Short Huddling Poems

The birds stop singing 
huddling under branches 
waiting for sunshine 
...

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Startled geese hiding,
Huddling in the dense brush
Roasted goose dinner......

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Waterfalls cascade down mountaintops
Huddling stones gathering fine crop
A pastoral  reel where man can't drop
Just watching the view from eye's knobs...

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concrete cold detroit manhole steam....
brief warm no homes veterans huddling

visions wars hell traffic taxies blur.....  
city brittle in the bitter...

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“I saw it! I saw it!”, the groundhog announced.
“My shadow – it grew and it flounced!
Run! Hide! Save yourself and those you love
and leave the cold to the ground above!
Six more weeks of huddling and cuddling.
Here’s to the wonderful warmth of snuggling!"...

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Solitude—
oh, I love 
this word

as much 
as it loves 
me. I live

in it, with my 
earthly shadow, where 
no one dares 

see me, huddling 
‘tween dark and 
empty space, 

longing for
the stars
to wink out

the coldness
of my thought—
‘cos of you!...

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Intersection at 
Center of the Great Circle
No breaking through the black line

Are they circles though?
Or people in the center
Fleeing or huddling or still

Motion can't be seen 
Motivation can't be known 
Not circles. Not people. Eyes. 

April 28, 2017...

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Soft pillows
Warm glows
Snuggling,cuddling
Hearts huddling

Caressing, pressing
Bodies meshing
Passion seeking
Desires peaking

Hearts beating
Kisses fleeting
Burning skin 
Fire within

Longing gaze
In a haze
Soft pillows
Love flows

Softest sigh
Forever lie...

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W inter at times became a paradise lost-and-found  
I recall huddling over a static, crackling old radio
N ews announcement: School canceled tomorrow!
T he yard oh my the yard, buried in a blanket of quiet 
E ven the fence posts wear tilted, funny white hats
R abbit and sparrow tracks in the snow...

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A flock of pelicans gather around,
huddling on a treetop, bathed in moonlight,
hoping safety in numbers would be found,
as predators stalk prey throughout the night,
when weary wings hesitate to take flight.
Living in the now, these birds have no fear,
each heart trusting that sol will soon appear....

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Windy wild wind whipping flailing and cutting through
You bring us together like invisible glue

Holding hats and huddling hands clasping crunched capes 
Jealous soul you bold barometric beast

Hairdos, skirts, scarves, hats and pails blown away in envious fury
If we could capture you you’d be in front of a jury!...

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Once more, a tired tarp shields 
       and saves him tonight
from the dreary drizzle that 
       deadens his sight;

these days solitude has been 
       the trash can fire
he's been huddling around 
       in fevered desire

with fellow wanderers warming 
       weary hands,
on their fingers college rings, 
       wedding bands....

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A flash of light
In the woods
Quick popping noise
Streak across the sky

Stars brighten
and glisten
against dark of night
as two lightning bolts strike

Animals take cover
Under fallen oaks and hickories
Felled during other lightning strikes

Fox, opossums, wolves
Huddling and resting
As cosmos fireworks
Begin their beautiful light show...

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Sure signs of a spiffy winner..
Refusing to be one of the crowd!
With thoughts so rich, not thinner.
He shouts his independence out loud!

The sheep, afraid, head for the hills..
Huddling and comforting each other.
While the outrageous one, sees their ills.
Never once, willing to mirror another!


                9/22/2022
                  ~1~...

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shaking Clydesdales stood eager
the sleek sleigh was hitched
blankets and hot cider stowed

prancing and dancing
slicing through white woods
faces frosted by the snow

cozy cuddling and huddling
holding hands in warmth
dreaming of bonfires

NB: Charlieku forms created by Charles Messina
*Inspired by, but not entered in, Charles Messina's Triple New Charlieku Poetry Contest...

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Submissive squire on his foot 
Helping his best knight, to put
On the weapons o’ not so cute 

Beautified horses galloping,
The sharpen swords clanging, 
And wooden poles jousting,

While this beauty, mocks by tear,
Huddling, silently, in her own fear
Because of her one and only dear

For her love,
She prays of-
“Use the speed o’ thy eyes, oh knight o’ mine
For a love to dwell, forever, in arms o’ thine!”...

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His offer of kinship derided,
by the snobbish bat insulted, 
the much humiliated rat said:

"Bat, you're rude, without civility,
I'm glad we don't have affinity.
Skin-winged mouse, your boasts are many.
Feet up, head down, you look stupidly funny.
One day you'll end up flip-flopping down
and crawl with us on earthy ground."

Be tentative with a relative:
Not all critters of the same fur 
enjoy huddling together  Sir!...

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Glistening rubbles in the sky,
Huddling up and abound so high;
Precious jewels in my sight,
Touching you through dreams tonight.
Cosmos most wondrous beauty,
Artwork of God-Almighty.
Glistening rubbles in the sky,
Huddling up and abound so high.



July 13, 2013     5.45 pm.

Form: Octelle

by: Leonora Galinta

Sixth Place
Contest: Stardust In An Octelle
Judged: 7/14/13
Sponsor: Poet Nette Onclaud...

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Puffins and Parakeets
  Starlings and Sparrows
Hummingbirds and Hoopoes
  Cardinals and Cochoas

Their colors flashing
  Songs edifying
Perching and resting
  or airborne flying

They trill us and thrill us at night
  Wing their way through the day
Soaring high in tranquil blue skies
  or huddling in trees when it rains

Indigenous Americans, their feathers treasure
  These frequent flyers give man such great pleasure...

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Midnight, Cerberus roams across the sky,
Chasing stars and barking upon the fly.
Hound of thunder, cloud riding the air,
With three heads and snaky tail awry.

Lightening cracks like a whipping lash,
Indoors, onlookers make a wild dash;
To escape the unnatural fiery glare,
Of the monster mongrel raining ash.

My pet dog cringes in abject fear,
Crawling into a box he is near,
Huddling low in the safe wooden square,
While the hell-hound doth sullenly sneer....

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My Hazed Singapore!
My once gleaming and buzzing city 
Now forlorn and glum
Relentless blaze and we keep mum
Hazy, crazy, why can’t I see 
The silent intruder reminds me 
How fragile life and existence can be
Gone the sunshine that sparrows once chirped 
The smiles of flowers and trees usurped 
Young and old huddling in on tasks 
Strong and robust scurrying off in masks 
Can we not check their insidious greed?
Let the long arms of the law act indeed!...

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