Short Optional Poems

cradled memories...
compress my heart, with rebuff 
recall optional...

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Such a quiet place
warm sands and tropical plants
clothing optional....

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a beauty mirrored
the reflection of a rose
perfume optional

©Donna Jones...

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Donald Trump 
Loves the Bible optional
  Thrice to date hath he
  Celebrated nuptials...

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Per Se
a devastating auto-da-fe
with standards slipping
and then the confusion of optional tipping....

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Send your kid aged 4 to 11 for air travel alone under the Air France unaccompanied minor policy, and for 12-17 its optional....

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Mathematics is tough
Multiplication hard
Mental sums mind boggling
Maths theorems are worse
Mind confused in exam
Maths should be optional
Majority agree...

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A man in a black patch is yar
And parrots make good mates by gar
With an optional hook
And a dastardly look
Any pirate is bound to go far

April 14, 2019...

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Odes are lyric poems
Often in ballad form
Original stanzas
Opinions of poet
Overflowing in length
Optional to be sung
Or read aloud in chant




10/23/2020 
Pleiades 3 Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May...

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Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional
Choice is ours, but there are quite a few obstacles
A grade two education
Is handy negotiating
A million dollar contract, need more in your arsenal...

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Hot Apple Pie with Caramel Sauce Drizzle

Holiday comfort at its best, better than a mistletoe kiss
(French vanilla ice cream optional).




written 11/16/15 for Andrea's Food 2 Holiday Connections Contest...

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a scattering of rice
    a few awkward toasts

  waves goodbye
    tin cans trailing
  
  just married sign
    upside down

  short drive to motel
    six, no a/c

  bedsprings creak
    soon fail

  glass shatters

  third marriage
    for both...

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Love's Kisses And Music 

Blending midsummer air 
drifting softly 
in the sapphire 
twilight clouds 
where the beauty of 
love's kisses 
and music 
is real. 


Erich J.Goller 
Copyright 9.27.10 




This poems form is Poetry In Motion (PIM) 
20 words, maximum,any subject,rhming optional....

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ZOO CAFÉ

clicked on the zoo café
nothing less
than a latté
paired with a reptile
yup
a pretty leaf design
in the cream
and a long-tailed lizard

optional tortoise
or cat
i think

i’ll warm up
with a sip
way against
the sill
with a purr-ific
cup
and a felis catus

unscathed

7/27/2019

*in Budapest, Hungary...

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When I enlisted in the Air Force, homosexuality was illegal,

   Then it became optional and has recently been declared legal!

      Now that I've been long retired and have grown old and hoary,

         I'm thankful I got out before someone decided to make it mandatory!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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Start with a whole bunch of seashells.
Add sand,  and maybe a lighthouse.

Stir in some fish, and maybe some seagulls
hovering over the rocks in the distance.

Humans are optional
but try to add children
building sandcastles on the beach.

Then make sure you emphasize 
how the tide will wash them away
and how life is like that,
boo hoo....

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Rising from the ashes 
The lightning crashes 
Pain is inevitable 
Suffering is optional 
Using everything in our arsenal 
It’ll all become marginal 
It’s said that time heals all wounds 
What isn’t said that it doesn’t come soon 
The memories may become faded 
But we are still jaded 
Although we take it in stride 
Our feelings are justified...

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I want to be happy but I won't

be happy 'til I see Dick's dance.

Buzz Berkely had her number,

Ruby tapped out thunder.

A hundred legs moved

lights that dazzled.

Dick's quick kiss,

Ruby

smiles.





Nonet:  Contains 9 lines,  line 1- 9 syllables, line 2- 8 syllables and so on; any subject;
            rhyming is optional....

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A modern trimming,
Grin and bear it.
The slap of a buckle,
Reminiscent of the squeeze.
Laces bloodied,
From a prayer of acceptance.
Breathing is optional.

The shove to a corner,
Start early for pattern recognition,
Bind the idea prematurely.
Numbed pain,
Limited motion.
Embrace wind through the long locks,
It's only an illusion of progression....

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Take a glass
Less’n a gill
Add a heavy shot of coconut rum
a splash of  Myers Dark
A shot of  Triple sec
and a splash of creme de cocoa
Fill with black coffee
leave room for a little
light cream
If you’re hot
shave some ice into a larger glass 
and pour it in
If you’re not
Sip it ‘til it’s gone
mango shavings
are optional
So is a dash of
Disaronno...

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Clone of me - different dimension
The worlds surround just as ours
Asleep I dream but she awake
As I awake she drifts to peace
déjà vu as she did before creeps
Appears as a spirit as spirit in me
Reborn optional as a picture I create
Darkness never falls upon believers
Potent thoughts drive me overload
Seeking answers to a mystery upon all
Time reveals under the shadowed cloth...

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(PoetrySoup Format)


Perfect, 
always aligned alphabetically
(even the space between you and me)
is proper 
and positioned, 
Precisely


Clearly,
clothing is optional
(as continents collide)
It is certain
that,
our connection 
is defined as definite
and,
meant to be
_____________


* A simple Scribble *
 Souls sweetly Serenade . . . 
an attraction always aligned...

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. . your breath lingers
                             across my skin,
                  and just like a dream
          - your kiss softly 
dances upon my lips,
            simply teasing my heart again
       while every sensation,
  brings my body in

      it is your endless love . . 
that truly captivates me


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* simple moments *

Form~ Decastitch
Ten Lines 
~ Rhyme and Meter is Optional...

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Hair Raiser

Why are there hairs in your nose Daddy?
Why are there hairs in your nose?
They grow as you get older son
That’s the way it goes.

Why are there hairs on your chest Daddy?
Why are there no hairs on mine?
Hairs on your chest come later my son
Hairs on your chest, take time.

Why are there no hairs on your head Daddy?
Why not a hair on your head?
Hair on the head is an optional Extra
Now eat up your dinner, then BED......

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Life is beautiful in the way of motion
Creating a notion of which you want it to be
Whether it a choppy sea or of a slow thrusting ocean
You can decide what you want to see
Terror of wars enter a fighting mans thoughts
Midwifes bear feelings of ill dying babies
Paedophiles stand unhumain before judges at courts
Vets see the injured dogs or those of lethal rabies
Passion within us determines what we see
Life can be beautiful if you just let it be...

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