Short Perspiration Poems

Sun blazes hot today
air dense with moisture - stifling
perspiration flows......

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thunder clouds peak

     and lightning zigzags - 
     
     perspiration trickles...

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Sheets of words 
soothingly 
caress me;
Invigorating;
 
Silken whispers 
breathe perspiration  
upon my ears....

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I aspired to be inspired,  
So I labored all the day. 
No inspiration--just perspiration,  
I guess I'd better use the spray...

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   Most recommend perspiration
     when seeking inspiration

   Though some rely on desperation
     others on ~ starvation...

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road to ambition

                                      paved with such inspiration

                                              much perspiration...

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a workman-like
attititude
can become
a tour-deforce,
to express
to explore
without a 
proviso:
a reciprocal
to compensate..
a
neglected
imagination...

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Dedication

          Inspiration                            Perspiration 

                            Financial take off

                                Education...

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Young Person
Did You Know
Miracle Man
3/15/24

Seeds of success seldom sprout,
unless watered with perspiration.
If Patience isn’t in your formula,
your shy an important ingredient.


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Droplets of water on leaves
transpiring love from the heart
touch of passion-real perspiration
like spring on the skin.


Olusegun Arowolo  ;Date:7-26-2014

CONTEST:"THE PASSION OF A JUE JU" sponsored by Nette Onclaud....

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Respite
From boiling sun
Stealing my breath from me
My heart pounds as the heat drains me
Perspiration drips onto the hot ground
I sit quiet and dream of a breeze
Dark clouds gather above
Perhaps by night
Respite...

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There's a well-known popular formulation --
Achievement's ninety-nine percent perspiration
On the heels of one percent inspiration  

What's missing from this lopsided equation?
  ~ The not insignificant role of desperation...

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Down a boy’s sad face
     a bead of perspiration

drops onto some cloth

     Someone now wears a cheap shirt
made from the sweat of his brow.


Written Feb. 17, 2022
For the Sweat Shop poetry contest 
of Kai Michael Neumann...

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His head droops
listless mid-day
Waves of heat
Collar damp
shirt clings
Seconds drag
Minutes, eternities
Knees rain perspiration
Rivulets of sweat 
in between the lines
His pen, heavy
ink drains
eyelids heavy
slumber stalks him...

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A butterfly landed on my thumb,
visiting for half an hour.
It drew from me my perspiration,
and I some passing inspiration,
that we may be brave, and fierce, and strong,
yet gentle enough, for butterflies, to graze upon.

. for public domain...

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past
perspiration
personal
relationships
inspiration
never far
yet we
are

geographically
speaking
two thousand
five hundred
seventy
five miles
that's as
the crow flies

from
my tree
to yours
from
sleet
and freezing
rain
to your

warmth...

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Splashing in invigorating beads of perspiration
Blasphemous pouting over grievances, neigh retirement
Itchy foaming kiss, yoked in tumult, dispersed in action 
Catapulting inertia when ravishing tarry
While drenched, unquenched thirst raves belly of aqua's mine...

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My eyes watch the trees grow
as the sun sheds sweat.
The yellow beads of sweat taste sweet on my open mouth.
I am lost in all the sweetness around me.
The sun is sweating so much, it looks like rain.
Perspiration watering the trees
So I can watch them grow next spring....

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Mumbai’s summer heat …twice a year…. May and October
Sweltering, humid, perspiration beads dripping down 
Like a drunkard staggering in crowded trains and metro
Waiting to rush into your airconditioned office
Yes we are there… sipping sweet lemon juice 
A sweet relief to nature’s torment...

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I went to the Well 
For inspiration
My days had been filled
With my frustration

I wanted easy
A mind vacation
The well consisted
Of perspiration 

So there's no shortcuts
Just realization
I add my own sweat
With my creations

So off to the grind
New expectations
With new perspective
Gained inspiration...

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*this poem was dedicated to my class teacher. She was a huge influence on me, and was very influential throughout.

Thank you for the inspiration,
Forcing me to shed some perspiration.
Thank you for all the fun,
You're a little bit like the sun,
Lighting up life in a flash.
You made sure my life wouldn't crash......

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My nerves are like a typewriter
pressed on bones of keys 
wrecking deadline hours after beats
of caffeine throb on soiled manuscripts.

Boss says, " keep the news more harrowing
than the murder." I steam the facts,
boil it into water,and grate lines
but only perspiration flows; the scene too common.


For A Contest...

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The heat is sweltering,
causing beads of sweat,
Somehow, the little children
don't fret,
Their rubber duckies go everywhere
with them, swimming in their perspiration
like a long lost friend,
There is no need to wait for bathtime for
duckies to make their debut,
They've become eco-friendly,
recycling human dew....

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Tis a grand vocation 
to be an inspiration 

Tis a winsome aspiration
 may be an oblation

May take some time 
along with perspiration

Along with dedication
may come a solved equation

Tis a winsome aspiration
may come with some elation.

Tis a grand vocation
to be an inspiration.

Copyright McCuen 2009...

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deep masculine tones resonate tantalizingly, enticing peeks 
sending sizzling fire surging through my body achingly 
mounting needs have me writhing in search of sweet release 
as fingers dive deeply within my core, climbing, soaked in perspiration 
molten fluid laces fingers as screams of ecstasy ignite over the phone...

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