Short Panoply Poems

Pour passion through your keys
Play classic chords with ease
Pianoforte loud
Pianissimo soft
Panoply of grand scores
Partial to Debussy
Perfect performance, clap! 












9/14/2023...

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Neuropathy in my hands.
A panoply is the rest.
A screw loose in my head.
With itis through my back.
It's what old sawbones said.
But he saved the best for last.
Seems I have two more days
Please pass the ham and mayonnaise...

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HIGH TENSION

Horizon to skyline traversing panoply of greenery
High over verdant land they drape an elegant catenary

Stark constructs of geometry stand noble tall and fine
Their mission for the nation to forever hold the line...

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Poetry’s spoken armor
repels the pointed spear
warding off tomorrow’s scars
enemies in fear
Each word thus protected
as phrases form anew
to vanquish what the darkness brings
— new battlegrounds in view

(Dreamsleep: May, 2024) 
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  A neglected letter is the 'z'
    not as popular as a 'p'
    nor as romantic as the 'r's'
  In the panoply of letters, 'z' gets zero stars

  Ah, but when it comes to animals
    Why, 'Z' excels!
  Next to 'Z' even Piggy smells
    ~ Give old 'Z' as in 'Zoo' five cowbells 
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Ah, dazzled by the dark messiah's calculating tongue,
Panoply of a scheming soul residing deep in his being -
Engaging the mindless herds gathering all around him.
Rue the day when he is exposed as he truly is, that no
Conniption, remorse or hair wringing could ever undo.
Until the next election comes along, just grit your teeth!...

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Springing from submerged breasts, engorged,
mountainous mother-stream gushes
pristinely clear primeval milk
into hungry mouths - bird, beast, human;
ancient as embryonic earth,
she nurses sloping hills, nurtures dawning valleys,
carving cradled nests in fecund soil,
setting the stage for life's grand panoply.

Faye Lanham Gibson
© September 7, 2015...

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Love and sunshine
Like happiness and a spring rain
Beautiful panoply of emotions
Manifesting from majestic glorious day

Reflections of laughter and love
A tear and blue sky
The smell of comfort
The feel of love flourishing in our life

Experiences are abound
Sensorial perceptions cascade in our lives 
Panoply of emotions
An exquisite collection resides...

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~ Pale moon and bright stars ~

 
  Though I wait for the sun
     it's the moonlight 
  that shines, on silhouettes'
     stealthy steps 'neath my sight

  The sun sleeps late
     in cool northern climes
  and when she deigns to ascend
     she's on borrowed time

  Pale moon and bright stars
     panoply of heaven's host
  her planets and angel-dust
     ~ at night do I toast...

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I'm so grateful
for all the lives I've led,
all the parts played
in this human panoply
of characters.

I'm so grateful
I didn't get stuck
in the rehearsal with a boxed life
or a part meant for mimes.

Thank You Universe,
for giving me the spice
and all the sordid places
that brought me into the light
on bent knee with charms
too numerous to mention.

I'm so grateful
for the ride home....

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I'm walking under green trees in Paris.
Up, is a panoply of light, of green.
A green bird has escaped
and sings from sap-filled twig.
A tramp in green begs from a seat.
I see his money bag is green.

On Metro, and I am green to system.
Has my ticket green to be?
A bride comes forth on train
in white, with foliage spray
in all the colours of green known -
the best and brightest seen today!





3/18/2015...

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Lilac bush full
          spring's ties to nature's core
Buds that kidnap smell
Sweet layers of scent weaponry
Panoply burst of blooms
           modesty displaced
Flower cradles barely hinged by gravity

Purple bunches 
            that color the center of consciousness
            sweeping away grassroots complaining
            sweeping off a time drifting to cruelty
            freeing the buttoned restraints of love...

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Inherently people are prone to pry 
Wherever there is more than meets the eye. 


Black and white, by patent definition, 
Dazzle in latent opposition.
Byproduct of a shady interplay - 
Panoply of 50 hues of grey. 

The contrast between black and white 
Is not as trite as day and night. 
In former days they harmonised 
On the big screen before our eyes. 

Beware of black, beware of white - 
Clandestine colours out of sight. 






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My friends tell me not to stare,
  But what I might miss is over there!
  I can only see one thing at a time,
  Sometimes its movement, sometimes a dime.

  The most exciting things I see,
  Are in natures panoply.
  Leaves and sunlight,
  Trees and dew.

  Final stares are kept for people,
  As they talk, walk, and stand.
  Wearing clothes and head gear.
  All from different lands.

  So don't tell me not to stare!
  I might miss what's over there!...

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A winter fan enjoys the snow
And all that it achieves:
Peaceful blankets, falling flakes
And cozy fireplace eves.

A springtime buff likes flowers
And a switch to shorter sleeves.
The gentle breezes are rewards,
Or that’s what he believes.

A person who loves summer
Finds the warming sun relieves
All the tensions we face daily
With the magic spell it weaves.

But the autumn/fall fanatic
Revels in what she receives – 
A panoply of color
And the crunch of fallen leaves....

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ode to shadows

as i peer out the glassed portières
penumbral visitations mock me; dare they
deign to scare this parched crypt of
adrenaline and cortisol, usurped by unquiet
scourges over lifetimes' rebirth?

steps shifting in the dark, familiar and
beloved; the shushing and stirring, commit
to draw me near; umbral amici and i
provide a panoply o'bosky trappings f'thee
a joinin' we, or off to obscure pastures
to wee thee pants for eternity!...

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