Short Nettles Poems

Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed....

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Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed....

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Just
out
of reach-
blackberries 
above the nettles...

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John nettles is good
 detective catches bad guy 
all in a day's work...

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Clouds cast quick shadows
Gazes fix and hands squeeze
Dead nettles adorn...

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re-post inspired by Constance contest

NATURE'S IRONY

Just
out
of reach-
blackberries 
above the nettles...

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in the sunshine
a blackberry blossoms
winter's summer pudding


blackberries 
above the nettles-
just out of reach...

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a bouquet of thistles

and a vased cut of nettles

thorned stems devoid of leaf

bountiful head and petals




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Long grass,tall nettles,no mower
 
Narrative form I've labelled 'novel' after Hemingway's 
story in 6 words-'For sale,baby shoes,never worn...

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i shout hello to
          squirrels playing in the sun 
          they all squawk at me 
          i fall on nettles and yowl
          my cat looks on with a smirk...

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You deserved fresh cut Rose's 
But instead all I ever gave you was Nettles
That is why I am eternally grateful 
You never settled for me 
And I had the decency
To let you be...

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MORNING CLEANSING

Nightmares portend calamitous outcome
Masks of doom pretend to breathe
Nettles hang on morning shower rods
Nightmares dissipate behind steamed doors

11/3/2017...

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lusty sensations

     pleasurable tingling touch

           of stinging nettles


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     Contest: Traditional Haiku
    Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
            29th June, 2015...

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VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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VIDUAGE
Tall
nettles-
the dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed.

NOTE:the single lanterne(also a shape form) is in reality a half American cinquain (the epigram form created by Adelaide Crapsey,thus labelled 'American' )...

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In my youth,
The prelude to my life,
The nettles of desire
Often stung my fancy.
Now,
Groaning from a heart
Darkened with age
And regret,
I often fancy I can hear
The voices
Of those old lost loves
Drifting back to me
In echoes....

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An
empty
widow's bench-
sorrow fills its
place

Tall
nettles-
the Dutch hoe
rusting in the
shed

There
he sits
sorrowing-
weeping over
life

His
window 
on the world-
her epitaph
read

a lanterne is a half 
American cinquain...

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He told me his love for another grows.
His words stung like a thousand nettles
Another woman to love, he chose.

A rain of salty teardrops fell upon a rose
and withered its delicate coral petals.
My wounded heart ached in painful throes....

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needles and nettles
thistles and thrushes
thrashers and hashish
each has a has as each
a brother and sister
a mister and missus
a this and a that is
their there and
they're there
and no 
where
to be
found
finding
all is lost
what cost
freedom we
shall overcome...

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it was the roses 

that kept him going

crimson petals

and cinnamon scent


the wreath 

full of thorns

with ink blood

tattooed to his crown


a garland of nettles

propelled his feet

as he took the lonely walk

away from the crossroad 


17th August 2021...

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I’ve always been able to understand. 

Even though my thoughts were gritty like sand. 

And the sand would storm but never settle. 

And my emotions would sting like nettles. 

My voice was a soft puff that would eventually turn into nothingness.

“I think I went wrong,” my mom would confess....

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The moveable feast
Free food for the  forager
Weeds for the foolish

Nettles that sting you
are nettles that can  feed you
Praise the forest fare

Flowers to fauna
mother nature’s larders full
of flavoursome treats

Free to the finder
fare fit for a king or queen
three cheers for free food....

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Fairies that frolic among the flowers,
Spread happiness here among the bowers
Leaping through the petals,
Avoiding the nettles
I hear they live in grand golden towers. 

SECOND PLACE WINNER
Written November 23, 2022
Submitted to "Children's Limericks" Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Eve Roper...

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Hiberty jiberty liberty lox.
Quivery livery shivery shin.
Naughty Pandora opened the box
And couldn't get all of the troubles back in.
                                                  
Oh, briars of evil and nettles of sin.
Gaggles of sorrow, and worries in flocks.
Quivery livery shivery shin,
Hiberty jiberty liberty lox....

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School boys and girls
marching to their own 
drum, knowing that fear
smell like piss wetting 
your neat Ann Landers
undies, tastes like a 
mouthful of nettles 
and feels like the finger
of a disposable glove
shoved up your rectum.

It comes from guns
and those behind the trigger
but only without guns
can things get better....

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