Short Papyrus Poems

papyrus symbols
myth shrouding reality
silty wall entombs...

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delicate waving
papyrus of the nile
egypts writing plant...

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Even not a heart 
nor of clay, tile, papyrus
it left  baroque pain...

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crumbling amber papyrus
whispers underfoot
mother where are you

Skeletal bone veins
stretching out alone
where have my children gone...

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-Folly in Grin-

Sleeping troubadour
Ask his ink why he slumber
Or his papyrus
Words they themselves would forget
Since their lord is indisposed...

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Cattails, sedges, papyrus,  sawgrass
Fish waterfowl soundless salamanders
In soft wet interface of water and earth
      Reclines the orbit of Marsh...

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Don't know,
how to 
write a poem;
I do not know,
how to express
myself.
I'm crying 
on paper,
a painting 
by teardrops 
on papyrus...
If 
you can read it;
do not think - that,
it's a piece - of poetry....

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 Legend has it Long Ago
 Inked in Papyrus through Scribes and Scrolls,
 a Halo of Fire the Seeds Of Life
 Blaze in Salvation, Hidden Beyond Sight
 The Final Triumph over the Snares of Night
 The Golden Helmet, Zin Uru Above and Beyond Plights

...

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A great man once stated, 
"A man is god in ruins."
I took this to heart
scribbled it on papyrus.

and put it in the cradling hands of Poseidon.
And thought to myself, 

"If someone reads this and gives it back to Neptune
How epic it would become."...

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sentences colors
purple pencils wrote paper
books covered in red

bleeding heart type
computer calculations
daunting papyrus

books covered in red
termites fed ate the paper
paper wrote a book

5/20/18
written words by  James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright ©  2018...

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Severed starlight, brief lanterns

Truncate tingles, sugar burns

pen puzzling in oily ink

Dark dots on papyrus slink

Metre measure on tongue tip

Riddling rhymes gaining their grip

Cursive verses in past tense

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Trying a new form tonight. Hope you enjoy...

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Above my head, a ray
where I sit on a mossy ledge, 
stylus in my hand drips words 
like acid upon thin papyrus sheets--
of myths and cultures perishing,
never to be repeated in splendour 
and tragedy-- their brilliance borne 
through swollen rivers' lore.


A Brian Strand Contest NO 18
Oct 10, 2016...

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Crimson
and 
Velvet Semen

All a sort of
Ridiculousness now, 
without treasure
Trails, 
Bodies of Evidence
And enough tomfoolery
to induce gluttonous
Indulgence. 

And Caligula
would be proud, yes. 
But not without
the papyrus reeds
swaying, 
Dying. 

The sink is full of
Poison water. 
And I at least
with try and 
Cheat death

With a single
Drink....

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Hidden in the midst of lustre eyes,
Craving to be labelled and disentangled,
Such a noble deed and enterprise
Can only by a poet's hand, be mantled.

With a papyrus and a quill
In delight, he basks in poetry.
Such feeling that stirs the soul to squeal
As with shaky hand, babbles away in ecstasy.
                                          © Temajung Michael T....

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Memories of ancient times
Bring us lessons as were told
On stone and papyrus sheets
Left in temples made of gold.

We take the lessons given us
Our cultures brought thru time
One generation to another
Hopefully leaving hate behind.

We build the fabric of our world
With history as our only guide
Will our lessons be well learned 
Or in ignorance set aside....

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WEAK SECRETS

a secret?
how inferior
can one get
secrets stamped
all over you… true
potatoes that hiss
I stand alone 
clutching
my bottle of white
happiness

papyrus edged feeling
world attacks brassy
biased big showing
us the way home

so… sweet your
blood mouthfuls
in gulps of foam

I
would 
let you
steal the
bottom
of my 
eyes


©Kim van Breda—18 November 2015...

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Somebody said i am better than this
but the truth is i am not
laughter turns to misery with hints of agony
sleep with chance to never wake
the voice inside no longer answers my pleas
words are embroidered into a papyrus shawl
that hides me from apologetic sneers
living in the darkest lines
searching for the sadness
notes that release stolen tears
Searching for a sadness
that stops all feeling...

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We peruse delicate
papyrus pages
paintings on plaster
cavern walls
Dig deep in the dirt
Sift through the dust
searching for the
origin of us
I have heard
scientists say
we are all stars
If that is so
I am the one
faintly flickering
that very few
take the trouble 
to see
The one that 
nobody ever
wishes upon
yet I'll keep 
burning 
until I am gone
Maybe someday
someone
somewhere
will care
to notice me...

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What we do to our confessions?

We scribe them on the walls of caves / potteries & clay vessels
We inscribe them on elephant ivory in india / or papyrus in Egypt
We write them on each rice in china & give it a gift to wind

Or

We sit amidst candles
Embrace the stars & sky
Dance under our errs
Scold them under drizzling rain
Tell how our moons should always be / calm & humble / how our suns should shine
 threatening eyes...

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Darkness falls upon the watercolored crescent sky like a scratch of charcoal,
Whose sedimentary debris dribbles across parchment poked with starry holes. 

Etch-a-sketch screens polka-dotted with extraterrestrial twilight unravel,
Like scrolls whose delicately plaited papyrus rolls around Gaia's gavel.

For the night is but a paper coiled inside of an encrypted cylindrical cryptex,
Beside the light in a vial of vinegar which vanishes away the charcoal's text....

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"Qu'il départage avec équité avant leurs transformations,
ceux qui arriveront aux cieux avec les Justifiés, de ceux
qui iront en bas avec les Justiciés, car la Balance pèse les 
Ames souverainement."  Verset 25, Papyrus de Nebseni

Rondelet: Eyes from afar

Eyes from afar
Frequent visitors from the Dark
Eyes from afar
Come spy on life under our star
This your experiment or lark
Wonder brains criss-cross mad as quark
Eyes from afar

(c) T. Wignesan - Paris, 2012...

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No stitches will work.
You have to navigate-
               in mendacities.

You have to navigate-
in mendacities to find
               the truth, the truth.

A papyrus write may 
know the future, the destiny,
               the future, the destiny.

You always run to piss
at the tree, to draw
               the borders. The animal.

The animal within you, becomes 
salmonella, dones a cap,
                enters the dome.

Enters the dome.


Satish Verma...

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Dig Down Deep
Carefully Unearth
Artifacts Will Speak
Words of Worth

With Pick and Shovel
And Papyrus
If Block and Rubble,
Gently Brush

Treasures Buried
Deep In Soul
Heart-Stone Quarry
Hold Hidden Scrolls

To Royal Edicts
Read and Call
Hieroglyphics
On High Walls

In Expeditions
To Exposé
Show Gold Emotions
In Glass Display

From Pyramids
In Sealed Mystery
So The Poet Did …
… Archeology

To Preserve Words
of Antiquity
So That You Heard
and Shared, Discovery …...

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