Short Instills Poems

The beauty of death is the peaceful appearance it instills...

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The Curse
No worse curse for teens,
Pull a crime, succeed at it,
Instills self-greatness....

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burgundy flower
instills aroma
as sweet wine                                                 
















3-29-2016...

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Can prayer overcome 
  karma

Can wishes rise above
  fate

Can memory displace
  what vision instills

Can love pass beyond
  —without hate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)...

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Silken lips, so velvet. Eyes a wolf desires.
Touch so full of meaning, all of time transpires.
Heat so full of passion, smile instills delight,
This heart longs each second, to be that lucky Mr. Right....

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an artesian altar stocks
moist manna seized in vast rounds
twice arrested sights cascade
moment instills
reawakening
a sheltered reckoning breathes
no regrets prepped ascensions
~a ponder...

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gilded servant
hyperbolic purveyor
sculpting truth

liberal spender
filthy lucre
licentious gain

promoting freedom
curtailing liberties
accruing power

crafting bills
self-serving pork instills
bankrupts nation's till...

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A winter's night is different
    snow's mantle o'er the ground
  Noises muffled, birds unheard
    few folks out on the town

  This quiet creeps inside my home
    steals into my bones
  Instills a soothing peace in me
    grateful calm its undertone...

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a poet who has lost his quills ~  no inspiration his muse instills

while waiting for a spark to ignite ~ he is in the dark sans a light

a poet in self-doubt creates chaos ~ do not give your muse a chase

from faded glory, poet arise ~ open your eyes and aggrandize...

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Language builds a place to stand,
inside our own cognition

Each word confirms what thought instills,
in psychic recognition

Are you the true informant,
about what’s inside your head

1st person self awareness frees
—a nature higher bred

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2019)...

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the cleansing of the world until,
we start again just cave men till,
we find the thoughts of clever,
we seek the never never,
till intellect do fill
though stupidy instills ,
greed, money power will,
be, a wasted bitter pill,
no rich man lives forever...

of David Williams "The End"

Don,......

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God peeks through the clouds
His eyes shining with pride
Glad about the cool, clear water
Excited about gifting us a fresh new day.
I look across Lake Michigan and meet God’s gaze
Feeling beloved, as he instills joy into my heart
And encourages the lake to bring me peace
I feel optimistic and revitalized....

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Feel fond fun fund
Oomph observes opt
Notes nurture none
Deep delight drops
Frame finesse fond
Ask apt appeal
Mind mirrors morn
Inkling instills
Live lasting light
Yes yields younger
Meet moving might
Etch each eater
Apt apes after
Love lights laughter




Leon Enriquez
22 December 2014
Singapore...

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seeded in battle
growing amongst the death mass
weep
no longer in grief

blooming blooming high
veiny stem all aglitter
she
will outlive your fray

trusting the true gale
in her dance she instills mirth
cry
for the joys of life


Laura Breidenthal
March 28, 2016
For Mystic Rose’s Split Haiku Contest...

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Winter’s calming twilight
Instills a sense of awe,
Nestling together in the quiet,
Trying to tease the fire to draw.
Ever in the solemn night
Reminiscing of the thaw.
 
Baleful loss of sun and light
Leaves our hearts cold and sad.	
Unless Winter soon takes flight
Ever in wool we will be clad!
Spring will grant a greener sight....

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Just a broken poet,
  at an ATM

His stomach cries out,
  words hunger within

The nights are the longest,
  cold darkens and chills

Fresh words on account,
  new credit instills

Pushing buttons while bent,
 … with hope standing tall

An answer comes back,
  ‘Zero Funds To Withdraw’

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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Love Letter
Courting a Black Widow Spider

I do admire your knitting skills
The sight of your cobweb fills me with thrills

Your hourglass figure glowing red
has never gripped my heart with dread

The sight of you  a passion rare instills
So I could never believe, as I view fresh kills

that the day we wed, I’ll be next day’s meals...

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created to captivate,
unable to be captured.
hands that release the day,
and rule the night.
mysterious maiden
evoke Awe and Fright
     -eternal.
all control is lost,
as it always was.
radiance that instills
Contentment and Chaos.
illuminating colors of Life and Death.
Darkness and Light survive together
with only one last breath....

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Foolish braves into the unknown
Intrepid steps only fade into the wild blue yonder
While wise old hounds still sit and ponder

How to raise brave young pups
Wise enough not to wander

Tis the lust for adventure
The temptation of the unknown
Invades and instills itself into the bones
Drives a pup mad and persuades them to run on their own...

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My grandson traces in a book
To build up pencil skills.
From one car to another
Every wavy line instills

A feeling of accomplishment,
Preparing him to write.
He's like a nested fledgling 
Not quite ready to take flight.

I watch him growing; with each step
That baby he replaces
And soon enough, his childhood
Will exist in merely traces....

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There is only color here
and solitude and
 warmth of sunlight

A sense of waiting for
a flash of wings
and flights of fancy
that lonliness can bring

The bright delight of flowers
 and butterfly wings,
all  the joys of memory 
that thoughts of you instills
 like a jewel reflecting pool of blue

I am listening for you

Suzanne Delaney...

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Sodom and Gomorrah
their tale retold
Ignoring scripture
the world grown cold
Semitic factions
that seek and kill
Their hate on fire
their rage instills

Sodom and Gomorrah
two faiths subscribe
The Quran and Bible
their fate describes
Brother kills brother
the hour late
“Vengeance Is Mine”
—damnations fate

(The New Room: November, 2023)...

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cell splitting
cusp of freedom on the edge
splashing joy

damage spreads
cells lament tormenting truth
dying still

even so
new creations work harder
threatening

disease calls
stubborn from birth to its sleep
rattles heart 

heart reacts
brave on the sun's horizon
hope instills 

cells remain
raped inside you by forced smile
they know it...

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Love vanquishes 
Hate relinquishes 
Love hanging on a rugged cross 
Therefore not a single soul a loss 
Love whose Spirit hope instills 
And oh, my soul, it stills 

Love eagerly to me came down 
Love wiped away every frown 
Love, indeed, in its purest form 
Love so tender, oh, so warm 
Love who spares me from strife 
Love, oh, sweet Love of my life...

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Hate destroys; love fulfills ...
Powerful emotions molding the fragile scroll
each instills

deepest desire
flaming inside the tender soul
afire.

It burns
out of control,
yearns.

Hate destroys; love fulfills
flaming inside the tender soul
yearns.


SIXTH PLACE WINNER
Written February 5, 2021
Love or Hate Minichu contest
Sponsored by Mohan Chitani...

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