Short Interspersed Poems

Sun's eye
Trapped within clouds
Striated steel gray mass
Interspersed lines of golden sun
Covered  ...

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Edward Estlin Cummings so inventive
penned poetry so sensitive
He loved to write in lower case style
interspersed by CAPITALS once in a while...

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waves of golden wheat
interspersed with red poppies
falling to sickle


first Place Winner: A Brian Strand 2 to 5 lines Contest-8/23/21
Third Place: JCB Brul- Traditional Haiku-6/5/20...

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mountain ridges of clouds
  o'er my windshield spread
interspersed, baby-blue patches
  brilliant spaces, like threads
stitching skies' stories together
  a hobbled glance ahead of
cars tethered to a 
  snarled, honking freeway,
blustery rage moving in, I dread...

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on these
          heights
of ectasy 
         &joy
the highs
      the lows
so often
      come then
                    go:
happiness
      interspersed
with sadness,
thus
      is love...
                ..in life

inspired by theme clip of Love Story...

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Auburn interspersed with deep dark green
Under skies of China blue, air chilled
Transience now defining feature seen
Unset mellow summer cast distilled
Masks impending season, lulls the mind
Nulling coming darkness, close confined

BITE SIZE POEM no29 Poetry Contest...

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bursts of 
        creativity..
...short-lived....
colourful
           caberets
exercises in
           inspiration:
fearless
interaction
of parody and
             sentiment..
in wordplay:
interspersed
crafting
of sensibilities
in compositions
     ....incarnate...

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Wild Kingdom

every Sunday night
Marlin and Jim
traveling throughout the world

catching cats
lassoing llamas
herding hyenas

interspersed with insurance commercials
Mutual of Omaha protecting the wild and you

My favorite:
Snagging snakes
I rooted for the snake!!!
...

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figures
     of speech
cliched

retrospective
        maxims

a repertoire
of snippets

a collage
of the impermanent

 a 
    play filled
assemblage...
     ....inscribed

   interaction
of parody and
             sentiment..
all
in wordplay:
interspersed
&
crafted
with sensibilities...

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WRINKLES
in
vivid
  transformation
& corroborated
  shifts of tone
 reminiscent
stimulus
  plays of light
powerfully alive
 in split
second feelings
 interspersed
by
suggestions
in
 entrenched
 dynamic events
yet
 unhurried style
with
lightness of
 pushing
momentary
situations
encountered...

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The daily slideshow
'Editor's Pick'
shows drunken revelers
high on an orgy
of celebration
interspersed with 
devastation
in war zones
and a man who killed because -
'Get out of my country'
a hate crime
the slow scroll of images
presented in a microcosm
of the world today
no wonder the refugees
look confused...

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arise
       awake
in small 
         fragments
bursts of 
        creativity
...short-lived....
colourful..
 sensibilities
to become
        phrases
of the creative
               being

           cabarets
 of
           inspiration
a
fearless
interaction
of wordplay
  interspersed
&
     ....incarnate...

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WINTER MAGIC

Winter is often thought to be white
But types of magic are white or black
Albeit one can dodge winter’s worst
Few may realise when they are cursed
Especially when magic got there first
And with incantations is interspersed
With cold wrinkled lips tightly pursed
A spell can still get you coming back
True warmth is better than cold spite
...

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Black striated clouds interspersed
With red sun and blue
Observed by the morning star's light
Sounds entertain but few  

Fog fluffy pillows dance 'pon pines
Night creatures still sing mirth
Fanbrushed clouds turn cobalt
Wait for day to be birthed

Night waves good bye to day
Whip-Poor-Will's song cease
Soon all of surrounding heat up
Day's journey heat release...

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From a lofty height
That first day of spring
That mountain side seemed
To be filled with green

Interspersed with dead
Of those decideous trees
The pines shone forth
The shiny, waxy leaves

Soon ten shades of green
Mingled with white blossoms
Of the dogwoods of April
Come to  the mountain

Come to the mountain 
In April, meet me there
We can share the spring
Where lovers hearts sing...

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Sun shone cheerily when we greeted our new life.
Merriments, not memories lifted lifelong strife.
Immense endearments, as your wife, I bestow.  
Like lavender lilacs laced in loves’ golden glow.
Every kindheartedness liberated pains flow.
Smiles replaced sorrow; together, souls know.

© March 12, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen

Form:  Rhyme written as an acrostic of the word smile with alliteration interspersed....

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I care, I search, this much is true
I'm lost, I'm found, I misconstrue
My mind is keen to self besmirch
This much is true, I care, I search

They're hard to sort, truth from lies
When interspersed with alibis
I've given it far too much thought
Truth from lies, they're hard to sort

I tell it straight, upset the system
Follow my own messed up wisdom
I'm totally genuine when I advocate
Upset the system, I tell it straight...

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Life’s
Unpredictable,
Earth-shattering at times,
Interspersed with uncanny calm.
Life’s
Peaks ‘n’ valleys,
Curves ‘n’ straight-a-ways,
Hairpin turns ‘n’ lazy “S”s.
It takes a steady hand
To navigate the journey.
Unwavering balance
To conquer the narrow path.
An unrelenting gait
For striding toward the goal.
Eyes focused on the prize.
Arms reaching for assistance.
He sees my plight,
He walks to me,
He grasps my hands
And leads me through the clutter....

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A drowsy sun has closed his eye
Leaving me in tinted twilight
Hemorrhaging color by degrees
until I stood in blue-black night.
Dusk is the darkest of twilight
where sights and sounds become adverse:
a contrived unreality,
imagination unrehearsed
and interspersed with primal fears.
Harmless shadows act out phantoms
conjured deep within my psyche.
Howls and hoots: night sounds most fearsome
Quasi-influential fancy
when dusk attains ascendancy....

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Pedaling along river drive
empty plastic grocery bags
fluttered and flapped from tree branches
like lost battle surrender flags
that line the drought-stricken river.
Their interspersed clings reminded
me of inundated levels
this now anemic river reached;
where once the floodwaters surged south
along its journey to the sea
its now imperceptive flow
struggles, its intimate's exposed:
river-bottom, water-worn rocks
sit like petrified bowler hats....

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Elevated railroad tracks
Abandoned long ago
Have been transformed into a place
Where grass and flowers grow.

With benches made of wood or stone
And artwork interspersed,
The desolation and despair
Have all but been reversed.

If visiting the city
Is a plan that you have made
Then walk upon the High Line
And behold what’s there displayed.	

It’s part and parcel of the town
But also quite unique
So stroll the High Line if
A New York feeling’s what you seek....

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Certain weeks I’m busy
And I run around a lot
So I’m either in a tizzy
Or I’m wondering why not.

For when plans are sometimes lacking
You might think I’d just relax
But I sent those calm genes packing
And I’m antsy to the max.

Though, with age in the equation,
Staying home at times appeals
And I don’t need much persuasion
If the cold nips at my heels.

Yet it’s balance I am seeking,
Busy interspersed with not.
Too much either way I’m freaking
(Which I tend to do a lot)....

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