Short Gloats Poems

Wisdom: a cliché,   
a soul left undernourished    
as ignorance gloats....

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winters brisk wind gloats....
how silly I look in coats
crackly raw sore throats...

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The contours are mine 
The incense is thine
When the petals do float
This heart never gloats
Illumined and divine
This rapturous shine
Is sure
Merciful and benign--  



(c)copyright-vijay nair...

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Here's something Joseph Stalin said
Whom we are all glad is decades dead

"It's not who votes that counts
~ It's who counts the votes"

That may have been true in the USSR
But not, of course, where free people are...

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with dusk approaching
the radiance of the day
melts in the rain

streetlights smear
the autumn colours
across the footpaths

doubling the display
of chromatic foliage
autumn gloats



posted on April 24, 2025...

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Slow start
Grooms grand art


Just delve
Know yourself


Faith sees
What will be


Hope floats
As fear gloats


Love comes
True joy sums


Dreams grow
As blooms show


Do good
In all moods


Truth shows
Yourself know


Why start?
Soul moves heart




Leon Enriquez
05 December 2018
Singapore...

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EFG


Emeralds

elfin emeralds
exude earthbound energy ~
  essence escaping

Fiera

fiery fireworks fun
 fire flowers fauna flora ~
  festive fairground fetes

Gourmand

gourmet gastronome
 grumbles gets greasy gravy ~
  gleeful glutton gloats
 
7-20-20
Let the Pens Flow – Alliteration
Sponsor: Jenish Somades...

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A heart that bleeds
at a friend's misfortune,

is a soul so pure.

a heart that  gloats
at a friend's misfortune

is a soul so odious.

both good and evil are
conceived in the chambers of the soul.

the one you feed,
makes your soul a dwelling place.

when in doubt,

feed the one that walks with 
kindness, love and peace....

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My imagination gloats in the sun
My muses come forth, I have more than one.
Trixie, their director, lands on her bun.
Other muses titter, thinking it is fun.

They do not know the routine of this almost Hun.
I try to warn them, but their laughing is not done.
When Trixie gets up I yell to them “BETTER RUN!”
They get it and scatter running out toward the sun....

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Pain drains
Hurts strain
Wet rain


Pain gloats
Hurts float
Wet moat


Pain zooms
Hurts groom
Wet rooms


Pain rapes
Hurts cape
Wet drapes


Pain hurls
Hurts curl
Wet swirls


Pain grips
Hurts trip
Wet drips


Pain boils
Hurts spoil
Wet soil


Pain rides
Hurts stride
Wet side


Pain shows
Hurts flow
Wet blows




Leon Enriquez
15 January 2019
Singapore...

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they sandwich together in an oddly weird way
barely touching, as if a bit afraid of each other
sand has lost her solar rays from the day before
sea gloats a bit, bringing her a touch of discomfort

a symbiotic relationship, they tolerate each other
one giving way to feet and fingers in a gritty way
the other allowing humans to dive into her depths
sand and sea, partners, together, yet vastly apart...

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Rough rhymes
Trace time


Lift lines
Feel fine


Verse vines
Meet mine


Touch thrills
Warm will


Joy juice
Mild muse


Tale tells
Dream dwell


Jazz joins
Prize points


Free fall
Apt all


Moon meek
Sight seeks


Fun floats
Grief gloats


Keep kind
Move mind


Bloom bright
Sure sight


Odd oomph
Buzz boom




Leon Enriquez
07 November 2018
Singapore...

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Scent spills sift
White wine whiff


Sound sleep saves
Big blooms brave


Rest ripe roar
Sleek sounds soar


Set sure style
Mist moves miles


Race ripe rest
Feel fear fest


Crude crisp creed
Bright blood bleeds


Buzz breaks boom
Gripe gloats gloom


Note nerves nice
Sprint sour spice


Sense strange stuff
Blind boast bluffs




Leon Enriquez
14 January 2018
Singapore...

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Experiencing the dreaded silent scream again.
Doing my best to holler out my anxiety.
I may have a heart attack I think.
My heart is racing like it just lost the Triple Crown.
Fear has me incapacitated.
This nightmare is perpetually long. 
I cannot handle much more of it.
I have a stern talk to my imagination upon awakening.
You are going to kill me for real!  I warn her.
She smirks, gloats, and flits away, ignoring my requests.
Reminding me of my children....

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Glacial hills rise elevating fervid sights

Mesmerizing desires adorned turquoise blue

Arousing cobalt passions in sapphire heights

Floating cotton balls on melting cyan hue.

Above your scenic view gloats the sunlit sky

Lifting eager vibes upon hearing my sigh

Urging the frozen glaciers to woo romance

Embracing zealous emotions held in trance.

October 18, 2018
Rhyme: abab ccdd. Eight lines, 11 syllables each
Placed 3rd:Mid March 2019 contest by Brian Strand...

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