Short Necked Poems

A gray sunless day.
Heavy rain flagellating 
my bare-necked crying soul....

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the inability to look up — the stiff-necked rally the godless

8/7/2019...

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Romantic soft curves
Mesmerizing cords
Necked fretted sound board

By Robb A. Kopp...

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Old Chinese paintings
on sanded paper veneers
depicting swift flight
of a thousand long necked cranes
still trapped, just piercing the sky....

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The iris burst forth 
Elegant lacey splendor
Crowns of every hue

Short is their spring reign
Long necked queens of the garden
Receiving homage...

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silence resonates
eerie gray glow of night sky
nightjar* prays for moon

*The fiery-necked nightjar has a distinctive call that many have rendered as 'good-lord-deliver-us'....

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Making lyrical dreams
that beat the sound of love
flowing with each whispered beat
the soul is in movement
the physical heart is in timing
moving the soul
and seducing
the necked Mind

aka:lyricvixen...

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Blush check
 you can see it on my face
 embarrassed, red-necked,
 displaced;

take it back and trim
 the love you erased,
 my open disgrace in,
 the kiss you placed.

No adjectives, Jack Webster's workshop,
just blushing fact.
6/22/21...

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Long necked
with legs like ruby stilts
the crane lifts it wings
to it's side
and dances with little strides
It bobs and hops:
a skipping rope with feathers
then lowers it's wings
to gauge the effect.
Almost like the wind is a critic
It finds a mate....

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Making secreted dreams
that beat the sound of excreted water
flowing with each enriched elimination
the kidneys are in movement
the physical process is in timing
moving the waste
and expelling
the urination from the necked Urethra

aka:lyricvixen ha-ha!...

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  a long-necked goose pursued
  a stuffed hen, waddling
     through the entrails of
       an all-you-can-eat
          charred chick
             lunch special 



   ~ Corner of Chick Ken and Charred 
         somewhere out there in the Twilight Zone ~
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Three pedal pushers, pushed past,
mom, daughter, grand
icons of fashions.
Forms formed by the dictates of passion.
Hair cropped, brows plucked,
rural New England’s answer to
Dolly Parton.
Scooped necked and corseted
varying little from teen-queen to matriarch;
only the wrinkles told the tale....

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On two feet adorned with five inches of pointed toes

Fatima oozes elegant seduction from crown to her base

Necked with gold jewels she strides along ankle braced

Proud back leaning forward her hips lead to reshaped bosom

When stylish stilletos falter she falls flat on her delicate face

05th June 2018...

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The colors 
of a sea, a distant sail 
on its edge.

A pearly flush.
The coast of an elegant 
cloud, the stretch

of a snowy
egret. The glide of a black- 
necked swan. Dusk.

The butter 
hues that baste the terrace,
in late afternoon:

the graceful 
sunlight that lifts the diamond
wings, of Spring....

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A long necked goose flies over Cyprus,
Then slowly disappears before us,
A sword now comes, straight and true,
It too vanishes into the blue
Mountains form and tumble down,
Faces appear to make us laugh or frown,
We lie here on this warm and balmy day,
Watching clouds form and drift away.

© Dave Timperley June 2014...

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Torrid sighs 
 scatter pearl-necked
doves as 
 romance blooms when
 peep day hearts ruffle
 purple 
 flowers 
 on forest 
 meadows 
 and wild life  
 mint cool streams  
 whose fragile amber rush
 plumes  
 a rainbow’s end bliss

Date posted ; Second of June 2020 ~ 2/6/20
Title : Delirium
Sponsor : Edward Ibeh...

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My husband and I live in a birdhouse the woman said.
I was amused when I met her scrawny necked husband.
He was built like an ostrich with a rear that stuck out.
And long skinny legs, that reminded me of most birds.
I wish he did not wear those striped socks, she said.
I thought their birdhouse was more than appropriate now....

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I'm a long-necked Brontoleesaurus
Sometimes called great Apatosaurus
I only eat twigs and leaves
Another large salad, please?
And a steak for my friend, Segisaurus


tall brontosaurus
a museum favorite 
children gather



*Lee is my middle name

By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders, March 17, 2012
For the Dinosaur Quest contest (PD)
Third place...

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If you knitted a scarf 
For a long necked giraffe
How long would the scarf need to be
If you wrapped it around
Would it reach to the ground 
Or only get down to his knee

Should the pattern be bold
Could it keep out the cold
Would it make him look chic and have style
If he wore it outside
He would wear it with pride
Along with his ear to ear smile...

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A giraffe once told me 
a funny story of his life; 
Shared to me - his longest neck
is less joy more of a strife. 
Despite his grand and unique posture 
standing slim and tall, 
He absolutely doesn’t feel 
superior above all,
As by the time the funny joke 
reaches his perky ears,
He’s missed again the outburst
of his jungle buddies’ cheers.

March 25, 2023...

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They look like little pumpkins,
Cute and orange, with a stem,
Or else like tiny long-necked squash;
The stores sell lots of them.

They serve as decorations
As they brighten homes for fall,
A counterpart to jack-o-lanterns,
Faceless, though, and small.

However, I do wonder
Why they’ve gotten so maligned
For when someone’s out of someone’s gourd,
It means he’s lost his mind!...

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The narrow old bridge
A short-cut to town
To and fro traffics
Have to take turns
No pushing and rushing
But patience and tolerance
On this bottle-necked old bridge
People stopped to greet
Even to strangers they meet
But a friendly smile is lost
Since the old bridge is rebuilt
For cars to speed
For traffic to be fluent
For oldies' hearts to be separated
To be dragged further apart...

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Man rejects God,
God loves man.
Man is not worthy of God,
God is generous to man.
Man is stiff necked to God,
God is patient with man.
Man does not trust God,
God supplies the needs of man.
Man forgets God,
God remembers man.
Man blames God,
God forgives man.
Man sins before God,
God died for the sins of man.
Man searches for God,
God waits for man.
Man needs God,
God is here for man....

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Query at Insect Inspection:

Insect
been checked?

Response to Query:

Insect 
been wrecked

Wanted Ad for Bug Arsonist:

Hire thug -
Fire bug

Doped Up Insects

Red bugs
fed drugs

Isn’t It Ironic?

Small bug
all smug

Double Trouble

Twin-decked
Insect

Check out the Snake Fly:

Thin-necked
Insect

Bugs Most Neglected:

Weed bugs
need hugs

Oct. 27, 2022
for  Brian Strand Premiere Choice Poetry Contest...

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cold and indifferent 
relentless autumn rain
garnet ruby topaz
brawny clingy leaves
dangling from lean branches
holding on for dear life
waving so gently one moment
then wild in a raging ballet
stiff-necked and trembling
amidst gale winds
determined to never give up
its feat of beauty over strength
mystifying cycle of nature



AP: 1st place 2020, 2nd place 2020

Submitted on November 9, 2017 for CONTEST NO.360 sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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