Short Latched Poems

The woodpecker knocks

on the warped and latched pine door

it ignores the snores...

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the soul
chanting again but
we are 
latched unto the sky
before we die...

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       lit top mine triumph
  latched to mine visible rust
  eve who makes mine blush...

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   ‘Pon the sequoia
         It’s thick
   Latched to earth

   hern naked purty

          Whilst
      My camera
         Flashed

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latched to hope
she patiently waits 
for his love and warmth…
chilly night 
approaches

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© Paul Callus ~ 4th February 2017...

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If you find a tail with a dog attached,
Say, "Hi!" and pat his head.
But if to the tail a Rottweiler’s latched,
Better nothing's said!

(From my book, Tale of Tails with a Thirst for Verse.)...

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I have seen people just about starting,
There’re others at the end of the rope
crisis ridden and with anguish smarting
and latched onto a diminishing hope
With sorrow no longer able to cope.


~Janice Canerdy contest....

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At her behest, he'd sworn off meat
"She knows best," he's latched to the teat
      With calories halved
      Poor guy nearly starved
No wonder with steak he did cheat

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(C) John C Michaels, April 2017...

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Burglars and robbers! He declared in an absolute way.
Or squirrels and crows, she said. Ready to play.
You are weird he told her.
I know she said. Flash of fur.
A squirrel ran past carrying his wallet that day.
Gave it to a crow who latched on and soon flew away....

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i tore myself apart
first my skin was peeled with my thoughts
then my flesh ripped apart with my anger
and each word that you had spoke
latched at me like the pain i deserve
never thought it would come to this
nor did i want this to happen
but for each action 
a consequence stands behind it...

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deep in the trenches
a forest of cardboard trees
and  stained glass windows
twiddling pieces through fingers
sizing up like private eye

a piece here…and there
like a long drawn out story
finally middle latched shut
and made the sign of the cross
now I aim for the quadrants
...

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GOD KEPT THEM
IT WAS A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
THE CAR WAS BADLY DISFIGURED
ROLLED OVER MULTIPLE TIMES
THEY LEFT OUT WITH ONLY A SCRATCH
CONTACTED THEIR FIANCE
BOTH AT THE SCENE
GIVING PRAISES TO THE ALMIGHTY KING
GOTTEN OUT, DOORS MAY HAVE BEEN LATCHED
IT WAS A MIRACLE
GOD HAD ANGELS WATCHING
IT IS A BLESSING
THEY ARE ALIVE
SURVIVED....

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You want to cover
the great distance,
between you and lost innocence.

The imploded silence
will speak of
great murders.

I was going down-
the stairs,
to dig out the skeletons-

from the latched, oak
chest. The empty drawers
had the imprints of fallen ancestors.

Soon the eyes will 
swell, with salt of
a frozen sea.


Satish Verma...

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He nibbles her earlobe
And kisses her neck
A feeling has overcame her body
The feeling started to get stronger
And stronger
She latched onto his back
Digging her nails deep
Then an explosion
Of joy, excitement, and happiness
Overcame her body
She hugs him tight
Then falls limp
She looks deeply into his soft brown eyes
And whispers, I love you...

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Vigilante Tongue
Written: by Tom Wright
February 2015

It oft returned,
 To a world of familiarization, 
Screaming and shouting;
Relying on speech 
That can ne’er be recalled;
Intent, vociferous words once latched in,
Now spent, are as grave markers
Set all in a course,
That appears cast in stone;
An inglorious lasting legacy;
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I held your secret for me alone behind a latched Gate 
Where desire Muttered words of fire to burn endless nights
A flicker of love twined Shadows refined to light a Jewel of love where church bells ring in holy song to merge two souls as one and now today a flight of love set sail upon the wind has touched eternity 
And found a reason to lie with you again...

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churning
mind
on idle
the moon
struck three

eyes latched
vagrant
onto stars
out the
open window

moonluster
nebulousness
of dulcet
remembrances
mesmerized

moonstruck
at three ten                  



AP: 3rd place 2021

Earlier version submitted on March 13, 2019 for CONTEST 575 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on April 5, 2018...

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Fast running waves,
each crest sweating moonlight.

Crushed pebble beach
shape-shifting
pinioning froth to night sky

A saline wind dunks,
strands of spume latched to flotsam,
all conjured out of a fleeting.

I recall now
that I was not there to record all this.
I was elsewhere writing it down.

I hear a mechanical corrosion
of ‘since’ and ‘when’ and ‘then.’...

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Fall came a trifle early
And it caught me unaware--
Seems the leaves began their falling
Turning circles in the air.

I could hear the end of summer
With the rustle of the trees--
As I latched up every window
To escape the chilly breeze.

But the cold it overtook me
As it slipped beneath the door--
And the moaning wind, it whispered:
"The summer is no more!"

~Mel...

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Handsome man with,
Smooth light skin,
Rough dark stubble,
And lean muscular body,
Had my eyes latched on him like a magnet.
Handsome man,
Your abs,
Had my heart racing faster than gravitational acceleration.
Handsome man,
Seeing you in ‘my ‘ element,
The gym,
The clothes,
And oh yes, the lifting gloves,
Had my words silenced with awe.
We both know, I am never short for words....

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Two keys he had,
one to lock, the other to unlock.

He had carefully picked the mechanism
that latched the door,
to tomorrow,
a future he imagined only yesterday;
it could never again be disturbed
or entered,
never to be burgled by his eyes again.

Two keys he had
one he threw away that same day.

Even so he could still recall the crash 
of residual trash.

'Then a hush fell over Jerusalem.'...

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Vipera Berus

As friend and foe,
sidewinding spinster,
you crept into my bed.
 
I should have known,
Vipera Berus,
that soon you would need fed.
 
Snake charmer, 
with your song of disarmour
You latched unto my skin.
 
Merry Medusa,
molt your hide and
show your mortal sin.

Satan serpent
harbour incarnate.
I saw this in a dream.

Saltwater Snake
Wading impatient
afore luring me downstream....

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               enveloping
           plumose packed
        velutinous sheathed 
         my chaise's entice
                   yep 
             the nymph's 
     excited camberz latched
               (((clap)))
              front mine
                   see
             hern laid it's
                  thick
                nubuck
              impatient
                  with 
                   me

...

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Tangled within the dilemma of a monstrous disguise
I tried to free myself as it latched onto me with much more might
Swayed by its influence
Floating in the melody 

An unwavering desire had struck my heart
A maimed soul had lost its path
The cry so beautiful it seemed my own
“Antonio come home” it said and I was drawn

I lost control and a limb
They say the devil charmed me in
Then why do my bones ache yet my heart sings?...

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At eight
I latched on like a babe
in need of nourishment 
a positive role model
when my role
was never model
her message sent
I need not be gorgeous 
to be fabulous 
and found my beauty in that
M is not for mother
that divine love I
miss
yet never met
M is for Midler
who shaped my 
Madness   You bet!

Forever indebted 
my eternal thank you
Bette


2023/02/05



I Feel Like Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Charles Messina...

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