Short Pelted Poems

mossy wet rocks
pelted with clear, crisp water
loud rushing liquid...

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Wind blew crabs outta their holes.
Hail pelted cars to smash repairs.
Shops clapped shut with thunder rolls.
Spring tripped and fell downstairs....

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In a rain, 
a pine cone fell
from a tree
above the meadow 
and rolled in front of a Buffalo
staring at the Yellowstone,

As it’s pelt was pelted
With the raindrops....

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In the spotlight she played on her flute.
Though she tried, her performance was mute.
The crowd heard not a note,
just a squeal from her throat
as they pelted her with rotten fruit....

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                                      they pelted and bounced
                                  hydromassage swimming pool -
                                          ground force landing...

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the cold wind of January
there were no birds
only old brambles
and an ending of a song
months of drizzle
impartial to the sun
the arcane wind raffles
pelted with pebbles
flowers bitter confetti...

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All positions for annoying people have been filled
Other applicants that apply, will be lightly killed
Humanely as can be
Strapped to a tree
And pelted with rocks till near death, and then become still...

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His greaves and helmet throne aside
The clang of discard marked his ride
The lathered horse he stayed astride
Til clothed in but a sword and pride
He pelted through the countryside
Screaming wild invectivecide
At Luvalot who’d stole his bride...

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The oaks bent like women wailing in the gale.
Summer’s greenery pelted pavement a precursor to Fall.
Torn tree limbs trembled,
Raking both sky and lawn with gnarled fingers;
Howl and scratch
Bite and bark
The hurricane’s mane brushed the coast....

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The things you
didn't have to say
were swirling around
your lips today.

Annoying gossip pelted
me like hurricanes.
Didn't dare to stop them-
I know it would be in vain.

Let my tears
fade away.
There's no point crying
over the spilled latte....

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It started spitting
sprinkled drizzled
thought we were in
for a shower
but it rained
and rained all night
it poured
it pelted down
in torrents
came down in buckets
we didn’t drown
but we came close



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on June 4, 2019...

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boisterous beekeeper was bathed, bound and belted.
besieged by bevy of beauties whose beeswax was melted.
fickle, frantic, frolicking friendly freedom, freshly felted.
persnickety, lickety-splickety personified, pointed and pelted.
On a sweaty, snarly summers eve swiggled, swayed and swelted....

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I am a man kept by disdain , pelted with dismay . I still see a strain so which keeps me refrained from blatantly blasting off my aim . I'm a man so I maintain though I strain sustain . I'm a man so made to reign . I reign so ready , I'm better . Men reign when it rains , pain is all that remains ....

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How cool the morning,
Tiny clouds drifting above tall summer tree tops,
As I lean back in my giant striped lawn chair
Their leaves flicker as citron flickers
Fascinating my senses pelted by dew drops.
I anticipate the day’s activities
And long for cool breezes of the day,
Blowing through my tree tops,
Until twilight falls....

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Rain storm 

Twas spectacular, storm of summer storms 
natures animosity, and fury 
Peppery grey clouds soberly transforms 
glorious day into horror story, 
silver spears pelted earth in such glory 
illuminated electrified arc 
horizon to horizon, sight blurry 
mist from evaporation, must embark 
Create pure place of sanctuary, build an ark....

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the
rain
pelted
down
hard,
stabbing
my skin
like glass.
soaked
wasn’t
the word.
drenched.
drowned,
in this
cataclysmic
whirlwind.
brain matter
compressed,
with rushing
winds,
my breath -
desert parched.
if only the
lightening
would stop
my beating heart -
the massive clot
the broken sob of
pain, unending
screams of thunder....

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A lame wolf, weathered by neglect and time
Howling questions, pelted like throwing stones
Melting away like mountain snow
Abandoned by people wearing laughter on their skin
Monstrous faces masked with smiles false
Wondering at his mistakes, a life lost
He drip drop drips deep into the ground




For my father, who can at times be a sad man.

Chynna Bear
A Short Poem, Please...

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softly worn dome of denim blue
cozy and comfortable in the sun's wake
should I grasp a corner, gently tugging,
and wrap myself in it, my supple cape?

or, upon leaving it celestially high
shall I ask of faerie folk and angels nigh
aid in pushing moisture laden clouds dark
over my garden so that when they cry
‘tis my flowers that will sing for joy
pelted by fresh tears from night's sky?...

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~~Redemption~~

Set me free
From the haunting memories
Set me free
From the taunting thoughts
Set me free 
From the recurring nightmares

Humiliated, beat-up, pelted 
Learning the art of self-reproach
They say I am sinful
They say I am the reason
They say I am wronged
Am I, are you sure?
Someone laughed at me back in the mirror out there!

-Puvi (23/8/2016)...

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In its’ drinking of the rain,
Pelted epidemically, absorbed
Of heaven’s thoughts and earthworm prayer;
The colours thaw in rivulets
On slate and brutish stone wash,
Sunk into a crab grass savoir faire.

In its’ sucking of the sun,
Copper hammer beaten, reflects
On somnolent years and rainbow gleams;
A child may brush the surface,
Deposit trace genetic evidence,
Forensics of some past and future dreams…...

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Hey, Ms. Reporter
  May I have a word with you
You seem energized by the chaos today
  Seems that you love what you do

Hey, Mr. Reporter
  May I have a word with you
You interview traumatized protestors
  Seems that you share their views

But tell me, Mr. and Mrs. Reporter
  Why don't you ever interview police
Who've been pelted with rocks and far worse
  ~ Could it be that your 'likes' would decrease...

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~My soul,
          A Melted kettle, 
                    A broken tray.
  Cannot grow, nor renew.
                   
                   Stew in pain~

 A pelted pedestal,
          The tea, it spilled, flew.
   A chosen battle lost, metaphorical to say.
                     
                   Sky is grey~
                
            My soul stew
            What a wasted mettle, what a broken day~...

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The first modern man and honest human
A lone father from Plato’s Republic
An innocent dove corrupted by man
But who learned how to play his soul’s music
Though his flesh by decree was frail and sick
Whose love was philosophy with her veils
Though he was pelted with rocks by man's gales 
Now on the island where angels still cheep
Far from the noise of mortal tattletales
Little Chateau, the happy land of sleep
...

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Pelted with such incredible force 
one hundred and ten on that fastball;
Harder to dodge than anything in sports;

Foggy you’re lost within a pitfall 
sweet nothings condensed on your cheek;
That whisper is the be all end all;

Flooding you and now you’re left weak,
rambling and gambling placing bets;
You’re lost toting a winning streak;

Confused and so happily distressed,
Stuck on lips coated in liquid bullets....

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On my knees, I fall
With raised head, I humbly call

The power of the divine
To help relieve my worry-laden mind

And my aching, unforgiving, bleeding heart
That's been pelted with sordid-wounding darts

Supreme healing I'm calling
Forgiveness I'm seeking and discernment I'm installing

O merciful most high
I long to draw high

On your right side is where I want to be
My soul with thee I pray to dwell eternally...

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