Short Inner Ear Poems

inner ear to
echoes of a past so sweet
distant yet so nigh



posted on October 7, 2018...

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i whisper in her inner ear
staircase to heaven
i know
lets get this cobwebs off
clean our thoughts
i know
we slip on the semanic pool
land in the burning
fire
then kiss in guilt and
despair...

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FALLS

Lugubrious countenance of midnight.
Scream of water cutting the inner ear.
At edge of Anna Ruby, gripped by fear,
Night-wanderer awakes to stormy height.

8/7/2020
Be Inspired Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Regina McIntosh...

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the rhythm of pause

a separation of sounds...

                silence speaks aloud

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I heard the Voice
True and pure
Loud and accurate
An angel
My angel?
The Angel of the Lord
Within and without
Inside my heart
Outside my being
With my whole spirit
My whole soul
My whole body
As if I were an ear
The outer ear
And inner ear
I obeyed His Voice
With rewards...

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That guy
The one you called phantom
Then fled from
A gentle giant meek and strong
His convictions -
Voluntary surrender to get better
He oozes love
Like muscular Mandiba
Listen with your inner ear
He's your brother.

Not a ghost of a chance
No weight weighs him down
His love behooves, sans avaunt. 

*...

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Amid dark despair
And the deepest fear
Hope is always there
A voice we can hear
With the inner ear

Heed its message
It will assuage
The despair stage
And give courage

Take action
And move on
With caution

To cope
Don't mope

HOPE!





I chose to rhyme my diminished hexaverse...

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The cat was in the moonlight clear.
Arching his back, quite full of fear.

Jack-o-lanterns were rather dear.
Showing fierceness with toothy leer.

Goblins, ghosts and spooks in the mirror
Added to the ambiance of fear.

The older kids did laugh and jeer
Some of them possibly sneaking beer.

A wild screeching in my inner ear
Let me know Halloween was very near....

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A day of contemplation.
Unknown destination.
Walking in wildness.
Maintaining calmness.
Listening with the inner ear,
my answers are near...
Emotions elevated, misconstrued, 
then rippled into laughter, love.
Something new and 
something well.
Changes so swift.
I am catching up to my own shift.
Dreams are my residence
and I am going home.
Resistance I have failed
and here
I now roam....

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On-Sight
There aren't many who see me-
Those few view me in the 
             Words they say
"speak" me when they 
             Glance away
Their inner ear "attuned"
Their "knowings" seek invitation
To an inner, sacred place
Long ago barricaded from
"Exploitative" desires-I can
Not promise entry-
I LIVE here, and must protect my space.
              Still; there are
                               a few......

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I like to think a thought right through,
then cogitate a phrase or two.
A telling rhyme, with scansion clear,
will echo through my inner ear.
Then if I've pondered far too hard,
I'll summon help from book or bard.
And when at last, the end of day,
I'll know exactly what to say.
I'll take my pen and..... Blow it, then
I'll tear it up and start again!   






For Brian Strand's "Ten Lines Max" Contest by Charles Clive....

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An intermittent sound

Alerted my inner ear

Spurring me into wakefulness

As my name formed crystal clear

Theresa, Theresa, Theresa.

Repeatedly in tune

Urging my reaction

One morning in early June

I awoke to hear chirruping

So insistent in bird refrain

Guarding it's perch dutifully

To arouse me was it's aim

My curtains threaded sunlight

Heralding life anew

Another day thus realised

As away my messenger flew....

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the melody of haunting notes
               will taunt you-re inner ear

              this sadness___ you can-not weep
                   no matter how hard
                      tears flow

                     haunting notes
                     inside and out
                       but still
                   within the inner ear

                   this sad haunting
                 that will not dis-appear

 for miles davis______...

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Stringed strained vibrations
 alto hauntings of the heart
 playing strumpet along the inner ear
 responsive fingering that cries aloud;
intensified bravado rhythms
that reverberate the shoulders, chin and arm
 sensuous, distinctive obligatos
 resonant timbre both sensual and veiled austerity
 weeping muted strings,
calling out remote interludes
wafting on the darkened winds
 forboding escape bidding the heart
 to forget its muffled lament
and play on....

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Soft spoken words invite the inner ear,
Like gently flowing whispers to the heart
Longing touch of whisper'd breath on one’s neck,
Or, the sighing of a soft sibilate
Speaks emotions even more loudly than
A symphony orchestra tuning up, 
In dissonance before the concert starts
Beginning with the booming overture,
Fading to the velvet curtain ascend
Speak softly so that everyone may hear.

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May 22, 2021
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We search ourselves enact atonement
previous indiscretions remnant,
orchestration,without conductor
harmonious sound now lacking lustre
a-tone will ring the inner ear
from wrongdoing it will steer....

Division seperated dispersed
cutting of cords at time of birth
return to wholeness we lament
our inner need to feel at-one-ment.....

Atone...a-tone...at-one......
universal harmony sung,
even the planets and stars seem scattered
their greater order to all that matters.........

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