Short Outlined Poems

a picture of humanity -
                        life tinged with sadness

inspired by  painting style of Jawalensky...

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bare  
      branches, 
    sky-outlined 
  one last twirling
          leaf

For Broken Wings L-Form Contest.
Written 4/8/17...

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Dark lipstick kisses 
I colored outside the lines 
of your contoured neck; 
Oh darling I fancy you, 
outlined in all my passion....

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Stirrings of pleasure,everywhere...
perceptions of imagination
outlined,a coloured conformance
dissolve overtones into a form of words....

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Frayed
around
the edges
outlined by life
my portrait is etched by experience




Inspired by Brian Strands' Five and Twenty Contest...

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Very colorful dreams 
flowing into my head carefree
like fleeting butterflies
catchin’ the light onto the sun
over the azure sky outlined....

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Giraffe long slim neck
Giant black tongue eats leaves
Beautiful design

Reticulated brown
Outlined in black background of white
Fights like a tiger...

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Why does inspiration
Hide from the sunlight?
It'll come back when
The shadows pool like ink 
Outlined in moonshine
To shake me awake
With more
Poems...

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EL Kirchner always  set the latest trendl
to his self-potraits there was no end
outlined eyes,sunken sockets&pointed chin
explains why his painted 'ladies' were so thin...

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INTRODUCTION


My caricature is outlined
In the jar of vocabulary

On the edge of expression 
I tear into existence

Plying limits 
Self imposed

Exposing me
Composing me...

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Like fossils deeply implanted
Molded forever in time
Seared with years of living
Piercing creeping thoughts
Tripping over feelings
No perfect gait outlined
Like silhouette on the mind....

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If I could make you realize
Those shining diamonds
that outlined
The shooting stars
across the sky
Were not shooting for you and I
and everything just turns to dust
But let's not state the obvious...

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A heart outlined in steel.
Designed just so i'll never feel.
It's way too late to get off this ride. 
There's no one in which I can confide.
Falling down.
The screams like thunder.
Into lost dreams and lies I plunder....

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shadow on my wall 
holding a rose

vision on my eye
holding my soul

my heart he holds captive 
which makes me weak

to unlock the mystery
is what i seek

this darkened shadow
outlined in gleaming white

simply fades away
out of sight...

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Outlined by the sea;
A soft silhouette 
leaving residue 
to find your way back;
No matter how lost;

The stars rival 
the darkest sky 
reflecting a 
galactic map;

Flip flop lights;
A beacon 
will guide you;

Home will 
never 

fade....

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Small iambic form named
Sonnet- is quite succinct
Scripted in fourteen lines
Sundered into three parts:
Stage- outlined in Octave
Sestet- four-line feedback
Summation- last two lines.


January 22, 2022

Contest: Your Choice 2022
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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There’s no one as funny as Atticus
To go fishing he wrote out a syllabus
He outlined his day
Made a magnificent play
Yet caught with his squid more octopus

©  Sep 27 2010      Charles Henderson
Placed 7th in Carolyn Devenshire's "Sea Tale Limerick" contest...

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she was there for an hour
this morning standing in the same tree
painter brush and palette shadowing evergreens
that they might look as three dimensional fractal blossoms
in the rising sun with birch barks shadow colors as entrance outlined frame


stan sand...

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Stark shape defined against a winter sky,
A dormant beauty perfectly outlined,
Stripped bare of leaves, I cannot just pass by.
I pause to contemplate this scene sublime
And thank the Artist who, perhaps with me in mind,
To such effect these wintry elements combined....

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Good and evil 

Old friend of mine your present again 
Mirror of my prime

Ever present your whispers are louder 
Friend and foe of mine

Red and white on shoulders they stand
Bells in hand do chime

Outlined shadow of moonlit announcements
Bends the clock of time...

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a cowboy on the mountain ridge
outlined in moonlight
your face in evening shadows
hat low
protecting from the night's
cool air
the breeze curling
the fringe on your vest
the dust rising from your chaps
as you spur your horse
heading down the trail
that leads you home...

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Framed by rosy mountain twilight
Angelized and star-kist
Beauty flowing with glowing lines
Above a silver mist

Lifted up by  moonbeam moments
Flying with practiced grace
Flying across the light of the moon
Outlined on his great face

©Copyright 2015. All rights reserved....

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Stirrings of pleasure,everywhere...
perceptions of imagination
outlined,a cloured conformance
dissolve overtones into a form of words.

Hear me recite my poetry on youtube link on my blog..

catch my short forms @strandpoet on twitter

read my kindle poetry guides etc on Amazon...

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In abandoned field 
in the middle of nowhere 
as if to stand out 

outlined by suns rays 
this tree no more than 4 ft 
glistens with white snow 

too proud to cut it 
I drape tinsel and garland 
on frosted branches 

golden star a top 
in moonlight's gaze it shines bright 
blessed wishes to all...

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Outlined in silver
glistening waves
of crystal blue ocean
illuminates spirit
like sparkling diamonds
underneath the blazing sun.

Rippling in flow
soothes like a lullaby
singing against rocky shore
lulls in a warm embrace
touching dripping wet sand
clinging to skin outlined in silver
from deep within....

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