Short Martial(A) Poems

old dog
better than I
does taiji...

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Martial artist
Wields his sword
writes...

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martial artist
bows to his master
attacks...

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Martial Artist
draws ballpoint pen
weapon...

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Martial arts, the art that
takes on any form depending
on the shape of your heart....

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Karate is not only about winning, but also mastering your mind.



Date: 09/12/2015...

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Iron warrior
pulled by fear and panic moons
turning blood to rust.

May 11, 2016
Mars Contest...

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master the sense of balance
spin and rotate
master weightlessness
on the head of a pin


stan sand...

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Is there a higher art
than Martial Art

To live or to die
—all wounds bleeding free

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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My goldfish Finster Darcy
Speaks English but not Farsi
He has an education
And moral reputation
He does kung-fu better than you
He's such an inspiration....

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Marital





MARITAL life is just like a game of MARTIAL arts.




Written Dec 12th, 2015
For Silent One's - Anagram one liner six contest

Awarded 3rd place win...

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There once was a jock with a sock
so big you’d think he wore a glock.
When he entered the ring
girls sang my ding-a-ling
at least till his foe cleaned his clock!

*martial arts...

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In the martial arts,
a saying is known.
To invest in loss,
then truth will be shown.

Let the attach come,
training stops it cold.
Your turn now to strike,
and show who is bold....

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Once there were two friends “truth“& “extra”
One wants to dominate the other – no mantra
“extra”- expert in martial arts
“truth”-intellect also good in arts
Bloody it’s obvious truth dominates! poor extra!...

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It takes a 
man 
with a stalwart,
confident, 
martial manner,
and
an almost hitleresque voice 
to convince
a man to kill another man.

It takes a fraction of a second for judgment to strike the primer and 
put an end to the drumhead trial....

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Living, feeling, driving
V-5
Danger for death
I - What - Feeling
It comes ...
Reputation, hungry stands.
Swerving BMW
Exhaust suck off
Predicting circumfrence, location, pointage
Fidgeting, remembering
Top-Form, what I martial kick you is safety...
Death....

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Flying high
In the Martial Arts sky,
Kick straight up at the sun,
Oh, being young was fun

Walking in confidence,
So sure of myself,
So sad that way of life,
Has been put on a shelf

Age has it's "wisdom"
Or so they say,
Never tell from me,
Dumb I'll always stay...

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A Florida man went to the park,
did martial arts there after dark.
His wax more off than on,
he karate-kicked swans
and yelled at the cranes on a lark.


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Actual headline: "Florida Man Arrested in Local Park for 'Practicing Karate' on Swans"...

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Generic flying, eating healthy, fly like a cockney
Like a Martial Arts beast, like a young terri'ble.
So far so good, driving force, all cards in hand, why not?
I can breath fully, stop the intoxicants.
Healthy like a peach, living well, rich, powerful.
Living like royalty, wealth, aspiration, money....

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Is your greatness unendorsed
by godly symbols old and new

Is your strength contained and held within,
as broth begets the stew

Is your message clear with no defense,
either martial or sublime

With freedom at your beck and call
—all stricture cast aside

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2019)...

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The child of
a desert wind 
and a mystery …
he swept across the land

Knighting each moment
with martial intent … 
death
at his command

All enemies chosen
with glorious care … 
each battle
zero sum 

His legend immortal
written in blood …
the future bespoken
—eternity's son

(The New Room: August, 2023)...

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Art Image
The artwork hangs there on my wall
As it has for years
A simple framed image in a frame
Nothing special to look at
But it is special in ways
The frame has a gray arm
And hand that rests there
Ready to punch any robbers
Who dare to steal my art! 
My ordinary strange painting
With a Martial Art trained limb...

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the road between is....
a logic of wisdoms in....

a silence of time where-be....
space-forms are weightless....

and observations subject to....
a martial art of awareness....

that is mechanics of conscious being....
within the structure inherent to the now....

as a frozen perception accepted without....
questions asked within....


stan sand...

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Ancient Roman poets weren’t prudes,
the foulest vocabulary they used.
They spoke the language of the street
unaltered by artifice, much less discreet.
The prudish and the ignorant
were shocked and waxed indignant
though kids today less than ten years
would never think to block their ears,
to filthy verse by Martial or Catullus
their faces unembarrassed by a blush!...

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Strange wind puffs like curses in the air 
Fine maidens in a devious stare 
Silent lip blows, bold but unsure 
Like puppet minds played in obscure 

Shady shadows lurking in the dark 
Hearts steered by a shiny spark 
For the light of amber is too hard to resist 
Pristine selfdom is too seldom to exist 


The title was inspired by a martial arts movie 

September 24, 2022 
2:40 AM, 13.3771° N, 121.1646° E...

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