Short Offset Poems

And me with
Offset glasses
Saves the
Masses...

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Stormy cloudy day
Offset by intense sunbeam
No corpse in the tomb...

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nothing 
the positives
offset 
the negatives 
leaving us
with
nothing
...

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In debt 
You bet!

Bills Met
Not  yet

Upset 
I fret

Offset
Regret

Posted ; April 25th 2022...

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Play bet
No pet
Pile debt
Get wet
Regret.
Wait yet
For best
Till let
Fly jet
Offset.



Date: 8.6.2014...

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It's unusual for me, my tummy's upset
Seems I must have been a very bad cadet
Now paying the price
Or maybe 'twas the rice
Kinda rare will take Pepto Bismol to offset...

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this swirl of emotional paint
has left my walls offset
the colors change at moments faint
so nothing matches yet
i see if i'm to finish this
my supplier must be
a type of artist with a twist
of uniformity...

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Busking for breakfast in Kabul
a puffed up dream idealology
haze delineating freedom
as mournful tunes offset tranquility

Crowds gather to gawk
sentimental shards of shrapnel
life left unguarded
wasted away 
another fateful scene screams...

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We’re all hurled
Into the midst,
A perfect world
Does not exist.

Taught to hate,
Doomed to die.
Our death rate
Has soared sky-high.  

We can escape,
Begin the climb.
Build to reshape
Free from crime.

Help to offset
Push and shove.
Do not forget
How to love....

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crows conjuring curious witches
cauldrons containing concoctions I concur with
elegance in ebony, elusive and alluring
sensuous in satin, sassy and scintillating
chosen for every painting I do
to offset the hot pinks and neons
to outline and exude and uplift
refined, respectable and reassuring...

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Floating above our fantastic blue marble
an ebony sky speckled with stars
bedazzles the eyes at night.
But when Sol rises
the sky bleeds
blue,
offset by
alabaster clouds,
misty puffs, fluffy and bright
absorbing rays of brilliant sunlight;
floating above our fantastic blue marble....

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When first we met,
I marveled at your flawless flesh;
nary a wrinkle or blemish did offset.

Until cancer took your breast,
leaving a scar, obvious as a mountain range
upon your once flawless flesh.

The scar a reminder of what had been
and a symbol, not of an end, 
but a new beginning to life again....

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Keep telling myself that I’m the best
Give me a moment I need some rest
Give me a moment to clear my brain
For there is no pain, when there is gain

I know it will get better soon
Just an ordinary afternoon
The world won't be offset
A day I won't soon forget

This will certainly be the worst
The nice guy will surely finish first...

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Behind the most dazzling eyes you ever did see
Lives a tiger who will not be tamed
With great zeal she is willing to take on any task
Once she does so her focus is aimed
She's got strength that's internal, she's beautiful too
But don't let that your guard be offset
I'd be honored if maybe one day I could be with
The most incredible woman I've ever met...

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A vast ocean
our churning seas
sit within Earth's bowl
containing historical treasures
within murky depths
Secrets settled
still to be unveiled
Precious cargo's price untold
not known if would offset
the cost of any rescue or revelation
Untold scenes priceless
hold enormous quantities of life
scarred by the touch 
and interference of our modern world...

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Suddenly I barely even know you
Feel like something
                something has got to hold on me
                Stop me from talking
I talk and shut
                and speaking with you is
                The hardest part.
I am offset.
I explain. I always argue and yet I stop
Cause my head drives me to
where I suddenly thought,
I hate you....

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Apples and Milky Way candy bars
My idea of eating healthy
Two bites of apple
A giant bite of Milky Way
Bite Bite BITE
Bite Bite BITE

The apples begin to taste sour
But I force myself to eat them
Thinking they will offset
the calories of the Milky Ways

Just four little ones
Yes I am eating four
Teeny tiny ones
Not four of the big ones
My idea of a diet...

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Some people are just like flowers
They bring color to a dismal world
They offset life's many greys
Their presence radiates the sun

Their friendship is like a blooming flower
That opens as time goes on
Each is unique and different
One would be blessed to have even one.


(May 10th, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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Fizzled out I am; a failure!
Rejected and rebuffed by you.
Unwanted and unloved I feel.
Stressed out I am; so disappointed.
Teased and teased by you again.
Reality is a reversal of roles;
As I saw them. Angry? No not I.
Thwarted; trampled and tossed aside.
Injury of pride is what I'm suffering.
Outwitted, outguessed, and then offset.
Neutralized I was. No wonder I'm frustrated!...

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when your eyes caught mine
I knew I was lost and found
tacit LOVE remain

the same umbrella
provided the shade and FUN
chilled drinks didn’t help
to offset the heat produced
our lips connected, pure bliss 

the beach has gone quiet now
just us and our POETRY 
we are still making magic
this time with our lips

by: Wilma N. Neels

050620111710


Contest : Fun & Frolic (3 forms)
3rd Place...

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Listen to poem:

Technological Transition to a Modern World
David J Walker

The Earth comprised of earthy scent
Labored sweat 
		Grim regret 
80 years have sown

The Earth revised by measure lent 
The hunters net
		A daily threat 
90 years have flown

The Earthy prize a treasure spent 
A gamblers fret 
		An unpaid bet
100 years on loan

The Earth receives unearthly bent 
The loss offset 
		A crude asset 
1000 years have flown...

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Calendars and note cards,
Labels by the score,
Memo pads and bookmarks,
Wrapping paper, sometimes more.

Every single charity
Reaches out to see
If any of their offers
Unlocks generosity.

For some I get the checkbook
(Yes, old-fashioned, but it works)
And send in a donation
To offset those little perks.

But after I am dead and gone,
My family, bereft,
Will be shocked at just how many
Address labels I have left.
...

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Knuckles deep in a cat.
The spongy flesh pulses around my fingers
Each time I move inside.

Her stomach undulates
As if it was alive.
Wait-- it is.
I am trembling.

Her pained meows
Offset by the mewlings
Heard from within her.

The first head pokes out,
Slick and red
Staining the scratchy towel underneath.
Then more, four in all,
Pawing clueless about on the reddened fabric.
Their eyes still shut, yet they see the world....

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Everyone's waiting

baited breath

fluttering hearts

And shoulders tilted like balances offset




But who sees it coming

Anywhere. No one 

All hear whispers and sees not the mouth

With hands aside and lips held tight

We wait for something uniquely ours




Til the clock stops ticking and

the cuckoo flies its nest

And like strangers we stare

Bewildered and unsure; uncertain

Of all surrounding

Eyes stagnantly defiant

Unmoved, we wait....

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Entry level
Just a beginner
Made a mistake 
Was deemed a sinner 

Blue cloud in a red sky
Offset from the rest
Light heart and a clear head
Weight off the chest 

Thought she owned it all
When she blossomed into a flower
No responsibility
But wanted all the power

Wisdom with age
Overseeing the past 
Should have enjoyed more
Life moved too fast 

Storybook ending
Isn't realistic 
Anythings possible 
It pays to be optimistic...

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