Short Passerby Poems

Seems so calm
Beside the rip rap of road
Old roaring river...

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true love passerby
joins his partner in pure fun
leaving stress behind...

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You passerby.
answer my questions...who,what,or why
If you fail, you will die...

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blinders on
passerby charging through
heart safe in pocket



posted on August 22, 2018...

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The city is a passerby. 

She walks along the night street,  
jostled by people a hundred miles away....

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Green reeds, descending bird 
Worker bee, message heard 
Passerby, image blurred 
Angel music, clear word...

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I see the street beggar
Prays to God
Passerby donates him free hand


-Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Chattogram...

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five fingered red leaves
moving right to left with breeze
wave to passerby


Seventh Place Winner: Brian Strand-No 1241-New Poem Only-9/7/23...

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A fool am I to have never said hello.
A fool am I to have proven Mister Shy.
A fool am I to have been such fellow.
A fool am I to have been a passerby....

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God blinked
Once,
And
Man appeared,

God blinked
Again
And
Man was gone,
Leaving 
No trace behind!


© Demetrios Trifiatis
     04 March 2013...

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Leaves fall on sidewalk, grey
Surface covered with orange and green
Grey no longer can be seen,
Passerby, can't help but notice,
  A buffet of green, orange and yellow leave...

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Passerby,
tell the Spartans we lie
here, dead at their word,
obedient to their command.
Have they heard? 
Do they understand?
 
—Simonides, translation by Michael R. Burch...

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Angle of witches
Doom for passerby mortals
An orb signals their present
In a darkened end
He with a spiritual sight
Can watch them butcher their prey


Inspired by a horror movie...

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White Cadillac
waiting for her.
Black night shadows
hide crimson lips.
Rude passerby
tosses a coin.
It injures more
than just her arm.
Someone's daughter
of meager means....

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Went to the store for some things I forgot,
driving into the Walmart parking lot,
spied tons of seagulls,
so ran like a bull,
a passerby looking like Alfred Hitchcock.









12-19-16...

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I wrote a haiku for you,
alongside a picture I drew.
Every passerby, 
a witness approved.

Yet! 
Always something comes--

between you and me...

(Once again)
The evidence has been
washed away by the sea....

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Wife Cathie scared the poop out of this old guy
Went walking to get the mail, down she did slide
No broken bones
Just bruises and groans
Thanks for the help a gentleman passerby


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A homeless man
hangs himself from a tree
at night in the city 

to close out the year.
At dawn a passerby uses
a cell phone to post 

his body on social media.
By noon 83,000 people 
attend his wake.


Donal Mahoney...

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leaves of the mango tree
blow the breeze

leaves of the rose tree
blow the fragrance 

passerby 
going and coming
with fragrant lee

a flower
smiling with its beauty

as if a love 
is near most the heart
only


-May 29, 2019 Chattogram...

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Man Canned Tableau

Insult as men stare,
More frequent than rare,
Holding Partners hand
Passerby, he's canned,
Boobs, bottoms or legs,
Stop it now she begs!


PHOTO 3

Entering Contest " Tableau 2 Poetry Contest"
Sponsor: Joseph May
27th March 2021...

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Silver string tugs
By the moons inscription
Writing:
“Open to heart’s desire
Left upon the kind
Leaving one to perspire
Towards the unyielding mind”
The moon sends its grace
To the passerby
Filling all with hope
Of a silver thread design

Russell Sivey...

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When I peer through muddied eyes 
I see you
Quite endearing is that smile you bear
Waiting for my embrace and tender kiss
This place fills me with hope
I turn to glance at a passerby 
When tilting my head back to you
With a shine in these eyes
You.
Are.
Air....

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I have these wings
I use to fly
that I tossed to
a passerby
as I have done
so much in life
it's time to give
others a try
then they in turn
can pass them on
when they too find
they've done enough
so everyone 
most certainly
can have the chance
to spread their wings...

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Dazzling wind-blown light
sprinkles a wavy surface
with meandering beacons,
offering to the passerby
seeds of sprite-like joy.
The sunlit sparkles shift
according to perspective,
aligning with the angle—
sun to lake to eyes:
Angels in the angles—
a trajectory of dreams....

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Passerby echo the frustrations of the world
Under the bridge
Tall tales of courage
Outpours from angry souls
Yet the toughest of them all still hide
Under the bridge
Grass roots & neo-souls speak words
In the form of hyperboles
Leaving actions hidden like water
Under the bridge...

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