Short Oaths Poems

Shunned into the she shed to smoke.
Where she speaks of the old oaths she broke....

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Duty incarnate, with muddy paws.
Oaths sworn in slobber, not language.
Guardian of joy, even when joy forgets itself....

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More durable, one's word
  than a powerful locomotive --

Fashions bonds of steel,
  oaths and vows, steadfast, votive...

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Trudging through  
a tangled path of ruin,  
dragging the weight of 
harrowing hopes and 
oscillating oaths, 
I shout into the empty sky—  

give me Love,  
or give me Death!...

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The beat that composes
Summer’s zealous speech
Employed my bones with jubilees
A quaint taste laced
with pornographic oaths
Of which I abstain from forsaking
As in her caress I descend...

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Been in love so many times I've lost count
Some minor, some intense which were all failure bound 
I've known both
Broke many oaths
Broke many vows, a theme too renowned...

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Overwhelming desires
Occasional oaths, vows
Offerings, gentle grace
Openly giving, truths
Obedient to God, 
Observing His laws, words
Omnipresent light, love
...

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oaths
   of friendship
given away
       in regret,
head
      ruled by heart-
the arbitary
overwhelmed
by
the
     absolute
trust
truth
parting...
            without
             recovery...

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Love litters sea shore
As dimmed eyes drip promises
In endearment's pour


Dreams bind together
In words stronger than oaths
One blood forever

[Double haiku]


For Poet Destroyer's contest:” Going Haiku Crazy"...

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Orange poppies do grow
Over the river’s edge
Oasis of bright hues
Oaks, willows and pine trees
Oaths – ohs heard through prose
Oakmoss covering grounds
Ode to beauty’s prayer 








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Love is but a game of false dice, sweet lies and oaths 
to tame pretty rebels for astute, overmastering gentlemen
- harsh, dishonest and less in love, who loan affection with interest 
and measure passion like coin recompense....

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Listen to poem:

View has cast a
smile---pleasant, 
Those eyes must be,
heaven-sent,

Soothing sense sweet
eyes---imparts,
Silent glance, oaths
fall from-hearts.

Date: 08/30/2019
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Please care.
Love's slants and spins have me dizzy.
Thy laughter's the star I navigate to
Thy voice a song I listen for
Thy touch I long for

Please care.
I make heated love's impious oaths.
Thy sigh is my pleasure as well
Thy smile is worth gold
Thy look my is my sun...

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C-ouple in lifetime love
E-mploys trust in all things; 
S-weet symbol of their union
A-pplies the wedding
R-ings.

&

N-uptial vows and oaths are all
O-rganized by God above; 
R-emain together forever
A-s couple in lifetime love.

Topic: Anniversary of Cesar & Nora Cunanan (June 11)...

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Heavy pouring rains of loathing self pity
Drowning in curses and obscene profanity

Surreal storms of cracking thunder 
Concealing false oaths and blasphemy 

Searching the skies for sympathy 
In unfolding horizons

Sunlight breaks through burning dull eyes
As it attempts to heal this downward spiral...

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A poem's not finished
    'til you've reviewed it a hundred times
  Then as you read it the hundredth and first
     you're surprised to find it's gotten worse

  As we grow, so do our poems
    Yet sometimes we look for growth
  and all we can do is swear an oath
    'Growth and Oaths' ~ poems need both...

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A distinguished symbol of the age
Happened before my eyes
The lustrous blend of colours
Births a new definition
Brandishing oaths in less words
Than expected to be composed
The unprecedented passion
Causes me to scream internally
Her eyes emulate a saga yet to be told
Although each chapter presents a new beginning...

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January 1st,
a crescent moon

The past crossed over,
the future looms

A New Year dawns,
as daylight breaks

With wishes fresh,
new oaths to take

Feeling lighter,
old burdens gone

New lyrics written,
a familiar song

The year to bring,
what fates allow

As wonder ages
 —in this moment now

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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Today;
As we take the oaths
We pledge to be loyal
To God and the nation
We wriggle our waists
Giggle like birds in happiness
In the cool forests of hope
But for a day it is love
For a moment it is all smiles
Yet when the devil comes
In the morrow
Smiles become lies
Oaths becomes thorns
To be hidden
In the abyss of history
Full of fossils
And riddles...

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January 1st,
  a crescent moon

The past crossed over,
  the future looms

A New Year dawns,
  as daylight breaks

With wishes fresh,
  new oaths to take

Feeling lighter,
  old burdens gone

New lyrics written,
  a familiar song

The year to bring,
  what fates allow

As wonder ages,
—in this moment now

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2017)...

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This dear man has made a promise
To love me and me alone.
Let me not ever forget that 
Nor the promise of my own.

He has expected me to give him
All the love he'll ever need
May we never fail the other
And our oaths be true indeed.

Let me not take love for granted.
Help me watch the words I say.
Let him know he is as cherished
As he was our wedding day....

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Songs which
repeat themselves 
     in the mind 
  are things which 
repeat themselves deep in the heart
 Adon Olam will be heard again 
   by me and by others 
       the years have come and gone 
   but our hopes 
live on 
 Love & poetry 
are tragedy 
   There is a nice Spanish woman 
  in my building 
who brings me Jewish newspapers 
   Glad to know her......

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Bones of rotting timbre mimic 
morgues of truth
Pleading memories of oaths to rigor 
mortised youth
Snide sacrosanct hides under 
shrouds of pride
placing careful snares under 
gleaming stares
These selective few
they ingratiate you...
Even the doubtful  few
These ephemeral ghosts clapping at 
unspoken jokes
Wheezing from their throats to 
laugh as they choke....

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lies and 		obfuscation
revenge politics 
           game of the day

extremists
       s  p  l  i  t 
hold hostage the government

power   money   
	self-aggrandizement
                                    rule

oaths of honor, loyalty
       strewn by the wayside

Congress in disarray
	called to a halt
					impasse

God help
	the American public


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     DIVORCE


    Developing deep differences disturbing mutual dependence.
    Impatience , intolerance , irritation.
    Violation of valuable vows.
    Oaths taken overall obsolete : Offensive action on obstinacy.
    Romance rotten : Ready to rescind relationship wishing relief.
    Continuous complaint not to compromise in conjugal life.
    Ending in divorce....

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