Short Propriety Poems

thing of proper action 
always a good notion...

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Truth doesn’t have an owner
propriety be damned

The light from the source
directing us home

—unbroken by command

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Oh, my heart,

I would rather see you excel in matters of knowledge and propriety

Than in the secrets of gaining absolute power and notoriety! 







© Demetrios Trifiatis
    08 February 2022...

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Life
To Be 
Or not to
Is the question
Existence questioned
We strive to discover
To find out more, to discern
Purpose for it, purpose to life
Slaves to boundaries of propriety
Freedom’s the answer, freedom from decorum....

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Science would like
  to abscond with Philosophy

Claiming propriety
  over truth falsely shown

Measures and numbers
  its weapons of choice

Never looking beyond
  —what its theories bestow

(Wayne Pennsylvania: May, 2019)...

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A poem is a chance visitor
Who barges in unexpected
But when waiting for his arrival
He may not show up
A guest with no propriety

Feb.2.2023

Bite size Contest. No.60. Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Line Gauthier...

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Once to stand before our Maker, to say, "I Meant well," shouts out as the state of a mind's deeply rooted feelings toward... Whereupon, if of a veneered propriety;  just same as a promise never made, but to yourself now, one that Might hold forever yours to keep....

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Grace is the right balance
of humor, tact, and wit.

Touting propriety
couth and civility.

Innocence with a tinge
of righteous arrogance. 

Genteel fluidity
in dress and decorum.

It’s the epitome
of femininity.


(Blank Verse)


11/5/2015...

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Religion becoming meaningless
when propriety goes away
Nothing to sit atop the lies
nothing to lead astray

Claiming the title to prophecies spun
each figurehead stands tall
To augment the legend of what never was
—as Divinity still calls

(The New Room: January, 2023)...

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Anxiety;
the fate that draws life near to me,
stretching out my palms to understand the emptiness
of my propriety.
Some rushing knuckles
through roots and eggshells,
but no gold dug,
just the fleet of mud.
I'll sprout a wrinkle
and regret the day
I let my wits run with anxiety....

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With talk of some depravity
She had some insecurity
It was intended levity
That brought up the impurity

But due to the gravity
And a sense of new propriety
She became a true deity
When I received sobriety

The then avoided atrocity
Turned into only animosity
But, through her generosity
She finally gave me pity...

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Replete with devout unwavering resolve,
Their hostile campaign is meant to involve

Those who refuse to adopt what they believe,
So they murder and maim in hopes to achieve

An ill perceived utopian society,
Based on their notion of Holy propriety

And from ornate towers the Imams sing,
As Satan laughing, spreads his wings....

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Cabochon sleuths
milling around--
these creatures seeking
the advantage,
ever-vigilant and dogged,

sometimes crossing their legs
to slip by.
Ugly behind the eyeballs,
wretchedly alone,
lacking ethics and propriety.

Repugnant to the core
and bafflish, too.
(willy-whimpers, all of them)
biting me
adding injury to their insult....

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A time tested honor
to be branded a goner,
just stand in the middle
of their circle of blame.
In this sex-crazed society
still obsessed with propriety,
it is you they'll belittle
to protect their good name.





*Inspired by the spot-on gorgeous frowny faces anchoring the Fox News Network. 
  Keep pointin' dem fingers boys! 

:)...

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Stilling avarice with abstinence,
He recovers profound innate wisdom,
Gaining sincerity most genuine,
And a righteous heart of prudence, 

As proper mind exudes propriety,
He harmonizes hearth and household,
And steers his state away from woe,
Proving himself fit for purple dignity. 


 All rights released into Public Domain ...

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A spring frog came to my bath one day
Unknowingly to me when I began.
I undressed quietly and stepped into the tub.
I hopped out when he jumped in!

Forgetting my clothes and propriety,
I left the room in a huff.
I will bathe when I can be by myself,
No frog will see me in the buff!

Frog though he is…
He could be a handsome prince in disguise!...

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Religion
is the death of God
conscripting Him away

Cloaked in false
propriety
enlightenment at bay

Religion 
is the death of God
scriptures to mislead

All piety
a false disguise
worshipping the creed

Religion
is the death of God
whose armies rage and burn

Killing
in the name of One
—whose love they claim to yearn

(The New Room: December, 2023) 
...

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Je mourrais pour embrasser tes lèvres

demure propriety awaiting
mists uncover morning crest
arched along crimson tides

glances reflectively linger
last chances filling coffers
only pearls dare still sing

gentle waves wash
upward turns to heaven

Je veux embrasser vos lèvres 
scorch your name 
upon my naked soul 

find me in fluid drips
of your attention
simply holding_
holding on...

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POLITICS


Propriety demands - we do not speak
Of others, either strong – or weak
Lest in the foray of the quest
Insiders, fall from grace, of safety’s nest
Take residence alongside taloned beast
Intent on making you the winner’s feast
Cloned puppets denying there are strings
Surrendering their truth to cell phone rings.


John G. Lawless
8/26/2014
for Judy Konos
How’s Your Acrostic? contest...

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LIFE IS A BOOMERANG



Life is a boomerang 
What you give you get it back
So, balance your Yin and Yang
This’s an essential hack!

With love fill your tray
Spread joy and cheer 
Prejudice be kept at bay
Let not fear come near

Fling vibes of happiness
Gift others your trust
Hurl loads of goodness
Propel propriety with thrust!



For Contest: Life is……
Sponsored by:  Nayda Ivette Negron Flores
Date: The 3rd of July 2022...

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Silence
Light is speech.    the mind
an enchanting thing
picking and choosing.
Our past becomes present
consequences.
Modesty may,might nay must
overcome envy.
Retreat propriety,
rescued by the disposition of angels
in pedantic literalism.
A distrust of merits, style &connoisseurs.
prisnmatic colours,hyphens &lines.
Nonchalance,in lieu
efforts of affection ,interacting with
apparations of splendour.
Sleep

Inspired by the works of Marianne Moore...

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