Short Posey Poems

Filters of weak truths
My shades of reality
Bold lies in artwork

Posey Raul Moreno...

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scarlet leaves scatter 



the wind in a jealous huff



push them to the ground...

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Awesomeness I see
Always looking back at me
God’s own artistry

Written By John Posey
01/06/13...

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Wisdom comes to me.
Light bulb glows above my head.
I’m enlightened now!

Written by John Posey
04/03/13<>...

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From the erudite family ofHuxley
cane Aldous with poetics so free
Penning satirical novels so well
his posey perhaps too metaphysical...

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~~Posey Brian Strand

Manly features view
Mystery surrounds your love
My friend do you dare?
Open your heart and see me
Rest, dream of a loving flame...

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Here’s to
All the 
Promises
Placed
Yearly

Never
Ever
Write them down

Your
Effort will
Always achieve
Reality

Written By John Posey
12/27/12...

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Night falls to the sound
Of a whip-por-will, longing
Calling to a mate
Sadly there is no answer
Sadly mirrowing, my life.

~~Brian Strand posey, for the Tanka me contest...

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Some say I look like Hemingway
Some say he looks like me.
But six-toed cats cannot be fooled
That’s why, from me, they flee.

Written by John Posey
03-16-13...

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Posey and Shirley two bad men I once knew
Bar room brawlers and stinkers these two
might had made a millionaire
had I told about this pair
Because this was way before boy named Sue...

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re-post inspired by Constance contest

Come walk with me ,around my rural clime,
We'll pen verse , posey and lyrics that rime

A heroic couplet, after style of Thomas Wyatt (1503-42)...

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There was a young poet named Ben
Whose poetry never did win,
Then his talent, I’m told,
Began to take hold,
Now Ben’s awards never end.

Written By John Posey
12/31/12...

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Tattered jeans comfort
Morning mental haze
Sensual pulses stimulate
Smells don't deter
Sex, food and laughter
Keep it simply rational

For Nathan's contest--Thanks for the inspiration today....

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Until I see them
Frame me as a doubting Tom.
Once will be enough.

Until they see me
Friends I’ll never claim they are.
Otherwise, you’re nuts

Written By John Posey
04/17/13...

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 Tears try hard to hide.
And feelings are much the same
This I’ve come to know.
Feelings, sometimes, walk with tears.
So, each other, they betray.

Written By John Posey
04/20/13...

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A New Year’s resolution I made
After drinking some spiked lemonade
To someone I swore
 Not to drink anymore -
How quickly that promise did fade! (HIC}

Written By John Posey
12/30/12...

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Haikus with beer go well, I was told
So I sat down and I ate eighty-four
And when I got through
I’m here to tell you,
There sure was a mess on the floor

 Written by John Posey
12/22/12...

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By Dipping The Pen

By dipping the pen
We open our mouths
And become responsible
For all that comes out.

Written by John Posey
8/16/14

Entered in PD’s Contest
“Any poem under five lines #2”...

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When you need me by your side I’ll be there.
Nothing can keep me from you.
Where you go I’ll follow.

category: Serious
for: Francine Roberts Old or New five or less contest

Written By John Posey
05/23/13...

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What will I write for my first Nonet?
It’s something I have not tried yet.
To some they seem very hard
Later will I be scarred?
Pain will not last long
Try writing song.
Then you’ll find
Nonet
Rhymes.

Written By John Posey
12/26/12...

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Sleepless Nights - Limerick Insomnia Revisited 

Limericks are so hard to write.
Sometimes, keep me up half the night
Spending way too much time
Just trying to rhyme
A word that’s just out of sight.


Written By John Posey
07/02/13...

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A true Poet cannot
Hide what he feels'
In side,
He severs' his anger
And
Tempest his pride
And
With a Masquerade
Of assure Nance
With an innuendo
Or two
He is bound to strike
Something Posey
In you,
Something significant
Always' something new

GF...

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The rhymes of golden times 
                                          pour forth of golden minds
                                                     plagiarisms
                                                     exorcisms 
                                          demons of modern times...

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Tree lined free lined stanzas
gamboling audible quatrains'
play dulcet music fair
More than nature can bear
View lovely summer's show
Blooming blossoming country fair
Lovely romp through piney woods
by melodies that cry for posey
Sing a song of rhymed delight
Catch a heart in mid flight...

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A Dream For Maureen

saw her peeking hesitantly 
through the window  
shaped as a page yellowed
with age and scented of violets
and forget me nots, a posey
once given shyly 
and received with love.
I reached toward her
she stepped gingerly into
my world of words and wishes
for a long spring afternoon....

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