Short Harper Poems

momma socked it to
harper valley P.T.A.
dont ya remember?...

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tweet from new leaves
siskin rustles, scrapes beak
dives into nest

Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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 red sun flares bay-sky
silhouette vine maple
selfie race down beach

1/23/2020...

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Her last glance
Hastened 
My last supper.

Intense, 
Fascinating, and
Fascinated
By life and the agony of the harper....

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Sailing in a boat,
Ha, surrounded by the ocean,
Thirsting for water!


~"Out of water" contest by Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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Who cares who calls
How to handle balls?
Kidding bidding close near
Sweet woman lovely dear
Slow fast flickering flame
Adult star tacky sesame......

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Corn silk flags the wind
Sunflowers dance the road's ditch
sun falls down the sky
leave me end of day wonder
tip like a wink over pond.

Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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Her leg swings beside hammock
fingers twine above her hair
but her book flies at my jump 
when coati sniffs within brush.

HAMMOCK OF SKY IN TANAGA contest, Sheri Fresonke Harper, 9/7/2012...

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Solitude, no thoughts-
the echo in a seashell,
an eloquence the
soul sometimes yearns for, the calm.
The ocean is a seashell.


02/08/2014
For "Mood Music" contest by Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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He phoned the village bakery
And ordered a delivery
Loads and loads of tasty pies
Ate them all but at a price
He spent the night in misery.


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Contest:  Plentitude of Pies
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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There once was a dog we called Harper,
Not nary a dog could be sharper,
She basks in the sun,
Until the days done, 
Then curls up on your lap once it’s darker.

Written with my daughters during our lunch break as we admired our sweet dog Harper!...

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Moonlight falls upon the dormant land
Where peaceful calm reclines
Upon the shimmering lake
Ripples form and then reveal
A dark silhouette rising out of water.

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Contest: Out of Water
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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A merman had one stubborn daughter

who rebelled against what her dad taught her.

When she swam to dry land,

she could then understand

she was just like a fish - out of water!


For the Out of Water Poetry Contest of Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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pumpkin pie
Tasty finger licking
Delicious almost dissolving
right on top of my tongue and inside
My mouth I sat there and waited
Cause pie was so hot
Burnt is what got
I cry




contest:Plentitude of pies
Sponsored by: Sheri Fresonke Harper
10.08.2014...

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You find them in early morning
You bless them with the setting sun--
jewel drops on spider's web.

At night, star webs spray light like sun,
sun of a far off world, sun life
spinning a travel foray
that we sip like water,
that we drink like dream food.

Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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Affleck, Bailey, Banneker, Bernanke, Big, Blue,

Button, Crenshaw, Disraeli, Dover, Folds, Franklin, 

Gazzara, Goodman, Graham, Harper, Harrison, Hogan, 

Kingsley, Johnson, Kweller, Netanyahu, Parsons, 

Roethlisberger, Spock, Stein, Stiller, Turpin, Uncle, Vereen, 

… and Jerry...

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an aspiration
forever immortalized
an anticipate
counteract  hostility
neutralizes those that oppose


life too short not to
look into the horizon
to reach magnitudes 
of importance to achieve
Icon in history books


4/14/2014
Contest Name: I, Icon 
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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See 
Rapids
Life cascades
Stream of time free
Journey trail destined
Unwrap petals of heart
Love flies on butterfly wings 
Sunburst sky colors dawn of dream
Sluggish flows river of contained joy
So, take the blissful plunge in sea of soul.

January 19, 2020
Contest : Jump
Sponsor : Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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I will wait for you
Even when the leaves fall,
When the world has no life at all,
And colors change from blue to grey.

I will wait for you
Here on Harper street,

Inside winters chill
It's here I will remain,
From other comforts I'll abstain,
For the warmth of a lifeless face.

I will wait for you
Here on Harper street....

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I was going to write a sonnet... 
But the words I speld were rawng
 
So instead I wrote a haiku 
But my syllables were too long
 
So I decided to write a lyric... 
And sing myself a song
  
But I forgot the words while singing it 
So I ended it...dingdong 


Invitation To Play Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Sheri Fresonke Harper 
8-14-2019...

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Savannah Rose
Annoying, friendly, caring, listener
Sister of Aaron and Carolyn
Lover of Art class, books, and my friends
Who feels embarrassment, happiness, and love
Who fears loss of friends, family, and chocolate
Who would like to see Journey from 1973, God, And Nephi
Resident of Anadarko,Oklahoma
Smith-Harper...

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Blank face with scythe
drips sand like frozen blood
cut from my veins a tithe
for my trouble, slammed door
a choir of entreaty, all poor
like the life sap cut, a dud.

How many you demand blythe
shrugs, with a heart's thud thud
demanding youth, live lithe,
when demanded I gave galore
listing softly now, my life outpours
but your face, blank, still, no good....

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In a world where hearts open and doves fly out
I'll ask " Take my hand and dance with me forever"
Motion creates motion, always fluid, sensual
Floating in realms of space as a feather
Spinning faster and faster as time becomes minuscule
And passion the connecting thread that weaves the dance
As we cross the floor of time in rhyme


For the contest Mood Music with Original Details
Sponsored by Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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I wander about
like a fish out of water
in the surf blue sea

Me a traveler
in the congress of gray rocks
where carcajous howl

A vacant lot mind
wavered in the breeze empty
land soul never rests

Heart sighs seeks haven
warm breasts of the beloved
in my country home

I see the river
boatmen singing love ballad
flows out of water











Out of Water - Poetry Contest
Sponsor	Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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Dancing through life
Shaking my shoulders
Loosening up my hips
A sassy gypsy queen am I

Taking no prisoners
Enjoying my freedom
Playing my tambourine
Delighting the faeries

Twirling skirts 
In a variety of colors
Matching no one
Surpassing myself.

Singing my truth
Competition on. 
Fire oozes from my soul
I am the gypsy pirate queen


Written 8-02-2019
Contest: Invitation to Play
Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper...

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