Short Pivot Poems

Gyrating scope, on pivot
Scoping for shapes - night shadows -
oscillating fan...

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Balance
symmetrical existence
life divided equally
peaceful calm, steady thoughts
equilibrium...

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on the cusp

poised precarious, point perched,
lies threshold brink verge,
the tipping-point pivot to,
rise/fall from grace....

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Where Death Awaits

Matadors
(like ballerinas)
pivot by
snorting bulls
who are charging the red cape
to where death awaits.
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he plants his right hind
rocks back onto his haunches
front crossing over
he falls into his pivot
with practiced ease and beauty


October 29, 2012...

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There once was a fine hacker named Bub
who whacked what he hacked with a wood club
each whack a divot
his hips wouldn't pivot
you should see what he did to the shrubs!...

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the glare of noontime
scorches young August petals
rain taps on wild blooms---
and summer cools her flamed heat
to  gently fondle morn’s dew


Tanka Written With a Decent Pivot...

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Point Which Will Pivot

Rump reached a point which will pivot;
Should he expose himself and exhibit?
Be big pain;
Cause strain,
By bothering others and them inhibit.

Jim Horn...

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flowing waters drift
bearing shadows for display
frigid lifeless forms
  drained of all their loving warmth
  like you were that fateful dawn


©  10-19-2012

For: Tanka - Pivot Contest...

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Wishes

Lasting peace and love
treasures that gold cannot buy
lies within our hearts

thousand wishes has my heart
and the biggest wish is you



for the contest Tanka The Pivot Nov.9...

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Hinge at the waist
Pivot on your gluteus maximus
And put your feet on the floor
Empower your thighs
And raise your center of gravity
Congratulations
You have succeeded 
In getting out of bed...

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She ventured forth now
Holding onto no heart true
Where hers still broken
Still lasting day after day
In lumbering feelings threw

Entrant into Suzette Crous's "TANKA - THE PIVOT" contest

10/10/2012...

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pitch dark small chamber
abnormal pulsating mass
loving human heart

blood regurgitating
heart grows weaker with each beat  

Sponsor: Suzette Crous
Contest: Tanka-The Pivot...

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twilight fondles eyes

lifting her silhouette high

against lucid clouds--

flesh undressed beneath torn trees

drowning in pools of farewell



Tanka Written With  A Decent Pivot
For 	Chris D. Aechtner...

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WINTER MESSAGE 

Some prefer warmer seasons
But winter’s message is clear
In good time, a needed pause
Before Spring opens its doors
A pivot at the end of the year
For a variety of valid reasons

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building a nest now
with your forget-me-not smile
dream bird of my mind
flying too close to you now
to capture those rainbow smiles

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Contest:Tanka the Pivot

Date:22nd October 2012...

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three stars
Orion's belt
lead the way through astral lore
guardian of the nighttime sky
complete with sword and shield

keeper
of the lighthouse
stays our path in winter's sky
pivot point for astronomers
we hunt for the Hunter...

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When you lose your joy,
Drive into flowers.
Make matters into bratwurst.
Sancitfy the tiny.
Devour the anguish of others
On a single joke,
A swift pivot,
Like magic for all parties.
Your soured season,
A mere passing cloud....

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Pride and hurt combine
I resist the call for help
The problem is mine
Because I am my own boss
I will carry my own cross



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Contest: Tanka (with a decent pivot)
Sponsor: Chris D. Aechtner...

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autumn star glimmers

lighting boughs on threadbare trees

          I count seasons back---

while eyes gaze at  young moon’s love

and shiver alone in chills




Suzette Crous’ Tanka- the Pivot Contest
By nette onclaud...

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   "Dramatic Moment"




hearts carved in oak tree
love engrained on wooden bark

I cried as rain crashed

lover buried beneath leaves
death awaits sweet rendezvous.


*For Suzette Crous's Tanka - The Pivot Contest ...

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butterfly swoops low

  landing on my watchful gaze

      red in nightfall's float

      ...I wing my last moonlight dream

         but then it flies in a rush




Tanka Written With Decent Pivot Contest
Sponsor: Chris D Aechtner
by: nette onclaud...

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minuscule tempest
a flicker of rage
or disdain

the gust 
is soon quelled
by love’s healing balm

what aspect within us
as yet offers a pivot 
to feral instinct

oh weary hermit
it’s work in progress
our awareness stuporous 

26-April-2023...

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March 17 in eighteen sixty three
Will spin and pivot 
Ancestry
As the fulcrum of this country
It is the unholy fire
Baal's tongue licking at the bones
Defied by desire
O but the ash is better balm
Then endless years
Where freedom wilts
A seedling watered by the salt of tears...

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While
plumes
flutter
in rhythm,
swans twirl a ballet
girdling  through agile quills aflight
and pivot in choreography of glazed moondance
till wings leave at  finale's point  when icy November appears on a graywashed stage.



Contest Form- F sponsored by Broken Wings
1..28..2017...

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