Short Raised(A) Poems

a village raised a child ~ but the village was filled with idiots....

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swords raised, a peace cry 
a sea of blood heroes sleep
feed the hungry beast 

11/18/2019...

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A lack of forward planning raised a question just for me
What kind of numpty vacuums… THEN sets up the Christmas tree?...

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Casual glances at ballroom dances
  an eyebrow raised, a bare shoulder appraised

Mask passions profound 'neath waves of sound
  on alabaster marble hunting grounds...

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Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe 

I had a Pappy; his name was Moe. 

Pappy Moe raised a deer; it was a doe. 

The doe he raised was named Joe. 

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe 

My Pappy Moe....

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Short Trip
Dr. James E. Martin
©January, 2014

His body got ahead of his feet.
The ground and his head did meet.
It raised a huge bump,
His parcels he did drop,
This act he hoped he’d not repeat!...

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I had a screwed up father.
He raised a screwed up son
and then when I became the father of two special ones,
I continued the cycle of this family disfunction.
I went and I screwed up the lives of my beloved sons....

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Inebriated Bob painted his house bright pink
His poor neighbors raised a  hell-of-a stink
Then in October
Finally got sober
Took one look at the house and asked for a drink
     

For the Tickle Me Pink contest...

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eleventh month of nineteen eighteen,
eleventh day and hour striking,
weary soldiers wept, relieved,
as armistice took root
and guns gone silent
raised a stillness
well-heard by
trench and
grave


November 10, 2022
A November Nonet Poetry Contest,
Andrea Dietrich, sponsor...

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Last year our festive table was set for four 
We raised a glass of wine to toast the future
Memories of my father who we did adore
For this year you share your meal with your Lord

Contest: A Christmas Memory
Sponsor: Broken Wings
Jan Allison
22nd November 2015...

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I bought the shroud of Turin
the vatican had a sale
they have legal expenses
and priests that needed bail.

It was just an old dusty cloth
so I put it in the wash
that Tide detergent, never fails
all the smudges and stuff washed off.

don’t get excited, i was raised a catholic...

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An intruder murdered the dark while it slept.
Dark green blood,
and nightshade shadows there were.

Moonlight crept through cold glass,
stealthily pilfered thoughts and dreams,
then it left, leaving a late dying shade.

Moments later,
an interrogating ray of sunlight
raised a dawn alarm.
...

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Through the window
I see the sky full with clouds
Birds are flying
Wind is blowing with unknown smells
Some one is singing
No one is in the meadow,

I can hear the melody
Has raised a storm in and out
Obstacles everywhere
I am losing myself or in is doubt
No one nowhere
I am alone to bear....

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Creative lively zany and fun
Joyful free-spirited, lively, quick
Spiritually aware, faithful and true
A poet, cartoonist and painter
Wife, mother, grandmother, animal lover
Elementary school counselor, virtual teacher
Patriot who raised a soldier
One who can entertain herself
An orphan now at sixty-eight....

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Take it easy now,
if all you have is yourself,
hold your hand and breathe

Take it easy now,
this is for your mastery,
alone, roads get clear

This is all for now,
tomorrow can be tougher,
yet you'll be wiser

This is you right now,
born a star and raised a scar,
who's meant to move far


-Nicola An...

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And so the moon is full once more
Yet all but once more is
With its face is raised a heart
Yes, once more it lives
Beating much as days before
Something deep has changed
In this hour much the same
Something deep has changed 
Upon the rise, a waking tune
Taking hold of me
The very breath within my lungs
Has truly been set free...

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I did not raise a son
to die alone
on Flanders field,
his precious life to yield.

I raised a son
to grow in stature,
to stand, mature
at life's rich threshold

not to die 
amid spent bullets.
I raised a son
to outlive me

not to be
one of a thousand
faceless heroes
fallen in a foreign land

I raised my son
to grow into a man....

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Shame ,Shame, you raised a hand,
no, your victim does not understand.
Whatever in this world, gives you the right,
causing such pain, looking for a fight.
You are the one, with a problem, you hear,
not the one, you've filled with fear.
Prisons, and asylums,  hold many like you,
help or punishment, for the things you do.


There is no excuse for this....

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At the moon, he raised a howl

A long, and plaintive cry.

What cause he, to lift his head

And serenade the sky.

That I could look into his soul

To see the world as he,

Dwell in his mind for a while

To know his reverie.








Entry for
WK 3 March 19,Any form,
any theme upto a max of 8(EIGHT) LINES Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand.
19/3/19. Placed=2nd....

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Four thousand years ago the Celt
Raised a ring of rocks around
Patterns on the English ground.

And there the Druid maidens felt
Bronze-age daggers at the heart,
Hacking, hewing them apart.

Then the pagan priests began
Chanting prayers and splashing red
Till the glutton gods were fed.

And thus the rituals of mere man
Echo clear the ancient call,
Haunting Mankind since the Fall....

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Took leave from my job to live the cowgirl way
Didn’t think, I’ll be pitching bales of hay
Living the cowgirl way was a rough ride
Didn’t realize I had to skin rawhide
I was raised a country girl myself
But my skills had sat on a shelf
It was back breaking work to hard for me
I just had to turn in the key
I wasn’t a young girl anymore
So, I headed straight to the door

JANUARY 25, 2021...

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Printed on paper read on my tablet
What you did was very elaborate 
Read what you said written right there
That's what you wrote it raised a hair
Peculiar feeling slight shiver and bumps
It lasts for a second then it pumps
Warm heated flush body and mind
Connecting signals emotions that bind
Would have forgotten write that was better
Remembered forever received as a letter
...

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They dwell
In regions dark beneath the surface of the Earth.
Where nowt of Adam walk or venture breath for fear
Of Satan and his ghastly peers.
The same who with delight had raised a million cheers
When Eve our source had sorely sought her pleasure
From that fatal tree
And on her ears fell stern cries of God
Be gone with ye.

They watch Earths
Faltering pallbearers of mediocrity and wait to strike....

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I found a sphinx in my backyard
And a manatee turned up dead
I raised a flag, all went to one knee
A hissing package fell on my head!

I was harassed by a baby squirrel
My turkey got doubled up tariff
DNA linked me to a cold case crime
Now I have to talk to the sheriff!

A child prodigy gets to stay
I lost at chess, so now I'm gone
My pregnant wife's hooked on opioids
My life is a current news spawn!...

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When I stole a ball
   from the corner store
      Who are you
A voice stirred from within
   
When I told my best friend
   a bold-faced lie
     Who are you
A voice tugged from within
   
As I raised a hand
   to strike my child
      Who are you
A voice cried from within
  
As my good wife let me know
   she'd reached the end of her rope
That voice lay stock still 
   ~ I'd not done God's will...

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