Short Jackal Poems

the mist creates suspense, to break down all  defence

jackal chase to disguise, the unholy abscise...

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chained in shackles
to
the 
dark dungeon wall
is
the
ghost of doom
where
his 
jackal howl fills the room...

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You have to grapple
To eat a Toffee Apple
They are a Toffee treat
And even stickier to eat
Unless you are a jackal...

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Smackely, crackely, dackely, boo.
Goblins and ghosts do not scare you.
Hackley, facklye,  jackal-ly crew.
I obviously do not have much to do....

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Do you recall that ornery rascal
  Who played the role of one 'Eddie Haskell' -- 
    Good morning, Mrs. Cleaver
    And how's my friend, 'the Beaver?' --
  Like a laughing hyena ~ or jackal...

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Going to church on Sunday doesn't make you a Christian
Any more than standing in a garage make you a piston
This made me cackle
Like a happy jackal
Then walked into a lion's den and it made me a chicken...

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The pinnacle of abuse
 is preying on your own 
Jackal, politician,
mercenary, or priest
Their cloak of deception
 hiding unspoken lies
Approaching your doorstep
—in the guise of a friend

(The New Room: January, 2021)...

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I'm which you want to avoid on your path at night.
I'll follow you home and you'll never see me in sight.
I'll snatch your cub from your paws while you sleep.
I'll devour it whole while you search and endlessly weep. 
I am the Jackal....

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Join together in packs
Journey in Africa
Jaunt as prowling wolves and
jabber like little dogs
Jaws grip prey like a vice
Jugular bites will kill
Jolting Willis movie


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March 5th, 2017
Kim Merrymen Contest
Pleiades J...

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My random words from Day of the Jackal were: 
and chacal thought started Valmy

Le Chacal started out one day,
and thought he'd made his way to France -
he asked the way to Valmy, but
they only taught him how to dance.

written 28th for Caren's Mystery Word contest...

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It is the end of day
And the ending of days
The cheese runs away
And the atheist prays
Just over broke
The leash takes the strain
It is mist not smoke
Free speech used in vain.
And here broken beasts
To dejected pastures go
And where the jackal feasts
In vain the white of snow....

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Jungle's deadly wolf roams,
Jaws tightening as limbs
Jut out from black of night;
Jeering its prey for  one
Joust between man and beast:
Jingling its canine paws,
Jolts rip a hunter's flesh!



Pleiades-J Contest of Kim Merryman
3/5/2017
Checked with www.howmanysyllable.com...

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You are my faithful friends,
forever with me until the end.
As artists painting art,
you have touched my heart,
with your generosity's compassion 
and affection,
changing a vicious jackal into 
gorgeous creature.
With my heart's transformation,
I hereby pledge friendly fidelity....

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masks
deceive
let them slip
what is revealed
mars

speak
listen
beyond words
what is felt here
crushed

oh
ok
OMG
well I never
gosh

dog
snuggles
completely
sooth my singed soul
thanks

fear
jackal
as it hunts
without signal
strike





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(a thought rendered as a Senryu poem string)

A thought - proffered
by a jackal of a boy
that I dislike.

Has stayed with me
with an irritating,
cold dissonance.

For several days
- I’ve been turning it over
- somehow, it rings true.

“All romance aside,
in the long run, we must be
mutual sex objects.”...

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scarab
glinting indigo and peacock
symbol of resurrection
desert phoenix

you are a jackal
waiting, traitorous,
by my grave
to lunge and devour me,
licking my blood from your snout

you cannot consume my heart,
organ of my soul
for it has been weighed and measured
and I am gone to Osiris

but – see there
peeking out,
brilliant with the sun,
a tiny hint of emerald
glimmers in my smile...

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I wish I knew where time went,
Washed clean away,
Jackal jaws ate it up
And swallowed down the day.

The very sun ignores me,
Moon cuts me dead,
Spattering of solitude
Anoints my empty head.

Don’t much care for dreams
Nor sleep’s domain,
Nothing equals nothing,
Begets more of the same.

Don’t much care for waking,
Walking into walls,
Frozen frames of judgement,
Whatever befalls, befalls....

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“Daddy, I’m afraid.
It’s dark outside.
The jackal is wailing.”
“Do not worry, son.
It’s a light.
For my fear the jackal
is wailing.
Since the night further
we’ll be all the time
outside.
Go out of the pavilion
like of the past.
And firmly
to stay in a sound.
Chest to chest
and flesh to
flesh.
In front of the stone.
And with the knife.
God
tries Himself out.
Before to send you
as Life
to Life....

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There is no beating in this hollow, heinous Heart
Eternal empty eyes emitting, inexcusable iniquities
Jutting juxtaposed jackal jaws, tearing Love apart
Anathematize abandoned, always forgive Atrocities
This is how I live, how I grow, how I stay in control

                                 To be Continued

Inspired by TPS’ blog “Integrity“; this is the Liege you do not see
          Dedicated to those who do not believe, like me...

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It has to be deeply personal, you said
As if the sun is not so
Nor the moon
As if the verdant lane
Fenced in by memories of you and me
And the lonely jackal on distant moor
Are enough to create human mystery

When through shimmering haze the moon is full
The web is shut, the famous mistletoe 
has dripped its cool,
A weak and trifling heart will peep out silently
To whimper at the startling beauty
Singed and dyed in many splendored wool...

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By her tongue, honey gold, 
Tipped with steel lashes; 
Eyes behold with narrowed ire, 
Stinging welts; and crashes 
Through the barrier of skin, 
The naked perimeter fence, 
A culture clashes in some 
Past or present tense. 
Substituting words to heal 
With jackal-lipped unkindness, 
Juxtaposing dark for light, 
My love accepted blindness 
At each and every stroke, 
By her tongue, poison black; 
I forgive and kiss her lips 
For all the times she took it back....

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Feast galloped into a hole
And king held just its tail
But his tummy did tell
A tale his tongue didn’t tell.

I’ve read an anti-heroic tale:
A jackal a king cat fooled
And aptly proved him a fool
Witless, tasteless, and old.

Voices hissed in her ears
To mourn, to fight for rights
Or free this bloodless tree
And flee from deceit and lie.

“I’ll wear,” lastly, he did swear,
“Atop, thee, my starry crown
And sit beside thee benumbed
Adoring thy rosy, fairy feet”....

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Peroxide blonde and covered in petals,
Bleach kills flowers - She’s less softener than metal
A body rooted in pride, trying to run, Jackal and hide. 
There’s some double entendres, catch them if you can,
There’s something about her, try to find it, you’ll both be damned. 
To Cinderella she’s her own step sister,
Crying out for love, afraid of those who’d listen.
Just someone out there longing for a cause in existence,
Just someone out there, longing for a reason to stay persistent...

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