Short Inscrutable Poems

A cherub child,
Akin to a flower bud,
Is born crippled,
An inscrutable prank of God!...

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The wise old owl
doesn't give a hoot
about the little mouse
he's all concentration
on dinner calling....

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A gallant ram stands vibrant here
Ready its learning and passion to bare
Inscrutable as the late march air
Emotive to a sufferer's tear
Sensible to the load of friendhsip he bear....

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the earth is a gossamer old beauty--
;inscrutable; the whole of humanity immobile
paralyzed from sedulous faith; erased.
it's the beast's propensity-- destruction of
capability; silence repudiates language lyrics,
deems sense; contraband....

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Two 
large bells
float silently
in the still 
blue sky

Stoical
inscrutable
gravity-defying
silver grooved spheres 
quietly reflecting on
the serenely 
vacant landscape

The visitors 
don't belong
yet they 
arrived to 
defy our certainty

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Sphinx
           inscrutable, mysterious
  perplexing, mystifying, awe-inspiring
   statue, ancient, pharaoh, limestone
       striking, stunning, bewildering
               mythical, enigmatic
                          egypt





Date written and posted: 03/24/2018...

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Those entrancing eyes

   Gaze longingly into mine

      What is her desire

         Softly purring in my ear

            (Inscrutable cat o' mine!)

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 2 in PD's "Left Over Valentine Poem" Contest - February 2012...

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The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

   (She with face inscrutable as the Sphinx.)

      Although she was nay forthright,

         Shakespeare wast somewhat polite,

            But saw through her nefarious high jinks!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved...

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One of the questions
  after the Holocaust
was and is "Why Me?"
  Why did they die and I live?

There is no answer
  to this question
God's ways are inscrutable
  His plan unknowable  

Yet there's this -- 
  I live to dedicate myself
to preserve the memories 
  of those I knew 
    who could not ask the question...

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I am a child in
heart,
Not understanding
why we cannot say
these things;
Let free this sigh
of gracious hope,
across forever
skies.
 
It is only in heart
that I know
my God does let me
love,
as I can,
and I will.
 
No matter course,
or action,
or outcome;
I do not grieve this
forsaken spot,
where even angels
fear to go
 
Sept. 1 2014...

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Curse the poets with oblivion.
They haven’t changed a thing.
There still is war and pestilential greed
In spite of how they sing.

Damn the poets to perdition.  
They haven’t fathomed Fate.
The grave is still inscrutable, yet near—
No poet makes death wait.

Banish poets to cruelest torture.
They deserve the rack
For promising your heart to me
When rhymes won’t woo you back....

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Hair!  Hair!  Here, there and everywhere!

Its on my lap, on the bed and my favorite chair!

I've even found it on the comb when I arrange my hair!

But, my inscrutable cat, ol' Jeff, doesn't seem to care!

Even though the house with gobs of hair is riven,

When he purrs and cuddles with me all is forgiven!

Hair!   Hair!  Here, there and everywhere,

But Jeff is my loyal buddy and I don't care!...

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She was scared at first,
And made it apparent,
It was her first day on concrete slab,
She was about couple of feel high,
As yet she hesitated before the dive,
I coaxed her to edge,
And  made her plunge,
There was a loud splash of water,
And she was almost done,
Huffing and puffing she came out,
Swam to the edge,
As she climbed up,
Her face had lit up,
In inscrutable smile,
She had begun,
And begun real well....

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why chance genetic dice throw
gifted me finite time
solely to contemplate
(more than just my navel)
meaningfulness analogous
to scrutinizing Möbius strip
unable to identify
inscrutable mystery
defining random existence
specifically essence
happenstance/circumstance
which begat me Matthew Scott Harris.

His noggin mottled, plagued, and riddled 
with debilitating accursed impediments
since birth circa 
January xiii mcmlix....

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gazing at dim sky
                                 evokes inscrutable eyes...
                                      finding love haven











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                            For Contest H Poetry Contest
                            Sponsored by Broken Wings
                                     February 9, 2017
                                         Third Place...

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If  ever Everafter seems
Inscrutable to you,
Remember, visionary dreams
At times come all too true.

The city by the bay will fall,
It’s Golden Gate to lie
Submerged, with skyscrapers once tall—
Metropolis must die!

The angel-city farther down
The shifting shore will be
Another, underwater town,
Punished presently.

So heed the bardic omens no
Mere scientist dare read—
Pacific coastal millions will go
Help the fishes feed…...

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Abstract mystery lady, on the burgundy museum wall,
Eyes in deep shadows, in her green dress at the ball,
Sitting lost in thought, of what no one will ever know,
As the moonlight mingles with her hair at the window.

Abstract stylish lady, her face a vague blend of colors,
No longer with the crowd, now apart from the others, 
In a room of wild, color swirls and vague bright lights,
Both lady and night inscrutable, backlit by moonlight....

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Brick Walls

One may present some facts,
completely indisputable.
These are soon dismissed,
as being quite inscrutable.

Presenting flawless logic,
with greatest perspicuity
is immediately rejected
because of ambiguity

One may cite, eternal,
laws and codes and precedents.
"That's as well as may be,
but still it shows no evidence."

There'll be no revelations.
No change of hearts appear.
Debating is a waste of time,
To those who will not hear....

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The light has reached 
us through 
    shattered 
    vessels
             sparks remain in 
our souls
    The scattered lights 
in the darkness 
   ease our pain 
As we touch the infinite 
    with trepidation 
  we now see the world 
 through new eyes 
let us be secure 
   in the knowledge 
That we must accept that there are forces 
     We will never be able to 
totally comprehend   
    and that there 
are unknown and inscrutable powers 
   acting on our behalf...

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