Short Outpaced Poems

That doll, she outpaced any criminal
An honest gunslinger Ms. Annie Hall
She threw us cupcakes and books
We kept our seats by stern looks
She made accountants and the world did sprawl!

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city life
bustling, racing,
yet outpaced
by mind

silence beckons
bliss magnetism 
suffuses form

07-July-2021

Picture This 2 - 7 Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May

Picture # 2

(7 lines, with a Total of 14 words only,   
in stanzas of 4 and 3 lines or 3 and 4 lines)...

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Stone cracks itself when the immovable
is broken by pain.
Stone trees grow in stone locked caves.
All that is not stone wanders rootless,
yet they abide in that same furnace of time
that has long shaped the stones.
Stone outlives,
unlike we who walk upon it.
On that last day
stone will have outpaced
the bones
of the fastest horse.
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           The V12 purred as the fireboat ran
easy outpaced the coastguard man
      this time; 
   last time, bullets blazed
    so what;
the price was raised
  waiting on the rum line for a good tide
      duty-free; it goes stateside.
They can’t catch us 
          we’re fast and sleek
who’s gonna bother at 
      30 bucks a week?
seven hundred k I made this year
 1920, and running is the gear!...

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In times of old, 
A tale retold,
Where traders prayed 
And blessings sought
To Iroko spirit, 
Vows were made,
As fortunes swayed 
And lives were weighed.

Fair Oluronbi, 
Heart of stone,
Pledged her own child, 
A debt to own,
Good fortune smiled, 
Her wealth amassed,
Yet fate's cruel hand, 
Her joy outpaced.

A vow unkept,
A spirit scorned,
Her child was lost, 
Her heart forlorn,
In whispers grim, 
The lesson clear,
Be wary still, 
Of vows insincere.



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