Short Precedes Poems

Increasing Girth ~ precedes Decreasing Self-Worth...

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A
son 
before
the father-
yellow precedes green...

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Every dot creates
Summation of consequence
Precedes line judgment....

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Maternal pain, at

Birth, and again, when her child's

Death precedes her own....

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Death, This, Death. 

Death precedes me.
My task? Recede me.
Then, again,
death....

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drop in dark precedes
crowded flight towards the lights
-the night chase begins...

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It may seem contrarily
   yet happens not so rarely

 The lightning bolt of recognition
   precedes actual cognition...

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Bitterness precedes Love
Loss revives Love
Pain is the constant the spans the divide
From which the heart cannot evolve nor hide...

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I am no one yet I am everyone.
I am nowhere.
Yet I am in a thousand places.

I am curious at how my
mood precedes me 

I am me.
It is enough....

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She walks with purpose
Confidence precedes her
She has that fast walk
That says I know who I am
And I know where I am going
And I like myself
It is wonderful...

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honeymoon precedes

an interminable pause . . .

the groom off to war


Feb. 5, 2021 
for the Hiatus Poetry Contest of Chantelle Anne Cooke...

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Oh magnificent rock towers/Over me up above/Past the sky and beyond/God is not even here/Figured he couldn't make it/This majestic rock stops all/Precedes what was before/Exceeds what will be......

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Sensuous queen of hearts is so beautiful they said
Not at all stuck up, level inside her soul and head
She has a beauty that precedes her reputation
Made in heaven, she is a comely, sexy creation...

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Pride,
behind which we hide
our frailty, precedes
a fall. We must pray about our needs.


December 29, 2021
entered in the Bite Size Poem no. 31 contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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Surely safe is
                proceed ahead,
                 If the friendly hand
                   that precedes us
                    guard and protect us
                     omnipresently...!...

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A painter's presence precedes his palpable painting.
An author is apparent by his text's acquainting.
A builder's being's believed by his building's indicator.
Creation is consistent with an existent Creator.

1/26/2021...

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I am awoken,
By the idea of greatness.

I am unable,
To sleep until greatness comes.

The work that precedes,
Daunting is the path I chose.

I am most hungry,
With a competitive flame,
That won't waver in the wind....

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Candy of The Sea

When the Sea recedes
Golden sand precedes
A funny tableau is seen
After the ebbing green:
Nude, we find the task
On the sand to bask.
Caked on yellow sand(y)
We then look like candy!


21st August 2013...

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Certainly safe is
                  moving on ahead
                  If the shadow of
                  the helping hand
                  that precedes us,
                  guard and protect us
                  omnipresent.!...

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There's a love that won't be silenced
Though it doesn't say a word 
It sings into the universe 
Though its voice cannot be heard
Like the breaking of a sunrise
That precedes the dawning day
Like the memory of a sunset
That never goes away...

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As they bask in the glory of Hollywood
Those in India will speak of Bollywood
And oftentimes remember Tollywood
Which must have preceded Bollywood
And even Nigeria’s own Nollywood
Which precedes our own Jollywood
O Kenyan cinema arise!
O Jollywood arise!...

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Love cannot be destroyed
She comes in all shapes and sizes
She comes in smiles and in tears

You can hurt her, maim her, gouge her
But you cannot destroy her
Her memory is forever 

And she precedes you into death,
and back into a new circle of life
Love...

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HALLOWEEN POLITICS: A HAIKU TRILOGY 

Halloween…coming…
Aping today’s politics:
No treats…just more tricks:- 
		
Offering false treats,
Evil candidates ape ghosts;
Tricking scared voters:-

Halloween precedes
Coming midterm elections;
Voting tricks abound:-...

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I hope this puts your mind at Ease

Because there is a Breeze
Those Leaves will shed their Trees
Creating furniture for the Bee's

Now, Milk turn's to Cheese
Honey precedes Bee's

And in spite of that Breeze

Leaves grow new Tree's
I hope that puts your mind at Ease...

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She wades in anoxic swamps
She feels with her heart
Her mind never still
Her soul torn apart

She craves understanding
She craves conversation
Her thirst for the dark things
Precedes her reputation

She is never sated
She is never stilled
The void in her heart
Crying out to be filled...

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