Short Leapt Poems

His
likeness
and lifestyle-
leapt out from a
book
and 
left his
fingerprints
on a troubled
world....

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His
likeness
and lifestyle-
leapt out from a
book
and 
left his
fingerprints
on a troubled
world....

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Estranged from my lover
I leapt to embrace the beggar
For in his face too, I see her

02-March-2022...

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frontal nudity

she leapt from the highest cliff

falcon fancied top





Poetry Contest submission:  Make Me Chuckle With A Haiku...

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The Queen bade us not to despair
When a knight leapt into the air
Sly as a crook
He took our Rook
Check-mating our King fair and square!...

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leapt out of bed
groggy head spins
spouse said hurry!






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December 15, 2019
F F I series 37 than-bauk
Brian Strand, sponsor

Podium placement...

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bad week for LeRoy
nothing had gone right
He wore his scowling angry face to the store
a happy "hi"
two -year-old waved at him
his heart leapt with happiness...

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W
Archie fell, shot, in the bullet strewn street
R
G
And when tea was ready he leapt to his feet
M
E
S


12 November 2020
For Kim’s Acrostic Play contest...

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If not for your resilience, your boldness 
O look at how you pushed in sweat drip
And I leapt with your groans to the clan
So innocent, leapt into the untold truths...

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Magnificent places I tiptoed and stepped
dashed like the wind, manoeuvred and leapt 
reminiscing those memories I treasured then kept...
for most of my life I slept....

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Golden Andy the dandy had bling
when he leapt from his bed with a spring
the golden ring in his -
he kept warm with a sock
while his gal sang where's my ding-a-ling?...

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Archie fell, shot, in the bullet strewn street
And when tea was ready he leapt to his feet



Adapted 6 October 2021
For Your Best Couplet Contest
Sponsor: L Milton Hankins...

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From tossing,  disgruntled, away
To what sent back, leapt for, chased up
In a new way
All it allows, for young and old
Change, blowing a storm, of bouncy
Joy's precious hold....

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Wildlife 40

A goat who lived down on the farm,
Was renowned for her good looks and charm,
But she felt rather silly,
When she bumped into Billy,
Who leapt up in utter alarm....

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When you leapt into my mind,
I touched your shoulder from behind.
But when you turned around to see ~
I don't think you even recognized me.
So, I just said, "I'm sorry! Never mind."...

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My flipping,flopping, bounding dog,
Excitedly jumped over a fallen log,
He should have looked before he leapt
Landing in a creek with his misstep,
Now he's dog paddling past a frog....

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He would change the world when he was young
    Fires of righteousness leapt from his tongue

  Despairing of success when he turned old
    He but changed himself ~ the world enrolled...

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Cancer had taken her hopes and dreams.
All pain gone, we felt her relief.  
From another plane, her heart
Leapt with unbridled joy
 Reattached again
To her Soul Mate
Finding her
Sassy
Self...

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Our Joyce at the Tulip Parade
was humming the music they played;
she leapt to her feet,
and danced to the beat
(but sang out of tune, I'm afraid)...

for Carolyn & Catie's 100th Birthday contest...

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The icky sticky squid-man
Squeezed from the water spout
Leapt up my nose and
Sucked my brains right out.

Dug deep inside me
with all his slimy legs
Inside my skull hole
He laid a thousand eggs....

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Let’s play leap sheep! The youthful wolf said.
The lamb stayed still, as he leapt over her head.
He continued to leap over sheep that afternoon.
You would think he’d change it up, and howl at the moon....

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Stephen Hawking was bogged down in space.
Just one eye moved around in his face.
But in spacetime he leapt
like a quantum and kept
all of us far behind his great pace....

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In the woods, I stumbled upon
a thatched roof, spirit house.
Foolish was I for peering within
it became enraged; giant claws erupted 
from underneath, as it leapt towards me!

...

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You cannot eat me! I am the king! The old man said.
The panther laughed and leapt straight for his head.
You cannot eat me! I am the king! The old man repeated.
The cat gobbled him up, showing him that he was defeated....

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Drag you along, tearfully
With unending doubt
Twill dry, each print, as the last
Day-stepping, wetted.

O Winter sun! For your mood
No high leapt greetings
Attractive-faced, brushed on past.
Nor those, stem-lifted!...

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