Short Handwritten Poems

our bodies fit warmly together
like a handwritten love letter 
placed in a scented envelope
that's waiting to be mailed...

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CARDS
Dark notes
Handwritten

Inscribed with despair
Torn by  blood  on edges
As triggers of war zone blast

“scripts lauding Dad’s heroism ”



Contest by nette onclaud
Clarity In A Treasure Box   6. 28.2016...

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Buried in wait
This handwritten note
As tidal caresses

Soothe a patient scroll
Forsaken sands keep vigil
As Silence screams from beyond the bottle

19 July 2014
Poet Destroyer’s Contest: One Solo EPIC Senryu or Haiku- In A Bottle...

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Our boss employed a receptionist
Whose beauty we could not compare
Double D cups woke up the knights
As pheromones surged through the air

Her chair is usually empty
Excepting this handwritten note:
"I have just stepped out for the male"
Exactly as written I quote...

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forgiveness,
gone with the wind
there is only loneliness
a handwritten note on the table, a blood-red tear
a child,
a burial shroud on the table, a blood-red body
the pain of a mother who lost her child
the evil of mankind left its mark once again
when will we ever change?...

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To weave a word, a fabric of thought,
Each glimpse of bluish image caught.
Sweet tinge of orange scent, half gone
Delicately knitted in flowing, yellowing song.
Old letters laced now in sepia and white,
Each silent sound,  grayness of  dusk takes flight.


Brian Strand Contest B...

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Little princess charming,
We are still trying in Baha'i faith
To fit you in
Somewhere, somehow, in a legacy
Where a chest of drawer of an Airbnb
Will see on a true pious Friday,
What oracles are all about
even in silicon valley
or on a notepad of a handwritten
Clinton B. Seeley....

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A long reach of in-coming tide
laid it gently at my bare feet -
a green, corked wine bottle.

I could see a note within it still,
curious, I took it home.

That evening,
by the light of a desk lamp
I opened it,
revealing a handwritten message,
It simply read:

"Too Late."...

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I'm writing this poem on the ferry.
How much do I like this? Well, very!
The water, when smooth,
Does nothing but soothe
And my stress I am able to bury.

Though sometimes the river is choppy;
My handwritten words come out sloppy.
But still, I can write;
On my desktop, tonight,
I will print out a neatened-up copy....

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For My Mother


You are the Thanksgiving bounty to bless
The angel on our Christmas tree
You are summer flowers and winter nests
Birthdays and anniversaries
Handwritten thank you cards and recipes
In despair's cold, your warmth is shown
As the lighted pathway bringing us home
Out of a darkly weary day
You're more love than can fit in a poem
But I'm gonna try, anyway

11/28/21...

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Starry midnight blue handwritten love notes 
white caps a message for a metaphor; 
Every ounce of my self control just quits,
waning with sweet nothings and gentle quotes;
Oh my siren, you I cannot ignore 
awakening my soul with a french kiss;
Shipwrecked now by your heady aroma
all I really want is you nothing more;
Your eyes electrifying my abyss 
a sweet message for a moment by the 
                    seashore....

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Living a life in the fall
providing one has gall
proof of no worth at all
handwritten on the wall
proves one is short is all

Precept thus doeth abide
concepts slip and slid
lies thus are hard to hide
precept is eagle’s glide
corpses in dust we hide

Serpents thus do slither 
deeds on slime thither
as storm clouds gather
egos blame each other
deceits of stormy weather…
                                         Selah
...

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Woven together like fine mesh
A perfect fit of flesh with flesh
Handshaking

Mutual between romancers
Affirmations flow like dancers
Handwritten 

Pearl earrings, dress of lace
Roses, baby's breath, and vase
Hand-chosen

A diamond in a ring of gold
The framework of a new house sold
Handcrafted

Young bride and groom, fifty years wed
Sunrises and sunsets ahead
Handholding

5-3-2020
Compounding The Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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Her letters, lemon scented, sweetly handwritten
     were always eagerly awaited
They spoke of young love
     A portrait of tender emotion

Her letters, lemon scented, whispered affection
     my insecurities abated
The innocent words, an unbridled heart
     Conspiring a life long devotion

Her letters, lemon scented, tied up in ribbons
     For me, no longer fated
But beautiful memories they will remain
     of a cherished, sentimental notion...

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Silent laughs
Handwritten paragraphs
This is how my love grew
With an urge of keeping you

Walking on the beaches 
Lying over the sand
Counting the stars
Without thinking of the end

I never knew
A stone can be so precious 
Until I got one from you

She proposed
It felt like paradise
I fell from the bed
Oh no!
It was a dream, I realise

Now I'm sitting on the edge
With tears and this only regret
How it would have been 
Because only then we could be perfect!!!...

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a valentine card
         I will send to my true love
          not bought...handwritten

                  an invitation
         with a rose of deepest red
              to unlock her heart

              hopeful and daring
    I shall knock with trembling hand
               will she let me in?


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Contest: (Double) Valentine Haiku plus 1 Questionku #2
Sponsor: Poet Destroyer A
Placed: 2nd     (Mar 2015)...

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He has a handwritten letter 
Written years ago when he was a boy
A special letter to someone special
He wrote it on Valentine's Day
Asking his secret love to be his
But it was never delivered
He just kept it locked away
He never worked up the courage
But he didn't know that she wrote a letter
She also wrote it on Valentine's Day
It spoke of her love for that young man
But it was never delivered
So, they both missed out on love
All on a Valentine's Day

© Poem – II/IV/MMXXI...

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