Short Quorum Poems

Numbers required to make a quorum
will vary.
But there is one constant,
God, and you
will always make a majority....

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Mind races endlessly

Need decision now

Only one direction possible

Possibilities endless

Quorum of the mind, heart, soul, and gut is hung on the moment....

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I had nearly touched the spire
Wherein reason intervened--
And labeled hope a liar,
So the council then convened.

But the quorum in its meeting
Felt discourse a useless thing,
For hope is always fleeting...
Even with the slightest wing.

~Mel...

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Four Yellow Apples from Sebastopol [for Francis]

why
in
a
moments grace
ending
over
a paper bag's
opening
rising up together
eyes-to-eyes
she said 'beautiful apples'
"i wonder how many i can hold in my hands"
i said:
a quorum
she blinked
smiled
and went away
into the night....

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ALICE WAS A LOVELY LITTLE SPERM

                                     Alice was a lovely little sperm,
                                 Proud of her slender flagellum arm;
                                         In pearly white semen
                                         Lived a nasty cayman
                                Who ate her up to make a quorum....

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Beauty of the writer within
Heaven’s wonder
Soulful finish
Words shout out
Journey
Distance from a far
Horizon to reach
Words after words
Sentences being the escort
Emotions bound
Heart expelling
Storyteller verse
Time with the need to write
Captivation delight
Quorum focused
Fed up
Need to say
Beyond the essay
Day and night
Sometimes writing while in a plight
Can’t be silent
Yet humble
Beauty within
Thick and then
No pretend
Finish at the end...

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Dinner Theater

Into the menu smiling
cheeks reflect candlelit
white tablecloth islands
amid the carpeted scurry
of busboys and waiters
in the backdrop of our night.

Tinkling laughter and ice cubes
accompany depths of conversation
overheard, yet unheard
from couples in quorum
around the raised platform
at the center of the room.

Noises diminish with 
dimming lights as
all eyes are drawn
to the spot center-stage
except mine
which remain upon you....

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