Short Piercingly Poems

A butterfly on barbwire
Those hearts piercingly maim.
In so giving the sharpest twinge
To Freedom's withheld pain....

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Porcelain keys create
         Passionate sonatas
         Pitched in dulcet notes through
         Prewritten preludes that
         Piercingly vibrate when
         Pianists softly press 
         Pedals to enhance tunes...

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This harsh light, back on you
Piercingly cruel aimed
Is of no sun, though it burns
In heart, as hot yes?

And however thickly
Shaded, walled off are
For protection, there's just no
Hung bough, cloister, right?
Unless counter-eying bright!
Love's, for that loveless!...

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            and i look'd
                  look
              piercingly
          mine see fix'd
                   az
                stucco 

     az the skill'd plasterer
               haz laid
                    I 
             mine eyne
                lock'd
             knowingly
             unto hern
                flesh...

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Out on the damp porch at daybreak
Rain pours from the dark clouds
Fog has settled in the valley
A bird sings very proud

A tree frog croaks piercingly loud
Love on his mind this day_
He croaked all night with his lover
Maybe he'll go away(to stay)

Duty calls even though rain drops
Necessary work speaks
If only I could soak in peace
And the Spirit seek__  ...

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~
forest creatures weep
for all the dead, fallen trees
once giving shelter
~
wolves howl piercingly
crying out for woodland plants
to carpet their home
~
raccoons scamper past
searching out their lost breakfast
amid vanished creeks
~
possum wobble by
seeking their favorite den
where serpents hide out
~
deer scamper along
looking for signs of hunters
with yearnings for night
~

...

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Destructive rose with your thorns
Elegance deserving to be forlorn
Stabbing those who hold you close
Deceiving those who love you most

Called by any other name, just as sweet?
How about betraying, beguiling, or disaster to complete

Lonely rose, receiving love
Yet only reciprocating with sharp pointed shove

Then someone reaches out
Reality piercingly clear
You're certainly lovely
But never loving, my dear...

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THE POETS AND THE HIGHLANDER

A highlander stands alone 
on the crest of a high hill
quietly playing the bagpipes
stirring the tree branches in the mist of fog
The sonorous dissonant sounds of the pipes
create a melancholy mood over the open field 
the lone figure stands tall paying his respects
to the fallen poets
Poets no longer alive but their words
written ages ago ring loudly today
still piercingly proclaiming
we were alive are you?...

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delectable dolphins
dancing here
near harbor

Instead of gondolas
white swans float
like the boats

Animals,puff
healthily, gallivant
without tumult

A little bird's chirp
outreaches our ears
piercingly

A single word
has made crucial changes
across the world

And some creatures
are happy about it
and a few are not

We, the humans
are just like other creatures
before nature, the creator

Regrettably,
we pay a lot
to fathom the bitter fact...

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There was poetry in their lovemaking,
the way he brushed her hair aside
 as he gazed piercingly into her eyes,
she welcomed his tender caresses
   as well as his demanding fervor,
he cherished her sensually inclined
  free spirit pleasing his every whim,
the rhythmic concerto between 
 them whispered Moonlight Sonata
   & climaxing crescendos' finale 
amid Beethoven's 5th symphony
  of harmonious little deaths further
      intimate refrains' melodic dalliance...

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