Short Raked Poems

Another mistake
An improperly stored rake…
Oh what a head ache...

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Leaves raked in piles
So much fun to jump into
Again,  raking leaves...

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Silhouette of trees.
Against the moon raked by clouds.
Eerie scene at night....

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sweet  strewn cedar shavings
Layered bedding soft in stalls
Raked and forked daily
With tender compassion 
Companion care for a horse...

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Longing
crippled heart
composure broken self
dark deep empty life
desire

Longing 
loves desire
startled frozen pawn
raked by silent needs
dreams...

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fall leaves come of     age
branch is not a      cage
the clime of the         sage
raked piles on youth's    stage

10/3/2022
)    (...

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Cause the
burn—of raked
shame—breaking glass,
not breaking anything.
The past

over—
reflection 
just killed and reeled
back only; for you come
again....

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Raked into a pile
Run and jump with abandon
Color explosion
Patiently rake once again
Making memories of fall




For the leaves contest......

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Blow
for now
your heat on
rippling leaves;
unjaded, they don't drop... the pressure snarls 

in veins on leafy cheek's different masks
(too many airs)
color shy—
fallen
raked...

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aged
leaflets
gold and crisp

hued
scarlet
whirligigs

wind
briskly
blows and shakes

yard
lettuce
raked and tossed

bones
of oak
left leafless

9/14/2018...

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It's nature's will in Autumn trees—
To slip out of offbeat colors.
There lay crushed prose he saw through her.
My unattached ground still does bleed
From raked walks on lanes— those who leave....

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His red eyes stared into mine.
His claws raked across my neck.
His fangs nipped at my cheek.

And all I asked what he is to me? 

He replied " I am nothing, nothing but your worse nightmare."...

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Leaves dancing down the winter wind boulevard come to rest on white covers.

Time for a nap; a long rest for un-raked crisps; food for spring babes.

Nature’s re-birthing is always a hungry one....

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Love is a rolling stone
That capers on
Raked leaves of the past

Then it plunges
Into the river
That carries it to the ocean.



03rd May, 2018
Free Verse on Love (new poems only) - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo...

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A pile of raked leaves 
no child to jump into them

A pet 
no one to play with

An elderly couple
no one to give to

A house 
that is not a home

An apple tree 
no one to eat its fruit

A secluded path in an autumn’s woods
no lovers to walk it...

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Winds are blowing
Your hair is tossed
Autumn breezes flow through
Invigorating air
Donning warm clothes
Almost time, for the witches brew

Branches bending
Leaves are falling
Flowing with colors so bright
Raked in big piles
Kids come to play
Returning home, as day turns to night...

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The wind has blown
All the fallen leaves
Downward to the ground
This is not the first time
All the raking starts
Raking a pile of leaves

Fifty bags are packed
More bags will be filled
There are more leaves
         to spill
Until all has spread
To be raked once more
For the very last time...

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Pain with every heart break,
Mistakes that i have raked,
All of my sweet memories,
All of my vain victories,
Were all just for you,

Love in my heart,
Time in my cart,
And my idle thoughts,
Are just for you,

My heart's stream,
My beautiful dreams,
My clever schemes,

Will be
just for,

YOU...

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The evil teeth of summer have chewed
me and raked me and made my skin sere
Sleepless nights have sucked my soul
and caused me many a nighttime tear

Then one day I feel it, a faint puff of air
Fall is threaded through it like a fantasy
Soon the leaves will change to russet
We will enjoy wonderful Autumn ecstasy...

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Horizontal Vertigo --
amongst the wet raked leaves,
Gazing into gorgeous blue; 
where clouds --
Are passing frogs or horses;
In a pair of grass-stained Levi’s.

A subtle wind --
Tickles all the colored leaves,
So drenched in spattered sunlight;
Still falling --
As she rakes the cooling leaves;
So brilliant --
Over happy giggles....

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And you laughed with me
and our eyes were watery together
and inside me
you are gathered
"all of you"
scattered through me
like in raked leaves
but now the wind is dark 
you disappear like poisoned bark
and my soul is in a million pieces
and some of you
have them inside of you
that's cool I'm glad to be there
but where did you go !!!...

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falling from the tree's autumn leaves paint the ground a colorful quilt.
crunching underfoot the sound of nostalgia memories of fall
red, orange, and gold a firework display of nature soon to fade away.
raked into a pile children jump and laugh with joy autumn leaves fly high.
the wind carries them like feathers in the breeze autumn leaves depart....

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Rainbow

envision the prism
the colorful
the rain risen
with polar missions
left in Ireland
the capsule of landscape
raked with white cliffs
as high to reach the tallest skies
we look up in awe
the rain falls so loud
the thunder howls
the rain becomes showers
the thunder fails
and rainbow hails
                            Written tonuhalan13/04/06/Thurs....

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Take a look outside your window, look out for the glare.
The sun is setting, set just a moment ago out there.
After a day of wind and barely wet rain abound 
came floating leaves down along the ground
waiting to be blown or cut or raked,
this work is no piece of cake.
I just did that yesterday and looking up at the trees,
all I see are many more leaves to be set free....

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For souls who quest
Paths of pleasure and pain 
Beauty rising from sorrow
Art cresting from pain

Emerge from your cavernous slumber
Saunter into the realm of endless night
Dance till the heart can barely take it
Embrace the unknown frights

Pity the man of no remorse
For second guessing is life's delight
The heart raked over the coals
Infuses the melody that heralds first light....

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