Short Neared Poems

Ailed heart 
so freshly healed
must not be neared the fire
it's tough to resist this tempting
love flame...

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A skunk wanted to be a cat
Rode a rocket to do just that
As the rocket neared the ground
His coat changed, this he found
He was still a skunk, that’s a fact

Russell Sivey...

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2022 was the year the flights disappeared
  Cancellations mounting as Xmas neared
    Hope gave way to despair
    For denizens of the air
  The year's imprimatur ~ a cross to bear...

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Times We Have Feared

There are those times that we have feared,
Like growing old and a twilight that neared;
My dismal day;
Forgot to pray,
And in wrong direction have been steered.

Jim Horn...

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An Entire Desire To Inspire

Each delicate day, what I always do desire,
Is to in each and every second in its entire,
As God neared,
Poem appeared,
And wrote it for you,  that God did inspire.

Jim Horn...

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A light shone in the distance,
As it neared my place in the void
I felt its warmth 
I saw its smile 
I heard its laugh
The light came closer,
It got too hot
Its smile was too wide
Its laugh had other plans....

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I could not stop
As the ships neared the shoreline

I could not stop
As the sun lay down its light

I could not stop 
As the night shone its stars

And as the day left its hours
I could not stop,
To live...

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After being charged,denied everyone feasted,Governor had imprisoned Jesus,King, Laughing
men neared, openly Pilate queried reason,shrouded thorns unveiled vengeance waned,
xenophobes yoking zealots.



phhhhhew........

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Some Worm Who Would Wiggle 

Remember when there was a worm,
Who would wiggle when it did squirm;
On path appeared,
As twilight neared;
Afraid and onto branch he held firm.

Jim Horn


For Poetry Revisited's picture of a path....

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Feared Death Neared

Thing that I always most feared
Was when my death had neared,
And life would come to an end;
Completed all that I did intend,
Into vacant space disappeared.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet...

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I pretend to know of love
when in truth I do not know,
however many times I've
neared the touch of love
so many times one sided
either from me or from her.
And so with these debacles faced
I have begun to stop believing in..
no, I cannot dare say that....

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The word I couldn't say to you,
the word I've always feared,
but the larger my feelings grew,
the closer this time neared.
I think of it as the end,
when the sun will meet the sky,
it breaks my heart to do this,
but I have to say...
goodbye....

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My love to be once said to me

And she but a maiden from Kent

Nor will I wed or will I bed

So I packed my bags and I went

As twilight neared I ever feared

That my seed would never be sown

Long in my bed and still unwed

So now I'm a man on my own...

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To some people,
I am a dream.
To others,
A nightmare.
Yet, what is the difference?
A dream cannot be held,
But disappears as it is neared.
A nightmare comes to you,
And will not let you go.
It is strange, however,
That I usually am not the one,
To choose my form....

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Holy Waters bit the back of his skin 
Naïvely attempting to wash away internal sin
The preacher’s words perpetually stab his inside 
Years passed since he’s neared an alter yet the words reside
There’s a skeleton in his closet 
Bury it, just bury it
Life goes on and so should you...

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We've come across scammers,
white elephants,
damsels in distress,
fake online banks,
false prophets....
At one time in our lives we've thought
that we have neared or reached our
breakthrough,
only for reality to sink in painfully,
reminding us of fool's gold....


Date of Entry: 13/11/2016...

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King of Labangru sent me a gift 
                                   My ubiquitous wife was so swift
                                      She neared me and said “Ho”
                                      God bless me!! I quipped “No”
                              Oh !She got miffed and went to shoplift...

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That curve is wrong
the gradient to severe
that shadow bends the light
her every blink and breath
dragging me closer to my death
this paper pools my pencil
in unrequited lakes
fading lines that once were right
a smudge that breaks
my fingered tremor
touches that are never finished
Perfection never neared...

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THE WATCHES
   (For Uncle Bo…)

They both sighed contradictory sighs,
As each neared his watch to his eyes.
Both watches were made of gold;
One was new the other was old.

On the new was inscribed:
To Joe 
On his 30th birthday.

    On the old was scribbled:
    To Bo,
    30 yrs faithful service, everyday...

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An insect was crawling my way
As I sat on a park bench today.
Getting closer to me
I saw it was a bee
And I hoped I’d not end up as prey.

Though it passed me, it stayed within sight
And I wondered if passersby might
Squash it flat as they neared
But none did; it appeared
Fearing luck would run out it took flight....

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I disdainfully anticipated its arrival
Believing it would compromise survival
Surprised how quickly it neared
Accompanied by changes, I feared

Just as quickly, it passed
At it’s insignificance I laughed
Now that its forever gone
Turning forty again, I long.


Written and posted 1/24/2016 for the Forty contest....

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A spindly girl one far-off year
With both knees scabbed and flouncing skirt,
She kicked the ball and ran to first
And I felt glad to watch her sprint
Or catch her smile, just hear her laugh,
And when she neared, my heart, it raced,
My throat went tight and head grew light,
My first true clue that life’s pursuit
Is winning love and female grace....

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A lively young lady went down 
To the sea to bathe all unbound,
She took off her suit,
She knew she looked cute,
Soon folks of all ages stood round.

Soaking wet, she went for her towel,
As she neared her smile turned to scowl,
Her towel was not there 
To tie up her hair,
She turned to the crowd and called foul. 








July 31, 2019...

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Solace for long sought;
Pivot to unburden this burden
A rhythm to hearten this disheartened heart
Smile to light this dreary face
Many ‘havens’ turned not;
Without peace eagerly needed
To unwrap this trapped self
From matters of earth that broke life
And she heard of Heaven and neared; 
A haven true to its name







©GraceM Composition...

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How can I jilt you my True Love?
I shall be hurting Lord God’s Dove
Why would I teach you what is wrong
When it won’t help us to live long?
What is The Essence of crying Foul,
When we can absolve wrongs like Scowl?

Which love had lasted and no hurt;
Which hands neared a stuff and no dirt?
Whose loving skills do we trumpet?
All of us smell in The Armpit!...

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