Short Recorder Poems

A Sencharlieku

An empty shell
On a beach
Musical!

...

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Trump with Wall Along Border

Trump loves presence of law and order;
That is why he wants wall along border;
Being lead,
By Cheeto head;
"Stay Away" is loudly heard on recorder.

Jim Horn...

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in the school I am thought to learn
some teacher use to tell me
my grades are depend on me
the teacher are only to record
that's the role of the teacher
really?
the teacher must be called
a recorder, instead.


Kota Kinabalu...

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I will remember my dreams tonight,

I say to myself as I turn off the light.

But still, my dreams refuse to stay,

and leave me at first light of day.

A dream recorder, please someone make.

So I can push "replay" when I wake....

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While voices surround me ringing out
Life like a tape recorder on fast-forward
I take a breath, try to see straight
I let it all go, roll off me
Like rain on a windshield without wipers
Voices start to fade
The pounding silences
Rain subsides
I can live again
My life...

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Coerced and Corraled In A Cage

What seems to be apparent  was the stage,
That we had discovered regarding the rage,
And from recorder,
Personality disorder,
Both coerced and corralled in a tight cage.


Jim Horn


This seems to have caused some of Kavanaugh's
desire for revenge....

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One for You Peter Bray

i have an old tape recorder
it is a friend of mine
it is half chrome
and
half
blue
a little rust
on the screws
it ain't worth a dime
but
it
plays back the
blues
from every car wreck
war
and
pawnshop
train
travels
at
night
thats
when
the music flows
and the chrome
glows....

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Sometimes when I'm on the job, thoughts will come to me
regarding writing a piece of poetry,
but I just can't drop everything and pursue it vigorously.
That's when my pocket recorder comes in very handy.
I then take all that's recorded home with me
and then I proceed to work on my write leisurely....

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Jim And His Fish


 Limerick Contest
Sponsor: Jan Alison


Christmas was just around the corner,
Mother had the video recorder,
Jim fell in the toilet,
As mother records it,
Fish in his nose what a great explorer!

Date Written: December 24, 2015...

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One problem faced by Richard Milhouse Nixon,

   Was that his tape recorder needed a good fixin'!

      By erasing stuff, he thought he might save face.

         But that and other things sent him packing in disgrace!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved

Entry for Freddie OH's "Clerihew Challenge" Contest...

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the old artist [1989]

...he cracked his head
...under the sink

getting
up after dropping
an
empty
drink

he had washed his hands

he was making sweet nothings
short paintings
and
shorter
poems

the tape he was making
spoke
of grief
regret
ego
and
hope
for
the
future

when the tape
ran out
the
tape recorder
found
him

dead...

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Where are those beautiful moments?
Yes, I have heard that asked before.
Can a moment be captured, recorded?
Even on a camera?
A tape recorder?
Would you look at it,
hear it,
feel what you felt
when you felt it?

Perhaps this morning conjured magic
but is now just that moment -
yes, something I felt
merely felt, then.
That is in the past tense.


(May 2022)...

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Whistled
                 from recorder
      echoed through twilight night
       reverberating sound of bliss
breath of life blown into the thick wide mouth
   as warm air flows through nostrils` pipe
          fingers move like floating
                floss,as the air
                    whistled.


Olusegun Arowolo     ;Date:05-31-12
Contest:`Sound of emotion` sponsored by Nette Onclaud...

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Some days I wish I had a reset
just below my chin,
but when I pushed the button,
a message would kick in.

Are you sure you want a reset,
not once, but three times more.

If you push again it all will end and
 memory lost for sure.

But wait, A final voice sounds clear
just like an old recorder,
the button that you just pushed
is temporarily out of order. 

Wooo! I nearly lost my mind....

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One sweater to help keep you warm and cozy at all times 
One diary to keep notes of all your dreams and longings
One handkerchief to dry your eyes whenever you cry 
A hand held recorder so he can remember all you say to him 
A poem called The Drawer of a Decent Soul that he practices
One book from the chicken soup of the soul series at least
One bottle of glue to patch us together so we never part...

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i saw you in a dream in pasadena when i found an old miniature tape recorder hidden in the
wall. that day i went to photograph the orange wall surrounding the estate reclaimed by
the government and chain-linked fence to keep me out
that night i tried to do a pink-fenced painting, only to keep seeing figures of you
popping out in all directions
in 1980 i married the person 
in front of that
orange wall....

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Audio pop
Sniff the notes 
Smiley stereo the pop recordings 
Rhythm and blues 
Heart so jazzed up 
Country western cowboys snooze 
Passionate is the stereo recorder payola
Silent stenography 
Turntable record player 
A tap happy cassette
Transfers to 8-track tralalalala 
This and a concert music
And masked voices
 Symphony

12/28/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr...

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White fan blows quietly
Wacky USB dive sits near
Magnifying reading glasses
And some worn out pens reflect 
Two puppies on a worn mouse pad
Placed under an intense mouse
The recorder and order of events
Of my computer, eight years used
Occupies the space front and center
Mobile desk holds all objects said
Moves on maple wood floor
I sit, I work, I laugh, I entertain
On my desk of multiple things

Russell Sivey...

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Actor Enacts
Banner Contracts
Censor Objects
Director Cuts
Editor Chucks
Grammar Pontificates
Hair-dresser Sets
Insurer Ensures
Jotter Notes
Kidnapper Attracts
Lover Sings
Murderer Kills
Narrator Describes
Oscar Signifies
Producer Promotes
Quaver Tones
Recorder Mixes
Singer Rhymes
Theater Plays
Utter Dialogues
Viewer Cries
Writer Thinks
X-Factor Denotes
Yodeller Yells
Zipper Closes

"but the show must go on"...

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Slipping Into The Cracks
Portable recorder on he held it up so eye could see it eye laughed in his direction 
there was nothing on it an alien creature does not have an image He was 
cackling in his glee then he tried to see the image on the screen it was a little 
yellow duck swimming in a pond of jargon gone were the images of me oh what 
wonder what delight to be an alien in flight slipping into the cracks just before 
daylight...

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old-fashioned reels
spin
       fascination
talkies buried

“did jimmy have some beer?”

and the oldest fighting
the baby
who whines real
often

a radio performance
of Twelve Days Of Christmas
the recorder squeaking 
“five golden rings”*
eight times
                   every time
out of tune

                                a dead language
                               how little Latin i know

9/2/2018

*Swortzell version 1966...

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I got a clear voice as I got off the bus.
Look for that voice in Plato's idea
And I searched for the voice of Nietzsche
Memories of the early twenty first half
I was interested in India from improvisation
Elliott's Book of being
It was not Western or Oriental, always taught me what is current being
I heard my mother's voice
And my mother gave me a tape recorder
There was a voice of Mr. Nakamura who I respect
Say you should try comparative thought...

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Wake up, morning
-
Waking up, from the cold water;
walking over it; a spider,
is moving with lame laziness
towards its unaware breakfast.

Heat generated first clouds, 
the newborns, yelping, careening
intoxicated by youth,
are scattered here and there.

The boy discovers a treasure, 
his father’s cassette collection.
Old tape-recorder whines and squeaks.
Armstrong sings, “it’s a beautiful world…” 

© 2009 - All Rights Reserved Kushal Poddar...

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