Short Pavements Poems

down pours the cold rain
on pavements blackly shining
the water of life...

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Homeless man’s relief..
littered pavements, shop front bed,
City goes to sleep....

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Pavements covered white
children under the night sky
plays with those small dots...

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to enable warmth
at night for all citizens 
and empty pavements

 © Harry J Horsman 2021...

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nooks and crannies
annuals wildflowers bloom
city pavements


Inspire by Line Gauthier...

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empty pavements
unprepared streets
slogans don't finish
cries of alone

bit feather falls from sky
usual events...

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Why people pay to skate
Seems quite insane to me;
They pay to slip and fall,
When pavements are for free.


For Paula's Voice of Reason contest...

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Sunday Morning

silent rain fell at night
damp road
brown puddles 
on pavements 
mist hides tree tops
a miracle
sun breaks through
the last gasp
...

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tall men overshadow the small men
in great sadness we all fall down
joy abounds from the inside of hearts and souls
tears fall like stars
onto the cracked pavements of old...

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icy white frosting
glistens on my once green grass ...
winter has arrived

slippery pavements
must be careful when walking...
sister Susie falls

11/18/19...

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Rain
Dark clouds
Ink black sky
Stormy weather
A rainstorm always makes me feel happy

Hate the glare reflected on wet pavements
When the rain stops
Hurts my eyes
Makes me
Frown


Jack Horne for Michael’s Smiles and Frowns...

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Red leaves on pavements drop
Poppy petals from a tree;
Lives remembered once  a year!
Forfeits for thee and me.

Spring blossom on pavements drop--
White petal from a tree;
A death recalled just once a year!
In place of me and thee....

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Exhilaration!
Feet pounding windswept pavements
people thrilled to run.
Red butterflies in tandem-
Invigorated heartbeats.

Day to satin night
on every viable route
energetic youth!
Pretty, fleeting scenery
like rosy days going by....

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A night heron rises unto the dark sky
Wild geraniums overwhelm my senses
Rush fire into and through my veins...

Heart beats are set aflutter
By the toe beats of your clogs
As your clogs echo over
The pavements in dark recesses of my memories...

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Within a fecundity of fatuity
Squandered were all endeavors
Fazed I eluded
Unequivocal passion was sought
Yet still squandered were all endeavors
Candid without knowledge
Lacerated and forsaken
Forlorn I languished
Betwixt the vacuous cracks
Of black and white pavements...

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The beer cans are almost esoteric
Banging down the trash shaft

As boots slide over dog`s pavements;
Tunnels clatter with horseshoes

And piss, an estate with no state;
A simian face against a growler;

I`m sorry for the sorry, skins,
But my stomach turns with Angst....

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The spires take a patchwork of blonds, 
The pavements, a not-so-shiny copper,
To the harbour go a few drops of bronze,  
Even clouds get but a listless amber,

Though when long day is growing old, 
The sun, parting, never forgets to rain 
On you, on no other, a splurge of gold....

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Its Raining…

God’s Cleansing Tool
Cloud-Concerto… How Cool !
Plop-Plop Plopping into Pothole Pools
On the Grass, Pavements and On My Own-Sweet- Fools…

who, don’t have Sense enough, to get out of the Rain…
… I think I’ll go Join Them… Again

                               Amen...

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Winter brought 
Rain and snow
Frost and fog
Slippy pavements 
And icy water
A cold hand
For the labourer 
And windy squalls 
To shake trees
Lightning and torrents 
Falling from the sky 
And also a time of peaceful rest
In nature's closed eye. 

     W.A CHOLT. Copyright Fergal O Reilly. 1989....

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Life can be so much like a see-saw
one minute it’s down, then it’s up
then so still
empty 

some people sit at the high end
looking at the world from the top

others so weighed down
wish for the other end
Dreaming, feet always
on the ground, pounding pavements
where it’s always
so real
so concrete, cemented
too real...

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Karlovy Vary
(Czech Republic)


The thoughts of the town

sing their songs.

Under the colonnades

light of the past 

is breaking forth.

Cobbled pavements

-clear–

blend with

the presence.

Over old roofs

lingers  musik

from Dvorak Park,

with tiny steps

a new time

is moving on....

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soaring temperature 
rising heat embedded streets
rising gist gust hot

~

pavements softens cracks
waves fervent solace
just plain brutally hot

~

Of early dawn and
 late day, the clouds to winds gives
 us calm from the heat

8/30/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024...

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To remove all obstacles
Street and traffic lights
And urban trees from
Pavements of busy feet,
When the human race
Have eyes only for you.
Or one could argue
When mind and savvy
In overdrive
Without direction,
A foolish reaction
When falling over
The out stretched leg
Of the homeless.

© Harry J Horsman 2021...

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September evening.

late September, the eve
is hot and windless
to warm for walking
as darkness descends 
dust on pavements and
fallen leaves bear witness
to nature's tiredness
the local shop saves light
ashen faces
optimistic summer tan
does not last long
a folded plastic bag
four bottles of beer, please 
and crisp

 
 
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The crisp blue sky, clouds as white as snow.
The leafs no more, a little red robin perched on a branch.

It's cold outside
I freeze
I freeze
it's cold outside bring me into the warm.

Icy pavements, frosted cars
the sunshine threw is it deceiving me?

It's cold outside 
I freeze
I freeze
it's cold outside bring me into the warm....

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