Short Reckoned Poems

Joseph Trumbull Stickney,
Harvard 'Pessimist' ,reckoned to be.
First American docteur de lettre
sonneteer, superbe, peut-tetre?...

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Joseph Trumbull Stickney,
Harvard 'Pessimist' ,reckoned to be.
First American docteur de lettre
sonneteer, superbe, peut-tetre?...

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It’s true, we both swim through the muck,
But don’t compare me to a duck.
No, I wouldn’t do that until
You’ve reckoned my rubbery bill....

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Thought himself still young

Heaven reckoned far away

Surprise was all his  








(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
         21 June 2016...

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It flows at one second per second,
Or maybe it’s we who flow through it,
But how fast this is can’t be reckoned,
Regardless of which way we view it....

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I always reckoned my butcher was batty,
With cryptic comments when he got chatty,
I was shaking my head,
when, with his wife he said,
I would like all of you to... meet Patty....

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To kiss my babe I looked quite ahead,
But circled the wrong day with bright red--
	Valentine's, I had reckoned,
	Fell in Feb on the second
So I kissed an old groundhog instead....

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Requesting
forgiveness
from the dead
My will
crossing over
no longer misled
Requesting
forgiveness
my debt was set free
Destiny
reckoned
—atonement complete

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Solitary blues—commence
Forlorn days thence
As for heart felt abandoned
Sole coldness, I reckoned
Oh heart in lachrymose
how irresistibly it goes
saying adieu is yet so tough, I deem
never reckoned in a dream....

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It's no wonder that old dame knew not what to do,
If she thought she could raise kids alone in a shoe.
She proved after the second
She was overly fecund,
Maybe Mother Goose reckoned she'd have child support, too.
...

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Traipsing off to the cave
with my feelings and thoughts

A Hermit I’ll be,
my last battle now fought

Alone with my memories,
together indwelt

Eternity reckoned
—transcending myself

(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)...

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rebel dancer model with a dulcet voice
and penchant for theatrics
Brigitte took Paris by storm
the bombshell exuded more than beauty
she was a force to be reckoned with



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on April 5, 2025...

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Wake me from slumber's arms,
her warm caress deceives me.
Save me from her temptress charms,
felled prey of my foul enemy.

Tell me arise, arise
your glorious light beckoned.
Pleasing brightness to my eye,
sleeps darkness over-reckoned....

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Angst acutely augmented all crowding
Aligned to semisubmersible state
Safely seeking solitary succour
Propitious perfect proposal provokes
Reckoned rated Racoon River Retreat
Lay luxuriating lodge location
So surrounded, solitude saturates

4/1/21...

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Listen to poem:

Before I Say Goodnight
David J Walker

One last dream to dream 
Of all things dark and light
To weigh the days in
Reckoned phase
Before I say goodnight

One more gathering 
Discerned in second sight
Commend my soul  as I
Pay the toll
Before I say goodnight...

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Flashes of light break the ground
The way the roaring thunder sounds
The wicked wind moves the earth
All forces to be reckoned with
Times at hand the end is near
All god’s children lend an ear
Heed the warning
Watch for the signs
You don't want to be left behind...

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Bereft of space time, what remains
Save singularity
Love and light divine, free from chains
Tranquil serenity

One without a second
Nothing to be reckoned
Presence by love beckoned

No ladders to climb
Bereft of space time

04-October-2021
Quietus ...

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A woman is caring

A woman is motherly

A woman is strong

A woman is sister

A woman is a friend

A woman is loyal

A woman is understanding

A woman can be teasers

A woman can be fickle

A Woman is force to be reckoned with

A Woman can be complex

A Woman can be loving so much more...

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Falling in love
      Is a decent manifestation
            Of emotional full growth;

Falling out of love
      Is an indelicate indication
            Of emotional immaturity.



Author's note
Inspired by the immortal words as intoned by
Sir William Shakespeare 
that needs to be reckoned with....

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A methylated river flows
Through the verdant hills
It suffocates the pastures 
It maculates the mills

Its waters burn and blister
They torturously bend
To Tartarus below
They slavishly descend

I only hear the torrent
On certain times of year
When days are counted fewest
And Death is reckoned near...

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Innocence

Once,
Met with an image
Masked in modernity
Walked in purity
Smiled in serenity.
I stopped and reckoned,
There was a river
Flow like giver
Soul and body
Amalgamation of Chastity.
I acknowledge
There was simplicity
Wrapped into somberness
Dignity
Packed into Seriousness
Vanity
Dressed into richness.
...

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Different luminosities don't characterize her. She's 

A force to be reckoned with, Let's count the ways:

Brainy, Brilliant 

Loveable, Lover

Adept, Artful

Classy, Competent

Keen, Knowledgeable 

Whimsical, Witty 

Observant, Out of the World 

Magical, Mystic

Artistic, Always 

Noble, Nurturable 




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He came when she beckoned
Nothing to lose he reckoned
But love is quite messy
When the lover is so fussy
She wanted so to sing
Of winter and of spring
And all he needed to do
Was a gentle kiss or two
Even the crow stuffed his ear
To hear her jeer
An end to his loving mood
Her beak had to be glued

04/05/2011

For Francine’s, ‘enough’ contest...

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In a world where rights Slumber
Justice withers like a deserted flower 
The Voiceless voices out of no voice
A silent scream of Murmur that awakens.

From the Comfort of Silence
Dreams Re-Awake in defiance of the prevailing mandate 
The old guard will soon surrender to dawn
The Voiceless voice, a force to be reckoned with.

Written by Joel Adi Yohanna...

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She smiled at me and asked me
“Can you spare some time
We’d like your true opinion
On criminals, and crime”
She asked me lots of questions
About the criminal classes
I told her what I thought 
And how I’d kick their arses
I told her that I reckoned
These people were a curse
Then  when she wasn’t looking
I ran off with her purse

©  John W Fenn  03-01-2009...

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