Short Plumed Poems

Plumed egrets shuffling

dripping white laced reflections ~

of the Lace maker....

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plumed gems
flit and flutter
from whitest Queen Anne's Lace
To purple thistledown roadside
treasure...

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Plumed gems
flit and flutter
from whitest Queen Anne's Lace
to purple thistledown; roadside
attraction....

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Ladies' scents
so nice everywhere,
midst the hats.
Every style
making their unique statement,
like garden blossoms!...

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wing through wispy clouds
plumed denizens of the sky~
I just envy you 


March. 14. 2022
Bird Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Tania Kitchin...

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in regal blue
amid blooming eyes
plumed iridescence
peahens gather
in a harem

train rattling
in search of a mate
colored quills
she spreads her feathers 
choice made
...

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above,

oozing like orange lava,

lazy clouds slowly splatter 

across the sky;



below,

like a stream of bright, red lights,

traffic snakes away, as if 

poised to fly....

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Soaring sovereign, white-crowned bird,
Shanghaied silently without a word.
Strong feathers molted one-by-one.
Pinfeather plumed on bare skin.
Wet market ready.
3/19/2023...

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raven falcon dove
                      inks on the wing plumed unplucked
                                   alight on the page








18.01.11


Composed for James Edward Lee Sr's
Haiku, I Love U...

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I dreamed a bird-of paradise arose one starry night.
Beautifully plumed, it floated in mystical moon-light.
I drifted along with it, as delicate as fine lace,
extraordinarily content, unconstrained and graceful....

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cold curfew lifted 
eager wings spread, feathers plumed... 
sweet song susurrates 

tweeting awareness 
of burgeoning beginning... 
springtime harbinger 
 
February 10, 2023

Sponsor: Tania Kitchin 
Contest : Bird...

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Six plumed vamps, posed on pointe,and smiled lewdly at the judges.
Girls stumbled across the stage and collapsed into a feather heap.
Audiences went goo-goo for their camp twist on Lady Gaga.

For Rick Parise Siju contest...

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Six plumed vamps, posed on pointe,and smiled lewdly at the judges.
Girls stumbled across the stage and collapsed into a feather heap.
Audiences went goo-goo for their camp twist on Lady Gaga.

For Rick Parise Siju contest...

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night sounds awaken
as eerily shrills echo~
ominous mantra

plumed wings cast shadows
reflecting in the moonlight~
twilight prey tango

birds hidden in nests
quietly guarding fledglings ~
nocturnal mission

a night heron squawks
while motionless in the marsh~
still fishing pursuit
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My dreams - they swirl in lucent strands, 
  in colors born of whimsied thoughts.
       In wisps, an orange memory
wafts carelessly from childhood’s brume,  
 toward purple echoes plumed this day.
    In lucent strands, a story weaves.

                 04 Jun 2016
                    Visual #1
     THE BEST OF 6 - Poetry Contest...

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Deepest darkest reds
crimson guest in the roses
of the same rich hue.
Flowers and plumed cardinal
interact through scents and song.

Vivid green summer
showers gold on scarlet lane-
forever moments!
Bush concert at my window
making memories, redly.


Written on 12/24/2022
For: The Cardinal and the Rose 
Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Craig Cornish...

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Under the rich December sky
Breath plumed in the frost filled air
The winter sky sparkled with stars
Like diamonds stitched to the curtain of night
The moon was almost full
And from that December moon
The lunar light bathed the landscape
So that light sparkled on the ice crystals
Creating a myriad of twinkling stars
To mimic their celestial cousins...

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Into the evening light
Falls a heart shaped cloud,
White plumed and calling
With Island eyes, sublime.

Drifting down, shielded
In oblivion, smiling,
Her translucent neck
Dissolves into depths,

The sun too weak to
Save her, she will surely
Drown into the fading
Horizon, she cannot loom.

Scents of ocean breeze
Sweeten the loss, she is gone....

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You wore the dress
that I picked out
sexy black skirt
that I raved about

You came to me
as a flower in bloom
I kissed you
when you entered the room

You lifted your dress
I bled out
in my shaded bedroom
you made me shout

Stretched out next to you
I said I loved you perhaps too soon
as you plumed and plumed
I felt like a big baffoon....
~ ~ ~ ~ ~...

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flash of surreal insights
haunting and eerie dreams
geysers rushing to the surface
plumed serpents dance
we are waiting
at the crossroads of intuitions
advanced awareness
in deep meditation
we are connecting
to universal wisdom
megalithic sacred monuments
intuitive souls sacred gifts
rational mind is a faithful
servant we train systematically
we are levitating

sep 15 2016
4.52 pm...

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I rose this morning to the rays of the sun
Slowly i walked;i did not run.

As i pushed the patio door ajar
There was a Robin;not too far.

It's then that i heard its melancholy trill;
This my heart with joy did fill.

Smiling,flicking its nimble tail,
Over the wet and glistening shale.

Like autumn leads to winter,
And day follows night-


It is always in site;
So plumed and so bright!...

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Their wing span stretched to full extent 
to catch the updraft compliment. 
Still bodies caught in endless flight
Gray backs roll to sleek plumed white 

Ever on they plough the ocean
Held aloft with graceful motion
Testament to His creation
Marvels of natural aviation

Bodies turn on the slightest flip
As they swoop and soar, bank and dip. 
Then one by one they disappear
And suddenly the sky is clear....

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Pompeii 

Amid ashes pumice lay
Life in cinders Pompeii in disarray
Vesuvius plumed angry swell
Archeologists unearth deathly knell

Volcanic vomit ample spume
from sunlight golden to darkened gloom
Roman bathing in waters pure
Nimbus of fires blazing coiffure

In 79 AD it's eruption did occur
No time to flee , No time for prayer
For sure a wrong analogy of mine
but this 'Furnace' it froze in time 

thank you...

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My neighbor is a pirate of fame
Who sailed and pillaged from Maine to Spain

I once heard his old parrot mimic 
Phrases common to a pirate’s gimmick.

I saw his long broadsword and musket
Looking quite time-worn, used and rustic.	  

He has a plumed hat, spy glass, boot scraps,
Black eye patch, peg leg and treasure maps.

 My neighbor cannot shiver me spine,
 He is way too short and only nine.


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The Play’s The Thing


Every day
the same play.
The moment I rise, 

the first act begins,
the same plot
all over again.

Only the actors,
only the scenery,
vary. Act after act,

no intermission,
no denouement,
it never ends.

Every night,
in the front row,
the same lady 

in a plumed hat
shouts, “Author, Author!”
I smile, I bow,

what else can I do?
Finally, I pull the curtain 
and turn in.  


Donal Mahoney...

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