

But thus I learned, though I was burned,
(Always I succumb to fascination)
Perspectives glib, my Mind- a sieve! 
I mistook Love for Infatuation...

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Sweet smile
       Faithful, giving
     Heartfelt, friendly
       Joy in living

     Caring, sharing
       Come take my hand
     Darling I'm here
       for you now and

     Glib I am not
       So just let me say
     I'll always love you 
       'til my dying day...

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Restricted movements 
Stagnant thoughts 
Blinding clarity 
Though oft so short
Timeless memories 
Make me smile 
When I was young 
Oh....so agile 
My mother's words 
Now pass my lips 
Seem now so wise 
Once I thought so glib
I wonder now
In year's to be
If my kids will recall
Their memories of me....

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Wonderful wool patterns
On an old man
So obsessed with numbers
He loves enlightenment
And is gullibly glib
The bruises on his brain
Were well-earned through hard work
This space is lined with books for walls
And the titles which I can barely pronounce
A rigid motion around the room
Utters I’m getting too young for this...

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so wily and smooth, he boasts
   he can make huge profits
      among Sahara Bedouins
         selling them mounds of sand;

so shrewd and suave, he brags
   he can convince Eskimos
      right in their igloos to buy 
         from him expensive tons of snow;

now so quiet and cold, he still
   touches those he outsmarted,
      even in his grave, in the ground,
         with the sand, 'neath the snow....

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Your quiet lips were usually closed, except to dear friends.
It was such a pleasure to have gotten to know you.
Even though we were the only group who visited you most often, to us your glib 
tongue and bold ways didn't matter.
Our personalities were similar. I appreciated the times we had chatter.
Although our relationship didn't leave you smothered, I was bold enough to get to 
know you, draw your heart out, and leave your love uncovered....

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The shoes 
will have to come off.
You have to walk 
barefoot on grass.

Life had become 
unworthy, of death.
Do you believe 
in killing of a river ?

This was age 
of denials. When glib was 
beseeched by truth not to 
speak against dry bed of water.

The flames of battlefield 
suck the glory of coci.
They were standing 
in a line for the prayers.

Did you know what 
was beyond the sky ?
A loveless world 
where no bird sings.


Satish Verma...

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An artifact juts from the dirt
with glib glyphs and weird words
A man holding a snake
and the outline of a lake
Seem to warn present day man
with scrawl from a caveman
Is it cryptic scribble-scrabble? 
Is it ancient psycho-babble?
One finger points to the sky
Does it mean the time is nigh?
A broken ankh and a scarab
And an angry looking cherub
Seem to say, "Don't forget,
You came from the One who begets.."
Or maybe it's just a prehistoric cartoon
Drawn by some crazy loon...

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Wild water wash my cares away.
West wind blow me free.
White sail fill my heart with joy.
Sing my soul with glee!

Sky now be my sanctuary.
Ocean be my home.
Cover me in clouds and spray.
Let me out to roam.
  
Don't nourish me with selfish lies.
Remove the glib deceit.
I don't want this earth of yours 
Beneath my shackled feet. 

Old dreams take these bonds away.
New dreams give me lease. 
Take me out to live again
On the stormy sea of peace.


Written April 19, 2016...

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