Short Precariously Poems

crumbling foundation
leaning precariously
blue norther blowing...

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Two high mountain peaks
Boulder wedged between, goat stands
Precariously...

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Teetering mountain goats
balance precariously on 
narrow ledges of loose shale......

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dewdrops perched on
lily of the valley
precariously



posted on October 11, 2018...

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Ravens in black trench coats
step precariously across wet rocks
of a foggy Pacific coast beach...

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Gothic citizens in black slickers
hang precariously in the
sinful caverns of the dark underworld.....

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 red leaves adorn sweet
gum clinging precariously ....
river runs through roots  ...

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chandelier precariously dangling over ritzy dreams



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on October 22, 2020...

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chandeliers
precariously dangling
over ritzy dreams



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on September 26, 2018...

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A man is an animal
that stands,
and on two feet,
balancing precariously,
lifts the world above his head,
in belief
of 
being God....

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precariously

hangs fully dressed oak limb....
              
                 black birds run across lawn  ...

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awake until all wee hours of the night
precariously unhinged
feelings vulnerable 



AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on October 25, 2017...

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The chill of autumn
Initiates spiral breath
Precariously
Buoyant upon frigid air
Penetrates the heart of mist.

© Harry J Horsman  2011...

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Francesco was on his trapeze
Precariously swaying in the breeze
Suddenly he lost his grip
Off that trapeze, he did slip
Because he sneezed...

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The pocketbook
Thrown upon
The car seat
Hangs precariously
Unzipped  


First attempt at 
Gogyohka
Haven't a clue if correct...

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The witch’s hat
Mysterious are its powers
Fits precariously
Creates and eerie feel
While it is worn

Russell Sivey

Form Gogyoka...

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awake until endless hours of the night
precariously unhinged
vulnerable spirit


Submitted on March 9, 2018 for contest MARCH 18 PREMIERE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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Precariously personable 
Privately peeved
Parading pompously
Pronouncing pretty paragraphs
Possibly pretending pompousness
Poetic permanence 
Powerfully 
Performed...

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gas masks flung hither and yon
Rarely bother me
This one is different
placed precariously
diligently watching me
plotting my demise
planning my slow horrible death
I run off screaming...

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Balanced on a cusp precariously,
 Trying to decide who I’d rather be,
   Capricorn is sure and steady,
Aquarius, thoughtful and ever ready,
    Yet neither one is really me.





**For the Zodiac Race**...

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More afraid and fearless
than I have ever been
precariously perched
upon the cusp of a dream
faith and swollen heart
clenched in either hand
with an eye on the tide
building castles in the sand.



circa 2006...

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Throw down the gauntlet
We live precariously
And vanish in the wind

Love may never conform
To our swollen expectations-
Titanic shifts emerge unseen

But where there is a seed
Love must always grow
Opening more beautiful lives...

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bent frames
      smudgy lenses
      precariously
      resting on
      an aristocratic
      nose
      unkempt!
      the 
      baggy
      sweatered 
      professor
      exudes
      leather chair
      comfort...

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She taught me,
That life isn't about riding 
in a roller coaster
with straight stainless rails.

rather,
It is riding in a roller coaster 
precariously 
with 360 degree turns, 
ups and downs and rusty rails 
that can snap 
at any given moment....

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With heart strings taut,
I am hanging on the edge of instinct,
precariously dangling far above,
the rocky sea of rejection,
whose undertow is strong and deep,
and the wind blows swiftly,
heart strings,
stretching, stretching stretching heart stings,
snap....

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