Short Hushing Poems

rosette clouds sweep on
glazed by jewels of twilight...
hushing amazed eyes


Haiku 101 Contest
2 Feb 2016...

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stillness of the breeze 
calming distant winter screams
 silent hushing snow



2/17/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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Under the moonlight,
Sways gracefully the willows,
Hushing dead spirits.
The Babaylan chants a spell,
Moon weeps the loss of a friend....

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hushing quiet eyes
lips parting whispering tears
hushing quiet lips
displaced soften flesh
gasping verses crying out

7/7/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©...

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Whistling winds woo 
through thrashing twigs and shrubs.
Hitting, hollering, soon hushing
spring be springing sweet soundly winds
blowing in the deep dark of distant forests....

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Perched by the water margin,
the hushing flow that aids reflection.
Cherry blossom flutters softly,
a sporadic serenade of raining pinks.
Outstretched boughs present the stream
tranquil in refracted beam....

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(i.m. Nicola Bulley)

Mist-shrouds are wrapping
Around the River Wyre's weir,
Rain-swollen waters...
Currents of secrets rushing,
Hushing reed-wrapped daffodils.



31 March 2023
March Into April Tankacrostic poetry contest...

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Serenading peace within,
lull me in thine hushing tide
for fate is now a foe.

Lose me in your endless fathoms,
instill within a glint of hope.
Raise me to the lofty heights to lose all fear
below.

Till fate above me shines once more....

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Fall

Towns alive with football games, festive parades and county fairs
while nature dresses for sleep in her nightgown of earthen hues.
Festivals hushing at the end as she beds down....Grand is Fall....

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Hemp woven like cradle
Hanging on summer trees;
Haven of net drifts, as 
Hands clutch iced lemonade …
Heat tans our skin, while breeze
Hums evening’s melody
Hushing thoughts, we unwind.


2/21/2017
Pleiades H Contest for Kim Merryman
Checked via howmanysyllables.com...

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A leaf on a marble plate,
  an angle hushing behind swollen grass
  and resting still, in place
  
  Welcomed to every party
  her boyfriend is always late

  Under great sky arches
  black silken lace and angel face
  so softly at everyone glances

  Long lashes
  flashes of truth...

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Pond frogs peeping
 Shadows creeping
  Daylight fading
   Tintype shading
    Sunset blushing
     Earth-voice hushing
      Gloaming growing
       Alpen-glowing 
        Moonshine blooming 
         Bedtime looming
          Nature yawning
           Darkness dawning


August 6, 2020...

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I placed your burden heart;
On my heavy chest;
I placed my finger, on your velvet lips;
Hushing you this I insist;
Come darling do impart;
Impart with me enthrall intervene this part;
Distance is the one that won't share love;
Prerequisite;


7/16/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr.© 2020...

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I 
knew
your woods
through every
quiver of bonfires...
although our music pealed a wind
flamed  evensongs   quickly  languished,
cleaving my breaths into dry twigs; and hushing a faceless moon
                                                                 with your shadow-dance flight.




Contest 235 of Brian Strand...

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Sweet whispers caress the night
as a gentle voice soothes the wind,
like calm words spoken by Mother
after a nightmare;
battling fear with bravery,
hushing nature's storm
with a simple song,
painting the moon with quietness
as her gentle voice soothes the wind,
like a melody from heaven's lodge.


Brian Strand Mid May Contest...

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Sweet whispers caress the night
as a gentle voice soothes the wind,
like calm words spoken by Mother
after a nightmare;
battling fear with bravery,
hushing nature's storm
with a simple song,
painting the moon with quietness
as her gentle voice soothes the wind,
like a melody from heaven's lodge.


Brian Strand Mid May Contest...

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like the feel of wood swooning to seas touch
the scrape of knife on plate
slow mo clouds on breeze unsure
hushing trees
gargled chuckles of seagull pass
acetically addictive
glass alps projectile vomit
from misunderstood sand
sea murmurs of deeps untook
plastic bag schooners
seaweed popping pimples
and tears
i remember the tears...

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Here
where God is sought out
not in simile of rock and sea
We say
this is how it will be
when we know him
But he is now
In this serene extravagance
he comes to me
Far from all we made
standing where our brethren prayed
he is here
Enough
for now
is now
The larks’ soliloquy
and waves hushing far below
say to me
he is here
5.00...

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Falling, swirling, drifting down,
softly padding to the ground,
gently settling all around,
hushing, hushing every sound.

Piling, rising, mounding deep,
leveling burrows, sloping steep,
wrapping nature in her sheath,
quieting, stilling life beneath.

Gentle whisper, everywhere,
breath of heaven, angel's prayer,
quietly resting on the trees,
bringing nature to her knees....

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Succulent lined windowsills 
Coffee seasoned air
Crimson colored daffodils 
Home, rich of boho flair

Silky, velvet, puppy tails
Pup breath to peer the vibe
Pleasing sights, delightful smells
Assure me, I’m alive

A familiar lilt, treats my ears 
A melody, so fine
Hushing all my pesky fears
All demons left behind

 A joyful state, my happy place
Curled tightly, in a ball
There truly is no other space
I care to be at all...

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the bass line is  woman walking
talking kissing making love 
the bass line is a fish in stripes 
a hook in time the bass line 
is eadg its almost easy 
a bass line 
next to the beat 
has feet is a woman walking
alone in her thoughts that no one sees 
her desires a bass line 
in brass a woman walking 
her heels clicking
a cat on fire 
sweeping brushing beats 
cleats hushing echoes her steps 
boots ***** cats hips
darkness lions  a bass line...

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Quiet
Closed out
Can't get in
Silence
Not in mind
Left behind 
Standing alone
Time slowly passing
Shrouded, still
Unknown
Passed by
Happy around
Longing, waiting
Left in the dark
Seeking something
Everything parts
Nothing is real
Its all a big fake
Lies in secret
Never called out
Hushing, darkening
No one remains
Cold cold places
Forgotten again
Every time
Tender, hurting
Pain unseen
Take it away
Please notice me...

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Humbling foliage, sprinkled in a bed
A quiltlike pattern, reflecting heaven’s eiderdown,
In notes, like a musician playing out the ballad
Restoring hope in pieces - in precious leaves,
Stems resolving to color the heart in reprieve
Heterogeneous knowledge in the awing power of leaves and stems,
Plants who live to silence every darkness – hushing
Even the pain and fear, awakening inspirations so rich and dear

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I awoke
in the night
that was drenching the city
I strolled to the sea side...

Sleepy crescent moon
kissing the ocean
the sweet song
of the waves...

As I walked
they touched the shore
like hushing fingers
stars winking...

Gently the ocean breeze
reached out to me
as the dawn slowly arrived
with a golden handful

of the gulls cries
suddenly I remembered
what awakened me was dreams of
her sweet gift from the day before...
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Beauty of nature is in its dictum.
The world is being stratified,
here life and plants are as the guide,
charming consensus of the stratum.

Hushing tones of the swinging pines,
hikers often do approach,
how the flowers claim for touch -
miscellaneous layers, medley signs.

Transparent water of streams and ponds,
human nature making bonds,
entwined, enchanted – gazing.

From the distance looks the deer
on exhausted mountaineer –
sheep grassland biome are grazing....

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