Short Hoffman Poems

The Graduate
Tootsie and Rain Man 
which one you like the best?...

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Knowing today is the best day of your life
—a terrible thing to know

(To Philip Seymour Hoffman: April, 2021)...

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Harbinger of death
Mixing thunder and lightning
Destruction bursts forth



Haiku-In the clouds contest/Poet Destroyer A
7/26/2014
Greg Hoffman...

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Silence in her eyes
Death arrives on Autumn wind
Mother Nature cries

Contest: Trashed #3
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Written: 10/22/2015
By: Greg Hoffman...

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Leaving the seat up

In the middle of the night

Makes one pissed off wife



haiku on probabilities contest/Marvin Celestial
7/20/2014
Greg Hoffman...

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"You measure democracy by the freedom it awards its dissidents, 
and not the freedom it gives to its assimilated conformists."
- Abbie Hoffman 
(but I'm paraphrasing him)....

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Fog from age settles in
Like a gloaming of night
Smothering from within
Extinguishing all light



Greg Hoffman
9/22/2015
Contest: Four Lines
Sponsored by: Broken Wings...

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Lest you give your heart completely
Obtaining intimacy can't be achieved
Voraciously pursue your true passions
Elation exists for those that do



Acrostic Time #1 contest/Poet Destroyer A
Written by:Greg Hoffman
7/4/2014...

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Like a Sirens song you hauntingly beckon
Quivering soft curves await the plunge
Insanity is deaf to logical boundaries
Drowning in your sweet nectar




The passion of a Jue Ju contest/Nette Onclaud
7/26/2014
Greg Hoffman...

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Head hurts horrendously
Thundered thoughts throb
Manic mind melts
Bizarre brainwaves beckoning 
Whatever wanders wayward
Furiously fueling falsehoods
Deepening demented delusions


Alliteration contest/Dr.Ram Mehta
7/07/2014
By:Greg Hoffman...

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Deep inside the sorrow
Hollow words ring
Again to be shut out
March through the heart
Pain in the solitude
Always will bring
Angst for a future lost
At death we part!


Contest:Visual of a Verso
Sponsored by:Nette Onclaud
Written by:Greg Hoffman. 8/20/2015...

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Losing Proposition

Alcohol can really wreck your life
The list of friends will constantly shrink
It cost me my job,I lost my wife
So I tried to sober up,then think
Oh hell,just have one more little drink



Hard Choices contest/Dr. Ram Mehta
Greg Hoffman 6/16/2014...

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Never lie
That's what you preached
But your promises
We're hollow
You just left
Why
40 years later
You show up
Dying
Asking
For forgiveness
Why did you bother

Contest: Fallen 25-30 Words
Sponsored By: Nette Onclaud
Written By: Greg Hoffman 12/2/2015
About Father
29 Words...

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Darkness swallows the day
Time has come once again
To light the sky,and then
Show them the way

Guardian on the pier
Years of thankless duty
With a certain beauty
You stand alone

The sentinel shines on
Never failing to warn
Upholding an oath sworn
Not on my watch

Greg Hoffman
On the pier contest/Nette Onclaud
7/10/2014...

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~ Skin ~



A touch of skin
Where to begin
From point “A”
Or go the other way
Fingers through hair
I venture, I dare
Not sure which way to go
Knowing all I want is to show
Hand sliding down your face
It’s your beauty I trace


© Tim Hoffman
® Poetry and quotes from my Heart
All Rights Reserved
www.poetryandquotesfrommyheart.blogspot.com...

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Different Flames

Remembering when I was bold
Hard to believe we got this old
The flames from fire,warm us tonight

It started with a friendly wink
Fueled by courage from my drink
The flames of passion,burning bright

Laying together in our bed
Nothing really needs to be said
The flames of life,drift out of sight




LIGHT A FLAME! Contest/Nette Onclaud
by Greg Hoffman
6/13/2014...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger at Olive Garden
Hasta
Pasta

Tom Cruise Stuck in Traffic
Feel need
Need speed

Sylvester Stallone Riding a Horse
Jockey
Rocky

Dustin Hoffman Looking Out the Window
Stay in
Rain man

Tom Hanks Stealing a Piece of Chocolate
Random
Bandit

Harrison Ford Taking a Selfie
Photo
Solo


March 3, 2016...

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Unwind after work
Stress just seems to melt away
Fun in a bottle

Drinks lead to more drinks
Alcohol consumed my life
Hide in a bottle

Nothing to live for
The years pass by in a blur
Time in a bottle

Looking at myself
Reflection of a lost soul
Stare in a bottle

After I climbed out
Life exists anew,for death
Lives in a bottle


Haiku-In a Bottle Contest/Poet Destroyer A
7/22/2014
Greg Hoffman...

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Magic 



Under your spell
I feel my heart swell
Like an infection
You’ve changed my whole direction
That channels my love into a section
Of unending
Unbridled bliss
Give me something
I never want to miss
Our sacred silence
Shall be our guidance
To preserve love in abidance



© Tim Hoffman
® Poetry and quotes from my Heart
All Rights Reserved
www.poetryandquotesfrommyheart.blogspot.com...

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Rearview Mirror

You take me for granted
You always have
You run over me
Stomp on me
Treat me like dirt
Under your feet
Have I offended you
Was I not
Always there for you
You grated me
Put holes in my existence
Years of being
Your conduit through life
You don't care to look
At what you left behind
A pile of rubble


A poem you have not entered in a contest#8
Sponsor-Poet Destroyer A
Greg Hoffman
6/16/14...

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??? Three Words ???


Three words
Fill my racing mind
Leave me breathless
Lost in time

Three words
Fill my endless dreams
Repair my heart
Mend the seams

Three words
Fill my open ears
Flutter upon your tongue
Wash away my dark fears

Three words
Fill my joyful life
With you in my heart
Three words...I love you


© Tim Hoffman
® Poetry and quotes from my Heart
All Rights Reserved
www.poetryandquotesfrommyheart.blogspot.com...

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