Short Metronomic Poems

Upon the wall
It hangs
counting
metronomic moments
lost
to time


John G. Lawless
©9/24/2022...

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above the metronomic constant dripping of a tap

and the deep and heavy ticking of an old grandfather clock

sounds seeped through a window where the night air found a gap:

a cough!

 - then silence. 

..then a key inside a lock....

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Enter the emerald tunnel at dawn
Before a sultry blanket of tell-uric air descends,
Follow the metronomic drip
On which the symphonic faunal orchestra depends

World Heritage renowned
Immersing in uniquely tantalizing scenery
Diminishing beyond repair
Emerge then from entangled greenery

Beside a crystal cascade
Rest a while, meditate
Plunge into the icy pool
Let nature's beauty rejuvenate....

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There Is A Darkness

there is a darkness
stalks us all

denials damsel
in distress
				
seeking refuge
 in feigned faith

blanketed
in folds
of fate.

There is a darkness
seeking light
within the crease
of creeping night

devoid
of metronomic pace
subsisting on
discarded grace.

There is a darkness
humankind
looming over
peace

nothing
	  learned

nothing
	    to teach


John G. Lawless
©2/4/2018...

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When listening to her heart beat
I can hear the metronomic  murmurs of string
and wind instruments blending
into a susurrous symphony
(expunging note upon note through my soul)
that goes from quiver to calm while pressed
against rhythms of her undulating breasts 

the chorus harmonizes in whispered
reverberations “I love you” wrapping
each softly plucked chord around
my name that is parenthesized
in soothingly shaded tones of  “mine”...

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