Short Profundity Poems

             A tongue can lick
             And a foot can kick ~
               Whence cometh yon vapors...

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A few seconds of eternity
   two more than you’ll need

One moment of profundity
   fog gone—vision freed 
  
(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2013)...

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Profundity


            It is not the size of the brain that constitutes high intelligence

            It is the profundity of the essence within that exudes radiance...

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TRANQUILITY

Tranquilness
Peaceful, serene
Calming, quieting, relaxing
Mountains, parks, oceans, lakes
Breathtaking, mystifying, refreshing
Cool, immense
Profundity....

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Three people sit in a room.

One is incredibly smart.

Another has common sense.

The third has only a pen, a mirror, and the irksome desire to be profound.

She, I am sure, is the poet....

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George Orwell, born in India and first named Eric Blair,
knew poverty and sickness, so he knew life could be unfair.
“Animal Farm” and “1984” brought him great fame.
For his critical profundity, we recall his name....

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STARS

profundity of politics*****************
let’s start with the stars*************
when we grasp its light in our hand
then one grain of wisdom***********
might shine**************************

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12/15/2017...

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I try to reach profundity
but all around make fun of me
for living life with simpler goals
like learning and tranquility.

So now I'm leaving all I've got 
to quest for my own Camelot.
Requiring only books and pen
I'm setting off to find my spot....

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A BIRD TO THE GUYS

My neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Hornblower had a lawn mower that broke on them
And if you smoke pot and your mouth gets dry don’t eat crackers or you’ll choke on them
                                © 2012…..PHREEPOETREE ~free cee!~...

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I
wanted to write 
Thank You poems
profundity eludes me

II
In prose, thanks
who Read (& NOT):
Unique Poetry Community

III
Always thank Universe
Something Above Human
Not RELIGION, nourishment!

**Shalom, shalom
(Health, healing, wholesomeness)...

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a plum, a peach, a song, a beach
  a bend, a curvy straightaway
a bob, a dip, a dunk, a screech
  a hair-breadth turn took your future away

you nerveless nock, how dare you rock
  this sanctimonious cerebrum with poppycock
it behooves you to hoof it to Timbuktu ~
  haunting howls from the bowels of Montezu...

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You'd embroidered the Inferno
sewn with the thread
of supple beauty,
endowed Ganguria
with philosophical
profundity and great altitude
of enlightenment.
You'd reconciled
an old skirmish
between disdain
and phobia.
O God, you made
Ganguria an ultimate abode
decked with platonic ideal
of love and mosaic complexion...

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All the details
at the dinner
seem to be connected
like elements in a story.
Words spoken
each were stones
in the construction of a house.
I know the people
laughing at other tables were
all of their own,
but they were all
talking of me,
as me.
A feeling of great
profundity in the room 
stopped time
when I took a sudden breath....

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obscurity


Obscurant poems
Complicated word puzzles
Several meanings
Give poetry a bad name
For those who like clarity 


Lepidoptera 
Do you mean butterfly?
No, caterpillar
Or maybe a swimming style
Something of short duration.


Thank you very much
I shall treasure this always
Your profundity
But I fail to understand
The point of obscurity...

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Mourning a broken wineglass

Brittle and beautiful you were, you were.
Brittle and broken, you are, you are.
"A thing of beauty a joy forever?
O profundity I cannot measure.
All earthy things will surely pass.
Vessel of sanctity, frail glass,
To hold wine, not water, was your due.
I, who to the sink my treasure threw.
Must  careless haste  confess and rue....

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I am mad.
The question is not yet settled
whether all that is profound 
is compassless in the vast ocean of lucid reason
I loved, unguided,
Among many millions of fragrant flowers
Knowing nothing of the world
Without mentor to govern
My tideful mind
A love for which there were no words
A most hermetic love to find
Are these the most arcane experiences to be had? 

I'd be content to know not...

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Eyes 

The mouth can speak sweet words or lies 
with profundity, deep and strong.
But when you look straight in the eyes, 
there's a truth that is never wrong.

Lovely words are "hocus pocus"
when the eyes are glancing down..
They need to look up and focus
on your two greens, blacks or browns.

Adoring clichés are spoken
to many a cherished, won prize.
Yet true love leaves hearts unbroken,
and begins in the lover's eyes.

7/12/17...

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We seine them up
like dust
in pollen-stained hands,
briefly weight them,
balancing them in minds,
determining worth,
profundity. 

And like those before,
we toss them absently
into wind—
winnowing maple seeds—
whirling them from us—
as we shape lives,
change destinies.

Now, 
they seem to flit
to nothingness,
like us—
pale night insects
pestering
opal moons,
infestations of night
thickly settling
on the liquid glass
of our tongues....

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