Short Proffers Poems

empathy proffers assistance 
ego offers resistance 
compassion waits
till pain abates...

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Blossoming 
Effulgent sun proffers love 
Clambering… 

Ascending
Above the undergrowth…of
Thorns and weeds

Furtively
The moon unravels wonders
Glimmering...

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On and on day marches on 
until the sun is nearly gone 
Yes the battle is always won 
I know cuz when day is done 
moon puts her crescent on 
and proffers up, the sun.
Mystic Rose  5/20/2019...

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Freedom from doubt, fulfils desires
If our intent be pure
Healing power that heart aspires 
Proffers permanent cure

We’re in jubilation 
There’s no aberration
In our co-creation

Let not thoughts grout
Freedom from doubt

13-January-2022
Quietus ...

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paradox ignites inquiry
separation of miles
simultaneous expression
heart, diamond, seven
sympathetic origins
obscured talents revealed
matriarchal lineage proffers
activation of decoded language
awakening old ways, water ways
path ways of vainglorious movement
ebb and flow of awareness
inquiry satisfied...

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Blue stays true
to our sad hue
while yellow
hangs mellow
in view.

What Gore must ignore
shall store wealth galore
in coffers he proffers
behind trade offers
to floor our soar,

but paying for air
surely isn't fair
if we are free
to see their decree
rare as a scare

to fuel millionaires
keen on green....

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   Hillel the Sage proffers this commonplace
     for the entirety of the human race 
   Never judge your friend
     until you’ve ‘been in his place’

   So, open the door and see what’s inside
     Does tranquility prevail
       or is something cockeyed

   In you, dear reader, I shall confide
    Folks oft remind me of Jekyll and Hyde

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The poesy of chef's soup du jour,
   peppered in a skillfully delectable
            pauperized simmer
       or sublimely enriched dish of
          ultimate truffle butter grandeur,
   either method is subtly rendered mid
      tastefully tendered aromatic
              proffers of broken bread,  
          farther delectable poetry's bouquet...

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bright side of nature
draws out creative
moves, like stellar views
and vivid colors

conveys warmth, calmness
gives refreshing scents
fresh air and proffers
freedom, joy, peace, light

dark side of nature
brings on natural
events with extreme
strength, so disastrous

causes havoc, death,
sudden losses, grief
nature, like life can
be nice, bright, hard, dark  
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Autumn sets the hills ablaze
As the woodlands brightly burn--
And I watch with youthful wonder
As the seasons take their turn.

Each gives way to the other
Taking leave with noble grace--
As spring proffers fields of flowers
And the winter shawls of lace.

But autumn, in its splendor
Gives the greatest gift of all--
It takes the leaves of summer
And to each it gives, the fall.

~Mel...

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weary
waiting

tired of
dating

marriage-
ready—

going 
steady

leaves her
wanting

life is
daunting

time is 
flying--

as she’s
sighing

doorbell’s
ringing

soon she’s 
singing

ring, he
proffers

best of
offers

they don’t 
tarry

they’re not 
wary 

soon they
marry



March 4, 2023
written for the Strand Premier 1194 Poetry Contest      placed 4th...

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A thousand tongues cackle on, 
championing divergent views;
then hatred comes, a tidal wave, 
washing ashore total chaos.  

A thousand voices bawl and brawl, 
heeding not the other’s words;
each clings to its own beliefs, 
and disdains all other ways.  

Hatred sings, destruction sways, 
still the tongues they shout loudly; 
each proffers the remedy, 
yet Babel strikes, raiding unchecked!...

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The shinning sun, who warmly glows,
Doth send his ray to court the rose.

And enamored with her velvet way,
He proffers her the gift of day.

Then adds a string of dawn and dew,
In tribute to her crimson hue.

Thus blushing in her lovely way,
The rose invites the sun to stay.

The sun then smiling, with a gleam,
Bestows to her a precious beam--

That she may wed, though from afar,
This charming and enchanted star.

M ;-)...

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The canvas upon
Which Sunsets are drawn
The palette that proffers
The hues…
The stroke of the brush
‘Pon the edge of the earth
The purples, the crimsons
The blues..
The portrait that’s painted
Each day at dusk
At times displays the husk
Of a day…
Vibrant and roseate
Once so bright and sunny
As if God and Angels
Have conspired to create
A hue hallowed and new
The colour of blood
…mixed with honey…
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Knights of Justice

Keeping those away from malice
offering solace to wounded hearts
proffers hope and loving kindness
little ones shielded with his cape
ignited passion for what is right
nothing else matter for Arthur's Knights

Light a torch
in these dark times
forget not those who stood
echoes of heroes past

Fools always babble
by the fountain of their spittle
intensely the village beggar laughs




Dedicated to Mark Koplin...

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MARIGOLD

Under the glowing summer sky I behold
joy blooms on parched beds of marigold,
patina of golden glee,
suns of dawn I see
on meadow
rearing
as bulbs grow
among pinnate leaves.
Wild herbal scent food conceives,
worship flower proffers devotion,
garlands seal wedlock with floral emotion.

June 29, 2019
Syllable count checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Writing Challenge 2, June 2019-Summer Flower
Sponsor : Dear Heart...

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