Short Puddled Poems

The earth is still
The water not
A puddled roar
Caught in thought

9/13/19...

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stone throw away
reflection of one's
a symphony of age?

 © Harry J Horsman 2019...

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NATURING PEACE

Hungary hates hunting…
Love’s lone lamb looks luscious…
Puddled peace preferred…


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grey skies drop gruel
shoppers shelter in the shires
drinking weather, spoons
whatever, raining, trowbridge 
pea soup puddled county town

by gail...

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On man-made wings, the thrill of flight,
when a window seat was youth's delight.  

Now, high in sky, I’m puddled in dread.
With feet firm on the ground, I tread.   



For Sara's Two Lenses Contest, 2/22/16...

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WANDERER



There comes a day when
Those weather clouds damp 
With dusk setting in, 
When the puddled dirt road  
With hesitant drizzle,    
When the weed-filled ditch,  
Look the same;
But feel like home again....

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CITY PUDDLES


Calm
ripples
awaiting
sunset lover’s
reflection on a puddled city street


John G. Lawless
12/7/2015



submitted to – Language of Water – Poetry Contest
sponsor – nette onclaud...

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Yard Work
Written: by Miracle Man
5/13/2024

The morning has started with a drizzle falling,
my name, the tall grass, seems to be calling.
But a puddled yard,
makes mowing hard,
and daily rains have made mowing appalling.



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(a 7-5 Trochee)

Snow falls down; then comes the rain.
Wet flakes fall and drown
when that rain, like a refrain
once again comes down.

Then I step onto the street.
There's no snow to crush.
Mere shoes don't protect one's feet
from cold puddled slush!


For the "The Doesn't fit" Poetry Contest of Carol Eastman...

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“If you give me rice, I’ll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I’ll eat every day.”
- Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
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sprouted, sowed, dressed, transplanted
soil rich, fertile, warm
puddled field, drained well, weeded
panicle to grains
gently harvested
life staple
food...

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Please ...


                    Waste no spin on my heart's needs


Pay no thought for how it bleeds


                    Expend no mind, its ebbing beat


What's left is puddled at your feet


                    Just dip your fingers - find a wall


And make goodbye ...


                    A bloody scrawl....

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It's snowing again by gumm.
Thought we had Jack Frost on the run.
It keeps melting and freezing,
I'm coughing and sneezing,
Early Spring in the North sure ain't fun.

The snow is a wet, sloppy mess,
And it puts my good humor to test.
When I go for a walk,
On the puddled sidewalk,
And slip down on the ice I ain't blessed.



3/2/2021...

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The lighting, it was over bright
Revealing dark red blood puddled
She lay slumped, her soul in flight
The lighting, it was over bright
Exposing a play she did write
Letters of a name befuddled
The lighting, it was over bright
Revealing dark red blood puddled  

Written: Friday, June 24, 2016
Inspired by Julia Ward's contest First Line Prompt-2...

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Listen to poem:

Adrift in dreams while romance reading
Asleep e're night shadows began creeping 
She lay puddled in moonlight's rising tide— 
Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' at her side

In reverie, Elizabeth stood on the misty moor 
for what seemed to her a lifetime of waiting
Held her breath when in front of her he stood
Sighing as Darcy brushed a gentle kiss on her lips
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I swung my mini fridge door wide 
Revealing tiny porridge pops and coke
They puddled the shelfs dripping down, 
Sticky little oats and fructose 

The mess muddied my socks
Soaking my bow and sole
Like a beach of sweaty skittles
Carried by the melting rocks

I raised my knee to my shoulder
To watch sludge fall and splat
Ingraining my mess in the carpet 
Compelling my toes to stretch...

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Where have you been Depression? 
gray, fuzzy robe, 
blanketed high, 
tucked under chin
where salty tears dried,
yesterday. 
Stuck to the corners 
of my eyes and 
down my neck, 
once puddled between breasts,
like a moat around my heart.  
How ridiculous!
This state of mind can be,
and how absurd the cocoon
that encapsulates me.  
You may visit 
but don't stay too long,
stealing my joy ... for now....

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The sky unwraps a silver veil,
Each drop a hymn, so soft, so pale,
As rain begins its tender play.

It drapes the earth in crystal lace,
With every bead, a sweet embrace,
A gentle calm on Christmas Day.

The lights reflect in puddled grace,
Like stars descended, face to face,
In every splash, a dream will stay.

Oh, how I love the rain's refrain,
Its hush more pure than caroled strain,
A holy hush where hearts can pray....

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Old Girl Down

One step after another took the old girl down
Rain, asphalt black answered back
Cold shoes, wet feet, puddled deep
Overhead dark clouds settle in 
The forecast called for more of the same
Women and fossils should not be out in this
Sounds splash hard off echoed solid streets
Gray tall buildings went by one after another
When will it end when there is no end in sight
One step after another took the old girl down...

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One cold winter day, I formed a great big snowball
as big as it could be with my tiny hands.
I pressed it very tightly, mittens on!
Proud I was of it. It looked so grand!
Home I went to store my snowball
in the freezer. My brother,
befuddled, took it out.
It melted so small
as it lay there
on the floor -
puddled!

April 16, 2018
For the Contest of Line Gauthier
A Melting Snowball poem -decreasing line by line in syllable count from 12 to 2....

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