Short Like Clockwork Poems

erasing twinkling galaxies
like clockwork
wipers...

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In machine kingdom,
thousand minds work in chorus
smoothly like clockwork!...

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a.m. and p.m.
like clockwork we’re greeted, Chris.
he’s cuckoo for love

1/14/2020...

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no rain brings no weeds 
grass ceases to survive 
like clockwork it rains 

rain brings many weeds 
grass becomes green once again 
daily mowing starts...

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the tide like clockwork rushes in
reeling in summertime memories and such
joy comes in all shapes and sizes



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on March 24, 2025...

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There is a sweet lady named Rose,
who has a very distinguished nose.
When the sun does shine,
her face it will tell time.
It works like clockwork til she blows.





12/24/18...

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The seasons come and go                                                              
Like our lives
We are bound by time
And as our end draws near
Just like clockwork
We will draw our last breath
And fade away with time...

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north and south
east and west
the seasons four
regular like clockwork
they drove our calendar
now somehow become
an unpredictable mishmash
lacking rhyme or reason
as we keep leery tabs
on climate change



AP: Honorable Mention 2021
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Iv been looking for a place to plug into
Levels are so low 
Way below the line
We waited 

For years it rained
Every morning like clockwork
The trees shook
And the birds took off

Later I dragged my shadow 
through the mud 
Betrayed by the sun
I no longer followed...

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april brings us
its share of miracles
of life that sprouts
in shades of green

every year the cycle
like clockwork
rejuvenates yet
we are always in awe

spring give rise
to our sense of salvation
and of hope that
we have not been forsaken



posted on April 7, 2025...

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Forty years have passed
Some people late
Memory like clockwork
“Stay away from that hole” he said
I will I will
I will not
Not be told
You can build a bure on top of me
The foundations are weak  
But the smoky darkness is clearing
Yes, the hole still has me
Finally big enough to step up
Almost...

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Every week like clockwork I buy my one ticket
Every week I pick the same six numbers
Every week I’m lucky if one number’s right
Every week I’ve spent the winning’s before the draw
Every week I work out what to spend it on
Every week I think I’ll make my family rich
Every week I get depressed
Every week until the next...

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Our love was cherry wine
You the glass
And I the bottle
And like clockwork
I poured everything into you
Your lip was meant
To touch none but mine
For our love was cherry wine

Our love became champagne
You were the bottle
And I the glass
But you refused
To pour into me
Your lip touched
He with a different name
For our love was a sham pain...

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Flotsam and jetsom
and blueberry jam
nobody knows in the world
who I am

  running through tears
on the way down your cheek
under the lilly pads
down by the creek

  gushing like clockwork
up to the light
in fountains predictable
each day and night

  cycle of life
from the clouds to the sea
I'm here when you need me
come drink deep 
and see....

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Tall yet scrawny,
Contrition attempts to 
Force its way through.

In this small window
Breed opportunity but of
An unknown flavor.

Goog-a-lee eyes always
Scrupulous and indeed
Tempting perhaps for
Once ignorable? 

Unsheltered of course 
Two wills in opposite
Directions cannot
Demand wholeness.

________________________
More works at alexfalls.com...

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Winter now is come to us.
Snowy days consume the earth.
Buried seeds
Lie dormant and covered up.
Animals they hibernate,
Sleeping in a burrough.
Creation braves the artic cold.
Fireplaces adorn human homes,
And frostbitten cheeks have respite.
Winter comes, and winter goes,
Like clockwork, nature's plan unfolds.




Winter contest
Emile Pinet
December 20, 2020...

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A monarch butterfly flew past.
I wondered if it was the last
‘Cause they are disappearing fast;
Our world will be much grimmer.

For climate change and pesticides,
Plus loss of habitats besides
Means we are taking giant strides
To make our days much dimmer.

These orange beauties did appear
Like clockwork every single year.
Their loss should make us shed a tear,
With hope, a measly glimmer....

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You say one thing,
then you change your mind,
maybe you're cronic,
you have all the signs.

I try, and give you,
the benefit of the doubt,
but just like clockwork,
you take a different route.

This sort of behavior,
brings confusion, and pain,
you have my head a spinning,
which one of us is sane?

I'm starting to record you,
I just want you to be aware,
maybe you will believe me,
lie again, if you dare....

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My ball sack has grown
While my p-n-s,  much shorter,
Is now only known
For its passing of water
Which it does like clockwork
Twice every hour
So to save my poor cock work
I piss in the shower
Once at the start
And again, at the end
With a syncopated fart
That I add to the blend.
I’m just an old, faded failure
Who has run out of damns
But like Popeye the Sailor
I ams what I ams,

© Barry Freeman	April 2021...

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It's almost like clockwork,almost second nature
It's alive to me
Yet there's no name for It.
It's like the air I breathe-
It is the air I breathe.
Its the pleasure of pain,
The joy in sorrow
Call it what you may.

It might be love
I like to think otherwise
I think it's the thoughts of those around me
In awesome motley of colours-
It defines everything I see.
It's funny...
I'm beginning to think
It might be...me...

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It’s another year
And with spring
The automatic sprinklers
Once again run like clockwork
Mesmerizing in the morning 
Making me feel like an inmate
In an insane asylum 
Or old folks home
Bound to view the world 
Through the screen
Of a window or TV 
Bound within while 
Merging without a world
Of vibrant greens
The hypnotic pulse
Of watered lawns
A metronome 
To ground my mind
Within the illusion 
Of time

(4/30/25)...

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The clockwork gears inside my mind keep turning,
And my stomach seems to be churning,
With all these thoughts of you,
I honestly don’t know what to do.
I’m down in the dumps,
And I feel so stuck,
Here in the middle again.
I guess I wish I were dead.
I know that’s not the answer,
But I don’t think I can handle myself,
Here on my own in this sea of crowded lives. 
My eyes wanna cry,
But I just wanna sleep,
And dream of nothing but you....

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No one knows when I am like this.
Alone. In my room with my phone, I
See everyone out without me. Pity me.
Oh, pity me. Every month like clockwork,
I sit alone in my room with my phone,
Scrolling. Making me so much worse with every video.
People are having real loss. Real people with real issues.
Who am I to compare my sadness with theirs when
everyone around me is so nice and comforting?
I know I'll get over this feeling. I need to be Alone....

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She gazed into the stars
looking at  heavenly bodies
as they slowly meandered
across the the darken sky
picking out various star clusters
and locating bright shining planets
watching the sky slowly move
 like a giant wheel
 turning
resembling a silent clock
with imaginary hands 
with each new upcoming hour
it slowly moved in motion
all in precision like clockwork
same route year after year
like time the forward motion
will continue on for millions of years....

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The darkness, it flies
As it swallows your eyes
My ships, they capsize
Break that delicate pool surface 
As I fall and baptize
Your waters, they shake
They tremble and wait
Like clockwork, they give a life 
Right as they take
I’m glowing, alone
Surrounded by snow
And nobody knows
About the fire flies that burn inside
My mind and my toes
A fire of blues, of scarlet wind hues
Like feathers they drag
Across galaxies of skin
They embody the burn
That we ache for, a sin...

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