Short Gushes Poems

A Heart overcome.
Knife pierced skin, blood gushes out. 
Say goodbye to life...

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A fountain of fronds

gushes like fish skeletons

in their jade mischief...

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the spine stands erect
medulla is pierced
wherefrom bliss gushes
in the head ovoid
demure heart blushes...

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"Active volcano" (haiku) 5-7-5 


active volcano: 
hot smoke gushes up blue sky 
mud cloaks small town fast...

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a fountain of magnetic light
gushes forth from our fontanel
we behold the spectacle in delight
gripped in rapture by its magical spell...

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You see through my uneasiness
My ego deflated by your gaze
Who could survive the blaze
Of fire that gushes out..
set to devour.
Ashes
Dust
Light...

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Comfort comes in small doses
But pain gushes
Fills in those holes
That you thought you covered up
I’ll pat you dry
When the torture rains mercilessly...

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White water rushing to the sea
Come ride the waves with me
Rapid ridiing, rushing tumbling
Bouncing, jumping, hold on
Blood rushes, water gushes
Ah! Whirlpool bath...

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Shadows romance

Through fine-laced mantle

Of whirlpool’s river dance,

And a kiss gushes high

Beneath froth of clouds

Where stars advance



Franco Gonza 9/22/2013
Compression Contest...

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sadness
surrenders my heart
as oil gushes beneath the sea
wounding our mother earth.
Frightened wildlife bewildered with no tools
to escape
bent heads to the sea
bent heads to the sea...

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a fountain of light
gushes forth above
from our open fontanel 
held erect by spine
an endless flow
of which who else but God
dwelling within our form
is the sublime source

20-March-2023...

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O gushes of air!
There’s a bond so queer
Betwixt fire and you
Here is this, that’s there.

Somewhere you’re the breath
To the ruthless flames
Somewhere you’re the wrath
On the glowing lamps....

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Drenched in colorless memories
Melancholy dripping from his eyes
That gushes like rain upon dead grey buildings,
The whip of thunder as a baby’s cries
Falling upon the deaf ears
Of all those venerable and wise....

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Teeth fastened in his throat,
Claws buried in his side,
Blood gushes out of your mouth.
As he falls to the floor,
You pray he understands
You had no other choice.
This was always how this story was going to end....

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relentless
     the
     ..rain
    ...an
excerpt
     a
    one act
   ....drama
gushes
forth
    rivulets
redeem
the drought
      quenches
       the
         thirst
revives
the appetite
      to
        create...

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An orb of velvet bleeds across the skies

Nearer she flares to warm my night's caress;

Bestowing tints of her rare paradise 

When moon of heaven gushes to fluoresce!



Supermoon Eclipse Contest: Eve Roper
10/4/2015...

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Her fingers were crayons,pens and brushes
She spoke in coughs and spurts and gushes
she spat out rhymes and cryptoquotes
til someone sang the world she wrote
and named their child that colored poem
   and found her secret way back home....

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Along the shore
young lovers walk
Beneath a 
cobalt blue sky with some stalks
Creamy white sand
gushes between
their toes as calm waves ripple
In the morning of a dew.

IN the haze of whispers
the winds strayed past due
flaming the ground
of final goodbyes....

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Open arms bare my love;
bowed, I plead your cause
        before the throne.
My wounded heart yet bleeds,
arms thrown wide-apart
        for a cuddle.
Come in your filth and scum;
a fountain gushes
        and washes clean.

Celestine S.? Ikwuamaesi
(Feb 10/02/18)...

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in a fog she stands -
frantic movements cross her palm. . . 
the gloom is lifting

something cold flowing -
comprehension gushes forth. . .
she utters. . . wa   ter

(based on last scene of "The Miracle
Worker" & inspired by Rick Parise's 
haiku contest: "Flowing Water")...

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The sky soars ahead
grey in the mind
The clouds flirt with the wind
which darkens in molten red
And she cries...
this love in heat
and the desert thirsts’
Unto her bosom he drinks his wine
red and dark
And rain gushes in cloudless sky
mesmerizing beauty he holds all night...

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Demons gleefully collect  traces of love 
Intrigued by intellectuals' war games 
Voicing their venomous phrases 
Over petty domestic crimes 
Rage trickles the air as moisture gushes miniature eyes 
Carefree smiles sink flower pots' soil 
Echoes of cries ricochet throughout walls....

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Rippling brook rushes
Swollen with spring rain gushes..
Eddie place bulrushes

Alligator suns
Basking her tough hide, sun buns..
Hippo destroys fun

Spring turns winter's tide
Nature comes quickly alive..
Bees buzz hopes  for bride

For: Carol Brown
Contest: "Whats' The Buzz"...

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What is this sound that rings in my ears? 
This stream that gushes through my veins
A bright light that has come from the stars
This sensation that leaves a stain on my heart? 

A glimpse of what? 

A passing wind
A running wave
A rolling stone
From  a mountain top
That doesn’t wait....

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I'm slowly dying
Blood gushes out
A tear drops from my face

I'm slowly dying
My body aches
Bright colors are now fading

I'm slowly dying
It's getting cold
The night is getting darker

I'm slowly dying
My breath is short
Time is coming to a stop

Wide awake
My body lives
But my heart is cold, I'm dead...

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