Short Poet Laureate Poems

An apple bitten,
Exiled from the garden of love,
Innocently wise....

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Poet Laureate John Betjeman
a versified-bio fan
In 'Summoned by Bell'
his lyrical story did tell...

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Poet Robert Bridges
originally a surgeon his obit says
This change worked out just great
he became Poet Laureate...

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Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson
with tetrameter(ABBA) had much fun
Gifted with wordplay he was blest
'In Memorium' at his best...

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Cecil Day Lewis a Poet Laureate
a teacher ere poesy he did create
A close peer of WHAuden
personal poety flowed from his pen...

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Today is similar to yesterday,
Quite possibly a preview of tomorrow,
Repetition of sameness,
Highlighting moments of miracle....

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Through doors and windows,
Further and further inward,
Pushing limits until inward becomes outward,
And miracles unfold into reality....

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The metaphorical rooster crows,
Rise and shine,
There is a hammer to be swung,
It is time to build the world I planned,
From the dreams I dreamt....

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Innocence blows in as the coldness of the wind,
Igniting an internal fire,
Washing away on the rays of sunlight,
To be consumed by evening moon glow....

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In the music of life there will be sound and rest,
In every day there will be work and rest,
The contrast is important,
Finding the balance is the test....

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I loved you the best I could,
Your scars were so deep and so old,
I could not see them and you could remember,
I love you,
This time love was not enough....

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At a right angle to all that is known,
Exists an unknown that remains,
glimpsed through the windows of dreams,
Remaining un-real until one dares to climb out the window....

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I collided with a door that should not be,
My disbelief in the door did not cease its existence,
Reality augments and causes pain in my face,
And the door remains locked....

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Crawling slowly into the notion,
Undeterred by obstacles before me,
Pressing onward with determined uncertainty,
Seeking guidance where none appears,
Pressing on shedding fears....

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The moment I met you I knew,
I would never fall in love again, 
When my spirit amplified,
my heart felt at home,
Love lifted me,
I must, from this point forward, always rise in love....

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The answers don’t seem to match the questions,
The lesson have not been fully learned,
The struggle continues, the progress is real,
Pressing on seems the course, 
And standing still remains an option....

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Reality has flipped upside down,
Fist pounding on glass for release,
What descends is not glitter nor snow,
Fractured fragments of reality,
Tomorrow will be created from these pieces,
Today will be lived amidst the debris....

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If words are thoughts made manifest, humanity then a poem long ago written
only the poet knowing the design
 Tragic or joyous, all things rest in his hands 
for once the word is constructed creation is realized ending fulfilled...

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Floor to ceiling, wall to wall, world to world,
Bouncing from dimension to dimension,
Stranded in the space that is nowhere,
Unsure if this is wake or sleep,
Unsure which option is reality,
Rapid fire stillness,
The love child of sanity and insanity....

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“  Life, a Precious Gift “
“ Harry, Live it, be Happy “
“ Know your dear Lenore ‘

These are the Words of : “Lady”  Elaine George
To my POEM : Wake Up, Below is my Response

Elaine is “ FRIENDSHIP “
Elaine is “ INSPIRATION
 “ POET  LAUREATE “

Inspired by and Dedicated to “ Lady “  Elaine George...

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Went To Meander

Marjory Wentworth went to meander;
Took a gander and had to hand her
My poems that with me I did tote
Then she grabbed me by my throat;
No more of my poems can she endure.

James Horn

Marjory Wentworth is Poet Laureate
of South Carolina where poems are
always finer so she said....

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being still,makes me ill.the feel i get when girls are wet and wild,is ooh child,things are gonna get easier.the theme park crossed my mind.so did your behind.your behind the times if you think im perverted.we worried?the poet laureate thing,its a total mess,and unblessed.we confess,lest,we take the place.love the lower case....

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heart flutters bearing the news
appointed poet laureate
bows comrades honoring name
gift gabble raising thy brows
expectations of nil
inspirations for others






Tribute To Poetry

And To All The Wonderful Poets
Here In The Soup Bowl
I Bow To Each

Also Entry For
Brian Strand's 
Poet Laureate Contest
GL All...

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Past Permanent and Present Subject to Change

past is permanent
while future will soon be here
now live in present

Present is only tense
which we can live in.

Jim Horn

This is my 8,000th poem.
I have dedicated it to 
Marjory Wentworth,
Poet Laureate of
South Carolina.
Probably should have
had her edit my poem....

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Lives We Have Printed
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Lives we have printed 
were written greatly with rhyming thrust.
When wreaths of laurels scented 
beguile the richest dreams with lust,
fragrance glorified bows to trust. 

Poetic form English Quintain: rhyme scheme a,b,a,b,b 
Written for Brian Strand’s Poet Laureate contest 
October 24, 2009...

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