Short Meltdown Poems

heat index alert~ a blackbird is melting into melody...

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majestic glaciers
the hottest day on record—
Antarctic meltdown...

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Like burning candles
Wane down the waxing beneath
Beauties melting hearts....

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the path of despair
a solar system meltdown...
lonely leaf of hope.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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The flame in contest
combats the chill of the eve
nature in meltdown.

© Harry J Horsman  2010...

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1.29 plus tax
light it up
hour glass countdown
quadruple meltdown
she keeps her lamp burning
but it's illegal 
3000 years...

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Depression rears its ugly head;
New grief for those in need.
Throw money at it 'til it's dead,
Yet place no check on corporate greed....

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Meltdown
Put chocolate in your pocket on a warm summer day,
Then gracefully try to unwrap it and you’ll find there is no way!...

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when reaching meltdown
and all the pieces are spent
take my hand and love...
for i'll be there forever
i'm your empathy and soul.

Harry J Horsman 2013...

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We might as well stamp license plates
Government work makes us inmates
When assigned tasks inane
In asylums insane
We'll search for retirement dates...

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Joe Riggs was a professional clown
who was forbidden to show a frown.
His smile was painted on
fans saw 'twas a con
when his makeup performed a meltdown....

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reflection
rainbow
bridge

leaf mutates
autumn
frowns

between thorns
roses
blush

diamond dew
spiders
weave

sun's
meltdown
winter's end

© Harry J Horsman 2018...

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Evil Queen
Her face, a jealous green
The mirror on the wall
Black heart could not forestall

Snow White
Her beauty did ignite
Ruby lips and raven hair
Seven dwarves were quite aware...

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Invercargill New Zealand 1905

still life now ageing
suspended on a brick wall
no names of value...
polished up the frame glitters
soon in meltdown for its gold.

 © Harry J Horsman 2019...

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an old lady from Gland with idle hands
tied her old computer with rubber bands
when it finally broke-down
she went into a meltdown
bought a new one, but couldn't catch the commands

6/4/2018...

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the sun melts slowly
a silence falls on the land
an eagle circles
my heart pauses in wonder
seems all so larger than life



AP: 1st place 2023, Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on April 23, 2018...

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Summer's passed on to meltdown
Nature sways in winds of change
A flowing cascade hastens
Woodland stage waits another dawn breaks.

© Harry J Horsman 2022

Emulating Robert Lindley's new form, 'Lind30'...

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SEASON’S END

In contest
Summer ways
In meltdown

From the north
One more blast
Polar chill

Leaves wither
Start to fall
Trees exposed

Entered Tricube Poetry contest
Sponsor Sara Kendrick
26/1/2023...

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MELTDOWN

you triggered a 
meltdown
in a public place
what a disgrace
I came undone
while you had fun
so I went away
to that space
that I hate
where nothing
matters and
everyone speaks
“numb”













© Kim van Breda—3 October 2015...

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On a blooming boulevard of beautiful palm trees,
Fragrances and fronds fluttered in fresh breeze,
Sunset parakeets perched in a purple twilit town,
Hushed moonlight mellowed after the meltdown.


For: YOUR BEST FOUR-LINE LIGHT VERSE Poetry Contest
Sponsor: L MILTON HANKINS...

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Tangible Shit
Monetary Mush
Naturally Grown
Monetary Mush

And Now You Say
Money Matters?
Or You Fear
To Whom It Flatters?

Material Meltdown
What Is This Life?
To Be Identified 
By Symbolical Strife

You Think We Need
Financial Lust?
All That Matters
Is Coconut Kush...

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The particles move
SO FAST
how can I reason or explain the process,
I cannot fathom this physics,
though I generate the power.
Natural. Dark.
Something splits, fission.
My nuclear dreams, waste thoughts.
I am what I am.
A confusion of matter,
a crippled, holistic
atomic plan...

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Too much stress
Endless dead-end jobs
Screaming ankle -biters
That want more then I can give
A tormented husband who needs to relax
How much more Lord?
I think I'm having a
M
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                         N...

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Read it,
or do not read
the road map.
Something has eaten into your wings.
You will not be able to fly
in the silent valley.

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The clay gardens.
You always loved, the eccentricity.
A meltdown
refrains the sequenced
shyness. There will be
no moon tonight.


Satish Verma...

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The room was on fire      Like the howling wind      She engulfed me     Blazing green eyes  Burnt through my soul     Melting in her arms     Lost all my reason      To be       One hour One night      One minute      She was gone      Once again     Breaking through the ice     Looking for my reason      To be...

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