Short Quick Witted Poems

quintessential quick-witted, quiff
quelched quarterback Quade’s
quavering quietude...

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Bea was quick-witted, clever and sanguine.
Loving adventure, her escapades fine….
With energy enough for at least twenty.
Did she have admirers? Oh, yes! Plenty!...

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Paula persnickety poppycock provided proof
Questioning quarrelsome quick-witted quail
Responsible radicals reacted, reminding raised roof
Shopworn shortbread shakes shifty ships and shale...

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Slaaag was a foul mouthed quick witted handy female. A cat fight was one of her specialities as was name calling and back stabbing. Arse licking was another skill. What these things never achieved plain old seduction did....

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Thoughts of death.
Life roulette.

Play with fire.
With ones desire.

Beyond the norm.
Not to conform.

Quiet, Talk.
Quick-witted, jabberwock.

Past, present.
future judgement.

Chained domain.
Free reign.

Love to hate.
Soul checkmate....

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bagram airfield july 2010

hushed ether of morning
huddled guardian warriors, arms aligned
early call to prayer sounds the blood to chill
arrives the entry check point white linen under issued desert garb
a steely eyed airman quick witted and quicker with sidearm
all hell breaks loose and all age 30 years in one hot minute...

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Esmerelda was brainy, bright, mentally keen
In the quick-witted department almost obscene
She’s sagacious, perspicacious, totally shrewd
To point it out, would be a teensy bit rude

We let her get away with things others would not try
Her brilliance intimidated more than one guy
She’ll stay single forever said her brother Ray
She fell in love and eloped with a lover the very next day...

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You are beautiful and intelligent 
Quick witted and smart
Your common sense and abilities 
Hit#1 in the charts

You can ask your friends 
You can even ask me
I will never think you’re stupid 
Because you could never be 

I will always call you smart 
Attractive and fun
You’re the only one I want 
When the day is all done 

Please don’t ever doubt 
In my eyes what I see
I see the best in you 
Bringing out the best in me...

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Whimsy

Cunning, quick-witted

Driving,  thrusting, liberating

Souls connection, awakening the self

effectuating, heeding, heading

staunch, steadfast

Realism


03/19/16

Diamante poetry contest
Contest judged: 10.21.16
First Place

3rd placer in another contest (May 15, 2016)

Poem of the Day ( March 20, 2016)

Featured on PS Homepage 
as Poem of the Week (Marh 27, 2016)

Note: The poem is about reverie...

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Early in a damp woodsman's camp
seeing sawyers from a logging town
to stop the conversation bogging down
as asked my age among other things
I replied, 'Cut off my head and count the rings,'
then had to be quick-witted and fast-footed
made a bee-line through the trees
so as not to lose my noggin
when a burly lumberjack grabbed his axe
I ducked and dodged his mighty swing
which (in a nonce) saved my bacon (and my bonce)
and them's the actual facts
...

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