Short Lengthened Poems

Corinthian columns challenge lifespan
host of novelties transcend
observance pause barters expend
cornices prime, capital defend
shaft and base strengthened
All New Testament lengthened...

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With a new honesty, 
  I began to write

As the fog was cleared,
  liberating my sight

From lies and confusion,
  the wrongs became right

My days now lengthened,
 —turning darkness to light

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)...

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The woods were quiet yesterday
I ambled through in lengthened stay

I heard no chatter, hoot or tweet
The only sound my leaden feet

Tree leaves were still, no shadows danced
No bullfrogs echoed morning chants

For in this woodland reverie
The animals were watching me...

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The shadows darkly lengthened

From the casement to the door

As nightfall was descending

We slow danced across the floor

Wish night would last forever

In remembrance of our love

Our engagement to treasure



Finish line in seven
Nette Onclaud 
Number. 3
5/17/20...

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In lengthened shadows of time
         Echoes sound of lost words chime
      Waves of forgotten sunrays
         Poured on my disarrayed days
  
        Time that had taste of old name
      Chime gliding through inert game
        Sunrays seived unfolded thoughts
     Days of yore dance in blue dots

   28/03/2019...

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I'll wait for you, such as days gone by
I'll wait for you until the sun no longer sets in the sky
 
This long dreary day might be lengthened by years
But I'll stay right here forgetting the tears
 
Our souls are connected and yours will get restless
 
Go a head and give in, and let your soul drift to mine
Why are you waiting? We're losing so much time...

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On a rainy gray Friday
I sat and thought of you;
thought of prices paid
just for your company;
thought of lonely days,
silent days, lengthened days,
with no sight or sound of you.
It’s not the past I fear,
but the future I dread.
A future with no certainty
except of pain and longing,
never satisfied, eased only
for moments, reappearing
stronger for the respite.

Submitted Aug 30, 2016...

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Unspoken, unwriiten
Subtle strong demand
'A baby boy is it'
Frantic efforts
Pained in shame and silence
Turgid with trauma 
Incomplete,  insecured
Tried the seventh time
She must have a baby boy'
Sick and tired
Pulling through the ninth month
Lengthened labour, heightened pains
Haemorhage heralded horror
Ceasarian section
'is a baby boy!!'
'A baby boy at last!'
A motherless baby boy!!...

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She sits quietly, staring at the fire
Lost in a world of reflection
Lines upon her face
Softened by the caress of time

Shadows of her years have lengthened
Her memories play upon the flames
A husband, taken, still held dearly
Children, raised, taught to fly

Silver strands, speak of many seasons
Shining softly in the fires glow
A crown bestowed upon this weary lady
Who rests now, a rocker for her throne...

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Well, the path lengthened out
  past any horizon
the crickets and cicadas
  firing up their sweet strings

We headed toward heaven
  that late afternoon
thin lines of sweat o'er our lips
  fingertips poised to kiss

when the rains came
  our jackets torn off 
maneuvering for advantageous position
  steam floating o'er faraway plains



          ~  August 16, 2021  ~
 A Brian Strand 2 to 14 line Poetry Contest...

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February’s Fate

January’s cold breath
whispers an icy farewell
smirks amid the snowflake confetti
swirling in her passing.

February, dances gleefully
Punxsutawney Phil’s shadow 
darkens the edges of spring
defies the lie of lengthened days.

She is a spite filled wily vixen,
tawny temptress of the temperate
at odds with her frigid fate
shedding the hardened tears of Winter’s lust.


John G. Lawless
1/31/2017...

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Sunbeams hang as they are downed 
This fall's Twilight is where I'm found
Here I be with my lengthened shadow
Standing on God’s still warm ground

Through bare branches streams the light
Here I wait with growing fright
What portends is cold n' snow 
Inside winter's approaching night

The sun’s last word has not been said
This eve is not the time I dread
For now the sun is strong with glow
This air is warm, summer's not dead

9/18...

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During the frigid night
Hoarfrost has embraced her branches
As a tight fitting tunic,
Tailor made, just for her.

Night wind's chafing bite
Has long since given way to crisp morning air,
And snow has lengthened into fog,
Past where aqueous eyes can take in.

Facing east, car's window rolled down,
A broken barb wire fence, this tree,
And a subtle hint of promise,
Where a rising sun will soon be.

This tree sat alone in a large pasture and was a sight to behold....

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Listen to poem:

Leaf's Life

Rise of Fall, leaves, plot ere barked disguises,
Autumn's quarrels, chartreuse hawks verdant green hue,
Spar shades, tones, pigments re, imagination,
Expelled from hold, abandon o'er cold,
Huddled neath shedding sunshades,
Sun pierced, stains owned ardor brown,
Wrinkled facing fertile lengthened passage,
Refreshed, sprouts anew.

2019 October 06

*1st Place*

October Contest 45 or Less Words
~~Caren Krutsinger...

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i burn 
i indulge in the fire 
of my slitherin ride into you
indescribable warmth 
that touches, 
smoothens the 
toughness in me 
and conjures up 
libidinous urges 
that cannot be smothered
i am distraught 
nothing has ever felt 
so prodigiously agreeable
my wobbly hand 
slides slowly along 
the evenness of your 
long, velvety arm
sure as you and i 
are there 
the ephemeral bliss 
that is supposed to be 
is lengthened 
drawn out 
to fulfill our 
handsome desire 
to be one...

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The tree
That “Britches” Sees 
1-21-2012

During the frigid night
Hoarfrost has embraced her branches
As a tight fitting tunic, 
Tailor made, just for her.

Night Wind’s chaffing bite 
Has long since given way to crisp morning air,
And snow has lengthened into fog, 
Past where aqueous eyes can take in;

Facing east, car’s window rolled down,
 A broken barb wire fence, this tree,
And a subtle hint of promise, 
Where a rising sun will soon be;
...

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The sea was calm, the shore silent, 
         No echoes resonated there, 
      A walk along the ocean meant
To cleanse the soul and lay it bare;

As shadows lengthened, they strolled on, 
      No feelings stirred, no words spoken, 
         What they had before was now gone, 
What was left was all that's broken;

No memories rang through the shore, 
         No relationship left to care, 
      They drifted apart more and more, 
No love echo returned to share. 
...

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