Short Muddied Poems

Blanket of security       Soiled by man       Muddied footprints...

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My partner muddied
    the ethereal with the
          immaterial...

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Soul a cryin shame
Deep blue sky can’t change a thang 
Oh the blues baby...

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rain drops dribble
rivers run through green grass;
muddied bullfrog blinks...

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this rain 
trickles
down
windshields 
like tears
down
cheeks

the grass
is muddied 
like souls
in pain...

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I've been under attack ever since I was finished
  Stepped on, scuffed up, and muddied
    Thrice I was flooded
      Twice I was bloodied

Graciously this pounding I take
  'Cuz without me your feet'd really ache...

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People with multiple personalities have been studied
Someone I know makes our relationship quite muddied
No matter which one
Both make me come undone
A cross I must bear leading to conflict quite bloodied...

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A summer night
A room, a bed
A life-time of emotions
Beneath the covers
And mosquito net
Eating grapes
Reddened by the sun
Love-sweet and round
Cool rain, washes clean
And muddied pools scattered
Mingled with bitter-sweet tears
Shed afterward....

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Wind swept fast,
the boat steadied on sails,
they bloated like hell,
and the boat ran ahead,
so far so good,
what would happen,
when winds dropped dead,
and the boat came to halt,
those not ready,
are running fast,
and simply muddied and greedy....

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she sits there 
with the same blank stare
as this moonless sky 

her thoughts stacked 
like these clouds
swirling above 

her tears streaming 
faster than this rain
shatter on the ground
atop puddles
as muddied
as her soul 



(Bus scribble)...

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Self interest abandons us all
Politicians on the make
shades of muddied truth
flicker like worm casts 
Information over lorded,
lingering secret conversations
in dusty corridors
The consequences need no mentioning
The reasons I can no longer comprehend...

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Snow
Falling
Like feathers
So soft and white
Lying on the ground
Covering old footprints
Muddied paths best forgotten
Replaced by the  beauty of now
A clean slate for you to walk upon
A new world that awaits your tomorrow     


Written:  Jan 22, 2011...

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When I peer through muddied eyes 
I see you
Quite endearing is that smile you bear
Waiting for my embrace and tender kiss
This place fills me with hope
I turn to glance at a passerby 
When tilting my head back to you
With a shine in these eyes
You.
Are.
Air....

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I see silhouettes in the naming light,
Looking over concourses of time,
Winged comrades muddied by the day.
Through whose hue have we seen the great truth?
Which banner are you holding now?
There are silhouettes in the naming light!
Such a sight, oh love,
Such a sight....

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The Boot

The boot careless
Tramples the rose  
Tearing petals muddied

No longer beautiful
Not to be chosen 
Waiting gardener sheers - trash

The ground below
A hint of blush
A scent of sweet
Delighted in the boot’s thoughtfulness

Published: Poppy Road...

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Prosopagnosia Self Diagnosis

Oliver Wolf Sacks
Was a neuroscientist always in search of facts.
Neurological problems and oddities he studied
Later realizing his face recognition was very much muddied.

This is in honor of Dr. Sacks who passed away on August 30th....

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We were that grass you spoke of sir
amidst a blur of wings igniting;
swaying tall from out our marsh
in briefest glimpse of sacred writing.
Now rippled waters long to cleanse 
our feet of muddied clay;
all wings are silenced of their song 
gone ghost within our sway....

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SPRING THAW

what a sorry sight
the poor drowned grass muddied o’er
dirty snow with tracks
but the skies are thankful for
a chance to the earth restore

and the animals
seem to walk with quicker step
breathing earth’s freshness
are aware but not pensive
accepting nature’s goodness...

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SPRING THAW

what a sorry sight
the poor drowned grass muddied o’er
dirty snow with tracks
but the skies are thankful for
a chance to the earth restore

and the animals
seem to walk with quicker step
breathing earth’s freshness
are aware but not pensive
accepting nature’s goodness...

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rains fall, rivers rise
spring’s arrival is delayed
she wears water wings

tulips peeking through
response to a pre-set time
too early for spring

daffodils on time
expected spring a no show
blooms droop in defeat

high waters recede
undefeated spring arrives
muddied but unbowed...

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To you my Lord,  
I contemplate;
I praise, 
My constant Lover. 
For lies `nd lines 
Are but 
grunts `nd  groans of a creatura. 
Only One 
Can a muddied mind beatify, 
No earthly kindred soul, 
Can life justify. 
And my mind, heart, n soul; 
The whole of me,   
Can only be and bloom 
in Thee....

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A shape less piece of drift wood
Floating on a calm lake
A lonely shoot of a lotus
Staring solemnly at the sky

A single muddied pebble
Lying still on the shore
A broken strand of spider silk
Hanging motionless on a branch

A world of perfect stillness
Hoping against all hope
For a slight wiff of wind
A tiniest notion of movement...

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pure as water flows
through my eyes light not passes
cloudy blurred opaque

smeared muddied grimy
this darken path so leads me
tween a rock and a hard 

space hazy extremes
through my eyes light not passes
cloudy blurred opaque

11/25/19
Opaque Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anthony Slausin...

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her hope
slipping like bare tires
on wet roadways

she can't navigate
through the curves
of this crazy life

she's spinning
out of control
an emotional wreck
unable to break free

she is somber
like these winter days
raining down on her

her tears
gather together
in a stream of pain
as muddied as the puddles
on these roads
she travels
alone...

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There is a thing inside
It claws and gasps for breath
Horrid thoughts reside
Of the sweet release of death
But it is death who in wrath
Leaves me feeling so
To find a now muddied path
Reducing me to woe
It tries to reach the light
But in its hellish battle
Against a growing blight
My heart is left to rattle
How am I to go on?
When I know you're gone?...

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