Short Purposefully Poems

Hero

Caring, Respectful

Empathetic, Kind, Loving

Purposefully Helpful

Teacher...

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Paintings,
Artistic renderings,
Purposefully portray elements.
Pleasure, surprise, sorrow, anticipation
Reciprocate. 

© July 12, 2010
Dane Smith-Johnsen...

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I purposefully do nothing.
My house can wait.
Mess delights me.
I thrive on it.

I purposefully do not care.
Wandering aimlessly.
Taking nothing seriously.
Enjoying my slothfulness....

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Looking at the vast azure sky, one can't help, but feel small;
as crowds of ants run in terror of cathedral-sized Converse.
I left sugar cubes next to their hill, feeling purposefully big....

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With eyes wide open, 
it is easy to be blind to the transgressions that aid our rise, 
as we tread purposefully on a sea of souls to reach our lofty goals, 
eyes closed to fully see the dream this life may one day be....

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CinderHella purposefully lost her slipper.
It kept running after her.
It put itself back onto her foot three or four times.
She flung it off the stairs.
It waited for her at the bottom.
Threw itself into the stagecoach
Ruining her happily ever after....

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Distorted 
To alter your brain chemistry
Sugary sweet 
To feed your dysmorphic
Paranoia 
You came here for comfort
Didn't you?
Carefully 
Constructed 
Confectionary 
Is what you find
Perfectly wrapped 
Purposefully waiting
Shut the fridge door on your way out....

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"Broken Down"


tears falling

that i have held back

for many many years

they're falling because of you

you didn't do it 

purposefully,

of course not, 

you didn't even know 

you held the gun.

you just pulled the trigger

and the bullet hit 

my heart....

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If
someone 
does something
silly, I’ll smile.
And  I'll more than smile if his pants fall off!

If someone purposefully acts foolish. . . . 
and too often,
my smile turns
upside
down.

Written by Andrea Dietrich

For “Smiles and Frowns” Contest
Sponsored by Michael J. Falotico...

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Simplify 

New
Season
Fresh
Start
Good 
Intentions
Pure
Heart 

Walk
Purposefully
Talk
Softly
Pray
Thankfully
Imagine
Hopefully 

Act
Justly
Share
Generously
Love
Mercifully
Inhabit
Peacefully
Rest
Intentionally 

Live
Simply 

Simply
Live


Jinjagoliath
1st January 2023...

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Precariously poised on 
the precipitous precipice,
I pondered whether a nose-dive plummet
into the whirlpool lagoon below
was prudent, well-advised and provident.
But the angry impassive persona,
of the ever so cross porpoises,
seen purposefully prancing there
gawking up at me,
persuaded me to prudently, 
postpone the plunge....

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And the story goes on and on....

I try to mend myself
Inside and outside.
I need to reach somewhere
And I need to start walking
For that destination.

Darkest dreams also have a fake narration
In me, in you.
You will simulate that thousand times
And I will purposefully fail the test
Exactly thousand times.
Nothing more. Nothing less....

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T he contentious people play prioritizing purposefully
H appily scribble FANTASTIC dribble
E easily influenced by the scoreboard

G enerating astounding ACCOMPLISHMENTS
A nother DAY in the life of the players
M onotonous tricks of the trade practiced everyday
E xtremely COMPETITIVE


NOT MY ORIGINAL QUOTE:  Don't hate the player, hate the game...

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I live in the woods.
A forest.
Much of it is untouched.
Humans have not been in it for hundreds of years.
Habitat for the wild ones.
We have seen groundhog, beaver, raccoons, opossums, fox, mink,
turtle, squirrel, bunny, deer, fox, and now wolves. 
I purposefully left out the two one hundred and ten pound pregnant
pot belly pigs  because that is another story....

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Charred
   Charred
   Remains
   URN Confined
   Purposefully stored
   Thrown sometimes in mindful places
   Like parks, lakes and seashores and even green golf courses
   Returning loved ones to rest where they were happiest and most content, forevermore.





Sandra Hudson  1/20/2012
Last line of 21 syllables seems to exceed the allowed space so last word is underneath....

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A silent dark figure
That follows you wherever you may go
Creeping silently
Diligently
Purposefully
Never wanders
Never strays

Never changing
The long dark figure
Ever following
Never leading
Engaged in a continuous march
It mirrors your every step
Movement
Breath

And yet it cannot speak
Or hear
Think
Act out movements of its very own
A mime forevermore....

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Purposefully I wander back roads 
seeking ancient drums and rhythmic odes
sung at midnight in the filtered moonlight 
through moss covered trees and giant guard stones
silently watching the dance of maidens.

Excitement builds in the tempo of life
as maidens and warriors meet then part
then meet again to forever mingle
as one spirit soul, undefeatable
in life and for all of eternity....

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Quieten the mind 
dile it down a notch 
drown those tears  
neglect all fears 
speak into existence 
be as loud as the excuses
fight for justice 
fight for peace,
grant your organs sexual liberty.
Dive in blue waters,
oceans sing songs of tranquility.
Dream, your big dreams 
Live, purposefully. 

18 December 2022
"Our Soul's Wish List" Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Unseeking Seeker...

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From the balcony
India rises
yet modern
her vast horizon
steel stained
metal tendrils
far reaching.

From my window
palaces do not
stretch far
temples fall
out of line
I fix on
you.

From the sofa
your gaze
rests on nothing
specifically
and on me
purposefully.

From my window
India is not
without me
she is
within me
my words cling
to heavy air
I cannot kiss
her from my view....

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Two scruffy pirates picked me up.
Intending to toss me overboard.
I weighed too much; they were struggling.
True.
They needed to lighten their load.
But I was not going easy.
I purposefully got heavier.
"She is flotsom," the tall fat one said.
"Jetsam," the dumb ugly one argued.
"Let's get a dictionary," I said. "Let's do this right."
This gave me a few more days,
as there were no books on this ship....

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Genesis observes the scrap
Proto-EvangeLium

God opposes sinners
Painfully exposing law

God's oracles surprise
Prophets envisage the Lamb

God ordains a Substitute
Purchasing Eternal Life

Grace opens Sola Fide
Prisoners embrace liberty

God orchestrates salvation
People experience loyal-love
 
Glory overshadows suffering
Praise exalts the Lamb

God owns satisfaction
Purposefully exceeding life...

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A perfect page is empty
Purposefully left blank
Of lines there are but plenty
Yet no owner there to thank

No pen soils the paper
All thoughts are left unwritten
Left fruitless is much safer
No idea has been litten

The pages slowly yellow
As the ink starts to gray
Nothing there to echo
No reason for delay

The paper curls slowly
As the man picks up a pen
A single phrase left lonely
Without soul, what then?...

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Limpid tendrals stretch forth to the sky
as they nestle deep in the forest's embrace
and off their tendrals
a sheen of water slides off
this liquid sunshine
that enables growth

tender tendrals purposefully break the soil
verdant and fresh
and will uncoil as they are programmed
when the sun finally shines
in amongst the trees

I inhale the forest's various scents
and observe the tendrels
intermingling with each other...

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Please pander to my
Perfectionism by
Pottering your purlesent
Peepers purposely past my
Permanently printed
Phrases of poetic poise

Pulling precious people
Past particular poison 
Pleases.
Pushing perfection points
Purposefully protects from 
Painful perception.

Perhaps a pedantic persuasion?
Perhaps a pen peaking in
Peppery passion or with
Personal poignancy or
Painted pastiche pictures of
Platitude?

Perhaps...

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She did her best to hide her colors
Her emotions were pronounced
They oozed out of her pores
Many did not see them

She was misunderstood
Purposefully misrepresenting herself
As a cold fish, so she could select her mate
Without being pressured by toads

He spied her immediately,
Seeing her essence, understanding her mission
A rare woman who had a belief in the common good
She could not hide her aura from him
He read auras....

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