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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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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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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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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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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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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Chaos red alert
The evil one turns good
Flaky dust
Rocks rise
Living again
Crisis
An amazing light
Vegeta rises
From the depths of the underworld
Insane!
Absolutely Mad
A abnormal superhero
A force to be reckoned with
A super saiyan
Crisis again
Vegeta doesn’t choose to fight
He chooses for supremacy
Never turning evil
Until he succeeds his rival
Goku San...

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Judges make decisions
Based on what they like and know;
Though we may disagree – oh well,
That’s just the way things go.

From tiny little contests
To affairs about the states,
The critics’ declarations
Often lead to great debates.

When their rulings, though, are reckoned,
Be assured that they won’t budge
For there’s dominance and power
In the calling of a judge....

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Megan had  megabucks inside her duck
                             She reckoned the cost of a real good Puck
                                             She went to the city
                                              It was a great pity
                            Puck kicked on her ass and slotted the duck











 Megan© rajat kanti chakrabarty November 23 2014...

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The warrior
not to be reckoned with
fear, intimidation his domain.

In his prime,
many battles were fought,
hands stained with the blood of innocence.

Why? you ask,
a name had to be made,
for he who is feared is respected .

Time kills him,
a fight he can not win,
in his frail shell he awaits his death.


Contest:	PARALLELOGRAM DE CRYSTALLINE - nette onclaud
M.Mahauariki © 2012...

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ON THE KNIFE EDGE


City without electricity - a  lost town  - 
Phones don’t work, internet’s down.

Food spoils in freezer, coffee can’t perk;
Traffic lights out, everybody’s a jerk.

Elevators don’t work  -  gotta climb, climb: 
And read fast before sun-down  time.

Learn to cook over a candle,
Electric can-opener? Use the handle.

Back to the stone age in a second
Life’s not as easy as you reckoned....

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In your last year
You are weeping for no reason
Don’t you realize the goals you’ve realized?
Everyone knows your name
And everyone can hear your good heart beating
Be proud, pleased, and powerful
You’re pushing yourself
But we’re all pulling for you
And the force is one to be reckoned with
This is just the beginning of your first year
And you may do it all over again
Don’t change a thing
You played the game flawlessly...

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