Short Hinge Poems

The sun door opens
We ride the hinge of the day
The earth door closes...

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snow clouds make me cringe…
oak trees squeak like and old hinge
crisp air in lungs singe...

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The broken gate hangs limp 'pon one hinge
Age cripples the man of the house  ...

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A bove Below

H eavens cried on man
I n the form of rain
N arcissus he is
G ris-Gris on his neck
E vanescent without complain...

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Deceiver, you smile
With subtle grace you hinge me
Rivers flow from you
Standing on the edge of time
No more will I believe you....

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O the irony
the pathos
ingenuity
of the mind:
a life force
to engage
restless
rooted,
a curious hinge
hyphened
subscript
of body and soul...

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we are a fortress without walls
worn stones of weather round
gates from hinge torn down
solders bend to love's resolve
we are a fortress without walls...

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Went On Buying Binge

There was a time when I felt a twinge
Of pain that seems to always hinge;
Money spent;
To roof went;
With credit card went on buying binge.

Jim Horn...

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WARRIOR, I AM

You
Call me
Baby Doll
I am no doll
Warrior, I am,  fearlessly marching on!

I have fought and won difficult battles
I am master.
All triumphs
Hinge on
Me!...

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Hinge at the waist
Pivot on your gluteus maximus
And put your feet on the floor
Empower your thighs
And raise your center of gravity
Congratulations
You have succeeded 
In getting out of bed...

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“without doubt”


you say there’s no rhyme for orange
when ten, my son said, “Door hinge.”
proving wrong what is rote
smiting writing that’s wrote
but what was better was seeing you and yours cringe...

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Every Farmer Knows
Written: by Tom Wright

Gates and mouths,
Are alike in two respects,
Both require a hinge to operate,
And they're most often found open,
When they should be closed.
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Firm are my feet 
On My ground
While you 
Take wing 
Over yours
Indefinite…
But what is 
Between us 
That we as 
One exist? 
I am still
You are fast
Am a point
You are vast
I am fixed
You are free
You are the bird
I am the tree.....

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JOURNEY’S    END


Gate with one rusting hinge on post 
Squeaks open  and rattles closed.
Smell of fryng bacon sneaks out
The window where the cat sits about. 

It’s  dark, it’s cold  -  midnight is past; 
But I’m glad to be home at last....

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Gates and mouths
Are similar in two respects;
Both require a hinge to operate
And are most often found open
When they should be closed.
Gates maintain a proper place,
While mouth's, oft times,
Spew rhetoric,
That occupies our space;...

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eating an orange
or eating a carrot
the color 
the same

hearing the door hinge
earning the merit
to ask
the name

who here 
enters
who crosses
the salt

cannot be
a foe but
friend 
she

transcends
divinity
defined
diosa...

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As a door is tied to its hinge
The lazy are tied to their lounge
When the diligent will prosper
Sure, the lazy ones will suffer


July.6.2022

Sin of Sloth Poetry Contest
Sponsor- MargaritaLillico...

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same old cracked walkway
leads to broken, peeling gate
hanging on one hinge

sorry tears roll down my cheeks
coming home to bury Dad



Poetry contest:   One New Tanka
Sponsor:              Rick Parise
Date:                     April 2, 2015...

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You love me,
but I feel alone.
I believe its me,
not you alone

This feeling is from within,
not anything you have done.
Not anything you can help with.

Something that I have to change.
Not something you can meddle with.
No one can hinge.
No one can handle....

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Tongue flicks at mouths hinge
looking for an inlet rest
breath hold
in tremored chest
His eyes flit
as chocolate twirled dress
comes to autumn leaves fall rest
From your knees discover
each curves turn over
You are mine to use
she rasps from bedraggled hair tumble...

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My door is made of solid bronze
but doesn’t have a lock

Patina’d with the stain of blood
from all the battles fought

It swings upon a rusted hinge
and creaks when open wide

To welcome back the future-past
the present safe inside

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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My second wind of honesty
Renewing vows with poetry
Honestly, something's calling me
Telling me
All the things that hinge on the precipice of destiny
Hug me please,
Hold my knees
Wiggle doubt and grant me peace
That will ease,
Every ounce in me
Pour me tea,
For an eternity...

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When I was six, mom picked flowers for my teacher; 
I added some magic yellow posies.  Teacher threw my yellow
flowers away. When I am old and become a teacher, I will be 
more sensitive of different points of view.

    perception's hinge
    opens up new fields to view
    tears, smiles, joy, fear...

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My 'wife', 'husband', sister and brother. 
That principle is a recipe 
That works only in the woods 
Of hollywood, nollywood... and Wood, wood. 
It can't buy you a bicycle 
In your life-cycle to the Holyland 
Where we use the Holybook. 
Hollywood or Holyword? 
Why clinging to wood? 
When you can hinge on the WORD. Selah....

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Sixty year old cabinet hinge squeaks
Pain as owner bends her knees
A long relationship at its peak

Cling wrap drops upon the floor
Carpal tunnel lessened her grip
Cabinet door hangs loose from core

Stiff painful back slows grabbing wrap
Lying upon unswept white tiles 
Angels hoover near as she collapsed  ...

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