Short Refinement Poems

her appearance speaks
volumes with refinement and
soft sultry perfume...

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refinement of my vision —
leaning oak, in midst of
evergreen forest.
though held captive,
captivated by
a simple grace.

8/19/2020...

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Forgiveness,
Compassionate absolution,
Restores former rewards.
Pure joyful, spiritual, refinement—
Mercy

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 22, 2010
Poetic form: Cinquain...

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Where can I go to buy some excitement
Is there a shop where I can get a new alignment
Would pay big money
In fact dollars by the tunny
To experience the joy of a little refinement...

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drops of rain pelt down 
sentiments floating downstream
embrace the showers…

saturated and shattered
refinement in process



Contest: Tanka me a dream
By         : Wilma N. Neels

3rd Place...

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looks like refinement
from outside boiling pot in
cool calm big fat lie

her tears tear me up
along with the depression
pukes on everyone

away my boy joy
morphed from this to that kid to man
overnight success...

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Where can I go to buy some real excitement
Is there a shop where I can get a new alignment
Would pay big money
In fact dollars by the tunny
To experience the joy of a little refinement


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Believe it or not, I just acquired a new client
Still at it at 80, something's out of alignment
Should have hung up my mouse
Talents have yet to head south
So, long as I'm breathing, still working on refinement...

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Stairway to nothing

The refining way

Believed leading to liberation..

The frightening nothing

Ending the way and the

Seeker..revives separation's

Persistence..Leading to 

More refinement..

A persistent story......

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MOMENT OF REFLECTION

Darkness – between life and death – its quiet space
Farewell breath ~held~ in God’s embrace
An out-of-body moment – you meet face to face
Refinement of soul’s essence – flowers in a vase

5th Place
4/13/2017...

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I am
  one has
    to say
sudden
understanding
    a conception
       emerging
a
refinement
fully
realised
 and
      distinct
a
moment
of
song
    a unifying
        voice&
script
    as one
revealed
to
all
   to see&
              hear...

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Look at you, August,
petending to be
a southern belle
all breezy and full
of mint julep.

Refinement is not your style,
a plague your eighth month sun
driven to scourge pastures,
blind cattle, wilt
bluebells and buttercups.

No southern belle, you.

©Kathryn M. Collins
September 26, 2012...

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Supposition....speculation,
fruit of Eden's cultivation....

Beginning the rose,
rose hip the fruit
eventually grow,evolve
the quince....
arrive...derive the family pear
the pair now share knowledge fare....

Vine to tree,bud to flowered fruit
continued refinement from beginning shoots........

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SELF  DEFINITION


          Intellectual ideas hardly define you
          until unless you implement !
          Define yourself on your activity,
          keeping conformity and creativity .
          Proceed and progress never to regress.
          Posthumous prudence may redefine you on refinement....

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the vaporised self
in void centric stillness 
vibrant, moment to moment 
pulsating in blissfulness 
being agendaless 

carries no residue

refinement yet continues
in waking and dream states
wherein images that manifest
double checks responses
across all domains 

until we become empty

08-May-2023...

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A sample of beauty, inviting and hot.
I suddenly saw and admiration I got.
Each country has its own pearls.
How can I not look at Chinese girls?

From the height in the mountains I saw a flower
It's beauty amazes with refinement and power
Is inaccessible to me a fairy valley
But the aesthetic picture will calm me finale...

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From the Womb of Mother 
To Arms of Beloved

From Cradle of Love 
To Loneliness of Grave

From vast Baron Lands 
To Sky-rise Cities of metal

From Frail of Toddler 
To Valiancy of Maturity

From Gore of Barbarism 
To Refinement of Civilization

From the Saints of Divinity
To Leaders of Power

From Infidel of Darkness 
To Beloved of God    

...
musafirs...

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TACTILES

 blue
in
a
an arrested
 gaze

 slide
in
a
fused an
avalanche
 onto
 a bare
canvas
to
 erupt


then
to
burst out
&through
into
a
startling
 ravishing
melting
beyond beauty
 into
conceptual
 refinement
&
 shine
the
translucency
of
 colouration

an ability
to
decorate
the
 delicate things
with
a passion
for
the intensely
 tactile...

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It’s the kind of day to cry about
To open your eyes let the tears rush out
The rain is falling 
Pavement slick
Maybe I should just slide into a ditch
Lie there cold
Lie there still
Sun-faded in summer
Enameled brightly by fall
Dew lined in spring 
Winter, chilled and thawed
Lie there in an anomalous state
Lie there taut and still
Loss of mechanism
Loss of will
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Sailing through
The odyssey of my mind
I capture moments in time
Like a photograph etched in my soul
Absorbed by my heart

The experience of life
The joys and sorrows of living
The essence of my being

The me I am now colored by
The road I have traveled on
The love I have felt
The people I have known

These are the treasures  I hold
Deep inside of me each moment
Refining my soul through time...

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She rides with the wind in her hair,
Summer zephyrs caress her face,
And those flowing folds of her dress
Add an air of finesse and grace.
 
Racing through England's countryside
People stare at the stunning sight
Of her enjoying the thrill of the ride -
It's like an angel has taken to flight!

On the bonnet of a Rolls-Royce 
She's set as the epitome 
Of refinement and sheer class,
Yes, the spirit of ecstasy!...

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Trying,
crying,
never lying,
are all part of the task.

Seek out counsel,
look for clues,
don't be afraid
to ask.

It's hard at times,
to admit defeat,
or at least accept
you’re wrong,

But in the end,
when things are right,
the pain
doesn't last too long.

Refinement hurts,
the road is tough,
excellence always
up hill.

Big rewards,
the winner's ring,
are for those who 
have strength and will....

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Reaching into the night
As if you were already there
Yearning for the comfort
And connection alleged to be rare
Nothing else matters 
Now that I'm here with you
Except, this is fictitious

Waiting for dreams to come true
Instantly awakened
Should I go back to sleep
Enticed by visions
Listening as you speak
Once riveted by physical interest
Gentle as you are, yet
Enlightened by refinement
Let me know, "Have I gone too far?"...

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I've just taken a few sips
 of blackberry wine
From the door peninsula winery
Baby where have you been all my life
Was the first taste 
of its refinement
I've had good wine
 from Michigan
But this one caught my desire
I'm going to traverse the 
Wisconsin areas winery's soon
I'm usually fiercely loyal
But it must be time
To expand my horizons
Wisconsin you are growing 
inside my mind
Oh the things to explore
and find...

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As the morning glory blooms,

My mind as fresh as an untouched loom,

Still with all the day's unsettled errands,

Yet dreaming to visit South Africa's Kurland,

For a week's retirement,

But a sound sleep is enough for refinement

at my home, sweet home

But this outer world ,a charming honeycomb

Indeed travelling is a pile of buoyage

Yet no one to tell me a happy -Bon Voyage !

-Ism

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