Short Piping Poems

Piping Plovers run
receding surf yields food
ballet on wet sand...

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gleaming of piping--
two red spot in a black night
pile blind mouse...

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piping plover
brazenly strutting their stuff
along closed beaches


John G. Lawless
©8/13/2018...

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At frst consciousness there were 
birds piping in the distance
nearby rifle reports, and;
Domestic beers in
off-brand cans....

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I this morning in glory be!

Please don't think this simplicity;

For my darling wife made for me,
A piping hot cup of tea....

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I made peanut butter and jelly
for Jane whose feet were very smelly,
because they stunk sooo bad
I got darn piping mad...
my lunch stayed away from my belly!...

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Juicy hamburger, on bun
Covered with onion
In basket of crispy fries.
Slice of tomato,
Slathered with mayo.
Piping hot,
Yummm!

April 27,2011

Fast Food Epulaeryu Contest...

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A Filipino
Is like Malus Pumila
Cutting it
Into halves
You’ll find two stars, glowing
For the elegance of its tree, cheerfully
Piping wind songs
To charm
Your daily existence...

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A mug of steaming tea
Piping hot, so warm
The perfect remedy
For a winter storm
Or a cold and rainy day
Like it is today 
A cup of brew
And thoughts of you
Take all the chill away...

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Cobbler fresh from the oven
A piping hot peach
Crumbled topping crisp to eat
Sprinkled with sugar
Such a tasty treat
Top with cream
Sweet!





Inspired by Laura McKenzie's "Sweet Treat" contest....

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IN HOT SOUP

Wife tells husband to get some potato
He goes to market buys a kilo of tomato.

Piping hot soup with red chilli wife cooks
Mouth burnt a smoked herring husband looks.

April 9, 2018....

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two birds flying for fortnight
together flew down to settle
resting in branches of periwinkle
standing, gasping with freedom of flatus
then smell the sweet scents
of the princess flower of the night
piping is the Dutchman's cactus
on one strange leedom of pents...

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In less than a year,
or seventy hence
I will wander the road which you now take.

Now the path is wild and overgrown---and I cannot pass, but in time, for me, the pied 
piper will be piping,
as for you, he is piping now.

Beckoning with fall colors
and singing of children lost....

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The city that fell
Beneath the lagoon
Below the silent rocks
Piping piper's on the land
Who pay homage to their lost
Sounding through the lakes
The sunken sinking, lower, lower
Seas of purple, green and blue
Swirling in the deep
The pipers listen to the water
As they stand at their lagoon...

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Seven hours now since the curry last night
made a dash for the bathroom as something's not right
amidst the burning and pain and occasional squeals
right now I know just how a piping bag feels


Sailing very close to the wind for contest
 'Everyone poops', sponsored by Roy Jerden.
27th July 2015...

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Gramps' backyard teems with spiced herbs,
Peaches for offspring's  dining,
With youngsters piping chorales.

A garden fount stands blithely
Misting potent soil of lawn-
Where lights bathe nature's display 

To honor Gram's memory.



Written for Sevenbits Contest--nette onclaud
3 Oct 2017...

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At the mussel restaurant
You order up a pot.
Ceremoniously, they’re served,
Piled high and piping hot.

Scoop some shells and use your tiny
Fork to pull the meat.
Sop the sauce with crusty bread,
Each bite a tasty treat.

Sip a draft beer and relax
For everything’s all right.
A mussel feast’s the perfect way
To welcome Friday night....

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Tea Time

Earl Grey with burgemont
Cream and sugar  please
Steeped in water piping hot
Calms the ill at ease

Sweet aroma fills the nose
Taste buds jump with glee
Hear the kettle as she blows
Tea time now for me.


©deborah burch
12/6/2016
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For Kim Rodriguez CONTEST:"wake up with coffee or tea"...

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Bird of song, you trill
Fine tunes that refill;
a piping of serenade
upon bright treetops…
while I, in awe, stop
along dewy bend of glade.

Glum near a mountain
from a heartbreak’s strain,
till wings of rhapsody bring
an awakened flight…
Lo! My breaths delight
in your dawn-chant of healing!


Dr.Ram's Alouette Contest
by nette onclaud ...

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pip pip                         	pip 
pipes the fledged    	  blue tit
after mummy           	  blue tit
for a new                       tit bit
as she flew              bit and bit
branch and branch   tip and tip
cannot sit                      sit  sit 
chased by blue             baby tit
piping pip                 	piping pip
piping pip                      pip pip...

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As the pastel moon rises across the midnight blue

a lone wolf’s dark silhouette appears into view

his boast is known from Cowboy to prairie dog

fore this is the night chill that turns to morning fog

the early dawn is thawed by a piping hot cup o’ Joe

No time to waste, just a few days brings first snow

Such is the Cowboy’s life on the cattle drive...

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(This is a fictional poem)

I drank a man's milk when he went to the john.
Now all of my bones are broke and most of my teeth are gone.
He was over seven feet tall and he was a menace.
He poured a piping hot cup of coffee down my pants and scalded my penis.
If you ever consider drinking that man's milk, please don't do it.
I know first hand that you might not live through it....

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My faucets run cold, what IS this about?
My hot-water-heater-tank pilot light's out!
Press down that red button and click 'til I pout
Then spew out a string (my religion in doubt)

My stove-top still lights, I can still take a bath!
Boil three piping pots full (I HOPE that will pass)
Teeter and totter like I'm walkin' through glass----
The stopper ain't stoppin', you STUPID dumb-ass!!...

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I Remember

I remember the smell of Canadian bacon, hot chocolate
with tiny marshmallows bobbing in a Niagara Falls cup.
I remember your beautiful voice lulling me to sleep
I remember your housecoat with the lace piping and opaque buttons  
I remember you holding me in your arms and rocking my pain away
I remember that you truly loved me and that I truly loved you too
I remember......

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On the bobbing pipers run
Across the sandy beach, such fun
All together off they race
Always with the quickest pace
Piping for their unseen food they go
That’s just within their reach below
Flying in a flock unfurled and fast
Swooping down as water passed 
Scurrying on tiny legs they speed
Off they race to catch their feed
A moving ornament delight
A Dazzling picture when in flight...

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