Short Loons Poems

a silver lake
sporting loons-
singing thrush

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IN A FAR COUNTRY

God is near at hand
We are in a far country
Loons fly north again...

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Haiku 9/5/2016

sun kisses lake mist
sleepy loons float motionless
a deep silence


John G. Lawless
9/5/2016...

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boats
paddle
circles twine
loons serenade 
row

fish
sinkers
plunk circles
bobs dance fishes
hooked ...

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Driving through town just around noon
 All my friends were acting like loons
 Peoples jaw dropped
 As they stood at the bus stop
 They had just seen a full "moon"...

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Quietly i move

        a favorite place by the lake

             the loons songs echo

                 reverberating my depths

                      imagining you there still......

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alabaster Rhapsodies

alabaster moon
 skips across midnight waters
  trails silver ribbons
singing wind song harmonies
 with two loons in rhapsodies


5-28-21
Contest: Tanka
Sponsor: M. L. Kiser...

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Was Bugs Bunny the looniest of Looney Toons
Sure know of another who outloons the loons
Sits in the captain's chair
Jimmy Fallon messed his hair
Gone totally bananas, could be the country's ruin...

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Robot’s Last Kiss

Can rain fall?
Will loons call?
Loss is tall now King,
Blow Kiss Fish 
sail in thin air.

With fan claps,
JC raps away, 
as night falls.
Fight stalls last kiss,
Stars trip robots in spring....

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The gentle tune that feathers make,
that's heard by loons who gently glide,
atop the gentle streams they take,
below where gentle currents guide,
gently along their banks that wake,
those gentle souls and hearts confide....

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indian summer
where a little, clouds crisp flies
warm air partly the 
~
indian summer
reaches tender, loons obscured
beautiful winter
~
so warm December
beautiful winter season
indian summer

2/1/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©...

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My reflection in the moonlit pond
The owls are watching
The bullfrogs, the loons
The trees, the mountains, the stars
I hear what they say
How insignificant we are

3/29/19
'Writing Challenge 6, March 2019 - 6 Line Poetry Contest'
Sponsored by: Dear Heart...

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Loons and the Moon

still silver waters
 waters where the moon’s face glows ~
moon in silhouette

two loons come calling
 calling out to soft moonbeams ~
weaves silver ribbons 

loons and moon singing 
 singing a haunting concert ~
alabaster song


6/3/20...

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A giant red moon appears every seven years 
Over blue lakes and shallow lagoons 
Over faithful flocks of yodeling loons 
Over the peaceful shores and white dunes
Across the Cameroons 
You can hear the tune of the yodeling loon. 
every seven years under the giant red moon....

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Guess I'll ne'er understand those loony loons

   Shaking their fists at the Wall Street tycoons

      The Tea Party did it right

         They didn't leave filth and blight

            'Occupiers' remind me of baboons

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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A giant red moon appears. 
every twenty-seven years
during the month of June
Over blue lakes and shallow lagoons 
Over faithful flocks of yodeling loons 
Over the peaceful shores and white dunes
Across the Cameroons 
You can hear the tune of the yodeling loon. 
every twenty-seven years under the giant red moon....

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Radical glaze raw silk easy peasy 
Chanterelle timberwolf stalking sheeps
Sea anemone royal purple raven
Tree nesting spring monsoon
Show time passings loons
Flying salmon mirror on sea glass
Northwestern Alaska environmental image
Beautiful

1/30/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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Mad as loons in the midday heat
Hydrants open, oh the treat.

Screaming, laughing, splashing too
Bystanders enjoying the hullabaloo.

Joyous children having fun
Cooling off beneath the Sun,

Smiling faces, having a riot.
Parents wishing they could try it.





Entry for Hot Summer Day contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper
14/9/2017...

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I dip my toes into the lake  
beneath our dock of Summers gone. 
Chilled skin meets sun, soft in their wake 
as Mayflies hum in misty dawn.  
 

A day of flushed sky overhead. 
Bare legs sway from the splintered planks 
to songs of joy unlimited 
as loons take flight from marshy banks.    



Written for: A Lay for A Day in May Contest,
5/9/22...

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Tales of Gurt & Harry 
(Pickles & Tickles)

There once was a tart child named Gurt
Who sucked sour balls ‘till it hurt
A green apple pucker
And dreams of her sucker
Made naughty Gurt act very curt.

Now Gurt’s brother was named Harry Larry
his back was so hairy it was scary
When he entered a room
They all cried BABOON!
And they ran round like loons or canaries?...

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Entertainment's nightly brewing
  Turtle doves a-cooing
Brother Owl surveys the scene
  with regal hoots, he courts his queen

A thousand points of light
  shimmer 'round the moon
Across the dancing waters
  skip voices of white loons

Rain beats swift 'gainst window panes
  Homes are shuttered tight
Baby's heart stirs Momma's breast
  Cozy whispers through the night...

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transformation

pollywogs paddle
about her five year old toes
frogs in the making

summer kissed her cheek
awesome faces peer from leaves
freckles blooming now

at the waters edge
bullfrogs baroom a  mating call
dusk whispers secrets

pie shop sells lemon
apple and boysenberry
poison berry to us

blankets on cool nights
hudson bay soft wooly warm
loons serenade child...

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At sunrise, whispering winds start to die
Tranquility, lends itself to foment
Fragrance of wild lavender, drifts by
The loons circle a large effervescent

Diving for prey, I observe their splendor
I take aim and cast with all eloquence
Hopeful serendipity is in store
My vessel wafting, absolute silence

Dulcet hits, amounts to a tug of war
Reeling, I break into a lilting *bliss...

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A snatch of sound is carried by the wind,
a delicate and solitary note.
There at the end, the pitch just slightly bends;
it rises for an instance as it floats.
So lovely, it is over far too soon -
and then, a second, similar delight!
The chorus brings a lump within the throat.
Then, there! Two darkened shadows block the moon,
seen rising from the lake in tandem flight:
a pair of loons....

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If I were not afraid, I would sleep in coffins,
I would sing so loud and very often,
I would say hello, to hackers and those coughing,
I would say hello, just for nothing,
I'd tell Kim Jong-un, that he is a buffoon,
He is like the loons that heading south again,
If I were not afraid, I would not have slept in roses,
I would sleep in rows of feet and toes...


Date 09/07/2019...

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