Short Peal Poems

broken silence ~ phantom bells peal









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caldrons of black bats
temple bells seem peal death knells
pigeons fly away

25 June 2021...

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Nerves of Steel

Diana Rigg
Was in an Avenging gig.
As Emma Peal
She had nerves of steel....

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Specks of peal shimmer on grass
Small solid bubbles roll in the wind
Blades of green glide
A feather's touch
A velvet smooth...

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Kick Ass Lass

As Avenging Emma Peal
Diana Rigg always got into a deadly deal.
She was a classic lass
Who could always kick ass....

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Click,  crack 
Cuff, clap, 
Boom, bang, 
Bellow, blast, 
Rattle,  rumble, 
Russel,  ring, 
Patter,  pop,  
Ping,  peal-

Inaction owing 
To the internal 
Conflict,
Internally I
Shall belong....

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I woke to such a mighty peal
And asked the vicar: “ What’s the deal?
I think it’s best
To let me rest.
With PEACE on earth, goodwill to men!”

*Inspired by  Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
for Deb's contest...

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It is quiet now 
 -the sun moves up the ridge 

Honey crisp scent of freedom 
 -hovers and engulfs the air 

Pangs of pleasure peal 
 -the primrose bows her head 

Yellow paints the morning 
 -the fields are all aglow...

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From somewhere
in the heart of the mile-wide valley
below

comes a clear peal
of a chapel bell with the winds that
blow;

it undulates with the meandering
flows of streams and
creeks,

echoing through yonder cliffs
the music that my soul
seeks....

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These iron bells they toll for them
In George W. Bush's war.
The fallen brave whose lives have end.
These iron bells they toll for them.
Each peal that's knelled we all condemn
the senseless deaths we can't ignore.
These iron bells they toll for them
In George W. Bush's war....

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Dawn
Finds me
Behind church pews,
Draped in a Sabbath veil
As fingers light  tray of candles:
I  whisper  prayerful incantations
Raising heart’s flame for earth’s solace-
Till bells
Peal.




New Form--The BELL Contest of John Anderson
Written 6/15/2017...

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The severing sounds you may hear now and then 
Of the bond stretched to aching again and again, 
The silver-tipped crackle of fracturing glass, 
The peal of the teardrop coming to pass; 
Are the crystalline cries that her loving heart makes 
Which echoes your own as it carefully breaks....

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what we had was knack
to spring forward then fall back
become some sad sack

from straight path may stray
then to God can hear me pray
with please do away

catastrophe mere
daylight savings did disappear
now no longer here

will wear bandana
when we live in Canada
peal a banana...

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Babble,gabble
simper,whimper
gurgle coo;
holler,howl
scream,sigh
then cry.

Squeak,shriek
screech,squeal
bang,clang;
gnash,splash
peal and crash.

Shout,spout
roar ,rage
toot,hoot whistle;
whoop,sing
cheer and yell.

Ding,ting,tone
zing and ring
hiss,moan and groan;
whisper
then kiss....

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Babble,gabble
simper,whimper
gurgle coo;
holler,howl
scream,sigh
then cry.

Squeak,shriek
screech,squeal
bang,clang;
gnash,splash
peal and crash.

Shout,spout
roar ,rage
toot,hoot whistle;
whoop,sing
cheer and yell.

Ding,ting,tone
zing and ring
hiss,moan and groan;
whisper
then kiss....

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I'm 
spellbound
by
my tree:
easily
the best
by 
far in
East Drydale.
It is so tall -
majestic
in ap-
peal,
with a
cute fairy
at its 
peak.
Christmas
glee!


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11/28/2015

Contest -  A Christmas Waltz Wave

Sponsor - Kim Merryman

A Win...

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Pain kills
I wish I could take Advil.
Your lips I still feel.
My heart is broken
Your gone,is this a dream or is This real.
We had plans, what's the deal.
I'm gonna love you better than he will.
I'm gonna love you until.
Your name on my heart start to peal.
I got it tat because I thought this was for real-Mario Perez...

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Her glance intriguing 
A simple pearl drop earring
Alabaster skin
Hair in a turban like wrap
Portrait of innocence


 Girl witha Pearl Earring- by the
 Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer
 done in the 17 century. Movie
made in 2003 , starring Colin Firth.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_with_a_Pearl_Earring....

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The sun sets
Rolling sluggishly
In the exiting tide

There is a joy to it
Frolicking in the froth
Of soap suds surf

We play our parts
In the evening reverie
Dancing alone

Shadows
Carried away
Like rolling stones

Distant bells
Peal
In soft darkness

I walk away
Leaving
My presence

John G. Lawless
©8/13/2023...

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There is a greasy odor in the air

At the window
across the room

the diaphanous wings of a fly

peal off accompaniment,
--a staccato--contradictory notes

to the stretched rays of a dying afternoon sun

falling  on the face of my otherwise muse

And in her countenance
all I can see
is the potential of a growling dog .......

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Listen to poem:

The seashore is seldom silent,
never mourning nor forlorn,
for relentless waves 
called on the roll, roar in.

The play's cast of waves
cheered on by the wind,
stand up, 
break into applause,
take a bow
and curtain call 
together.

Whooping with delight
they crash, splash,
hiss and fizz,
peal endless
in crescendo swishes....

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Their victorious voice peal:
“We’ve grandly struck a deal!   
In many ways now real 
And worth a struck whisky seal!” 

But their joy others don’t feel,
Dead sure that they often steal 
And wounds inflict that don’t heal;
Victims prayer: his skin doesn’t peel
The worst of them, their O’Neil 
Violence long the ticket for a meal,
And a means of arousing zeal....

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Listen to poem:

*Image of Lyre by LUT.

8 Lines Now Okay

Irked shadow's occasions a Sun,
Tolls a knell's lowly peal, begun.

Ill winds bade the palls hovering,
Time betrays caused uncovering.

Inch thoust trek thy countenance hid,
The belching rains down thoust forbid.

In looms thoust melt of Luna's lyre,
Thoust lieth in her soothing fire.

2022 August 15...

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A sweet cocophany of laughter
So irrefutably audibly pleasing to the ear
A peal of innocence imbibed     
Each note so casually perceived 
Mere words so impossibly neglect to accomplish
A few delirious chortles resound
Awakening childhood delights so contagious I find
Stealing a glance impishly rewarding
I retire quietly myself unquestionably, irrefutably sated...

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Hundred steps I made
From soiled ground to the bridge of cursed shade

Three dungeons of heroic souls
Locked up over four hundred in shoals

Living souls of eddies drilling
Dying breaths of  bodies shrilling

Hidden story of men of courage
To die in Atlantic is sweeter than bondage

Eighteen hundred and three was the year
Freedom is the peal in every man's ear....

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