Short Nosedive Poems

There was a gymnast,from Biejing
   Who tried to perform the handspring
   But he took, a nosedive
   Knocking over a hive
   And ended up,with a bee sting.

   2/ 27/ 2015....

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Tourism, citizens, tourists
citizens, tourists, tandem
tourists, tandem, bandwagon
Tandem, bandwagon, sweat
Bandwagon, sweat, tears
sweat, tears, nosedive
tears, nosedive, health
nosedive, health, culture...

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Bad luck?  Bad news?
--Rage blindly
--Deny utterly
--Nosedive completely...

...Analyze deliberately
   Examine painstakingly
   Accept graciously...

...Re-invigorate, all the stronger for the experience!...

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The average price of a new car's up to $37, 185**
   Only a fool would expect it to take a nosedive
The Auto Industry's defense, more circumlocution
   Consumers' pockets picked; the time's ripe for revolution




**Source:  Kelley Blue Book, June 9, 2019...

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  Wheaties in beer to start the day
    Off to work I stumble and sway

  Cocktail at noon to set the stage
    For the nap I need ‘due to age’  

  Double martini at 5:05
    Reflexes take a nosedive

  Night cap at 11:10 p.m.
    Wake up tomorrow
         ~ do it all over again

...

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I have crashed! Oh, God, alas!
A nosedive straight into the dirt-
To the center of the Earth,
But the High was worth the hurt...
Though my Hopes were deeply dashed,
Though my Dreams unduly smashed,
My Life before my eyes has flashed-
No time to change, to quell- avert!
(And no more strength left to exert)...

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stunned 
amazed

heavy fog 
enveloped 

 when can
my jewel appreared
my  hope
await 
ornament coolish drops 

clear choice
ripple of soft cold 
persuade patience

my smile danced
saw
 jewel rays
silver hacked nosedive 
expanse of 
sky illuminating earth 

welcome 
jewel dawn 
tucked 
new hope

let me be 
your lover

 jewel of dawn 

~ sukmawati komala ~ 
2013 february 28...

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I give you reason to breathe
   not a pretext to seethe

I give you what to point toward
   not an excuse to be bored

I give your spirit room to come alive
   not an alibi for another nosedive 

Without me life's a steep uphill climb
   With me you're on top in no time

I am the straw that stirs the drink
   I am the pen that holds the ink

          ~ I am Hope...

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If always cloudless was the sky, would you appreciate it?
If never stopped the sun to shine, 
would you take it for granted?

Another day, a few more grey hair, a few more paper cuts.
A few more blisters, another bruise,
a heart ache that never stops!

A few more times, swallowed our pride, another ego’s nosedive.
There’s gonna be no better time,
The lesson is meant to be learnt!...

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October’s second half brings us new rains,
Copious and pouring with sodden days.
Torrential it turns and then it but wanes,
Our winter sets in with less of sun’s blaze.
But for cool nights, sans bark and bite it stays,
Efforts at birth control take a nosedive,
Respite from high heat is all we derive.




** Acrostic/ Rhyme Royal

Contest: "Fall is around the corner" sponsored by CAROL BROWN

By:  S.Jagathsimhan Nair,   01 sept  11...

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COLD FACTS

ugly truth…

snow-whites dwarves
worked in a betting
shop and wore
dresses for fun

the ugly sisters
were neither ugly
sisters or even
woman so not
remotely…
interested in
prince charming

bombs are not fitted
with clocks. They explode
spontaneously
like requisitioned cars
that nosedive into
a ravine and blow up

killing the handsome sheriff
and all his sidekick
cowboys that quell his
dreams



© Kim van Breda—15 January 2016...

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