Short License Poems

My muse
      is on a cruise...

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Poetic license 
Low  flight of fancy ditches
Poetic justice...

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he sits then stands
then sits and stands again
car tag renewal...

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Religion is a license
—whose fee is death

(Dreamsleep: October, 2019)...

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not fit for news print
   words to set your heart on fire~
   poetic license 


***...

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dry land-requires fishing license 


     Contest sponsor Timothy Hicks
     04/02/2016...

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Her license plate read, "Look Up"  
Heaven blessed her dirty tires 
As she rolled along highways 
Clinging to her faith...

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the loving couple
marriage license safely signed
still lives in this world
only on their honeymoon
can it be wholly ignored...

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lube yourself up car
young one searches frantically
cannot find gas tank
oil tell him says my man
it is behind license plate...

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Birds wake with the dawn
Early starters in the light
With license to sing
They mingle mirth by themselves
Wind and wings hum as mute elves...

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Life’s blood out of stone
the old veins penetrated
yet fears losing you,
a renewal a license
for happiness oh so late!

© Harry J Horsman 2013...

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.
       “
     Do
    You
   Know
  Phrase
 POETIC
 LICENSE
 Now that
 I’ve used
 So much
 They call
   Me . A
     Poet
 Licentious....

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We might as well stamp license plates
Government work makes us inmates
When assigned tasks inane
In asylums insane
We'll search for retirement dates...

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Words of malice, curses flamed, 
hiding in the past

No license needed to hunt through time
—the present armed en masse 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)...

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I
Healing words both yours, mine ... are understood and mis-understood

II
Poets: true artists or activists somehow know poetic license, justice, injustice...

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I wish license for marriage,
had to be renewed,
every year,
or maybe two.

When the notice comes,
to pay your dues,
I think this year,
No is what I choose....

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Anna the bandit and shady jane
set out to rob a railroad train.
So, they went for the gold.
Then botched the escape.
In for ten, no parole,
Makin license plates....

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spicy star
racy car

much speed
no heed

traffic stop
burly cop

license please
must appease!

red lips
sweet hips

bats eyes
gets rise

off hook?
threw book...

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Economic curve
Sliding down 
Mushroom-like umbrellas
Springing up
Somewhat blocking the street 
Drawing crowds
To buy the cheapest 
Goods and wares 
Without license or tax...

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A poet in search of his muse
Tried to find her by choosing to booze;
Far from what he desired
The poor fellow expired--
So be careful which boozing you choose!

(August 20, 2018)...

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If I died
Would you keep my memory
Alive
Or would you slip
Into that wide abyss
I must have love
To curtail the greed
And the license
That won’t stay
In your arms
I feel free
Finally...

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The traffic cop told me you’re in for a fine
You should not dishonour the speed limit sign
Which made little sense
My driving license
Said, (in black and white) tear along dotted line...

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Walking on hailstones
I see you: a smile, a ‘Hi’
Dancing on diamonds


7 February 2021
Contest: Valentine’s Senryu
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin

[My own poetic license sees ‘Diamonds’ as two syllables.]...

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louis armstrong
given a diplomatic license
what a wonderful world
blue berry hill
moon river
hello dolly
summertime
mack the knife
cheek to cheek
when the saints
memories
go missing


stan sand...

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Renewing my driver's license, got by again
At my advanced years, haven'd killed or maimed
Cept for old ladies and cats
But aside from that fact
Obey most rules and at times stay in my lane...

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