Short Refers Poems

The wife is a Number One Cook
But never refers to "The Book"
Her Number One task:
A comely mask
After that, you know where to look!...

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Calm
Silence
Inner Light
And the presence
Of the everlasting truth and essence


Note: First Day Meeting refers to Sunday (First Day) Quaker Meeting...

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Infusion of Collusion

Seems is such a big infusion;
Trump refers to as collusion;
Completely confounded;
Disturbingly dumbfounded;
His idiocy became an allusion....

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Now that's the misleading part
The big bang actually refers to the start
But also you know
The show of shows
Starring you and any young filly in port...

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if meter refers to a poem’s beat ~
    why are iambs, spondees, and trochees feet?






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Measuring with Metrics by Milt Hankins got me thinking......

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Something eloquently refers
I have known rivers
stealthily nighttime
just dreaming.
A complex figure will stir you
Lofty brow swallows
Days to sleep bleed
of blunt instruments
a small hiccup...

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Beyond yet Within

                    I AM here

         Earth's True meaning





Written 21 June 2018 for Magicada Contest

NB I AM refers to the I am energy of creation and manifestation...

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A semi usually refers to a very long truck
But in the land of hooha, it means no such luck
The short end of the stick
For Richard or Dick
But some are unfortunate and that really sucks...

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A private dick refers to a private investigator
Suggestive if your mind's a status quo violator
Quite innocent most times
Though suggestive I find
But straight as an arrow since my years in jail...

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Digital blackout
Another ecovictim
Saved by library

(Ecovictim refers to anyone impacted by any economy as of late. More specifically, me when I had to budget without Internet service and relied on the public library.)...

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Cathie refers to you sweeties as Jack's ladies
But she should definitely include all me mateys
Also love youse guys
Right up to the skies
Sure a lot better than contracting rabies


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Who or what was he chasing at the North Pole?
Why is that scarecrow of a man so obsessed?
What tragedies have driven him to such extremes?
Is he the 'modern Prometheus' that the title refers to?
Just who is this Frankenstein character anyway?...

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WHERE'S MY KEEPSAKE?

Nothing can we take with us when we die,
No, not a coin or keepsake ~
What are we fighting for?

04/06/17


{Note: The 'fight' here refers to the unnecessary tussle over 'property'}...

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Her belly reminds me of Buddha
Huge boobies just like a cow’s udder
From her mouth hangs a cig
She does not give a fig -
I’m thankful that she’s not MY Mudda! 

Title refers to the cigarette butt hanging from her mouth

10/26/18...

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Duckling
Lost on a hill
Golden eyes of an owl
Frighten him to a damp chill
Quacking


Strict  Guidelines
Line 1-2 syllables is the title
Line 2-4 syllables 
Line 3-6 syllables 
Line 4-8 syllables 
Line 5- refers back to line 1


5/17/2019
9pm PST...

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We see the spells here
Creep where we dwell,
Even ere he tells me
These resemble hell; 

There he ever refers,
Prefers the better,
Keeps the secret
Where the greed feeds;

When we free the self,
Express the ken,
Steer the helm, 
Then we’ll see the ether....

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"The mimicry of music is dance"

“Instrumental music persistently always refers to time, makes comparison with time or
makes reference with or to time”

“To musicians letters become musical notes and words musical sounds”

"To musicians sounds become templates"...

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Homophily 


Refers to the tendency for people
to be attracted to likeminded people
similar in attitude,
beliefs, or aptitude,
socioeconomic status, ideas.
~X~X~X~

Note : The contents are based on information available in Net. 

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          li'l or phan
              annie
                or
             dannie
         had to take 
              a pee



*it's a woke thingy ;)
  Mar 20, 2018 — Phan refers both to a platonic friendship and a hypothetical 
  romantic relationship between the two....

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HUMAN NATURE

we can... think and feel
unique gift... bestowed by God
faithful patient and just

nature capable 
ability to reason
human nature refers to

derive knowledge God
attributes truthful, kind acts
human nature facts


4/26/18
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. © 2018...

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bewitching muse
of swirling mist

beckons
girl-child crowned
with ebon hair

eager as moon
approaching
midnight sky

she moves toward
mystical rendezvous
while naivete
trembles

Note: cimmerian refers to a mythical people who lived in perpetual mist near the land of the dead....

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One might think this refers to the wascally wabbit of Disney fame
But it's a Scottish term meaning being exhausted like after a bedtime game
You know when you mess up the sheets
While screeching out some joyous shrieks
Hang on, need a break, apparently my loins have been set ablaze...

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Limerick : Once a Yahoo forced to go Google

Once a Yahoo* forced to go Google
Took out a leash/lease to lasso Poodle
Yahoo marched his Mistress
Through high-water distress
And for pains was told to « Go ! Doodle ! »

*Refers to beings in Jonathan Swift’s Gullivers Travels

© T. Wignesan – Paris,  2013...

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Over the counter (OTC) refers to a class of drug or item that can be acquired from a healthcare provider without a prescription. Painkillers, cough and cold medications, allergy medications, topical treatments for skin disorders, and other items are frequently sold in retail stores, pharmacies, and online....

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There's a cockney name Terry, loves to joke
Nitro, his cat is   easy to provoke 
Nitro slept under the chair.
Terry in his lion's lair 
Got up; in doom and gloom a hollow broke.
 
2/16/2022


 
“Lion’s lair” refers to an armchair.
"Cockney" a native of East London, traditionally one born within hearing of Bow Bells....

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