Short Ravage Poems

swarms of cicadas
ravage the bloomin' orange groves 
u-picker scratches


May 26, 2018...

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Ride
the winds
of change with
care and wisdom.
Beware an ill wind.
A hurricane,
can ravage
your life,
fast.
...

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ozone is damaged...
polar caps melt and flood comes
as sun burns greatly


roof tops blown off
as strong winds ravage the land...
cyclone is here...

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hunters savagely ravage forest floor
diligent thorough searching
Morel hides behind moss

Written 3-22-2019
Contest: Kimo
Sponsor: Dear Heart...

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as fire would consume one's home 

so 
                    
wickedness shall ravage one's soul








© Demetrios Trifiatis
      19 APRIL 2020...

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Remorseless faces piercing
rain-slick windows for the man
given graces beyond what could.
Artist embraces passion and 
fear embraces stones and the 
town races to ravage his home....

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Ravage our monuments,
empowered dissidents.
Endless entitlements,
from spineless governments.

In this era unplanned,
by fathers of the land.
Divided we stand,
in moral wasteland....

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The performances gone,
just memory survives

A spirit most willing,
whose body still tries

All motion much slower,
directed regret

Intention unwavered
 —times ravage beset

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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The beauty of lines and wrinkles
or the ravages of time
Which is it?
How do we interpret
Its’ inevitable visit?

Can we learn to appreciate
our natural evolution?
or are we trapped in the quest
for a stay of execution?...

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She wraps around me
With her eyes delectable
She wafts of pure lust
And I ravage with delight
Love is our waging passion

Russell Sivey

Contest: One Tanka- Theme- Love Note
Sponsor: Rick Parise

6/16/2013...

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The performances gone,
  all memory survives

A spirit most willing,
  whose body still tries

All motion much slower,
   directed regret

Intention unwavered,
—times ravage beset

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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There was a man there
In the umbrage
Hidden
Shroud of overcast rain
The ravage drops danced wildly
Obscured across my pane
But I saw him!
For only just a moment's fled
But when I looked again
A double take
Another midnight's stupor fed...

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I lie leisurely on a bed of burning coals
My soul freezes to its core,
The night tears out the heart of the day
and swallows the sun whole
as my tears ravage the spirit of the sea.



~Contest: A Brian Strand 2 to 5 line contest....

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Annoying friend he is, 
He always brings me bliss! 

He is my guide
Never makes me abide! 

His blood iscfilled with molecules of savage! 
Day without him would be my ravage. 

He deserves my whole heart .
I preserve his surname along mine!...

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Haiku  Straying Husband

forlorn ice slit bedroom
frail flower between your legs...
ardor expires

Tanka   Stay At Home Wife

hours ravage ardor
supple sin envelopes grey
thick belly obscures
erotic athletes wrestle
loyalty in lieu of love...

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By Dawne Zacharias


I pray that thou will be our quick defense
on the things that ravage the soul
We seek after thee for courage and faith
that we may be made whole
In your hands, our thoughts will truly mend
The ravaged heart in you depends....

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Dancing with depression

Her feet glide
Across the wooden floor
With a look
Of misery in her eyes.

Her lover 
Grabs her waist
As he twirls her around
Without the slightest flaw.

Her scars
Ravage through the air
As her body
Calmly falls....

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Darkness strikes 
Nothing but a calamity
Anguish, sorrow, and grief sadly appear 
What a major catastrophe 
Through the hurricanes and earthquakes 
Countries are in a state of ravage 
Hundreds of lives have been lost 
As a result of the massive damage...

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When I see you 
My mind wonders of what dirty things you will do to me
When I kiss you
I want you to throw me against the wall and ravage me 
When you touch me
I lose all control
I want you to do every naughty thing to me. Have your way with me, my 
love....

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Regarding raindrops,
Rivulets run,
Readily regroup,
Recreate raging runoff rivers,
Relentlessly ravage, reshape, round, reduce rough rocks,
Remove residue,
Reach reservoirs,
Refresh, relax recalcitrant recreators,
Rest,
Rinse,
Repeat
...

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Revenge seeker,
Ravage orchard.

You speak
Upon the coppice;
One grows:
You cruelest.

Longing,
Yearning,
	See.
For you seethe
Blushing song,
You are
Blood:
	You belong.

You kill,
And shrill
Sparkle
	And gleam,
Until,
Real
Senseful
	You seem....

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With so much light 
We were drenched in darkness
Reaching out to grab 
The bits and brittle 
Of wasted zeal
and fallen quests
We cringe in awe
Slashed and diced
into a hollow being
We marvelled
and we winked 
As the cloud
ravage the only light
With a blacken darkness...

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dark desire, anchors thoughts therein
addictive indulgence, our sin
as feral vibrations ravage
blocking our soul’s right of passage
freedom ours, in silence within

19-November-2021

BITE SIZE POEM no27 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier 
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I lie leisurely on a bed of burning coals
My soul freezes to its core,
The night tears out the heart of the day
And swallows the sun whole,
As my tears ravage the spirit of the sea
My thoughts drift like the seaweeds.



~Contest: Bite Size# 51
~Sponsor: Line Gauthier....

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pine trees and branches
scattered on the forest ground ~
a collapsed woodland

strong hurricane winds
ravage pines in the forest ~
windswept aftermath

6/4/23
Contest: Show don't tell, tell don't show poetry contest.
Sponsor: Dilly Dally
(howmanysyllables used to check syllable counts)...

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