Short Propped Up Poems

Propped against the Oak
Taking in smells, scenery
Fighting sleep to stare....

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April's buds
  awaken

  propped up
  on a tree branch

a lighter, cheerier green...

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neighborhood watch
                               a hubcap    propped 
                               against a tree...

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My grandma

I see her
Seating on her bed
Pillows propped with cotton
Circling her like witches
Around a cauldron pot
Her skin glowing
From her light within....

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Feet propped up,
creaky chair,
worn blue jeans,
sweat dripping off my nose, 
flick of a lighter,
long drag,
let it out, 
lipstick stained cigarettes,
and a good ole summer day....

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Propped up against the wall
two shoes, neatly placed there
laces intact, leather shiny as new
multiple holes in both their soles 
disparity in presentation,
 so what is their truth?...

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Saw her,
Chained in a cage,
Hiding in dark shades 
Imparted by men
Since beginning,

Propped her up.
Then saw a bird 
Flying In the blue sky,
Beyond shades,

Tremendously indulged in......

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propped up in her bed
cuddling the new pink bunny
her wan face lights up

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Contest: Easter Haiku/Senryu
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Placed 1st				
© 14th April 2017...

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While sitting on my porch with a cool drink,
my feet are propped up with some time to think,
so while my brain is turning
my stomach starts a'churning...
neighbor's lust is heard at their kitchen sink!...

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Gypped by the sea, the tossing
yanked a breath out, carelessly ~
Propped on a cliff edge, a deep
surge, swept over the hopeless ~
Escape came from birthed love:
A Nymphean with eyes of aqua ~


(11/2/2020)...

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Feet propped up, reclining on the sofa inside the den,
watching a hot movie showing a wild and sexy scene,
in his excitement he swallowed his can of Diet Coke 
and with his mouth full of pretzel he almost choked....

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I watched a ballplayer
   wave 'Hi' to the 
cardboard cut-out fans
   propped up in the stands

At first I thought
   It's time to find
a new optometrist

Then I remembered
   This year
Everyone has
   20/20 vision...

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My great dentist Sir Richard D. McFly
Naughtily asks but I cannot reply.
Open mouth ugh-propped.
Politeness has stopped.
Quizzing away with my lips in a Y.

Written 1-9-2019         Contest: Limerick II   Sponsor: Joseph May...

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Thankful!!!

My heart delights*…

…exalting Christ the Lord

…serving thru peace-propped faith’s triumph…

Blissful!!!

*Psalm 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

April 8, 2019...

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Best

faith propped

pleasing God

commitment-vow*

blest!

*Psalm 76:11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

July 2, 2019
edited on November 20, 2020...

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Steadfast

Unwavering

Holding fast Scriptures’ truth

Yielding not to vain dogmas’ threats…

Christ-propped.

*Hebrews 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.

August 2, 2019...

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Summer Ablutions

Stunned by July in a hammock
he remembers the apricot wife 
no longer here
one curler more and the flutter
of leaves in the orchard
the sound of trees 
letting go
a downpour of plums
flowing over
the wicker
propped open 
below

Donal Mahoney...

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Heavenly enriched

Bestowed with eternal life*

Grace and mercy-propped…

I thank God Whose wealth’s bounty

Fills me well to share with bliss.

*Romans 6:23 …The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

April 17, 2019...

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Propped by God’s might
soul seeks light glow
shines bright with peace.

As good steward
I forward march
toward Christ’s prize.

*Philippians 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

November 30, 2020...

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Faith*, charity-propped, shines bright

Bears good works, graciously right

Ministering in God’s light

Shares great love's delight!

*1Timothy 1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

August 18, 2019...

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Prior to Conception


As if stunned by July in a hammock
I wait for my apricot wife

One curler more and the flutter
of leaves in the orchard

the sound of trees 
letting go

a downpour 
of plums still bouncing

around in the wicker 
propped open below


Donal Mahoney...

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The train stops
In a desolate town, I didn't catch the name of
On the platform
Just An old red bike
Against a wall, propped
And the golden hair of a girl
Who sits alone 
Looking at these carriage windows

who is she?
I'll never know
After a minute
Her face replaced by wheat fields...

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THE DARKEST HOUR
All the grey gun smoke, cannot hide,
The black of this blackest night
A place where no willow sighed,
All, the grey gun smoke cannot hide
How the mud-propped candles died,
Their halo buried, with their light.
All the grey gun smoke cannot hide,
The black of this blackest night....

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Prudence…

Discerning might…

Faith-propped circumspection…

“…Grant me wisdom’s discretion, Lord…”

I ask!

Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

June 5, 2019...

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What a doll you've been in this crisis!
                                  I have broken my  pubic symphysis
                                    You've propped me with a ladder
                                     You've applied on ass an adder
                                   And brought me a pesky paralysis...

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