Short Plucky Poems

Plucky flower may 
be plucked if someone 
has a little pluck....

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You say you've no luck
Well, how about pluck 
   You say you want lucky
   ~ Time to get plucky...

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she evolved and laughed at me
my muse was astounded
i was humbled by her pluck
wondering where this idea originated...

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The love of my life - on whom I dote
Was attacked in bed by Bill E. Goat
But she's rather plucky
And felt herself lucky
She could press REPLAY on the Remote....

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Alas ‘tis the fate of plucky Jan
To write her poetry while on the can
Her pen’s been known to scoop
A sprinkling of poop
And gleefully to let it hit the fan
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Route 66ish No 6

A young girl who hailed from Kentucky,
Was out-going, sweet and quite plucky,
When out on a date
With an old childhood mate,
She was miffed 'cos his boxers were mucky!!...

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It's two thirty, there's a knock at my door
Hey, it's my neighbour, what's he here for
"it's so plucky of you!"
Playing my Bagpipes the noo
If I wasn't, then what are you here for




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Plum
wings,
plucky
is the strum
of love’s afterglow
With purple locks and negligee,
angel flew to hubby under sateen satin sheets
Lavender ruffling, at the midnight hour, had couple vibing in synchronicity
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He abseiled from the ceiling

He rode a silken thread,

I blew a little breath his way

So back up he sped.

A plucky little fellow

He certainly was game.

He waited for a minute,

Then came back down again....

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The British in the past
Seemed to have more grit
The Londoners of old
Bombarded in the Blitz
Shook their fists in defiance
Such were the plucky Brits
People alive today
Would never stand for it
They’d shout about human rights
And probably serve a writ...

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Green sparkling in her eyes, 
gasoline beneath her skin; 
Kerosene in everything she says, 
citrine hanging from a devilish grin;

Plucky with the heart of a rebel;  
Bucks back, a walking contradiction;
Loves with the magick of the fey;
Luck? She spells it intuition....

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lantern’s rain and flame.
       lighting wicks the dark,
butts saffron water
                        in vase, purple flares—
plucky wildflowers,  
        other side of pane.

3/26/2021
Pic 4, Tableau 2
Sponsor: Joseph May
PS syllable counter used...

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With my plucky granddaughter, I'm ne'er bored.
She saunters at connate emblems and depth.
And the way the fay sway with her.
Five-year-old darts on slight span.
Brilliant, brittle crane drum,
Tall, hefty gist sight,
Pitch in limns burns.
With swish rifts.
Wingbeats
wheeze....

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A turkey was being plucked and it hurt
He was in pain and his fowl words were curt
He pecked at the plucker
Said “sing for your supper”
And then ran for his life overexert.

Now the turkey's in the altogether 
He is feeling lighter than a feather 
He's thankful to be here 
And for losing his gear 
All he is wanting now is fine weather....

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Life ain't no serial streaming series
where the plucky gender-neutral heroes
defeat some XAnon false faced Ulysses.

Sigh, but it's not that way in the 'real' world
it’s a sum game which adds up the zeros
needles knitting with odd stitches unpurled.

While we play parts in bright shadow charades
leaders fiddle like modern day Neros
as the light of long-lost dreams slowly fades....

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They DETAIN me but I won't COMPLAIN 
Time MOVES slow  lamented BLUES
Don't CRY for me as I fashioned a SIGH
To FREE my soul to God as he comforts ME
So DEEP are my feelings for those who WEEP
The DEATH of those who breathed their final BREATH
I KNOW my place in life and time will SHOW
To RENDER my service to Him and then SURRENDER

 
Ralph Sergi  February 11, 2015
Contest Plucky two by nine...

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The Sad Tale of a Plucky Duck

There was a duck
that had the pluck,
the oomph and the nerve,
the courage and verve,
to leave the farm,
braving all harm,
on a fateful night
by bright moonlight.
All went well,
at least for a spell.
till it gave a last quack
on a beaten track
when a farmer’s truck
put an end to the luck.
 of our brave little duck.
as well as this ditty.
Oh, what a pity!...

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EMILY 
                             COME, SIT BY ME



                      Emily--
                           Come,
                                  Sit by me --

We’ll watch the singing chicks of starlings searching --
Searching--hopping through the plucky dawn as the blue jumps from the sky--
Never finding the treasure sought that nestles smugly under the next stone.












                                     dedicated to Emily Dickinson...

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Before we can retreat into today let darkness flee 
Intelligence, today designs a time when we get away
Yes, she lifts me up like a king, I’m free
My stay in earthly school she keeps me today
It gives me strength to know her love lives
Ah my princess, bless me so, carry me high
Love lives, a gem, a shining star that gives 
Blessed, fly, my hallowed song with loves soft sigh
Lighten me with flashes from your eyes, I see


Plucky two by nine
2-1-15...

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When darkness falls upon the haunts of night 
creatures big and small forget to slight  
betwixt the moon and shadows of the eve,  
I too am rendered nil
by the infamy of secrets never told  
inside this earth based hide away
the grass lives moist;
  
Listen to this forest, rich and deep 
where plucky feet of brave walk on 
 
Despite the darkness 
of the night,  

the stars insist,
on shining 
their own light. 

Copyright © Pixie Dust | Year Posted 2019...

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We had a brave cat about two years old,
With a great big heart and courage bold.
A neighbor’s dog chased her home one day,
To the window ledge, where he held her at bay. 

He barked and leaped and tried to bite, 
But our little cat showed a plucky fight. 
With tiger stripes upon her back,
She bravely defended against attack.

He tried to leap and nip her toes,
But her sharp claws slashed his nose.
Her hunched back was plain to see,
He’d be smarter to let her be....

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Bingo dice faro keno typical vino
recall of mind, yet but O' no
what have i done?!

Plucky feeling risk taker 
tho' ne're been there ever
doth think economist specs ever wonder
how truth thou art has kinder 
No they never , not of what i think
held by cruel little ring
yet they bolt all the thing
by one mysterious yet ming
politics it is; thou art has force
beyond mans cause 
and so forth i am bound to live under that auth
there it be cause , surrounded by foes...

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Every meal can’t be a winner.
Every book won’t win a prize.
What seems great to a beginner
May be average in disguise.

Every play won’t win a Tony.
Not all films get good reviews.
Every Oscar ceremony
Pans the actors who did lose.

Every purchase won’t be flawless.
Every gift won’t be ideal.
Some successes might be aweless,
Contrary to what you feel.

Every effort won’t be lucky.
Every word can’t be just right.
Still, we try, and if we’re plucky,
There will be a poem to write....

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Once upon a STRENGTH, in a million WEALTH
Lived a PRINCESS, who hated KISSES
Gifted with INTELLIGENCE , she knew she had ELEGANCE
But the SCHOOL KING, with his STING 
Knew how to get LIGHT, with his MIGHT
The princess had to RETREAT, so she started to TWEET
Which grew STEM, and she became a GEM
Which to her life was an added ZEST, she was so BLESSED


Originally 
Written 2/15/15
For contest: Plucky Two By Nine
Sponsor: Mystic Rose

Now entered for Screwed IV contest....

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For Plucky Two by Nine Contest: 


The PRINCESS was one that all wanted to IMPRESS
Her SCHOOL kept her intellect current not a FOOL
The KING sought a worthy man for her RING
A RETREAT from tradition would prove an uneasy FEAT
Her INTELLIGENCE would keep her from fancying any GENTS
Many BLESSED suitors stopped by to parade their BEST
With STRENGTH she must stop this at any LENGTH
Poking LIGHT fun as none of them looked BRIGHT
Her GEM of herself was much brighter than THEM...

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