Short Lank Poems

Stars gleam in darkness
as the lank pines resemble ghosts,
owls fly towards me......

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depressed on cloud nine
lank legs dangling off the edge...
no need of sat nav

 © Harry J Horsman 2021...

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Morning; I awake
with stiffness in my
lank legs.
Yesterdays long run
has taken its toll
on my
ungrateful, ageing
body....

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The fiery orb now grows in warmth slowly,
Liquid gold, limpid glows,
Gilds lank skies in godlike pose,
Dispels grief and human woes....

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Hungry frog,
Lank hungry tongue
looking at dancing flies

Hungry belly is a graveyard
Flies to death by turns! 


-April 15, 2019, Chattogram...

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At the age often, Aztec boys back in the day
Had all their hair cut except one lank, out of the way
They could not get that one cut off until their mission was complete.
Bring home a prisoner from battle, isn’t that sweet?...

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A fisherman sat with line all lank
perched on crooked stool that soon sank
backside now all mud covered
his face an embarrassed red
off home he went with his pants all dank.

11/13/2014

contest: limericks clean and clever...

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Thar was once an old buckaroo named Hank,
  
   Who was very absent-minded and lank.

      He told his hoss to skedaddle,

         Fergittin' to mount the saddle.

            'Twas not the first time old Hank drew a blank!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2015 All Rights Reserved...

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When the sun had melted straw
to gold
and dawn had shimmered,
out of its platinum dream-mask,
then the lank kneed heron
allowed itself to blink once,
however,
the darting minnows
were too small to care much -
they knew the tall still bird,
had no use for scraps of silver foil.

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There was once a man from a cool clime, 
He had an unhurried sense of time, 
Cool and content, no let, 
Leisure his treasured pet, 
Enough time his pet moments to chime, 
A poet, his verse blank, 
And diction lean and lank, 
Who, believed: words in right space-time rhyme. 
________________________________________ 
Tongue-in-cheek | 06.06.2018 |limericks...

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i've tried to give up smoking!
something i totally reject
just a load of toking
but i still want a cigerette!

it makes your skin smell
your body rank
makes your veins swell
your hair lank

i'll give up the smoke!
i promise to eject
just one more toke
only one cigerette

it boils your blood
your heart goe's thump
go on gussa a lug
gives you a cancer lump...

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Cinnabar remittance ailerons squall federal cobblestones. Lank alpine squint modest. Nectarine grimace, cloys toothsome.
Coiffure chain rod composure anemic, primogeniture Swedish cotton murk optics

Rodeo riding maiden broadcaster network metaverse falconry. Boreal voyages legalese.
Simper treacle blanched anecdotally. Goofy balm, beardless tease, healthy as a horse, real bee knees....

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Cornsilk hair, streaked with earthen brown
  brushing, lank and cool against my skin
    in the way of loving.

Black pool eyes, deep and still.

Energy's body, energy's will.
Predestined to be, before all.

Finger touch, electric fire
Consumating all desire into a world 
  far beyond imagination.

Dream made real making reality a dream.

Or, so it seems, when I'm with you....

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Rubberneckin’ Double D’s
         Some men seem to live for these
Pack a rack and watch the eyes
                    Summing up a super size 

Curvy cutie’s leggy lank
                 Shoring up a well built tank
Catches glances everywhere 
        Take a seat and watch them stare

Rubberneckin’ Double D’s
             Such a gift that aims to please
Silly boys, now don’t you know
         One is more than what’s on show
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Blank slates made of innocent love
Etched with profound, faith bearing trust,
Infants true, pure character of
Natural heart is bound to rust
Growing perceptions shown by us.

Harvested from one, same, mother crop
Under one shared, immense, vibrant sky,	
My life is your life even when life stops.
All we endure, we all endure by and by.
Networks of need echo in each soul’s sigh.



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.                        HARK the heralding angels sing.
                         DARK night, born, Christ the King.
                         DART across the skies, a star.
                         PART to signal Christ's birth afar.
                         PARK their camels, three wise men.
                         LARK and nightingale warble Amen.
                         LANK shepherds pray on high.
                         SANK and descended, the star is nigh....

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He returned empty hands.
Death was casually running around
on charred bodies.

Was lank poetry of a ruthless god.
The house was on fire after
selling its children. The days were becoming
longer than life.

Casus belli, whom do you want to name
the culprit, when everybody was fighting
on a new front ? We talk of truth in small
tablets, in small moments.

The hills were burning, one after the other.
Barefoot walking, all mind, mother earth
don’t go to sleep.


SATISH VERMA...

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He returned empty hands.
Death was casually running around
on charred bodies.

Was lank poetry of a ruthless god.
The house was on fire after
selling its children. The days were becoming
longer than life.

Casus belli, whom do you want to name
the culprit, when everybody was fighting
on a new front ? We talk of truth in small
tablets, in small moments.

The hills were burning, one after the other.
Barefoot walking, all mind, mother earth
don’t go to sleep.


SATISH VERMA...

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He returned empty hands.
Death was casually running around
on charred bodies.

Was lank poetry of a ruthless god.
The house was on fire after
selling its children. The days were becoming
longer than life.

Casus belli, whom do you want to name
the culprit, when everybody was fighting
on a new front ? We talk of truth in small
tablets, in small moments.

The hills were burning, one after the other.
Barefoot walking, all mind, mother earth
don’t go to sleep.


SATISH VERMA...

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