Short Loomed Poems

I was too busy closing my eyes
To notice your approach
And as footsteps loomed
I prayed they weren’t yours
So that your spell
Couldn’t charm me
Furthermore...

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Flowers Flowing In Field

While flowers in field were flowing;
We saw them growing and growing;
Birds loomed;
Flowers bloomed,
As through wind had been blowing.

Jim Horn...

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Love ended so abruptly.
Outside the winds blew cold.
Storm clouds loomed over.
Thunder shook the night.
She was out there somewhere.
Open wounds, oh so raw.
Utter desperation.
Led to the loss of life....

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Remember our sorrows in dark shade
Lurking behind feelings that fade
Remember what loomed us that day
Was the way you promised to stay
While the shadows of the sunset
Casted a beguiling silhouette....

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November mist came crawling as the silent day folded

as twilight loomed in slumber, silver stars glistened in my eyes

stirring my inner spirit I cried out through the heights of Gods love

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eerie shadows loomed
cackling witch on her broom zoomed...
huffing, puffing, doomed

10/29/2018


Poetry Contest: Three Lines - Writing Challenge - October 2018 
Sponsored by: Dear Heart a.k.a. Broken Wings...

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Thanksgiving Day loomed for old Tom Turkey

   Averting the feared axe seemed quite murky

      So he made this soulful plea

         I would much prefer that ye

            Enjoyed a feast of spam or beef jerky...

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Thanksgiving Day loomed for old Tom Turkey

    Avoiding the dreaded ax seemed murky

        So he made this doleful plea

            I'd be much obliged if ye

                Enjoyed a feast of ham or beef jerky...

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blackmailing of the heart 
shakedown of the soul
regression threatened  
reversion tactics used  
estrangement loomed
extraction of emotional attachment 
gone from the world of connection  
left with nothing but memories...

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A tower of good books she piled high;
collection grew faster than space;
tower loomed behind a door.
Ceiling-bound, tower was; 
but like all towers, 
what climbs; may fall.
Tower fell
atop 
her!

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At the desert junction
        of hope and despair
     We scanned the horizon
        to seek passage there

     Yet just when despair
       loomed ahead in the sand
     Emerged hope, our oasis
       on a prayer's caravan...

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Terror filled me ere I slept,
Horrors loomed behind closed eyes.
I recalled Your promise kept;
Darkest visions turned to peaceful sighs.



FIRST PLACE WINNER
(For the ‘Lind30’ Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Chantelle Anne Cooke
2/4/22)
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LOVE

Love will conquer all
those who fight it...surrender
to lose is to win

LILIES

The lilies called me
I sheltered in their flowers
a casket loomed close

BIRDS

Sirens scream at dawn
helicopters in pursuit
birds keep on singing...

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The pitch o' night her captain feared
her leeward pending doom

November's raging breath
ensnared
to daunting reef she loomed

Her belly shattered
pitched and gorged
as raging swells
reclaim

The drift of break
flew
blizzard cold
~
Come Sail Away...
her name
~...

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Listen to poem:

Thistle down and mist
shrouded a valley
a chill November dusk --
a moon loomed over,
everything in halos
of pale, cold light:
no Indian Summer this...
Late geese flew, high up;
damp leaves burned slow
in an orange fire
whose smoke wraithed
straight up, in a column,
to the sky....

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the braising tomorrow 
gathered beneath me
upon a silent glare 
sounded by great wealth 
unwanted unneeded borrowed 
from yesterday oh how I gazed 
above ground whimpering 
a solid tear formed from a nesting 
fear an empty sigh where love 
loomed about God's own 
galleries of hidden faith...

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Pilate:
Pilate, scared, washed his 
hands. 
A crackdown by Caesar 
loomed. 
Pharisees threatened. 

The Sentence:
Pharisees threatened. 
Jesus doomed; scripture 
fulfilled. 
Crowd shrieked: CRUCIFY!

Barrabas:
Pilate asked which one?
Give us Barabbas, all cried. 
Scripture playing out....

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Auspicious shadows of traddtion loomed overhead                                                                          And rushed into the corners of the room
As daylight slipped away                                                                                                                 The moon...

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Dodging a bullet,
the PET Scan loomed large…
results both good and bad

“Nothing today
to worry about,”
but tomorrow left unclad

The moment secure,
the future unsure…
prognosis under siege

The lights of the O.R.
 calling his name
—with hope the last reprieve

(University Of Pennsylvania: September, 2020)...

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A stare stabbed me –
My eyes darted – a presence
Loomed large, electrically.
A horned owl was my assailant.
A rest in a mesquite tree
Made a meeting of chance.

Through the glass door –
The dividing line of succession –
We wondered about the other
Who should have dominion.
By the talons I could discern
‘Twas the owl that won....

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Eternal Sleep of mine
Wish could come at a better time
The work still unknown
but sleep seems grown
The bitter pillar that I consumed
but truth still doomed
Perfect path I took
I was on tenter hook
Though the hopes were high
for the fog still loomed
The hoary glasses
look is unknown
I rub my eyes
Could I see the sky
But the moon seems unknown...

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Jewel  white adorns my neck
an heirloom  given by  Mom
when  she breathed low, feeling frail  --

Somehow, on my natal day
I grew uneasy, disturbed
till clear pearls rolled on the floor--
Instantly   Mom’s image loomed
Stunned, I rang her… and waited.  



17th Oct 2020
Impressions Contest
 sponsored by Nette Onclaud  
Visual 1...

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The infant whispered,
his cry for help,
cold breath,
silent death,
musty smell,
the parents couldn’t tell,
he weeps,
they sleep
chilly night,
cold heart,
bright light,
sadly it waits,
to be discovered,
black birds covered the sky,
no silent cry,
and there was no apparent reason,
they covered the moon,
as death lingered,
a cold breath,
and death loomed....

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The air was crisp, the trees were bare;
The paths were shoveled clean.
In Central Park today it was
Delightful and serene.

A lonely jogger trotted by;
A nanny pushed her charge.
Some dogs on leashes sniffed and strained;
The cloud-filled sky loomed large.

But mostly it was only me
A'stroll across the park,
Enveloped by the vista
Which was anything but stark....

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Look to the sky
And so their eyes gazed up high
For a dark cloud loomed
And the sunlight was cast out to gloom

And the longer they stared
The air hung heavier around there
Was it the end of all things
To the times that joy brings

And the apocalypse foretold
From the days that were old
Were now seen to be true
The end of times near to us drew.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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