Short Janis Poems

janis joplin
hanging out with me
and bobby mcgee



posted on July 4, 2018...

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re-post inspired by Janis contest

a single owl screech
breaks the silent
November night-
the Hunters moon
waxes blue...

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Jocks
gruff, tough
grinning, winning, sinning
asses and passes; glasses and classes
fluting, computing, disputing
wordy, nerdy
Geeks


For the Diamante Contest of Janis Thompson...

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re-post inspired by Janis contest

From
Summer
to Autumn-
mood indigo
blue
a Crown Prince
of colours-
in avant-garde
hue

Tribute to Julius Exter
http://www.herren-chiemsee.de/englisch/o_palace/exter.htm...

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Sunrise
Red, golden
Inching, warming, lighting
Begins quietly a new day, ends a good day
Glowing, disappearing, darkening
Magic, warm
Sunset 

Inspired by Janis Thompson's Diamante Contest
Written: October 10, 2016...

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My old girl 
   was good at crafts 
   Even mad a poster with me on it 
Now it is over 
Guess 
I
am 
just society's child 
   like Janis Ian sang about 
   Well, I guess I will "keep on trucking" 
What other choice do we have, fellow poets?...

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Faith
Trust, conviction
Believing, assuring, relying
Confidence in the Lord and constant prayer
Devoting, adoring, appreciating
Reverence, exalt
Worship


Diamante - Poetry Contest
Janis Thompson
October 15, 2016...

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Physics
Elegant, rational
Explaining, predicting, measuring
Inspired by nature, searching for truth and beauty
Evoking, describing, singing
Emotional, creative
Poetry


October 12, 2016
For contest Diamante
Sponsored by Janis Thompson...

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twilight
gentle, dreamy
moaning, searching, caressing 
ambrosia, insight; prayer, lace
mystifying,unbuttoning...deepening
nightfall, awaiting
dawn



Diamante Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Janis Thompson  Repost  10/13/2016...

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Paraplegic 

Wheelchair, catheter

Racing, dancing, maneuvering

Colourful rims and frame, colourful little person,

Singing, rhyming, mischievous

Surgery, bedridden,

Me

***

6th place in Diamante contest
Sponsor Janis Thompson
October 15, 2016...

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In West Port Arthur
the winds blew hard
to carry her away
The times were ripe
Big Brother raw
that crossroads by the bay
Her dive was deep
through Kozmic Blues
a legend to unfurl
But not escape
that Ball and Chain
—still searching for the Pearl

(Ode To Janis Joplin: November, 2023)
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Life
Spins
Shuffling
A playlist
Sequencing events
Encapsulating fierce lessons
Exuding a gentle breeze that conveys fear triumph
Savoring nectar sweetness brought with living each moment as first day of existence







For Life Contest
Sponsored by Janis Thompson
Third Place
5-15-2016...

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How can stars be there?
I am blind in slush,flinched
From the vagrant wind
Wafting the fog's kiss
To wiz tree down the ravine
Tucked in by the fells
Where kinda moon drops
Souse eerie pebbledashed face
Of me to recoup.
  


Compose a Choka - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Janis Thompson
07/22/2016...

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re-post inspired by Janis contest

With
        fingers
                     bent
he brushed
no more
                scissors
                paper
                glue
alors
alors-
          colour
          cut-outs
litter
the floor
     and 
         shapes
              anew
so blue

so blue...

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Distant Rumblings 


A distant rumbling
slowly turns unwary heads,
anticipation’s curtsy
awaiting stillness.
Homage before the deluge.
The delicate staccato,
of clouded future,
cold touch, a victor’s mercy,
counting coup on flower beds.


7/18/2016

submitted to – Compose a Choka – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Janis Thompson...

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On a striped deckchair
she reclines, cold drink in hand,
soaking up the sun.

Her tanned skin glistens.
Teasingly, her tongue explores
her full lower lip.

Dark blue sunglasses
subtly separate pretence
from reality.

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Contest: Compose a Choka
Sponsor: Janis Thompson
Placed 3rd
© 18th July 2016...

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Sighted
Vision, perception
Staring, observing, gazing
Ability to see everything, total visual impairment
Stumbling, groping, touching
Darkness, sightless
Blind

Diamante Contest 
Sponsored by Janis Thompson

submitted to Diamante Poetry For Fun - Your Choice of Theme Poetry Contest
sponsored by Caren Krutsinger

10~12~16...

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Laid back flat and floating
On the shady side of cool
Trailing fingers wetly in the pool
Listening to memories rock and rolling
Wailing Janis broke in Baton Rouge
Kick the side and sail into the sunlight
Things can’t get much better for this fool
I think I’ll maybe get another cold one
Tip and sip and savor flavor slowly
Satisfaction’s just  the way to go...

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inching down a leaf
you nibble voraciously …
time for your afternoon nap

hanging from a twig
wrapped in a pure silk blanket
metamorphosis occurs

butterfly hatches
wings unfold in warm sunshine
dazzling debutante rises

5,7,7,5,7,7,5,7,7 checked with how many syllables

Compose a Choka Contest Sponsored by Janis Thompson
07~18...

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Jimi's groovy guitar leaps
Psychedelic anthem beats
Certainly a broader reach
Than what banal mainstreams seek

Janis sang in passion rough
Too much for the upper crust
Voice of insistence and rush
Love songs with a gritty touch

Jim's strange Doors opened destined
Music of scant time's lessons
Fallen stars burn in legend
Breathless at twenty-seven

5/24/20...

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Sing a lullaby
send to sleep a troubled mind
would that I could ease you so
respire cooling air
envelop your burning hate
would that I could quench it thus
offer soothing hand
cup and still that troubled soul
calm your essence racing tide
this will never be
pain you made your prison cell
cannot hear my call my plea



For contest 'Compose a Choka', sponsor Janis Thompson...

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It's true, the love affair was pretty short -
in fact it only lasted half a year;
I've heard it said she plays at love for sport,
but even now her name provokes a tear;
she claimed, 'My love, I'm not the hurting sort'
and lied me loving words I longed to hear;
I hoped at last I'd found a joy to last,
but thoughts of her belong now in the past...


for Janis' Ottava Rima contest...

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He asks me often
Why I did not write poems
When I fell in love with him

Dazed under your spell
I sure lost my footing like
A ball rolling down a slope

Words abandoned me
A thick cloud covered my brain
You think insane folks can write? 

I’m sorry, he said
A klutz I am to forget
All things wrong always my fault

Written on :07/19/2016
Contest:'Compose a Choka' by Janis Thompson...

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Woman 
Erline,Lisa,Janis,Linda,Robin,All 

I do not know, 
what it is you want? 
I try so hard to be somebody, 
but love is in my heart. 
You wanted something different. 
Something else instead. 
(The Whole World) 
IT will now be your friend, 
but I will not. 
What have you got? 
Not I. 
NOt me. 
Not we. 
NOT a lot. 
I learn to kiss. 


Charles R Hice 

Copyright ©2006 Charles Hice...

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Inundation!  
I am filled with, 
The Guiding Light of Heaven; 
it floods my entire being…
body, mind and spirit and 
I revel in the Warmth of the Spirit’s love.

Energies arise and I explode…
I am everything and everything is me;
A seeker on a quest, 
I have found Heaven on this earth 
and the God within.


www.poetrysoup.com, “Soap Opera Titles” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Janis Thompson...

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