Short Loaned Poems

Forever rented,
  never owned

The moment leased
  —the future loaned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)...

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Loaned to all at one’s birth, a life and time,
For some, a life time paying back every dime.

© Harry J Horsman  2012...

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the borrowed time
loaned and complete
duration of one's own
thought process 
to fit the wedges
of a gloating 
truthfulness...

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There once was a young man from Kentucky
Who thought himself very lucky
He loaned a sum
to a boyhood chum
and ended being the guy's stucky...

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The past is left in mourning,
the future still unknown

The present disavows them both,
not borrowed—never loaned

(Dreamsleep: August, 2019)...

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push on
with vigour
yet gently
that the void
breathes easy

tread softly
on Mother Earth 
ever grateful
to her elements
loaned to us

15-February-2023...

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Writing verse,
I dally forth

Hours more stole,
than loaned

Prose to suffer,
and wait in line

Time once more
—deposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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The thief of my creation - the robber of his own self-worth;
loaned fleeting triumph - doomed to spiraling downward - dazzle to dust, fast.

December, 30, 2019 ...

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Forlorn sprawled
on dawning lawn
as sunlight steals
dew breath fawn
learn has never lorned
and fol
............lowed
........................lowered
Forlorn
against lorn...

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Writing verse,
  I dally forth

The hour more stole,
  than loaned

The prose to suffer,
  and stand in line

With time once more,
—deposed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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goofy giraffe is generous, but he has almost no sense
He often falls into ponds, and once walked into a fence
But he’s a great guy; he once loaned me a sixpence
my best friend some days, even though he is dense....

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A warrior’s tears
  blood from above

His fury unleashed
  in a most perfect love

Though few understand it
  a life heaven loaned

Dying immortal
  —to be welcomed back home

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)...

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A Warrior’s tears…
  blood from above

His fury unleashed
  in a most perfect love

Though few understand it
  a life heaven loaned

Dying immortal
   —to be welcomed back home

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)...

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uncle sammy loaned 
himself some money 
to give to auntie nati's 
newest honey 
so uncle jerry  
would do the very same 
with mister rus to blame
for blowing pipes
but no one gripes
for honey a proxy
makes us all seem foxy...

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I loaned my heart to you for awhile
when you were down and out
I thought you would return it
eventually, when you were through
at night I lay here waiting 
for you to return it to me
I don't think I'll ever get it back
that chunk you took with you...

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Vices guide in the pursuance of placement - 
We want to need.
Aligned behind no sense of rhyme or reason; 
False purpose leads.
Spending loaned moments on dire explanations - 
Charge it to the dream.
Remember that day your spirit was broken?
Together we go....

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Answering with phrases loaned…
a paradox recalled

The choices, nouns and pronouns,
all verbs to rise or fall

Old questions freed, all doubt besieged,
defined and then dethroned

The power in each chosen word,
to borrow—not to own

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)...

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I shun the words you long to hear,
my heart and spirit cry

The votive candle burning down,
its flame a dimming lie

My pen to struggle against your will,
and scribe the message owned

That blood has drafted and pain rewrites
—not borrowed nor then loaned

(Valley Forge: January, 2021)...

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The only way to cross eternity
is in a poem

As words fly silent and words fly deep,
beyond a future heaven loaned

The light speed meteor trails forever
the verses timeless wake

Distance not measured in miles or years
—epic ballads to restate


(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)...

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I always felt
  when it was time to die

The Muse would know
  before you or I

The hours borrowed,
  the moments loaned

Return to feelings
 and verse unflown 

With eyes never clearer,
  or heart so bold

I make my exit
  —with words untold

(Schuylkill Expressway: February, 2016)...

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Does your writing dance above the words
or somewhere down below

Do voices borrowed and feelings loaned,
occlude your diction’s flow

Do phrases couple and stanzas mesh,
in new harmonic forms

Does music waltz proudly from page to page
—to score new lyrics born

(Walking With Colby: February, 2021)...

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The only way to cross eternity
  is in a poem

Distance not measured in miles or years,
 —epic ballads to intone

The light speed meteor will chase forever
  the wake of verses flown 

Where words fly silent and words fly deep,
  —beyond a future heaven loaned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)...

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Sancho Panza loaned his trusty donkey to Don Quixote
they had finally reached the village of the gorgeous Dulcinea.
Baskets brimming with excited sunflowers would be delivered.
The squire congratulated himself for getting the knight-errant here.
He sat back to watch the performance, as Quixote began to sing....

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An Angel loaned from Heaven,
roamed this Earth, as if on mission,
lifting up spirits, the kindest among us,
oh Bless You mystical being ~ 
the Lord couldn't wait to have you back. 

~ R.I.P ~ 
'Short Connie Tributes - How did Connie Marcum Wong Inspire You' Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich...

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I don’t write for you,
I write for me

To dream each dream,
in darkness freed

All gifts unwrapped,
my table set

My voice as spoken,
no regrets

I don’t speak for you,
I speak for me

The trails I’ve bloodied,
scars decree

Each moment purchased,
verses loaned

My feelings sacred
—words my own

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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