Short Persisted Poems

mounds of snow piled high
sun and clouds alternated
snow squalls persisted!...

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... Is the little that persisted
        of the much indelible
         of what was gone......

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It all has to be
Placated
Personified
Persisted
And then
One day
It all falls down
After when
I leave this town...

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Persisted and Enlisted

At first what we did was insisted,
And after that we had persisted,


Then into service finally enlisted....

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multilayered 
vulnerable 
proceedings 
persisted 
over time 
manipulating 
emotional 
reactions 
over years 
spent within 
the situation...

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I didn't want to
I didn't want to
Do those things with you
But you persisted
Crushed my soul
Then enlisted
Now your off fighting a war
While I'm here feeling like a whore...

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Use Broom to Sweep Away Doom

What we did do with a straw broom,
Would be to sweep away our doom,
Which existed,
And persisted,
That was spread all over the room.

Jim Horn...

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and time had not erased the memory of you
when all was said and done
love in every corner hovered
a breath lingering persisted



AP: 2nd place 2023

Posted on May 23, 2023...

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My Thanksgiving Poem

We re giving God thanks for the creation.
Of America that is another new nation;
Happiness existed;
Love persisted,
And there now will be a big celebration.

Jim Horn...

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Looking at the sky for a moment, 
I noticed if sky doesn’t existed 
Then it would have been a difference, 
For the life span of us all persisted  
How long we have to live,
And our age a mystery...

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Zany 
yeomen
xrayed
Whales
virtually
unconcious,
twice!
Stating:
"Rare
quacking 
persisted
on
nightime
meanderings!"
Later,
kinky 
journalists
investigated
Hamas
guerillas
found
eating
Duck,
commenting
'bout
America!...

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And while those bruises
Showed their true colors
Simply stood over me
In a hazy glaze
Of anger and confusion
While weeping persisted
And screaming pursued
Your most inner sympathies
You walked away
Left the scene of the crime
And left it all behind...

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L – Little Larry Leadfoot
I –  insisted on
C – careening around
K – key intersections
E – endangering himself, 
T – terrifying other
Y – youngsters. 

S – Sergeant Smart
P – persisted in
L – law enforcement,
I –  impounding Larry’s
T – tricycle.

written April 6, 2018...

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A child cried in the bush
Midnight it persisted worse
The weary hungry mom wept too
Not an ounce of food they had.
Then a voice came from a van;
“Who is laughing in the bush?
Tell that fox to enter its hole.
The world wants to be at peace.”
It happened and still happens daily
Somewhere in Africa...

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I loved her sorrows.
We shared a mask that we spoke through -
a mail-box for wordless hungers.

Passion maimed us,
even I shed tears sensing
a Puccini last act.

She read herself in my face.
I gave her long-range forecasts.

She insisted, persisted –
a desperate belief
that I would always be around

to mop up....

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Weed in a bed of roses
You don't belong
But you persisted just the same
Petals fading
Taking advantage of her insecurity 
Preying on her weaknessess
You acquire your desire
No appreciation
Of the delicate layers that represent her
You celebrate your acquistion
And abandon her in the Garden
Withering after your brutal beating...

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AMERICA
Dr. James E. Martin
©July, 2014



A nation that was miraculously birthed
Molded by God – best on the earth. 
Eventually, however, things began to change
Radicals persisted in efforts to re-arrange.
Idiocy dictates it must remain the same,
Certainly we can reclaim our prestigious name.
American patriots must once again stand!...

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I searched for you
Followed in the wake of your song
The sillage of your sensual scent 
Long after the sun had lost its glow
I persisted, with cards in hand, 
Defying destiny, undeterred
By night and melancholy darkness.  

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

“On Broadway” Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
        Placed 1st
© 27th June, 2020...

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Grandma can do it! Henry insisted.
No one else knew it, but he persisted.
Grandma laced up her skates and took to the road.
She was terrific, her moves were all gold.

She’d won the skating Olympic gold medal in ’04.
Not 2004, honey, go back a hundred years more.
What is keeping you alive? We asked Grandma Lee.
Do not know, I guess it’s because I was born in 1883....

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There once was a Texan named Dwight.
As a weatherman, he wasn’t too bright.

One day his viewers asked, “How will the weather be tonight?”
Their questions for him posed quite a plight.

The viewers persisted, “Will it rain? Will it snow?”
To which Dwight answered, “I live in Texas. How the heck would I know?!”

(note: I'm from Texas and the weather here is fickle.)...

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He gave long sermons 
     and spoke to the
 congregation 
in measured tones
     Gone now these many 
years
   His memory lives on 
        in the heart of the congregation 
Some reviled him 
     but he persisted 
with his writings, with his 
   teachings
A blessing for his memory 
    should be spoken 
         by those who have survived 
Rabbi Harold Swiss...

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Dinosaurs, it’s true they really existed
The oldest ones from far away persisted
Million’s of years ago
The dinosaurs had to go
They all died right when they were insisted

Russell Sivey

DinoPhobia

The big dinosaurs
Lived millions of years ago
Now they’ve all died out

Russell Sivey

Entrant into PD's "DINOSAUR-QUEST (1 limerick) (1 haiku)" contest

3/18/2010...

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Black Cloud!?*#@+&

The Black Cloud lurched and swayed a bit, 
and somehow followed on. 
No sir I never needed it, 
and I bid it sir 'Begone'. 
And all I touched it turned to clay, 
yes everything went wrong. 
Though I persisted all the day, 
the black cloud was too strong. 
by D H Johnson vk4pr. 

Brian Strand
Contest Name	FALL YOUR CHOICE any theme/any form max 12 lines...

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A man with children is tucked up for the night
when a friend calls round in need of a bite.
   “Just leave me alone!”
   He cried with groan
in a manner that was hardly polite.

His friend persisted by knocking once more
till the man came down and answered the door.
   “Though I'm not in the mood
   here's some of my food,”
for his persistence he could not ignore.

Luke 11.5-10...

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Who Is Miracle Man
4/13/2022

He’s spent some time in the valleys,
and has tasted the mountains top.
He’s encountered some dark alleys,
but has always pressed on nonstop.

You won’t find give up in his D. N. A.,
tough old birds slow, but don’t quit.
In mixed times he persisted to pray,
from God came his backbone and grit.

I suppose we are as we see ourselves.
Tom
...

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