Short Intently Poems

a nocturnal bird…
its eyes intently watching,
laughter’s on the ice...

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a goldfish

swimming in a clear bowl--

cat stares intently

7/20/21...

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gulls gaze intently
distant ripples trigger flight
frenzied onslaught starts...

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Butterfly
fluttering across 
the spring garden,
unconcerned.

Child
watching, intently,
her graceful moves....

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Edmund Clerihew-Bently,
In science class, listened intently,
Wrote biographies in four short lines,
Invented his own poetic designs....

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Walking softly across room
skin the color of daisies
brown eyes listen intently
he waits for her smile.



Debbie Guzzi's "Walk Softly" contest...

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I wish to hear you speaking;
Are you saying,
Anything?
My heart, it listens,
Waiting intently:
You're my love, and my hope –
My everything !...

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Softly the wind forms a silent breath
Whispering intermittently between frets
Calming her fury she listens intently
The call of the wind beckons serenely...

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at dawn, in the mirror, she gazes intently into her own eyes-

                                                                     - she decides against make up....

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There is a submarine periscope  
that's staring intently.  Let us hope 
that our frail little boat's 
got aboard stuff that floats.  
All I have is this Soap-on-a-Rope....

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eagle owl startles me as she swoops around
staring intently at possible prey on the ground
I hope she is not thinking of hooking those talons on me
they look treacherous for sure, and how tasty could I be?...

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saw him ogle me
intently half bewildered
no cleavage in sight
his focal point was higher 
spellbound by my freckled nose






*inspired by 
Missy Nikko's 
fetish with body parts :)*

12/04/2011...

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Stethoscope in ears.
Why listen so intently?
Be sure heart doesn't murmur.
Beats must be even.
Life depends on steady flow.
Do not need to blow a valve.



Note: This is for my best friend Jimmy who has a heart murmur....

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L-ook into my every eye, 
E-very message is clear; 
A-llow them to touch your heart because the view is sincere.

N-ever turn a deaf ear
E-leventh morn in July; 
G-aze intently with calmness, 
R-eady to look into my every
E-ye....

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feeling powerless
surrendering to passion
hankering for more

curse rhyme or reason
allow your heart to decide 
listen intently

elbow fear aside
seize the moment and hold on
surrender to it

Diana-Marie Bombardieri
January 28, 2012...

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HE SMILES A WICKED SMILE.. 
AS HE WATCHES HER BITE HER BOTTOM LIP... 
WATCHING INTENTLY, READING HER EVERY THOUGHT..... 

EYES FLICKERING WITH INTENT 
SHE GAZES AT HIM THROUGH HEAVY HOODED LIDS 
WEIGHED DOWN BY LUST... 

SWALLOWING HARD........

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Looking intently at me with lime green eyes
Those ears perked, listening for any tiny sound
Under the rug trying to play innocent

Gray with black markings like a bobcat
Tiny button nose adorned by whiskers
Gracing that smiling mouth, heart capturing...

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Edmund Clerihew Bentley,

practiced his craft so intently.

This clever creation still echoes in halls,

outlasting his pricey education at St. Paul’s.



When I read the WIKI'd the 411 on Bentley, I as enthralled. His "HEW" on Sir James Dewar is a classic....

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the pyrotechnic poet explodes in
staccato bursts of precise persephonifications
punctuated by poignant phylacteries
felicitously filleting egregiously erroneous assumptions
accepted by the masses intently exercising
freedom from thought...

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Baseball Stance


No gym bars for him,

this big boy on the playground,

intently waiting.

With baseball stance, glove in hand...

eyes, mind only on the ball.



November 22, 2015

Contest: Oil Paintings 4 & 5
Sponsor: Eve Roper
Painting #4
...

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Haiku Trilogy 


Fox poises mid-step

Rabbit scent tantalizes

Mouth waters wildly

 

Eyes peer intently

Haunches crouched, slung low to ground

Biding time to spring

 

Mountain lion growls

Padded feet part tall grasses

Hunter now hunted

©R.Selena Howard-Rowland,2012...

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The sudden storm passes,
And the sun shines intently.
I have its power.
My slender stem pushes forward
Out of the loosened, wet soil.
My cap spreads abroad
Atop my stalk beside another.  
Then another...  and another...
So together we flourish
Like mushrooms after the rain....

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Intently the boy gazed
every muscle tense and quivering
as he focused on the ball.
Would a catch come his way?

The others played on the frames
laughter was ringing out.
Still the boy remained
totally focused on that ball.

Written 11/25/2015

contest: Oil Paintings 4 & 5...

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A pensive moon lets fall the rain 
that calls you to a darkened sill, 
where, apprehensive, you remain, 
held captive in her thrall

until she waxes at the window pane 
to ask intently if you'll still be back
when she's gone past her wane

Beyond the glass, 
you swear you will......

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Rustling leaves I see
Echoing behind me
Twisted branches in a frenzy
Shiver my spine instantly.
Is that a mysterious face
Hiding inside an arboreal place?
Do I stay or do I flee?
Is that something I fear in the tree?
Will it follow or will it watch intently?
I am still with curiosity....

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