Short Laurels Poems

From the dust of petals
roses return fresh...
though their laurels
still thorns....

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Litigators deal with
lawsuits of many types
legal complexities
labyrinths of charges
leading to the courtroom.
Losing cases hurts, but
laurels are due winners....

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Rocked fence rounds tinged of moss,
Laurels languish on limbered lengths aloft,
Faithful oak blessed rays anoint.


2019 September 24
howmanysyllables
6, 10, 7...

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cherry laurels try 
foolishly and fail to hold 
the snow falling from tall trees 

shorter trees succeed 
holding these and feel happy ---
witty games of the winter 


10 January 2023...

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What richer state than content?
What sweeter life than quiet?
A gratified mind rests on its laurels!


Three line poetry-"Derelict Beauty"
contest by Debbie Guzzi...

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laurels
military, athletic
wrestling, running, boxing
Athens, Sparta  ~  Tokyo, Beijing
karate, skateboarding, monobobsled ...
artistic, driven
medals


August 6, 2012...

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Ready To Hear Mueller Review

Hearing Mueller review this is reminiscent,
Being big play boy presume with penchant;
Walks slow;
Laurels low,
And not only that he has been inefficient.

Jim Horn...

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My anti-aesthetic garment spews out priest
Michael stands in river between olive trees
whose roots draw libido like Daphne's laurels
Apollo wore, in my drifting slumbering
pale Astro Projection where we meet again...

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Yet we choose,
Brides and groom cruise...!
When drown,
Who wears the crown?
Living laurels go,
To no show!
If so -
Ego low...
If one
Shows each one 
Paths of life 
Resembles a knife 
Marriage moral is, yet,
Set...!

14 December 2022...

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Mine instrument pens not to laurels win,
nor scribbles it one note for foolish fun;
no sentiment it scrawls with violin,
on spinets old no fairy tale homespun;
for Wisdom judges doodling but a waste --
in singsong fêtes Pain yet sans any taste....

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You are
                               A conqueror 
                 You proved naysayers wrong
                But do not rest on your laurels, 
                       Continue the good work, 
                           Fight the good fight, 
                                 You soldier
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Lately I have likely been leaning
Towards penning lots of lofty lines
And start looking for lonely lagoons
To pick laurels, lilacs and lilies
Frogs leaping into languid, lush ponds
Ducks landing lightly on silent lakes
Lilting laments from past lovely times
Images of lost lands lingering on...

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A jazz musician
wonders back
to his days at the keyboard…
each note over practiced
until melody pure
and magic releases

A poet in laurels
wonders back
to his primers and notepads…
each word placed in order
until imagery calls
—and syntax digresses 

(Villanova University: October, 2021)...

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Mounting mass of land 
mount of rocks, mountain laurels
let's get up on top.

A copious flow seems
flowing through the years, beware
rivulet it ends.

Rivers and Mountains
retain before it dwindles
let young ones rejoice.

>>Charmane Bellen<<
"Mountain-River"-an entry to Haiku Hodgepodge...Trio's Contest...

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Lives We Have Printed
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Lives we have printed 
were written greatly with rhyming thrust.
When wreaths of laurels scented 
beguile the richest dreams with lust,
fragrance glorified bows to trust. 

Poetic form English Quintain: rhyme scheme a,b,a,b,b 
Written for Brian Strand’s Poet Laureate contest 
October 24, 2009...

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Enthralled by this alluring sight,
Locals slaver from my sultry delight

Glossy laurels of evergreen,
Living embodiment of a queen

In the tropics I'm mostly adored,
Even dream up of tales and lore

Craves the taste of my luscious like
Tickles lips, this succulent ripe

Throughout the years, three decades old
Still covered with peels of gold....

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As Sappho climbed the mountainside,
She knew the Muses waited there,
And she was welcomed by all nine
And given Laurels for her hair. 

She wandered gaily through the wood,
Until she found Apollo’s cave,
And then she dived into the spring -
She’d seen the place where poets bathe.

As nymphs were dancing round the fire,
She played a paean on her lyre....

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R-est not on your laurels
A-im now for more achievements;
K-now other plans or designs,
E-nergy makes fruitful
M-oments.

V-ictory isn't far behind,
I-n the morn of January fifteenth;
L-et the horizon be clear,
L-et it not turn into a labyrinth.
A-spire to greater deeds, enter into the triumph's portals;
R-ise to a higher degree, rest not on your laurels....

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one day
just some miles away
dont stay, remember to come home every friday
Ihiamno...
light at the tunnel end
hope is near...
just some miles away
plant a dry corn today
one day you will smile I say
Ihiamno.....
dreams are like mirage
success are not determined by age
dont case your courage
one day you'll count laurels
as you smile to the walls
Ihiamno......

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Poetry has its perceptions
imposes itself upon silence and
fulfill voids of the heart ...
All its way is ethereal and charming
and then walk with eyes of spirit
and hands of humanism..
For being emotion
live to offer peace
and joy for free...
Poetry is magnanimous,
does not aim for laurels
nor subserviences...
Wish so only being
verse and poet
for the life... !...

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rabbits leap across
loneliest graveled dirt roads
barely missing tires
~
possum shuffle past
the white lines along the curbs
hopes fill their belly
~
raccoon dart out from
beneath laurels and pine trees
hustling toward hills
~
bear lumber along
awaiting hibernation
along forest trails
~
deer travel quiet
sighing soft in the headlights
through misty night fog...

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We earned every wrinkle
Worked every mile
To reach our golden years
The right to slow down
Deserved the privilege
To rest on our laurels
The time to look back
The right to step back
To pass the buck
Let others carry on

Making the most 
Of our last lapse
Get more mileage
From whatever energy
We can scrounge



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 4, 2019...

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No ponderings will make them true
Nor wishes can conceive
For bringing dreams to life for you
You first have to believe

Not casting spells, nor magic dust
Brings life to all your dreams
Take the initiative, which is a must
And give life to your schemes

To rest on laurels is such a waste
Time should be better spent
Bite from life and take that taste
For that which life is meant...

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Hark!
It’s getting dark!
Long gone to nest, the lark…
But for the mongrels
Good nominees for Satan’s laurels,
Just for their vicious teeth that spark,
Time to interminably bark
And liberties take
With canines; uncanny mark
That resilient flesh break,
On their victims in amusement parks
Producing un-amusing facsimile of shark’s.
Night guard dogs,
Forever, I have cancelled night jogs....

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ZLast Poem 

Zlast Poem 
Jesus and to V. 

How now brown cow. 
This one is Z last for now. 
I am resting on my laurels. 
I am an Ambassador. 
A Poet on many levels. 
I have needs and wants,desires. 
A lifetime to be mended. 
My Lord has said to me to live, 
and that is now intended. 
This one is Z last for now. 
How now brown cow. 


Charles R Hice 

Copyright ©2006 Charles Hice...

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