Short Graft Poems

The liquid sound of
an immovable object
graft inside demur...

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graft, tough nut to crack

       needs no less than strong molars

                 of social morals...

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Of broken wishes,
like twisted, cracked twigs once green,
we speak in whispers
hoping to graft them to limbs
gently taped, repaired, to bloom....

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Abandon your party
stand up for what’s right
The partisan madness
a liar’s delight

Honor the founders
revolt and derail
The graft and corruption
— both factions entail

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
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I wish I was a brave flower
But I'm really very scared
They gonna pull my tooth out
My gum it will be teared.
Then I'll have a big hole-
Here I shake and cower
They gonna graft my mouth
I wish I was a flower....

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Prize prompt plenty
Word words wealthy


See sensuous streams
Dance dreary dream


Craft clever cheer
Niche naughtier near


Be beyond blame
Graft gathers game




Leon Enriquez
24 October 2017
Singapore...

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In a fantasyland
of their own creation
politicians spawn
Spreading their eggs of division 
and lies
among bottom feeding pawns

Propagating treason
corruption and graft
to freely flow downstream
Carrying our destiny
over the falls
— of shattered broken dreams

(The New Room: February, 2024)
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This country's wealth is owed to loans
A debit the public now owns 
We're told there’s no cost
But old lifestyles are lost
Over war and pork barrel bones

The public’s frail pockets they pick
Politicians and banksters trick    
And prime the nation  
With graft and inflation 
Thus making the middle class sick...

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Bestowed bereavement, this condolence graft,
the memorabilia sequence, mine not draft
like some ongoing virtue, depth not classed,
forever love relinquish at the pass
the merriment not, but laughing, seal to last,
joy to eternal hoping, prithee to cast
my soul, not rent with sorrow
seams with bast . . ....

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Charming cheer
Beauty steers


Movement shows
Succinct flow


Gather thought
Affluence slots


Wisdom comes
Poignant sums


Become free
Simply be


Factual grounds
Ancient sounds


Simple truth
Profound proof


Glimpses graft
Sublime draft


Eager thrill
Ample fill




Leon Enriquez
31 August 2016
Singapore...

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the house was built without cement
the garden without soil to grow in
throw in the towel  the family creed
and greed a concept out of reach.

survive or thrive
death counts no difference
claims them one by one

time marks the path of graft and hope
with no account of gain or loss
tossed into life a relative thing
and left to fight as they will....

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Taste touch
Mind much
Spread such


Glimpse grounds
Strange sounds
Rich rounds


Chance caves
Words wave
Straight saves


Feel flow
Grand glow
Signs show


New noise
Vet voice
Proud poise


Touch things
Spur sling
Fate flings


Rude rides
Sad swipes
Wet wipes


Charm crafts
Dream draft
Graze graft




Leon Enriquez
04 July 2017
Singapore...

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This evil world we live in,
is a wild rat race,
a people of global sin,
an earthly disgrace,

Killing here, stealing there,
Bloodshed and thievery everywhere,
global hatred, beyond repair,
Governmental graft, so unfair,

The chance of peace,
not in the air,
The causes of disease,
burns like a flare,

Never to appease,
only make aware,
all of these....
a global scare....

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Like a coconut shy
The pedestal an invitation
To find fault
Topple and pillory
Fame the modern obsession
Fifteen minutes in the sun
Now the goal
Not a deserved byproduct
Earned through hard graft
Or god-given talents
Just the limelight
For its own sake
The insane dogged pursuit
Of chasing the dragon
For its addictive temporary high
To find it bites you
And swallows you whole...

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Feel fond fit
Word wise wit


Think true thought
Prize prompt plot


Feed fine fest
Joy joins jest


Work words well
Taste taut tell


Love lines leap
Grand glimpse grips


Keep knife kind
Move mute mind


Sense sure space
Gain good grace


Meet mimes more
Spice sure store


Pique proud pain
Graft grand gain




Leon Enriquez
30 December 2019
Singapore...

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Watch words wake
Sense soul stake
Mind mulls make


Glimpse grand grounds
Proof plots pound
Ripe reach rounds


Choice crafts clay
Set swift say
Prime pure play


Stroke soft sift
Loud laughs lift
Graft grooms gift


Nice niche near
Hope heeds here
Claim calm cheer


Death dooms dance
Cause creams chance
Pique prompt prance




Leon Enriquez
08 May 2019
Singapore...

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Bestowed bereavement, this condolence graft
the memorabilia sequence, mine not draft,
like some ongoing virtue, depth not classed
forever ~ love relinquished at the pass!

The merriment not, but laughing, seal to last
a joy eternal, hope prithee to cast ~
my soul, now rent with sorrow, seams relapse
is broken down to virtue's homeless past ~

and mortifies with perish ~  where once basted!...

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Apt art aids
Prompt plot paid


Etch etch earns
Late lob learns


Glimpse good grade
Trust tough trade


Craft clear core
Meet much more


Ply prompt praise
Rest rude raise


Make minds meet
Grace good greet


Treat taut taste
Weed wills waste


Sift soft stakes
Mad mind makes


Graft good gist
Lure lame list


Words work well
Time trains tell




Leon Enriquez
28 September 2019
Singapore...

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O let us meet again to make it right
Bridge me your love to cross
The river flows a torrent tonight
We must restore what time has lost.

O let me try again to know your ways
Graft me upon your soul as light
Forgotten fruits unpicked decays
And blind bats suckle them with delight.

O let us sit together and share a day
The golden hours fade from sight
Words cannot like sawllows ever play
O let us meet again to make it right....

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A fawn was ousted into light
At Moira’s playful whim;
Its mother’s keening birthed delight
Too rapturous to limn. 

If Circe were to steer your craft
To her Olympian shore, 
Into your hair the wind she’d graft
Your favor to restore. 

Into that fawn you’d then be turned
To quell her jealous lust, 
Which never has so brightly burned
Nor risen quite so fast. 

Find my poems and published poetry volumes at www.eton-langford.com...

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Watch wise wit
Frame fond fit
Bit by bit


Feel fine face
True touch trace
Glimpse good grace


Sculpt scope sure
Prize peak pure
Choice crafts cure


Daze dreams dwell
Work words well
Touch that tells


Apt art ace
Tough times trace
Graft grand grace


Quit quaint quest
Reach ripe rest
Zeal zips zest


Craft creams choice
Pique prize poise
Vote vests voice




Leon Enriquez
27 December 2019
Singapore...

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You always placed one before two

And dwelled in that logic

Over battlefields of dying dreams

Forgoing the charge of atmosphere

To make ion and scion attach in seams

Of your weaving, scheming plunder.

I now place two before one

And use my two eyes to discern your graft

To steer clear of your attraction

That would sequence to three

And thus count "out" and prelude the fall

Of my battle-torn, tender heart of wonder....

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And thus, I write
As wordplay cites


And here, I map
An ooze of sap


And then, I craft
Script words that graft


And sense, I fling
A hundred things


And now, I chance
Upon word trance


And thus, I merge
Ink stains that surge


And why, I think
Words anchor links


And sketch, I line
Emboss words fine


And word, I chance
In playful glance


And where, I find
Fond peace of mind




Leon Enriquez
03 May 2017
Singapore...

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Padlocked are the Gate's 
Stationary lie the Conveyor Belts 
The Wheel upon the Mining Head Gear

Turns,
 No more

The community has gone
So to is the Coal
And the Sunset

Resigned to History
No more mystery 
Pressing a Museum to Explain

That what which our Elders did
For a measly pittance 
To put food on his family's plate
And to afford a Pint after a hard days graft

With only a Helmet and Light
To find his way Home
Guardian Angel 
Willing...

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Just a little message, 
For my friends to say,

5 more days of working 
For 2 whole weeks of play,

Family, friends and presents, and most important, booze

Turkey, sprouts, and stuffing, and the after dinner snooze. 

9 more sleeps until Christmas but only 4 until, work is all over and I drink until I'm ill. 

So enjoy these last few days of graft and the time will go much faster, 

And we can all have a crimbo break with fun and joy and laughter. :)...

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