Short Keep Off Poems

know thyself
keep off the shelf
plot the essence of thy life
avoiding cracks of strife
then with thee shall walk an elf...

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If I paint the grass bright blue
The clouds will not know what to do.
They'll mill about upon the ground
Thinking trees are upsidedown....

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I worry about a deep scratch,
That is on the glass, not the hatch.
On couch, keep a clutch -
Your blow’s a bit much,
When farts, with a stain, do dispatch....

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Fire can keep off the way,
Water can't block the way

Fires can be put out with water
Water can't be destroyed by fire

Wildfires and Floodwaters
Surround us songs of Love

Kisses can't be tamed
either or together....

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Go away
  and don't come back.

Get out of my shack
  and hit the road Jack!

Kiss my ass
  and keep off the grass!

Let me be
  and don't talk to me.

I don't want to play
  and that's all I have to say.


By:  Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright:  2006
"All Rights Reserved"...

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Don't steal diamonds
From underneath chest

In these stillness islands
They lie in absolute rest

We the ravens will gouge out
your eyes, keep off green peace sprout





September 29, 2019
Make IT Six Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
Prompt: picture 2: Ravens in Graveyard...

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I dreamt a dream of dreamy flight
A dream that swept me with delight
Dreaming inside a dream just might
Allow dreams to succumb their height
Dear dream maker keep off the light
I hate to wake from dreams at night
Sandman comes to tire my sight
Nourish foreboding dreams so right
Subconscious dreams work through life's plight~...

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Keep clear, beware of train, shallow water, overhead crane
Keep off the grass, falling stones, do not run, no mobile phones
Keep left, stay right, no street lights after midnight
Keep raw meat and fish away, no waiting on the loading bay
Keep out, danger  zone, do not walk at night alone
Keep away, falling tree
Keep your, keep off signs
Away from me!...

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Robert Lee Hinshaw

If you think this place has no great appeal

Now how in the hell do you think I feel

On my stone let no bird light

If they do clean off the blight

Keep off the grass as at my tomb you kneel

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 8 in Andrea Dietrich's "Poetic Epitaph" Contest -October 2010...

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In one
No fun.

From start
End part.


Today 
No way.

Daily
Nelly. 

But long
Read song.

Ashamed
Not named.

In here
Quite clear.

Disown
The known.

Thrown off
Keep off.

Church creeds
Bad seeds.

Your eyes
Have pies.

Your mind
Opined.

Your find 
Is kind.

No priest
Does feast.

Effect
Select.

Your read
Your feed.

Your rhyme
Your grime.

Stand tall
With all....

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This morning I walked in the dark.
Before, I’d not go to the park
When the sky wasn’t light;
It would give me a fright
For the pathways were lonely and stark.

But now, though, my worries do lack
The fear of a mugger attack.
It’s the foe that’s unseen
Causing mass quarantine
That I hope to keep off of my back.

Ere the sunrise, the streets are devoid
Of the crowds making me paranoid.
So I breathe in the air
While remaining aware
Of each early bird I must avoid....

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