Short Prompted Poems

The snake is discreet,
and hides coiled up and ready
to strike if prompted....

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Alan Cuningham of Dumfries
with poesy would never cease
Rabbie Burns his father's mate
prompted Alan's poetry to create...

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amongst the eulogies so fine

this refrain....prompted by the divine


Saturday reflection II enroute to a trip along the Thames...

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Pray..if so prompted to
   as the inner voice..so leads you
Pray..without sounds at all
   listen..wait..for thoughts,pictiures or a call...

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prompted on the chair a little still
rounded head with the tail of a snake
forcing stressful eyes against their will
to perceive a task of sin to take
morbid strands of fiber tempting wake...

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Twits
Hanging
Inverted, dumb
listen in, ease dropping.
Chime in with rude chirps when prompted
With presumed relevant authority
Unwelcome interruption peals
Clangers
Rung


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5 June 2017...

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Per se per se
I am in dismay
So uncertain this day
That I am prompted to say
Per se per se
My God is everything
He is my Lord and King
Jesus my everything
I am His I am his and He is mine 


10/24/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Warm beady tears
Trace their way
Down her beautiful chin

Warm hearty smile
Lightens her essence
Prompted by his kisses

He still doesn't understand
Why she cries like she does
Content he offers a reprieve


#Luis 4/17
First published at the Inkwell...

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A grief for the traditional ugliness we find in the season
To welcome the trees flaunting over again
Prompted to open our eyes to the life blooming 
A free vivacious tune plays as the colors mimic a subtle happiness
Such an overachieving contentment spring hides...

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Who out of word wet set himself as image model here
What prompted him, to so congeal his absolute sphere
When we were nothing, redeeming the cup's full despair
Where was never asked of him, the absolute everywhere:
Why would such a thing change a deity, nothing dare?...

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I have seen the broken bus windows
fireflies in my daughter’s afro
the look in the eyes of passersby
prompting her to ask;
“Dad, why are they looking at us?”
Which prompted my reply:
“Maybe they’ve never seen
an Ironworker before.”

John G. Lawless
©1/17/2022...

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Held Captive
Written: by Tom Wright
3/7/2016

The joys of my past are asleep,
Yet I’ve become a prisoner to departed days,
And they resist my flight.

While today shrouds me in pain.
I’m constantly prompted to remember,
That forever remains before me.
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Held Captive
Written: by Tom Wright
3/7/2016

The joys of my past are asleep,
Yet I’ve become a prisoner to departed days,
And they resist my flight.

While today shrouds me in pain.
I’m constantly prompted to remember,
 That forever remains before me.
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They told me time would change me, that nightmarish figures would disappear.
So I watched them with contempt awaiting the day my mind would clear.

I taunted and I pressed them, prompted by a looming lust of doubt
That they would spare my heart, though I deserved no sun, no home or route....

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He asked for directions
It was a train ride and a walk that mirrored mine
We were apart on the train
My minimal sociability
We met in the roar of passengers
A second offer of navigational help was given
We strolled with small introductions and talked
The ticket office prompted our fission
A Mediterranean farewell...

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blind ignorance dims light in human hearts
to darken traces of hope's
pathways to brotherhood

with forces hammered in bigotry steel
foolishness is wrongly forged
that cynicism may blaze

juggernaut wheels of wrongness steady turn
prompted by power and greed's
want to root in deceit




... CayCay
November 25, 2019...

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Headless

A head i need, bring me a head,
the headless body shrieks,
and Jack the lad says Raliegh had,
the head that Lizzie seeks.

good one Robert of the Haig,
good heads are in short supply,
but johnson's getting vague   .....
i canna deny....

(check out Robert's Version that prompted it!!!)
Don Johnson 6-aug-11...

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Fleeting bright orbs appear on camera phone
Gasps of surprise within party zone

Prompted one more photo flash
Scared few made a dash

Hearing vase

Smash!

Lampshade sways

Apparent loud crash
Discover on arm, red gash

Seeming from ceiling an object thrown
Fleeting bright orbs appear on camera phone


Suggested type: numero uno...

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To wreak havoc on her enemy
She invoked a fiery wind
But she was engulfed in the storm
Which she could not now rescind

Swirling leaves pointed like knives
Became a tornado of great force
Oh, she died of a thousand cuts
Yet without feeling remorse

29-October-2022

Painting prompted Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Lisa YY

Image#2

Word count: 48...

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Mine and Yours
_________________________

Mine and yours, a work of art
from our minds, and even heart
penned with care, consideration
prompted with such admiration.

My Visions, your visions compared
each are different, but always shared
You read me, I read you
both different, with a point of view.

Poetry Penned....

5/25/14-Jessica Thompson...

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I shall take my morning walk,
communing with the birds and talking
to myself while reading Kafka,
glancing at the latest headlines.
Dear Stravinsky's 'Rite' is slighted,
(he'll be back when ears are righted.)
When I smell a rose I'm prompted 
to recall a certain lady, gifted with
a strange perception, I must sadly 
take exception, for the moment anyway....

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He uttered the words, “I love you”
She felt desirable 
The signs that he really loved her,
Were practically non existent

That prompted her to take a step back,
To walk away, looking back were not an option
Realizing that loving someone starts at home
Every day she loved herself more 
Admitting that love for yourself
Was never a choice, 
It’s a necessity to walk this road…...

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life rises from its shadows
the weight of winter forgotten
frantic chatter, a staccato
such joy found
just outside my door
a morning of my becoming
sparrows dancing in the yard
stir flights of fancy
sparrows dancing in the yard
a morning of my becoming
just outside my door
such joy found
frantic chatter, a staccato
the weight of winter forgotten
life rises from its shadows...

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A strange thing happened to me last night
On the computer, caught in the wife's sight
Hey, what are you doing
Some internet viewing
I told her I was looking at cheap flights

The next thing we were lying on the floor
Amazing sex like never before
What prompted this start
She's never ever liked darts
Sharp exit as I head for the door



Based on a Joke I heard at work :)...

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It’s the rain
Incessantly pounding
On a tin rooftop,

It’s the veins
Throbbing
Inside your head
On a dingy afternoon,

It’s the kitchen door,
On the floor beneath you,
Being slammed 
Again and again,

It’s the rhythm,
The rhythm of a heartbeat,
Prompted by feelings
Of anxiety,
Of adrenaline,
Of passion,
Of love

And of life.


Bang,

Bang,

Bang,


Bang,



Bang....

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