Short Precede Poems

Abstinence comes' to
Full disclosure with-in the
Confines' of the Human Mind
Only to unleash a prelude
Which precede the gift 
Of time'

GF...

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Big headed dance troupe
Precede the festival known
As Saint Sebastian
When you will find from music
Crafts, sweets and serigraphies












1-16-2016...

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Abstinence come's
    To full closure
With-in the confines'
            - Of -
  The human mind
     Only to unleash
         A prelude
Which precede the gift
           - Of -
     Time

               GF...

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inscriptive
              descriptions
prescriptive
              dipictions
translated 
              transcriptions
pictorial  
              pictograms:
professed
           processes
precede
           perceived
guesses
            touch a screen...

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Glistening dew and rustling winds, 
a poignant testament that
you're abreast, yet you precede us
O Impeccable,
We tread after your prints of feet,
that we may never trip,
but endure all the way
unto the stream, 
our thirst to quench
                Amen...

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The idea that men rule their destiny, 

Can be easily defeated by the circumstances that precede men's birth, 

And 

By the events that follow their death, over which they haven't any control 

Whatsoever!









© Demetrios Trifiatis  
      19 April 2021...

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Great chaos and confussion precede
The changes that bring happiness
Repelling lurking darkness
Allowing light to flow
Setting peace and love
Resurging new
Creature cloaked
In pure
Soul








For Shortform Standard Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Stand
4-16-2017...

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REFLECTIONS
 cognizant
 between
 commitment
of
the
linear
in
a
    tonal
 series

nonetheless
expand
 disparity
of
the
stylistic
 unified
by
convention
 intense
&muted

the
assertive
by
 telling contrast
precede
with
 deliberation
anticipate
the
 embedded
uncertainty...

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It's been ten years or more since,
We last shared a spoken word or, 
Broken bread at the same table.

You left so suddenly with no goodbyes,
No exchange of long goodbyes that,
Would normally precede departing.

The ponderosa pines you planted have,
Long since grown so high that they,
Almost touch the passing clouds....

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I like to think 
that poetry
has intrinsic value
above and beyond 
the actual craft…

That the origins
of poetry’s meter
and rhyme precede
each preliminary
draft…

That something, perhaps
even spiritual, transcends
the fore-and-aft…

And when the writer
thinks to scuttle
a work, as often
inherently we do, 

always
may there be angels
floating him
a Literary-raft…....

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In the earth, I plant this weed
A magnificent plant indeed
Given refuge when in need
Taken away from the pain I bleed

In the earth, I plant this weed
High spirits for such a seed
Future well with Godspeed
Those who know, are those who read

In the earth, I plant this weed
An autumn moon takes the lead
Holding my breath I precede
Taking the chance, to succeed

~Leonard Napierskie...

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Little to live for; when tears fall like rain
I’ve been left in the back yard; tied by a chain.
    Love turned to habit; it controls what I do?
    And when logic is fleeting; does that make me a fool.
 The man with the bible; he judges her bad;
 But she was the best friend; that I ever had.
   Living life as a prisoner; behind a closed gate;
   Reaction to action; does love precede hate?...

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    olive branch in one hand
       weapon in the other
    hoping for peace with his brother

    eager to open his heart
       stepping with caution
    lest a new war he start

    ancestors who precede him
       sons who succeed him

    raised midst outbursts of fire
       triggered by scoundrels and liars... 

    visions nightly torment his wife
       ~ grasp tight the olive branch of life
...

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A Passing Beauty?

Is beauty all there is to you?
A growing child could yet be true
Though words for you are problems still,
The body's curves precede your will.
There's time; there's time; I wait to see,
I'll still be here if you're for me,
But if not, be a welcomed guest
Enjoy my shelter, take your rest!
But love as can though still a youth,
A soul that loves grows into truth!


Brian Johnston
June 2nd, 2018...

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Writing cheques beyond notes with distant memories of coins
Was to be your place until you couldn't gird your loins
For as soon as you are within the reach of the heights you aim
The darkness closes in on you to lay claim

Gold and silver only trail a good name
Made out of refined character and a worked gift
Let reputation precede and define your fame
Survive the sift, wade the drift and honour the lift

K. Muitherero....

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illusion, allusion
  affect and effect
irregardless, regardless
  precede and proceed

alright and all right
  maybe and may be
Can I or May I? Could he?
  You wanna? -- I'm gonna

Didn't you use to
  Ought you not to
I have got to, 'cos I got to
  You don't gotta, 'cos you don't hafta

I coulda, I shouldn'ta, but I woulda
  snuck or sneaked
lotsa stuff like this
  if I knew how to address you
Mrs., Ms., or Miss?...

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Looking over my life with
All  that I dream, is all
Just a memory faded with
Time, frozen in a time warp
All that is a dream, lost with
In my early youth,
Without the nerves to pursuit
All that would have made
Me whole and complete,
Satisfying feeding my soul
To precede with that one
Infinite dream
In all essence of life to be
Nurture and fulfilling,
Perhaps all that I gaze 
Upon,
Will make my life richer
More radiant,
Less drama,more Peace...

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A barrage of raw emotion
The onset proves, acute
It’s a radiating motion 
Abstract at the root

Shrouded by unyielding fog
Challenging a fleeting breath
Held hostage by my grueling thoughts
 Pale skin resembles death

I splash my face and wring my hands
Committed to disposal
My demons are denied a chance
No treaty or proposal

But, as with grief and mourning
Sacrifice must precede
The journey proves forlorning
Precious time, I’ll surly bleed...

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Don't love me for a reason; just do
Can we forget about high cheek bones
And beautiful white smiles?
Can it not be about the shapes that join to form me?
Or the titles that precede my name?
Wield not love as a currency
See it not as a medium of exchange
Would you leave and call me mad...
If I donated the numbers in my bank account?
Or if I returned the Ferrari with a smile
and gave the estate up to the homeless?
Would you still walk this road with me?...

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Tears flow in torrents,
spasmodic gulp and shiver,
I weep aloud when haunted by some moonlight ghost resemblance
my dead cousin’s fleeting angel halo to the fore.
Shrouded in a haze of mournful rupture,
knowing that our deepest wounds precede the grim acknowledgement of threadbare memory,
feeble consolation as we quietly sulk.
We dull persistent ache with fond ephemera,
evanescent lifespan’s meek recall for bygone echo,
a funeral cortège hymn beneath our mortal passage....

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Crisp lemon colored leaves
kamikaze off branches
Diving and dying
Glorious unconcerned dance

Squirrels chatter
Scold each other over nuts
flip their curly tails
with sassy attitudes

Deer walk softly,
fearing November, understanding
Many will be laying down their lives in November
Their hoofs smash multi-colored leaves into the forest floor.

October cool.
Sweaters and sweatshirts precede scarves and mittens
Songbirds sing their joy as trees go bare.
Announcing winter early...

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