Short Peered Poems

A dirge made of the old year
while the new is the loops peered.
What's new 'bout polished bergère?
   '21:01:01:22:14

Note: of yearning year....

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   Hercules peered out on the dance floor
     spotted beautiful Delilah holding court

   Scanned the room for Samson but 
     saw a chair where hair'd been cut...

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Arnold Crane was obsessed with his journey
He had been a rich Wall Street attorney --
   He had peered in his soul
   Found tobacco's charcoal --
Came to grips with himself on a gurney...

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The account of Descartes was redoubtable:
“I exist, since this thought is undoubtable.”
   Mister Hume peered inside,
   Said, “I see naught besides
Just my thoughts, so your logic is floutable.”...

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I'm the luckiest man on earth, Lou Gehrig had said
Two months later, the greatest Yankee was dead
   Gehrig suffered from ALS, a fatal disease
   He peered beyond the pain, his words a fresh breeze...

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A deep red spot peered out,
Casting about rosy hues
That colored all the views.
Then as the Sun slipped inside,
Spreading out the cover,
A signature I thought appeared,
Ours,
     alone,
          no other....

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Let’s hang upon a star 
     my friend 
And travel upon roads 
     that have no end
For today I peered upon your face 
     and reclaimed forgotten dreams
Then whitewashed memories 
     of earthly chaotic scenes
...

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A peerless purveyor
pared pears on a pier.
Pierre, his au pair,
peered on, it appears.
Not payers, both players
prayed pious petitions;
For the nonce, no pence brought,
naught came to fruition.
...

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our eyes met
and suddenly life began
I listened to every word consistently
as the truth was spoken
from his lips
his wet warm kissed
were his reassurance
that he would be there for me
while the skyline of eyes
peered aimlessly...

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Excercise prevailed best so she had applied,
"Oh goodness, only by an ounce," she cried,
Being in alarm, peered down and wondered,
She now weighed an ounce o'er six hundred.


2020 January 04


RhymeZone
Rhyme Scheme;
a,a,b,b...

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He stood in his kayaker 
surveying the dark amber fog,
Creeping towards him, 
shedding saffron mist around him.
Yellow livered, he trembled 
as tawny chill descended his spine.
He peered carefully around; 
afraid he’d see a lemon shark....

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Clicking of beetles
Whispers of scorched leaves
Sniff of burning wood
Eerie silent path
Peered into darkness
With a ray of hope

Tableau - 6 Lines Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
Syllable Counter: PS
Date: 21-03-2021
Place: 2nd...

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Partner

As I peered down from the Sky
Out of the corner of my Eye
I saw 3 Ships upon the Ocean
In perpetual Motion
And it brought forth this Notion
Every Ship has a Captain 
Pilot his Plane
Driver a Train
Why even the Fields were given Rain...

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On his daily morning constitutional
    Carter stumbled on an old brown shoe

  Just one it was, and not a pretty sight
    Weeds peered from it, smeared with blight

  Carter picked it up, pondered a while...
    Tossed it aside ~ last year's style...

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Lives, pears, pair-ed, peered, Structured.
Leaves, fashions, untouched.
Hearts rests on-ed silvered platters.
Fingers noticed ,less, much-ed.
Then-ed
Throats and tongues!
Captures cleft-ed flowers!
String---ed audiences reasoned.
When"s
Somethings undoubted-ly"ed Borrowed!!...

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I made a meal;
Must have over cooked;
Burn up didn’t look;

I peered, added water;
I’ve should have stirred;
Had to throw away;
 
Should I have been 
Guess I am now..
Going to Burger King; 


4/8/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019 ©...

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There once was a man from Imaginville,
who slept upon a window sill.
Peered over the mounts and the homes,
stretchin' his mind for the big roams,
he once,was a rockin' songbird with 
quills!                                                                              


Copyright McCuen 2009...

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Two hearts connected long before 
Long before the eyes ever peered into one another 
Long before the hands found each other’s
Long before the lips touched each other’s~
Like a magnetic storm 
Two hearts pull towards each other
Inseparable they are
Connecting the souls
What true love is
Love...

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He rocked back and forth in his chair,
his hands fell to his lap,
through the corner of his eye he peered,
and he felt like an animal in a trap,
two thugs came in firing hard,
his light faded,
his eyes shaded,
but before he died,
he heard a thug holler,
because in his wallet,
there was only one dollar....

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Dappled light shimmered from a golden moon,
and peered into a grove of bent willow trees.
Arched branches swayed in a gentle breeze,
as if shadow dancing to the song of a loon
as she warbled the lyrics of her mating tune.



July 15, 2022
Bite Size Poem No 49 Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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                   Quietly
           mine silly thoughts
               rushed about

                     One 
                   if silent
could hear thundering palpitations
             bursting through
                 mine chest

 and if the same soul peered into
                 mine eyes

                   undress...

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A hippopotamus walked the tight rope
Wobbling to and fro he did grope
To find some balance as he peered beneath
The spectators looked like ants in their seats

He tried to convince himself he was not afraid
He counted to ten and then he made
A deal with himself that he would not break
To never show off again and put his life at stake!...

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fiery face felony
bursting bounty blitzkrieg
hoisted feelings foster
per punctured prayer
squashed emotions smeared
oceanic pelvic peered

airy instrument inking
pulpy parts bleeding
callous concerto cussing

lusty lips picked
leering lyrics cupped -
bleeding blur blush

mystic melody moans
mushy maiden's fault.
     '20:02:09:18:32...

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Stunning turquoise eyes
     Clear, bright and captivating
          Couldn’t look away

A slave to your gaze
     I needed to see your soul
          Peered through the windows

Deep warmth camouflaged
     Eyes locked as two became one
          Our joyful hearts soared




*For Michael's "Eyes First Meet" contest
by Carolyn Devonshire...

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bruised zeal bled
crumbling callous crest
hoisted hanker smote
cranky curves clothe
hanky panky puked
vying voluptuous views

porous pen peered
pulpy paranormal reared
felon feasting fear

sassy syllables etched
in punctured pest
whooshing pasts wet

haggard future feigned
dark drips craved.
     '20:03:10:16:22

Note: William Wadsworth...

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