Short Insipid Poems

Words

Benevolent 
Pragmatic
Insipid 
Ubiquitous 
 
Words...

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subject-object connected by presence ~
insipid without love’s fragrant incense...

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She loved
him, he her. Life!
had not been kind, their land
dry and insipid, excepted
them both.

© Harry J Horsman  1991...

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I do not believe it necessarily true that nice guys finish last. However stupid and insipid guys..... that is when you got it coming....

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phlegmatic 
insipid
like a corpse

bliss suffused
enlivened
joyous soul

let’s choose life
innocence 
vibrancy

10-May-2023
Tricube...

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Insipid Nights  (modern Tanka)


They sleep together
On a four foot bed
Back to back they lie
Facing the wall
Miles apart....

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Insipid blend of lemon tea
Murky depths unsweetened
In a grubby cup with a dull grey glaze
Cracked rim invisible in the haze
Of an all night cafe on the road....

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Oh summer’s love flown
gone with the swallows on wing,
life now insipid
when warmth torn out of one’s heart
like the pending storm; freezes.

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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The trembling thumb of threatening thunder
Strikes silvery shimmering of silken sludge
And adjoins an arch on alter of an afforest.
It inverts insipid immobility of irrationality....

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Picture of Trump Seemed Vivid

Picture of Trump seemed so very vivid,
Causing us to become insipid and livid,
And latest poop;
Missed each hoop,
When he started acting like a little kid.

Jim Horn...

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Her love was insipid
It was lukewarm and murky
His heart sipped it
Spat it out and rinsed it 
Cleansed itself
Removed
All traces of insipidity
Murkiness and acidity
Disguised as love
Dripping from a broken heart...

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the jaded grey sky
after the incessant cry~
shed a last tear drop

the graceful sun god
perceived insipid sky's mood~
radiantly grinned

wiped out his tear drop
embraced gently, cheered him up~
the rainbow emerged...

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Haiku 
A fall rose alone
Insipid pink and frozen 
Winter is coming

Haiku 
Playing the fiddle 
Under a street lamp´s sorrow 
Residue of dreams

Haiku 
Snow covered garden 
Plastic roses on the table 
Look obscene...

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Black coffee is the only drink for me.
I much prefer it to insipid tea.
The moment I get up
I brew a tasty cup
To open up my eyes so I can see.

By: Joyce Johnson 10/22/11

ForFrancine's contest "Pick a Beverage, Any Beverage" Placed 7th...

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Let my embattled heart
take refuge
within your fortress walls.
Give it the chance to mellow
in a slow healing process,
shedding the insipid taste
of bitter experiences,
then, let it learn to love again. 

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MODERNITY
 place
 & moment
a timeless
anguish
in
a
 supposed
 gathering

fascinating
reality
to enthrall
rendered
 irrelevant

the
 equivalent
 evolves
saturates
with
insipid
unsettling
potency
perpetuates
 as
a
fascinating
messenger...

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strange woman has the insipid look of a winter queen
I dare not tear my gaze from her frosty pallid lips
are they dead? my stare travels to her eyes
Not unlike stained glass windows, they reflect mirth
all is well then; she can be thawed with the right touch....

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There’s so little in this meadow;
The horizon seems to need medication,
Even raindrops have an insipid taste
I’m like a garden cursed
To never see the butterflies
For the flowers are all in their graves
I fear that maybe I had it much 
And to suddenly feel it less...

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Pieces of broken glass.
Slow tears in a broken heart.
Insipid vows.
Doubtful romance!

I am on the brink.
I adore loving.
But dread sorrow.

I endure crude agony.
Being far off your sway.
However, I am terrified.
that could serve me.

 Written: June 18, 2022...

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let nature

nurse you back to

life, shed off the insipid taste from your

tongue, warm you in her embrace, pluck

the weeds

in your head - tenderly tread along the

grassy path, patiently wait for the flowers

to grow, and in your heart kindness will

bloom...

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As a rule the room
Is full of ennui and ash
Except when your moon
Peeks behind bits and pieces
Fireflies in moment’s clichés

Moments normally
Insipid tea in old cups
Except when your look
Blooms all over the shadow
Waiting in acute hot sun
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7/9/16...

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Dream,
dreamer poet,
without worry about this world' pain
which have lost its color due to love,
The world hurts with so much deception.

Take care when you tread on a land mined of shared
rivalry.

Dream,
dreamer poet,
conclude in detail and color the canvas of this insipid and empty time....

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Evangelical: “Would you like to be saved?” 

Normal Person: “What from?”

Evangelical: “Don’t you know?”

Normal Person: “I want to be saved from you!” 

Insipid flurry, blushed rough terrain;
They poke, prodding at private things, 
Only wishing to push another construct, 
To a race so in need of people values....

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How many people are that stupid
Asked the hot and they brought the tepid,
For a sweet tale released the vapid
Reflect on hatred,. "No, on Cupid"
Get us The tasty "No Insipid"?

How many would wait to spend last quid
On water for being Nature's liquid?
How many people that much stupid
For survival face just lipid?...

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A time of indifference 

A subdued welcome,
so visits seldom,
as we so mirror
ebbing love’s tremor.

Sans joy’s zest and zeal,
embrace lacks appeal,
like dying ember,
insipid timbre.

Playfulness childlike,
wherein bliss beats spike,
distant memory;
lustre, history.

15-June-2022...

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