Short Lopped Poems

If I were a poisonous snake
I would get the last laugh
Giving my slayer a surprisingly venomous bite
Hours after he lopped off my head with a machete.
Only snakes are able to do this you know....

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Rain pounds the pavement,
steady downpour that washes
the homeless away.

Mists cloud the upper
stories of downtown buildings,
skyscrapers lopped.

Pools gather near curbs,
waiting for their chances to
splash pedestrians....

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I can almost hear
the tree scream
lopped and cut to the ground
it's base drilled
and poison filled
oozes life for months
until a spent force
the earth and insects
claim the octopus
with it's once mighty tentacles
being devoured....

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To enhance our book’s creation,
we sought your permission
for your poem’s transformation
to a condensed composition.

Not entirely acquiescent
to our last minute request;
you gave your consent
with tongue-in-cheek protest.

There were other Poets
whose heart-prints were cropped.
It’s painful, we know it,
to have feelings lopped.

Your reply touched our hearts
and our funny-bones too;
We can’t wait to impart
our finished work to you....

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Listen to poem:

The Coming of Summer The Fear of Fall
David J Walker

Half-past every euphemism defining 
The truthfulness of youthful youth 
		or
The youthfulness of truthful truth 

Crumbling behind the chime of clocks 
And locks of hair lopped off along the way

Today is 
	Today is
Today

Listen for the pitter-patter of
Little feet 

Catching up 
Spinning calendars

Faster
	Faster

Summer is calling
	A fearful Fall
Is all 
one can count on...

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He trimmed a bit much off the top,
but now they are putting a stop.
To settle affairs
he handed down hairs.
Get the shears!
Items lopped!

It’s what you call a bad hair day;
they say he has taxes to pay.
He’s under duress
from the IRS.
Deduct, yes?
Toupee, nay!

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Another weird one, Welsh this time, the Clogyrnach: 8a8a5b5b3b3a
Kind of reminds me of a limerick

https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/clogyrnach-poetic-form...

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carved cruicifixes,
slashed n’ sliced stars of david,
chiseled taijitus,
hacked stars n’ crescents 
cleaved christs
dissected n’ shaped buddhas,
engraved menorahs
chipped n’ etched away Confucius 
trimmed dharmachakras
whittled & molded muhammad
severed n’ separated astrological zodiac signs 
snipped aum
chopped n’ cracked pentagrams  
lopped off lotus flowers
shaved n’ grated ichthys &
pierced pentacles---
all wash away in the sink
after running warm water over them
for a little while....

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