Short Melee Poems

shadows drifting through melee - mind seeking solace...

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Wind rushes downhill
Tearing into the orchard
Apples ev'rywhere!...

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as soldiers  melee
     due to  crying mother rain
    drops united, fell...

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boys, girls  only play
      adults grow and dispute fight
        is melee worth it ?...

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I first got all dusty in the melee
I broke up in life, then
I made myself Phoenix! 
in finale... !...

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fresh air sugar free 
falling raindrops hit the sea
salt water esprit 
bubbles burst fish disagree
surface tension stirs melee 


 By
David Kavanagh...

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Christians killing Christians,
politics trumping God

The Axis dared, the Allies fared
—shared lineage facade

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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A tussle
A fray
A skirmish
A soiree

A fracas
A fight
A scuffle
A blight

A scrap
A brawl
A melee
A free for all

A quarrel
A clash
A donnybrook
A birthday bash...

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How do I pick up after this long break
The melee of mute thought and emotion
Rims of paper, vials of ink would take
To fill hiatus of this proportion
Nights of lightning, storm and shattering quake
Giving the fallen foliage a shake

Written on:02/01/2017
Syllables:60...

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Into my mind the letters chase
All jumbled up, scrabbling for space
Like naughty children in a race
To see who gets the better place
And who’s to choose from that melee
And set them where they ought to be
We hope the Muse will soon INSPIRE
With words to set the brain afire...

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Write it to your bone marrow
your toothbrush
your first love and your
most exacerbating
moment when you
realized
but not really
that that blush meant
you weren't separate
but together
in the melee
of piss and velvet
charm and goo
peanut butter and M-16s
me and you
baby
we're in this together...

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Life is lived in one breath,
especially when it is demanding,
through the rush and melee',
we miss the things that are
so beautiful and carefree,
One day rolls into the next,
The years go by so fast,
which leaves us wondering
if we lived life fully, or knew
how it felt to really have
a "blast"....

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I am born today
On the fringe of infamy
In the wake of tragedy
And I shall have my say
About your world.

I am born of peace
The melee is shattered
The womb is battered
And I take my lease 
On your world.

You hand me your shamble
You bid me God speed
You've planted the seed
And I'll take the gamble
In your world....

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Immediately when the sun shines,
A strange wrath arose from the shrine,
In the gloomy abyss we lay,
Breathing in melee day by day,
The lightening of the thunder,
The cloud close its eyes,
Plant,animals and human dies.
An awful tomb,we lies,
The ancestors now singing to our ears,
After the suffering of the decade years.
Homeless ......... Dream....

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Our battle commences
At half past one.
It was the earliest time,
We could both get it on.

The crowds have all gathered,
For our melee.
If we had been famous,
It could have been on telly.

How long it will last,
No one can say.
One thing for certain,
It's starting today.

So there it is,
In a nut shell.
I said, I do,
She said, YOU WILL!...

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I
held the
hand of a 
stranger lying 
face down with flying
bullets spraying the room, 
killing, striking so many
innocents frozen in terror.
As I fled I realized she was 
dead from terrorist's merciless melee.

© Connie Marcum Wong

Note: I wrote this about a recent story on the news that 
touched me deeply. I am praying for all those who are suffering....

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Whispers of dissent,
Apathy is present,
Nothing seems interesting,
Nothing appears promising.

An ambience of gloom,
Melee pervades the room,
Closed doors to the mind,
Twilight at the window.

Seeds of discord,
Frustration to record,
Rebellion in the air,
Light is cloaked.

History’s gavel,
People marvel,
The tables finally turn,
Justice for the oppressed.


January 30, 2023.

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always traveling toward the sunset
trip is either short or long
perhaps accompanied by song
and within a safety net
living life without regret
subtly guarded from all wrong
always traveling

in a melee of lane changing
with the end nowhere in sight
and an unknown hand arranging
dark clouds to obscure the light
always traveling

By: Joyce Johnson for 
Nette’s contest “Rondine the Traffic of Life”
7/19/12...

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The livery on fire
  its horses set free

Misery beckons
  the future to bleed

The gates are broke open
  all streets painted red

Death has awakened
  life dragged from its bed

One bugle is left
  blowing perdition’s melee

All swords are unsheathed,
  terror sharpens dismay

Tomorrow unpromised
  today but a curse

The monster has cometh
  —a hell upon earth

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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The livery on fire,
  its horses set free

Misery beckons,
  the future to bleed

The gates are broke open,
  all streets painted red

Death has awakened,
  life dragged from its bed

One bugle is left,
  blowing perdition’s melee

All swords are unsheathed,
  terror sharpens dismay

Tomorrow unpromised,
  today but a curse

The monster has cometh
   —a hell upon earth

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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The night creeps round the corner
The day gets pushed to the side

The cold winds will soon become warmer
Tears will fall less from our eyes

The years pass as life gets older
Sometimes life is just a melee of tears and cries 

Experience brings a lot to the corner
Experience and age make good allies

The years seem to go over the shoulders
We march on together with ageless love in our eyes

The circle of life is a wonder
But the wonder of my life lives in your eyes...

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There is hearsay of a brighter day
And if it does come my way
I hope it will stay

While the time whittles away
There is no game to play
Struggling with life's daily melee

All I can do is pray
I wont be lead astray
By the things that outweigh
Like the debt of sin I must repay
Only I can defray

With little time there can be no delay
Gods word I must obey
And his love I will never betray
For then he will take away all this dismay

4/19/2017...

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‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with Fins are fickle,
And they irritate ones nose.’
‘We Groupers are gregarious
Of that there is no doubt,
but shoals of fans just aggregate
can you Airbrush them out?’
‘Ones stuck you see in this melee,’
Said Super Dorcas Rose.
‘So you just film and I’ll just swim,
We’ll play it as it flows....

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‘I’m ready for my close up’
Said Grouper Dorcas Rose
‘Just let me sign these autographs
And then I’ll strike a pose’
‘I’d hate to disappoint my fans,’
Said Trouper Dorcas Rose.
‘For Fans with Fins are fickle,
And they irritate ones nose.’
‘We Groupers are gregarious
Of that there is no doubt,
but shoals of fans just aggregate
can you Airbrush them out?’
‘Ones stuck you see in this melee,’
Said Super Dorcas Rose.
‘So you just film and I’ll just swim,
We’ll play it as it flows....

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