Short Present Day(A) Poems

Yesterday had gone
Tomorrow is tomorrow 
Enjoy present day...

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Dots have been connecting lately
Picking up on a common theme
Everyone pursuing a similar goal
We are all just looking to be seen

Wrapped in a web of old wounds
Warping our view of present day
Ultimately want to be understood 
For who we are despite what others say...

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Debalaur-burbondoc 

There once was a small island secret
Where dragons they lived by an edict
The fauna and floura
They ate a plethora
'Till soon thier great size it did Re-strict.

komodo dragons
present day island secret
edict still upheld

©deborah burch
 3/26/2012...

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Look deep into my eyes
can you see my pain?
Can you get past my walls
and reach me again?
Hold onto my heart
and tell me you'll stay
Take my hand
and show me the way
Help me leave it all behind
erase those memories from my mind
Lead me toward a better way
where happiness is present day...

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I can grow thirteen feet long if I want
I stay in the Amazon where I love to hunt
I am the biggest crocodilian in the present day
Yes, I am a black caiman, slithering in the fray
One woman guessed I was a blue whale, a silly guess.
The only blue whale I know is ninety-eight feet long; I call her Tess....

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I can grow thirteen feet long if I want
I stay in the Amazon where I love to hunt
I am the biggest crocodilian in the present day
Yes, I am a black caiman, slithering in the fray
One woman guessed I was a blue whale, a silly guess.
The only blue whale I know is ninety-eight feet long; I call her Tess....

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I can grow thirteen feet long if I want
I stay in the Amazon where I love to hunt
I am the biggest crocodilian in the present day
Yes, I am a black caiman, slithering in the fray
One woman guessed I was a blue whale, a silly guess.
The only blue whale I know is ninety-eight feet long; I call her Tess....

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I've wasted abundant time glancing back,
Surveying moments I might now reshape.
Muddled vision is my present day track,
From thoughts of the past I've no escape.

Dwelling on opportunities once I wasted,
Is akin to displaying an attitude of defeat.
I oft reminisce the good times tasted,
Then left to flounder craving their repeat....

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A Cloudy Crystal Ball

Could a crystal ball do me any good?
If I gaze into a future that’s not yet understood?
But, if I could; today would be the past.
And being in the moment could never last.
Continually living in yesterday,
Is not an appealing thought.
As I could never embrace the pleasures,
The present day has brought....

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amidst the sound and radiance
a colorful sparks of liberty
explode into brilliant cascades

the glow of smoke as if bewitching 
brings joy and beauty to its prophet
alas, free yourself and live on

treasure and seize the present day
let them light up one's life
scare those stigmas away

06.13.16...

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T-he dawning of the new era
E-ndorses the space-age; 
S-unday October twenty-second
S-hows state-of-the-art page.

D-awning of the new era
U-ses the present-day gadget; 
L-ife is contemporary, 
D-esign is up-to-the-minute.
U-ltramodern machines move, 
L-ooking to offer euphoria; 
A-ntiquated methods are gone, 
O-n the dawning of the new era....

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Love is an intense feeling of deep affection.
I'd rather detest this simple definition.
Love is the existence to you and I.
It's the fuel to the fire below the sky.
Love is the heart's requisite desire to fly.
It's the ultimate reason we wish not to die.
Love is infinite of meaning wouldn't you say?
Is it not the entire reality to this present day?...

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innocents throw snowballs at traffic

whiz to the past, where

a parent would receive their little scoundrel

and a swift scolding. . .


swiftly we return to present day

where the payout for a child’s slight:


sadly it’s raining bullets

and the innocents fall

like Autumn leaves

red and pale


a cold call

a siren blares

life’s not fair!


1/7/2020...

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i can be the misty morning savior of your worry
allow me to be the medicine that will ease the stress of your hurry

skies become clearer and clouds will be fewer
particular traditions become more scarce and true intentions will appear newer

open your all to the new life smell of this present day
let the rejuvenated zest of this specialized spirit lead you a new and improved way...

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Stuck. 
In the realm of present day- we remain.
Ultimately trapped.
Winds breeze through,
Whispers of a life beyond routine. 
Crisp leaves carry our desires with them,
Into a new place not yet uncovered. 
Stuck. 
We remain. 
Hope diminishes untimely.
Stones stand still against these winds of change. 
Standing where our comfortable mentality plants its flag. 
We remain- 
Stuck....

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Dreams in my head won’t go away
But they also can’t stay
As they distract me
From today 

So I’ll anchor
Myself to present day
Pulling forward tomorrow
To see right now in a new way

Rethinking my view to recognize
What I've been searching for
May already exist and be
Waiting at my door

Took some time
To reframe my mind
For me to gain awareness
Of spots that used to be blind...

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Funny how a fickle heart works:   
always pining for what was then 
and loving to hate this moment,   
oft returning to way back when.

Regretful of all that are gone,  
dismissive of the present day,
it cannot wait to get past now
rushing forward to get away.    

But wait until tomorrow comes      
when today is a faded memory, 
heart will pause foolishly longing 
for that it cursed just yesterday!...

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R- Realize the events that shaped you.
E- Every event has an impact.
A- All of them can heal or hurt.
L- Leave all the events of present day.
I- It can stop you from the focus.
Z- Zone out from the stress.
A- A single event that you can see will bring wonders.
T- Tuning into the past is what this means.
I- In time, you will realize.
O- Open the mind until the strike hits you.
N- Nothing could harm you again....

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Ponder the extreme vastness of our known universe
from time’s earliest dawn to the present day.
Eons ago, beyond our wildest reckoning, 
when all matter was birthed…then by
incomprehensible force, scattered
over distances unfathomable.
Amidst that colossal chaos
a fleck, impossibly small, 
had all the ingredients
to become the Earth
which contained
so importantly
the matter
that is
you.
...

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There was a day when everything
       broke down,
       structures collapsed ...
       All our childhood dreams shattered...
       teen fears wiped out but
      and strength of maturity erased ...
      Tenuous lassos made from the past,
      remake our present day ...
      What was lost flew to the afterlife,
      on the wings of eld angels and what's left
      insists on following us forever
      amid calm and storm...

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We set the dials
The men in white
To send our agent 
To the light

Switches click
Red glowing lamps
And needles swing
To show the amps

The clock it winds
As time descends
From present day
To make amends

A tweak to fate
A gentle nudge
When current outcomes
Fail to budge

To set things straight
To fix the error
And save the heart
From night-time terror

If only 
There could be a way
Reversing time
To save the day...

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The Song and Dance of the jack-o'-lantern
The beauty and enchantment
Of the witch 
Forevermore our hearts for St. Valentine
Remembering yesterday's love
To present-day joy
We nestled together
That cold day at the beach
Holding hands
While gazing at each other's eyes
Feeling 17 again, again, and again
As we tenderly kissed 
Becoming one  ahh
I love you
Forever 
Winter spring 
Summers fall
True love 
A love 
For all seasons....

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An idiot plays in middle with a bat 
His eyes fixed on a bookie’s bet
Eleven fools attacking
Two listless fools standing
*Thousands of fools watching cricket. 


*Inspired by George Bernard Shaw’s comments “One fool playing and thousands watching 
him” but have extended it with present day perspective.

 
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Fifth place winner

Contest: Let's Limerick by Linda Marie, the Sweetheart of PS...

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If life be a mirror, then she is broken
And slit are my wrist by the shards of injustice
That tempted me into suicide of the soul
Guilty is my flesh to bare such sin
I breath pain..
Pushed off the edge of my deepest desire
I fall head first into an unforgiving grave
Where lay..
Counting my regrets as I sink into a timeless ebisk of pity
I'm a prisoner to my own cataclysms
Wasted was my life
And meaningless be death
But to spar me the torture of the present day...

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Between him and me, soulful love thrived,
Enthralling, enchanting and everlasting delight,
To my shock, why did he betray me and life,
Recalling the worst, in nightmares I strife,
Always, everyday thinking of him, I slowly die,
Yesterday is bygone, why do I keep living a lie,
Another present day lost, my future is no gain,
Love if may I believe, is born and reborn again!





Written on 11/7/14
Contest- Acrostic time#2
Sponsor- PD A

Ranked 9th...

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