Short Indolent Poems

(a time piece in space)

behind yonder face
the fat queen lays indolent
subjects scurry blind
a hive of activity
driving each day into night.

© Harry J Horsman 2017...

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Indented by harsh waves
Injured by cold sharp rocks
Inflicted by failures
Irate at injustice
I come to you naked
Indolent, extinguished
Illuminate me Lord

Written on:02/27/2016...

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angular
   stilted
half-
     leaning,
heavy
     weary
        chilled
complacent
  in attitude:
indolent
     even
but
    patient,
here
   I stand,
still 
     articulate...

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I found sanity in tragedy undone
in a silent walk
under the scarlet sun
with silent reflection in a crystal blue pool
I saw in the mirror 
the ripples of an indolent fool
...

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The clamor heard 
In the urgent awakening of Spring
Slowly dies down
During the indolent lethargy of Summer,
But quickly revives
With the crisp tanginess of Fall,
Only to be subdued again
By the icy brittleness of Winter....

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Dolce Far Niente


          ' Why

            sitting

           indolent ?'

          " Happy moments !

            Dolce far Niente :
  
            Me , restoring

            energy.

           Got it ?

            Why ! "...

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Fascinating flight
glowing green in pearl moonlight
of red rose rapture
Indolent June moon, treasured
and shrouded by starry night

Fireflies of summer
Come and go, mysterious
at indigo night
just past the purple sunset
with its dazzling, fading gold...

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To be indolent cannot apply to me
For I was raised on a farm to work,
I will not condone laziness you see
It’s not in my better nature to shirk. 

Written July 2, 2022
For “Quatrain on Sloth” poetry contest
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico...

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Empowering the indolent,
  the fox is now inside

The vermin on the loose,
 the truth now plagued by lies

The takers stalk the givers,
 those on the dole now scream

“We want what you have worked for,
 —the fruit without the tree”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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Like a great parodied indolent 
Such illusions of meaningless digressions 
Compliant with a game of chance 
Purred for the sun to pass 
And built a twilight barricade 
Till hunger drew slack 
Then like a flack of mottled light 
Round beneath it 
Time in hours
It moved the world.....

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When angels sing
Love begets love
In fluttering hearts
Of soaring white doves
Praying over predation
Tarrying above indolent blues
Serenity rains calm
In the cumulus of heliocentric views
Harrowed by hate
Beseeched by a crimson dawn
Hope sways on an olive branch
Dangling over civilization’s lawn...

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Cardinal peeking
Red flashes in my sunroom
Seeks window feeder

          Empty feeding box
          Attractive indolent bird
          Pecks at my window

                    Angrily flitting
                    Eyes industrious robin
                    Pulling at a worm


April 28, 2021...

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It was dawn
The weather was cold and chilly 
I peep out of the window
And found the streets empty 
Everyone seems indolent 
'Cause they're addicted to the life's pleasure 
But I have to go 
To earn my bread and living 
The days are tough 
For the people like me 
Causing gloomy forecast about the economy....

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A marmalade throw
dangles paws in indolent ease.

Atop a garden wall, limbs stretch,
as stiff as table legs.

Eyelids flicker, whiskers, and ears
sense the flutter of sparrows,
muscles tense in their bed of fur.

The drowsy head falls once more,
pillows itself on the warm brick,
legs loosen, limply dangle,
a ginger cat dreams of pouncing....

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A striped marmalade throw
dangles paws in indolent ease.

Between the sun
and the garden wall, limbs stretch,
for a moment as stiff as table legs.

Eyes squint under closed lids
as whiskers sense sparrows,
muscles tense in their bed of fur.

Then the drowsy head falls once more.
sleepy joints loosen ready to dream
of a marmalade cat pouncing....

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To wake without alarm--
That would be nice.
To go out early once
Where the cardinal
Is already up, 
To shed the night wrap
And swaddling house
To go out early once
Without a cigarette 
Or coffee cup,
Before some obligation
Calls me indolent
And back inside
To compromise 
On schedule,
To go out early once
To feel the leisure 
Grace of welcome--
That would be nice....

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I Fret the Holiday Season

I invited it in:
insipid, insidious 
holiday hoopla;
and now rue 
my indolent heart
As time escapes
I inveigh aloud 
a tirade of syllables 
that berate my 
immutable, 
irascible self

I pine for insouciance,
iniquitously doled 
to some
not to others,
and wear the  ignominious 
crown, self-bestowed 
upon my head:
“Intransigent Queen.” 

I’ve only myself to blame....

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the indolent wind
dances in a gentle rain
could the problem not be of another
but an internal failure to find within
your real soul mate
and all trials and errors
belong to you
the absolute failure is abandoning you
dreams you follow 
become the roadside kills
ignored in the mirror
we do not demand happiness
we choose to live it
I can share passions
but not for the crucifixion 
one of my own

   Oregon   5/23...

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“Somewhere Ages and ages hence”
Past all attempts towards defence 
Of our doings we begin to see
For both our eyes, we did not see

A little is often taken for too much 
That we can’t but be imbeciles as such 
Is a sore lesion to life’s beauty
Seldom do we see sense as duty

We think we know while we do not 
Immured we live in our cosy cot
This is all life has, thinks the simple mind
Indolent to seek a superior find

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COPLA 104 RESOLUTION : This Bad Guy World

Ethnicity geography parent
Ferment in spiritual cauldron :
Breed gods violent

Who wants to serve gods heirs apparent
Can believers be made to reason :
God indolent

Gods thus get imposed on others
Through violent spiritual conquests :
Meek must submit

One Way of Life spread over borders
Not by sword nor by royal behests :
There gods must quit

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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I meet a woman on the woodland, 
sleeping underneath a willow tree.
Her face is serene, that is all I see 
while I stroke her indolent hand.
 
“You will not be roused by the sun,
even the skylark will be hushed 
and if your cheeks are flushed
I shall call you spring blossom…”
 
There I waited all night long 
keeping the daylight faraway, 
just like I did yesterday:
humming an old nursery song, 
strumming slowly her silky hair,
captivated by her face fair....

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Paint coat gloss of stigmatised strategy
Ink print format dishonourable dastardly
Rewriting total emotional reliance on romantic target solo
Mistakes made eradicate match develops purely personal 


Necessary structure supports test criteria
Shifted not by storm of hormonal hysteria
Flattery, female following foresee men fearful, fatigued
Indolent inconsistency implores males imbibe, intrigued



       14th January

      - format dating -...

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INCREDIBLE

               When just you left,I cannot remember.
               I cradled incredible crying moment.
               I could not protest, but to surrender.
               When just you left! I cannot remember.
               How could I know? You were going forever.
               I was confused,just sat indolent.
               When? Just you left! I cannot remember.
               I cradled incredible crying moment.

    07/02/16...

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Indolent yet, constant, the feeling persists of no feeling
How do I do what I had no idea I would be doing?
Dreams are now nothing but wishful thinking
More like a thirst of unquenched drinking 
Going through the motions unsure now of things I
had felt certain about, in my mind and almost in my heart
Its a different place, shadows emphasized by brightness
Strange familiarity of how life usually is, its contrariness
This is the constant, that I am not used to, this is strageness...

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On this day, the light declares victory
The Sun’s unrelenting march
From its Stygian, icy fortress
Has at last dethroned the indolent dark

The pendulum swings into the black
The metronome ticks maddeningly faster
Life, the sleep sand wiped out of its eyes,
In love again in its giddy mania

Emerald mother unfurls to embrace
The fertile seed of the victorious Sun
A hint of pollen with each breath beckons, as
The world spins dizzyingly towards its fevered peak.

3/20/16...

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