Short Rattled Poems

orange skies shimmered
desert sands rattled
Jackpot cup jingles...

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I shook my head, it rattled, all the words fell out on a blank page....

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Blind bearded man walking to the gate
The banjos rattled and the tambourines...

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rain rampant rehearsed
roof rattled tiny bubbles of drum
releasing hidden passion of love...

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ONE A.M. SOLILOQUY 

the thunder rattled my sleep -
                 vibrating windows and walls, eyes shut tight

4/7/2019...

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rain rattled on the roof presented
releasing tiny bubbles of tin drummed
rampant wind rehearsed and echoed
reverberating in the souls of nature and people...

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Rain came
Hearts scared 
People fled
A car sped 
Water splashed
Round the corner 
An umbrella sprang up
A mother hugged 
A child giggled
The rain rattled...

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They say it didn't matter
But it rocked your core
You walked on shaky ground
Your feet were in those shoes
So if it rattled you, it mattered...

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a baby hit a rattler with its rattle
the rattler was startled so it rattled
the babe loaded a diaper
and perfumed the pit viper
that's how a babe beat a snake in battle...

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there is this
continuous ruckus
surrounding us-
broken balance
faltered- permanently
startled- rattled
chandelier spirit-
the epic unforgettable
lyric that keeps
slipping my mind...

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The street light shined dimly
Its shallow shadows slithered
The icy covering now bearded
In a five o’clock shadow

His hand faltered
The easel rattled
His brush refocused
On the edge of the wind...

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In my head are dark contemplations
Rattled by silent reflection
I fear my introspection
And my own damnation
Scrawled on concert halls
And ghost town malls
See my eyes
Death lies
...Why?
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I’m glad of April rain,
Keeping us indoors
Inside our rattled window pane
While the night storm pours.

The rain’s a winding sheet,
Shrouding up the night;
Inside we drink and talk and eat
By a fire built bright....

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Teeming pools of spawning thoughts
   Irrational coiling tendrils and knots
     Restless limbs and rattled brain
        Exquisite need for some slight refrain
          Deprived of basal corporal need...

...I am so...tired....

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people put on masks to hide the face of reality but it does not hide the actuality of the soul when rattled i do not flee i battle on to the end in anger a beating of the body is better than beating to a image of the men we were raised to be...

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society stressed with sadness  
their threatened and terrified  
outraged and trying to be  optimistic
repulsed and resentful with  
mortal movement 

overpowered
uncertain
torn
bitter
rattled
exhausted
afraid
knockout 2020

5/12/2020...

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Nestled in Nature,
and rattled by brush.
Surly looming Shadows
Adorned in Fire
Crested by the Sky.

Scarred by thick Dirt
and Wilting Plants.
Wandering Cries,
Stifling Heat.

Desolate
Expanses
Perservere.

Drifting;
Lost Souls

Trek...

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I was raised in sea of defiance
and yet my Zephyr has lost its realm
I am ungrained in all colour
lost in a rattled cage
and ageing fast

Speaking in tounges
I have seen your everyday jamboree
Although the seasons were roughshod
did we not heed too...

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I was raised in sea of defiance
and my tired Zephyr has lost its sound
I have lost all colour
I am lost in a rattled cage
and ageing fast

Speaking in tounges
I have seen your everyday jamboree
Although the seasons were roughshod
did we not bleed too...

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Ooh that hurt!
Splatted face-first in the dirt,
Oh good grief!
I think I've rattled my teeth.
I thought I could out run that team,
Cause I'm the fastest thing you've ever seen,
The reason I couldn't get loose,
Was I forgot to tie my shoes.

8/16/18
Contest...

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SNAKE VERSUS CROW


the tail rattled.    with its black heart

and glaring attention, the crow

pecks.     road burn on the underbelly

as the snake slithers down

to the creek.       crow can occupy

as sentry to my property,     presently.


5/18/2018...

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she drew out spittle and split hair on her tongue in suspense

an audience pitched their bets as snot and mucus went dense

as she rattled nails tightened her fangs closed in on her foes

she only licked her wounds with phlegm to soften the blows


19th November...

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Was he comatosed
Or had he been kittytosed
When he sleeps the most.

We just had a Carolina loud sonic boom. 
Doors and windows rattled. Our cat
never moved a muscle or even tried
to tussle. If you were kittytosed,
would you want another piece of
toast. Jim Horn...

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rain swung to the tune of
the western wind embalming
the thirst of the angry earth
quenched releasing opening
the pores, sweat was born
the drumming of the delicate
heart rattled the roof
of the sensitive soul
presenting, tiny bubbles of
blood reverberated
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She birthed me a star...
Her inner galaxy well travelled.

Seized by womb impact...
Silence - Rattled

Tone tormented yet blissful sigh...

Return to the source - yield rescue the cry...

Triumph this claim as we draw near...
Partake in this memory...

We both share....

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