Short Levity Poems

Sprinkle Levity with Brevity
      ~ You'll get Longevity...

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attachment, an anchor like gravity ~
knows not laughter of childlike levity...

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O, Wit, be brief
  your focus, levity

One line’s just fine
   ~ for longevity...

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MORNING LEVITY

Dalliance of daybreak, lightens
the shadows, in between dusk and dawn.

11/3/2017...

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equanimity
levity in gravitas
spontaneity in conformity
infusing vibrancy
in stillness 

12-February-2023...

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A little levity
    goes a long way
      I always say

    Though naught but play 
    oversalts the entree
      spoils the day...

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Verses swirling in a rage                
      Rancor feasts on every page 

    Love, Light and Levity
      ~ Arrows toward Longevity...

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There was a young man named McAvity
Who resented that old Law of Gravity
He heeded a rumor 
That values good humor
And now he is lifted by Levity....

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light and lively
ethereal and enthusiastic
valuable variables
intricate indicator of idealism
tantalizing tale of temperance and truth
youth utilizes levity gladly...

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Within the energies I borrow
radiates a kernel of gold
polished by the magnificence
I’ve been blessed to behold
at the crux of experience
once levity banishes sorrow....

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He loved to flaunt his longevity
and wielded it with great levity
yet in the race
couldn't keep pace
and was known for the length of his brevity


John G. Lawless
6/6/2020...

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We’ve lost the ability
to laugh at ourselves …
P.C. humor both lifeless
and dry
Our levity as tepid
as our character flawed
Fraying the tightrope
—awaiting a fall

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Our spirit's levity
At liberty
In warmed up air, as real felt
As makes dizzy!

Now eye to eye can go
Each sigh to know
With whom, carefree and careless
Off them, astray
World of hardships spurn! Off, away.
Poor moth! Poor thou!...

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Levity of content
laced with rhythm and rhyme
label the limerick.
Lear waxed nonsensical
leaving lewdness aside;
Laughter through wit preferred.
Light entertainment verse.


22.10.20

Pleiades 3 Poetry Contest 
sponsored by Joseph May...

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kids
impressed,
wave from trees.
father, mother,
siblings, pet - on high. the neighbors salute.
while, in a red bow, girl’s waiting, breathless.
does he want her…?
how heavy
is his
bag?

2/6/2021
Double Tetractys 7
Sponsor:Eve Roper
HMS
Photo #3...

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Nature compares but classes
Are imminent and permanent
In levity of stratified system.



Even when a cat kills and eats
A rat it can't be equal
To a lion in the jungle.


Hunting speedy antelope
They may both be carnivores
But one is king of the jungle....

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Childlike levity, a bliss bath
Soul’s innate vibrancy 
Each moment a holy sabbath
Free from delinquency 

Give ego a wide berth
Revel in bubbling mirth
Beholding soul’s rebirth

Defy gravity
Childlike levity

16-November-2022
Quietus ...

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O tell me about a snoddy gumboot
Of a soul; black as Guiness -
A drinker of dirty water; a wordsmith,
A conjurer and fumbler; bearer of
Levity and pork sausages, a stout
Fellow with the learning as big as
The Cork and Kerry Mountains;
You thrown-out words of Dublin......

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Limerick humorous
Lively and sometimes rude 
Lack  of  person's concern 
Lines with a strict rhyme scheme 
Laid out    AABBA pattern
Length traditionally 10-10-7-7-10
Light-hearted levity 
 


1/26/2022

Write About A Form Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May...

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fascinated by the backyard wagon —
it leans against the aged oak.

sloshed with water in Spring,
levity of leaves of Fall,
catching snowflakes in Winter —
on its red tongue.

the backyard wagon waits
for its mannah provision —
longsuffering in God-given faith.

1/18/2018...

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Returns
Foreign and friendly reminders
Lost and found
Dated and dictated memories
Born and beckoning songs
Whispers and washed evenings
Soulful and cast in the finest armor
Deep, delicate dreams
Embraces from walks in thought
All the roads
All the paths
Returning
To the land of levity...

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The limerick enjoys longevity
Through wit, innuendo and brevity.
An Irish tradition,
A bawdy rendition,
Its length and girth engorged with levity.

————-

for the Funny Limerick - Any Theme Poetry Contest
sponsored by Tania Kitchin
written on 06/01/2022
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No hymn is sung to praise
The beauty now undone by time;
Where once the lauds and gracious
Prose were flung out, as will be
These travesties of nature's levity.
Then does all beauty fade, thus
Frail her lovely moments pass away
And crumble like the broken vase
The withered rose upon the wilted stem....

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Prosperity, prosperity
Prosperity to humanity
I brought to you love and solidarity
Peace and harmony


It is freedom and happiness
Love and kindness
Prosperity, prosperity
Prosperity to humanity


So why do you curse me
Instead of blessing me
It efficiency and a higher levity
Transparency and accountability...

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Poor old cooter
with a limp pee shooter
Feeling no levity
his battle versus gravity
Doc says if you will
just pop this little pill
Life has returned to great
now that things are back to straight.


I hope this is not offensive to anyone!
Certainly not my intention.
Seeking humor in a man's misery....

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