Short Inquired Poems

Bread or cake, which would you like?
Her head inquired from a pike....

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When I realized
 That time passed, I inquired...
 Only time passed, and I...I lived..?...

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It was a collaboration, no, more of a conspiracy, as the left hand inquired of the right hand....Hey, what's up?


John G. Lawless
11/7/2020...

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Handsome gentlemen
Inquired about lady fair
Got her attention

She loved because he loved first
Cupid's magic stayed  ...

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A teenager got stopped for speeding.
Said the exasperated trooper aghast:
“Didn’t you see the speed limit?” he inquired?
“No,” said the teen, “it sped by me too fast.”
...

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At the dawn 
After vanishing darkness, 
Brightly dressed 
Hibiscus flower 
Inquired the dragon fly
Who said I am beautiful?
Not me, those who expect something from you! 

Jayaratne Weerakkody...

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Blind Charlie was flying with chute on his back
The pilot inquired about time for the pack
I know when to pull the cord
Once I am pushed overboard
It’s just about time, when the dog’s lead goes slack...

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Lost,

At a crossroad of my life,

Destiny I met

Smiling, she inquired where I was
 
Heading to 

“I am waiting for you to tell me.”

Was my reply!




© Demetrios Trifiatis
  15 February 2015...

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I dreamt about a snowstorm 
One that wasn't small 
I dreamt about a long red coat
That seemed to cover all

I wondered what was doing
The red coat did unfold
And when I saw beneath it
Inquired, "Aren't you cold?"



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The wise I asked: 

" Where should I build my permanent residence?"

" Permanent?" He inquired

"Yes!" I retorted
 
" Only in heaven. " He, compassionately, replied.







© Demetrios Trifiatis
  21 September 2021...

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Trials
each day
test my faith.
When will it end?
Tiredly, I inquired.
All these things shall give thee
experience, my daughter.
Tribulation worketh patience; 
patience, experience and then hope.
Hope in the Lord never makes me ashamed....

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Death I met the other day

Imposing was he but not menacing

I inquired the reason he was after me

"From where I stand my friend" He replied smiling 

" It is you who is after me and not I!"





(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
    26 September 2016...

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As she searched
He gets lost
As he searched
She gets lost

Emotion has been found-

Poets came up
And inquired 
About she and he

Emotion replied 
“I absorbed them”
Poets were happy
They asked the emotion
“How do we identify you?”
Reply came 
“Love”...

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I was desired
I was acquired
I got hired
Felt inspired
Was admired,
What transpired?
They conspired
Not required?
Not desired
I inquired,
Got fired!
Got rehired
I got tired,
I retired
Visa expired,
I expired
Now rewired.


written April 8, 2022...

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Farmer Fred inquired over brews;
Have you heard the epic news?
It’s spreading all around the world.
Santa Claus is now wearing pearls.
If you do not act like swine;
Everything will turn out just fine.
St. Nick will cast his magic tricks;
Filling your stockings fat and thick....

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what do I 
aspire?
with all I have 
inquired
now that shadow owns
the mire
will time tell?
or 
will time 
retire
confidence on fire,
burn baby burn 
whip that horses back 
crack whip
crack

elementary is this
plain land 
not where I stand 

the mountains peak
is where I will feet 

unraveling all shovels
to dig deep...

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Long time viewed afar
How lovely this lady fair
Inquired of her life

Beautiful available
Love's seed blossomed to full bloom 


Handsome gentleman
Inquired about lady fair
Got her attention

Cupid pulled the bow tightly
Arrow tied two forever


Sponsor: Sand Ivy Davis
Contest: Tanka-Love & Marriage...

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Monkey-menace ever kept increasing,
We, the poets-confidante, went on chasing;
Anger-blazing, my poet-fried, inquired:
What about some poison in pears covered?
Could, a poet, said all, be a killer?
Urged him to read: The ancient Mariner...


13 March 2022
Bite Size Poem no.39 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier...

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"Oh, wisdom, 
why do you constantly elude my perception " In agony  
the unenlightened man inquired.  


"I have never eluded your perception my dear Man " Replied 
wisdom with a sigh. 
 
" I have been patiently waiting for years now for 
your conception to appear."  







© Demetrios Trifiatis
     13 January 2018...

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Tweedleedee saw Alice reach the square bounds,
"Funny girl, he sighed, "she thinks she's real
All the world is only fiction,
Someone's dream, an absurd game."
"Anyhow," his brother looked around,
"If this world has something real,
It should have the only name."
"Which?" inquired Tweedledee.
Tweedldum just spelled aloud:
A, L, I, C and E."...

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The wise, before the mighty king stood, carrying nothing,
 
Surprised the sovereign, inquired where the Wise's belongings were. 

“All of value I possess, within me I carry” He replied!  




   


© Demetrios Trifiatis
     8 MAY 2016



Sijo: a three unrhymed line poem of 14-16 syllables long each: a)Thesis, b) Antithesis, c) Synthesis.  My first attempt!...

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“After one-hundred, which number comes next?”
inquired Ms. Colvin as she studied her text.

All of us kids raised our hands high,
then Ms. Colvin picked Brett, this one dumb guy.

“Two-hundred,” he said with complete confidence.
“Geez,” I thought, “he sure is dense.”

So I sat up straight 
and I felt really great
’cause the answer, I knew,
was one-hundred and two....

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She served me omelet
Rolled in plastic rice
The taste was not that of an egg
From the womb of chicken

The rice-taste was not of rice
From the womb of the earth
Burnt plastics it smelt

When I inquired,
she told me pointblank;
“You love omelet
but I took snake eggs
behind my house
and made you a nice meal
but added plastic rice
to give you a good appetite.
Enjoy yourself
with snakes eggs”...

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I chose to be a Christian.
Denial was no option.
I must bear witness.
Roman soldiers inquired,
“Do you follow Jesus Christ?”
My fate knew no fear.
Yes, He is the Son of God.
Forcefully, I was taken.
Oh, coliseum,
Bring forth thy gladiators.
I will not fight to the death.
Eternity, come!

ã June 2, 2012
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen

Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: Choka for a Choke Hold
Sponsored by Amy Green...

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God showed up Tuesday
Walked slowly amid His children
Found the doors to his houses locked
The poor huddled in the shadows
Of bell towers that called to no one
Listened to the empty words
Of robed and soul-less orators
Droning in a deafening silence

God wept on Tuesday
Unrecognized
Shunned when he inquired:
“Do you love one another?”
Escorted from the premises
When he whispered:
“Why have you forsaken Me?”...

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