Short Pursed Poems

Twenty chute-fed years
Of fiction; pursed, candlelit,
Absorbing fine-print....

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pursed lips
ever so stingy
with her hellos



posted on August 12, 2018...

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lips are pursed shut, less intent escape ~
we thus imbibe kiss of love agape...

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Frown
smile 
or wink,
raised eyebrows,
lips pursed or apart-
communications without words....

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Pursed
Lips
Again
Yield
Through 
Holy
Exhalation
Fine-tuned
Lyrical
Unclouded
Tonal
Ecstasy...

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Clouds in puckered face 
To pour rain but sun comes close
Pursed lips run away
___________________
8 June 2017...

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Dandelion Bouquet
                     pursed lips gently and lightly blow  
                                                                    Summer drifts away...

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He spun the wheel,
no big deal there;
no real money.

In a short while.
that big smile of
poor Lyle vanished.

He pursed his lips,
Gripped his chips and
Took nips of gin....

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ruddy trawlers creak 
as fire strummed whitecaps compose- 
seagulls lock their wings 
sage eyes, pursed in wry wrinkles 
squint toward salt misted shards 

 syllables 5-7-5-7-7...

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Like a Hushed whisper she was
breath held still
gently pursed lips
testing my will

Softly kissed upon a sigh
smooth lover by my side
fair hand upon my thigh
Promising smile pearly and wide...

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Waiting here patiently under the mistletoe,
Lips pursed expectantly, hoping that cheeks will glow.



17/12/18

A Cute Christmas Couplet (In Rhyme) Poetry Contest : sponsored by Andrea Dietrich...

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Up ahead, a snowy trail
     The lambs and goats do bellow
And though I have thirst
     My lips will stay pursed
Because that snow is yellow


2/22/18
As I Was Walking In the Snow
For Kevin Shaw...

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there was
simply
no pleasing her
as she pursed 
her lips 
in judgment
I couldn't
remember
try as I may
seeing a smile 
ever no never
light up her face



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on May 3, 2019...

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She tilts her head
Light lifts one brow
To say somehow
The time is now
Pursed parted lips
Eyes seeking stare
Hope slips somewhere
Loose looks cast down
Lithe lacey gown
Deep desires found





Written: 3/5/21...

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fists of cracked stone, palms turning leather 
words left to linger behind your pursed lips 
rise with my fever - who fastens the tether 
no second to consider your letters on ships
I reign to set fire your mind’s dreary weather  
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The moon held its finger 

   and let it  linger 

     to his amiable full pursed 

       lips and whispered: 


               Zip the chatter 

                     earth is trying to slumber.


9/5/2019...

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YOU LAUGH WHEN YOU SHOULD CRY

REMINICING ABOUT TIMES GONE BY

REACHING OUT MY HAND YOU CLASP

 SHAKING FINGERS ENTERTWINE WITH MINE

HAZEL EYES FILLED WITH FEAR

MY NAME YOU BREATHE THROUGH PURSED LIPS

ON YOUR FORHEAD I PLACE A KISS

A KISS A KISS....

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Hungry Dreams

Whisky clouds 
and wet cigarettes, 
don’t you want to see? 
I can show you more
than is just
loose women 
and pursed lips, more
than dry mountains 
of cash, or brittle television,
I can show you 
your reflection 
in a puddle 
of...

hungry dreams.....

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Whose lips descend
     to mock the pursed recluse
Lives trembling mute hand
They who laugh refuse
     the strong arm
     of yesteryear.
His the pastoral symphony
     the "peace that passeth"
Through the acid heart
Unseared, and rest
     the troubled soul
     free of fear....

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Come, as the pale moon petals
Drift in the springtime's pearly dusk,
Come with arms wide open, ready,
Come with lips pursed up to touch.

Come, for life is like a fragile moth
Caught in the web of passing years,
And soon we two, so full of fire,
Will be like stones, gray and austere....

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TRUMPETER
Sandpaper comments,
Intolerant, indignant,
White House jihadist.

UN denier,
Mega-tweeter, Putin’s pal,
Friend of common man?

Hair like swan feathers, 
Lips pursed in a brassy kiss,
No friend of Dizzy.

What Reveille wakes
Billionaire soldiers of change.
Your new president....

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i turned the world off
tuned out to tune in

a dog was barking
a baby was crying
birdsong flew too high to hear

silence sang along

we became this thing

something spoken of
in the bible

somewhere in the nowhere
a fluttering sunlight
danced over

the pursed lips
of a sleeping buddha...

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pennyroyal festoon in full bloom —
her English garden plush.

he’s dying to imbibe.
she foresees a crime.

mint feint
tea taint

“sip up darl’n
have a cup
or two”

his purple lips,
pursed,
ready for the kill.

she smiles and winks
as he lies still.

8/30/2019...

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three words not spoken
dance lightly on the tip of tongue
swirling around inside of your mouth
gnashing teeth that won't let them out
pressing hard against pursed lips
exhausted from the fight to be set free
swallowed once more down your throat
washed down with a grain of truth
three words not spoken...

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our silent euphoric screams
of pure ecstatic delight
involuntarily streams
each day & night

bliss magnetism heightens
vivifying all nodes within
auric field brightens
in divine radiation 

eyes clenched and lips pursed
we spasmodically shudder
dance unrehearsed
rapturous wonder

22-October-2020...

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