Short Pledging Poems

...seed, a solemn vow,

         pledging certain tomorrow,

         aching to be, now......

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grand says, “come and see!”
hummingbirds attracted to
stars stripes red white blue

9/5/2020...

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so soft
to the touch
her skin
fairly melts...
tingle
fingertips
tingle...
gently probe
inward
pledging
fealty...

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They brewed-up vaccines morose
pledging to self-diagnose
disease most scary
hoping to bury
pathos with each costly dose....

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Virgin
Untainted, Worthy
Waiting, Pledging, Pacing
Angel, Saint, Plaything, Rebel
Baiting, Mating, Craving
Racy, Spicy
Vixen
...

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Debit 
Liable, obligatory 
Owing, paying, pledging 
Indebtedness, deficit, salary, bonuses
Receiving, banking, depositing 
Affluent, prosperous 
Credit


April 28, 2021...

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Slipping from the edge of earth

reluctant to say farewell,

the red sun keeps me spellbound,

pledging to return

   _____________






For Russell's Contest: Red Sun Dodoitsu
6/23/13...

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Man and woman, pledging no more to be single
Bride and groom, excited that their lives would mingle.
Husband and wife, in love, with hopes and dreams aglow
We were married at the chapel, thirty years ago....

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Synderesis primal,
as reason surrounds
First principles calling,
eternity bound

The well ever deepening,
more buckets to haul
New congregants pledging
—awaiting the call

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)...

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Betrothed within,
making love to ourselves

Pledging new vows,
to seal every tryst

Promises buried,
 a marriage unseen

Wedding bells ring
—ever silent and deep

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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they would have you believe
you were too sacred
to look under well-settled rocks
pledging allegiance
on streets like some hobos
but I'm putting my faith
in sages and mystics
discussing afflictions
burying little dead birds
when they come along...

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Nonsensical 
Oblivious
The mind is numb to pain
Out of place
Sacrilegious 
Waiting to play in vain
State of insanity 
No identity
Pledging allegiance from the core of the brain
Fighting to win
Winning to fight 
The cycle a never ending stain...

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Sharing the cheesecake

Dating with my sweetheart frequently
sharing cheesecake while kissing intensely
Committing love and making witness
The madness moments of cheesecake sweetness
Pledging that whenever we grow a hatred
Those intimate moments will be reminisced...

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Sunday sounds like-
A child's laughter, that can bring a smile 
Memories of someone
You haven't seen in a while
A day that is flying by so fast
So gleeful and pure
One that you're gonna miss, for sure
Sunday is a day for rest and reset
Pledging to give the new week your very best...

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Dreading up the past
when the past has left us behind

Dredging up the past
when it insists on being left buried

Fledgling future is waiting to be born
when death refuses to let go of life's big toe

Pledging the future to be more forgiving
when memory works all to well for the living....

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With this ring I promise

To care and comfort you

Treat you warm and tender 

Go hand in hand life through


Come stormy weather

In gray skies or blue

My home's forever... to be close to you

I pray you’ll love me... as I say I do... 


At the altar I stand... pledging heart to you...

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In Love
                       

a tender kiss
lips pledging
perpetuity 
intensely sealed

a soft caress
tingling sensations
screaming inside and out
lingers on lasting

a fire burns
unrestrained exhilaration
emotions impatient
ceaseless illimitable


© Chuck Keys. 2010.  All Rights Reserved...

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Trying to grasp their tiny eyes this life; five years of age
Crawling, aneath the classroom's desk; pledging allegiance
Unto his her, flag; post a president's assassination; cabbage  
Patch dolls a new borne thought ? Horrific these fields ripe with
Skeletal bones

                                   ...."In Progress." *...

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A beautiful white blanket covers the vast 
expanse...
Flakes mingle with the wind and they 
begin to dance.

The sun plays hide and seek, behind the 
wintry sky.
Autumn bows out, signaling a taunting 
goodbye...
 
The night beckons, as the day draws to a 
close...
Pledging a secret promise, of a wintry  
tomorrow....

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That indescribable feeling
That unlimited meaning
That eternal healing
That appealing seizing.

It's heart-wrenching
It's spirit-cleansing
It's will-pledging
It's sense-melting.

This is ecstasy
This is just for me
This is heavenly
This is revelry
This feeling, this meaning, this healing, this seizing,
This is Love....

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Overspending the bulk
  of my temporal capital
 
Hourly deficits climb
  and pile into notes

Debts I’ll never repay
  stored in vaults I can’t find

Words lying uncashed,
  as I write overdrawn  
   
Pledging to go back 
  and re-sign what’s untendered

 I’m unforgiven—overdue,
   my fate unsecured 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2015)...

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Time
the inscutable
transient host
Divider of hearts
Provider of dreams
clothes our desires
in a mantle of silk
where memories languish
like heart-shaped lockets
falling open 
at a cherished whim
Partly shown
partly concealed
they appeal
to those who envy youth
while pledging wisdom
Nothing ventured
nothing gained
and 
nothing
but echoing time
remains...

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Where refrains of fate moans a Wedding song
And pledging “I do “is one  vow adorned. 

The evening tides brush this ache quite lonely;
Stars whisper, " Dream of us; there lies the key."

Your shadow turns, I feel your air once more
As essence of love wraps me like before.





Essence Of Your Love Contest: Gail Doyle
by nette onclaud: 1/29/2014...

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Showing love
with more than words
by living for you
while others are willing to die
 Living out 
our life time dream
with no regrets
with you by my side
 You're all I see
when my eyes are closed
determined to live like butterflies 
in beauty and love
 Our bond are deep
deeper than those made in blood
pledging life
our being 
for each other
emotions don't lie
neither do your eyes...

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And if all I had 
was a heart to give,
would that be enough?

and if all I had 
in that heart were love
would love be enough?

for what good 
is other wealth
of the world,
if the grave
pays no special 
homage to Sovereigns?

with only love
pledging forever – 

even sacred vow spoken
permitted in death do they 
part....

I would like to think
that, love – above all! – lives
long beyond its heart –...

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