Short Plugged Poems

we do not seek yet bliss beats peak ~
because we’ve plugged energy leak...

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portholes
round by design
in sides of ships and planes
encircle scenes of sky and sea
plugged snug
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Plugged into nature 
The trees. They know what’s coming. 
They’ve been here before
Feeling the mother prepare. 
Enveloping. Nurturing....

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I remember that wonderful moment
I was plugged into Net by provider;
After that remarkable instance
Real life - evanescent and fleeting....

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Feverish sweated winter season
Hot cold plugged up runny nose
Body aches foggy head throb thoughts
Robbing hours into days 
Feeling under the weather...

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I see them everyday,
fellow commuters on the subway.
It's as if they can't wait to put their iPods on.
Before me gathered appear to be ear plugged drones....

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Your vehicle's surely in a pickle
Because you, its owner, are so fickle
  You claim depreciation
  Never appreciation
You don't think your car's worth a plugged nickel...

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My brother with happiest grin            
Certain he was going to win              
2D fighting game                   
That ended in shame       
For his controller wasn’t plugged in...

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OLD EQUIPMENT IN THE ATTIC 
COLLECTING DUST

HAVEN’T BEEN PLUGGED IN 
OR TURNED ON FOR YEARS

ENCRUSTED JOINTS AND TUBES 
AND FADED WIRES TURNED THIS WAY AND THAT 

DROOPING TO THE FLOOR
FOOD FOR VERMIN...

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Bought a white Whirpool fridge at PC Richard,
took the salesperson's sound advice and word.
Plugged it in...it worked well,
the next day, it gave me hell!
The temp. was set on " coldest "...what happened?...

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WILTED ROSE

shade of wilted rose
bleakness fails fragile hips
wind-whispered embers
drought’s tearless petals crumble
the dike’s plugged with pricked finger

Tanka Form
6/20/2017...

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Lotto Limerick

Got the winning numbers in me head,   
Dreamed the buggers while in me bed,
Gave em to, newspaper Dan,  
Plugged em in, sure can,  
Wrong day, no way, so damn frustrated.


Contest: Susan Burch’s Lottery Ticket Limerick...

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MRI terror overwhelmed
Magnetic blanket weight
Heavy pressing down crushing air
Compressed can't breath can't do

Changed blanket lighter one helped
Closed eyes, plugged ears, go
Woody The Woodpecker turned loose
Clanging  aluminum...

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Glued to her smartphone
Gaping at it
Her mouth contoured in a WOW
She herself plugged in
A human transistor
Eyes glowing, ears antennae
Batteries fully charged



    August 22, 2019
 Wow Me Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nina Parmenter...

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large bulbs squeeze into
every inch of little tree
gold, green, red baubles
when plugged in incites big smiles
alongside the baby’s crèche
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12/19/2017...

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He fed some chicken down his throat
and plugged his airpipe tight
Then vomited for 6 damn days
to fill his mouth with fright

And came along to think he'd die
till doctors poked his chicken
When all the chicken fell right down
an anus for the licken...

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we sat on the couch
in front of the t.v.
both of us
were plugged in

we hit the power
and started
the game

we played for
hours upon hours
into the night
until finally

she fell forward
onto her lap

unsure of what
to do to help
i just left...

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When silence knock the door
After all fights to be calmed
Plugged my ear to hear music
Pray to my dark deafness.

Survival of basic skills 
Become a necessity as breath.
Plugged to calm to unbearable one.
What the music accomplish 
In hands of capital gain....

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A dream I had before summer:
"I should publish my poetry so I could become known forever!"
That precious dream went down the drain

The last idea I had in mind:
"I should take a cool shower so I could feel as scrumptious as ever!"
That foul idea plugged up the drain...

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It’s not fair how the heart fails
to completely heal, no matter 
friendly medicines proffered, 
prostheses patiently plugged,
eventual atrophied acceptance;
memories fade away, like streams
joining a river, but not to wash away
they just become part of the ocean....

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Talented, calm and confidential
nimble, skilled and professional
She plugged it in.
So one could begin
one’s intercourse intentional

Folks found in her service delight
She was available daytime or night
always on call
handled them all
the telephone operator polite...

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moistened eyes, dew drops swallowed
pain that tugged bleeding heart plugged
bliss beats led us and we followed
surfing suffering soul shrugged

no one sees unreleased sneeze 
wide awake, nothing at stake
the stoic soul aims not to please
divine entwined, for love’s sake...

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sultry aestival zephyr's puffing
as elated lilt's playing - I'm huffing
abdominal heftiness
yeah! it exploded! SUCCESS!
OOOPS!!! earphones plugged in ears . . . they're laughing.



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My tight budget for last year went haywire
Huge arrear tax due I needed to clear
Plugged holes of extravagance
For planned control of finance
Took utmost care, no sleepless nights this year.

December 27, 2018
Male
Syllable count 10/10/7/7/10
(Checked on howmanysyllables.com)...

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Like a tempest blew upon me
shattered  my soul without splitting me
Trimmed my wings not to fly or move
Raised high wall to prevent my creep
Closed my eyes not to see the spring
Plugged my ears not to hear the tune
I wonder how you seek to seize 
roaming my thoughts in vast blue sky....

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