Short Reining Poems

moisture melts mystic moments
reining down
from the blue of my sky

I envision delicate eyes
embracing me

a warm breath of forever

holding

more than just a glimmer
of yesterday

of today

a future full

scintillating showers
slowly glistening
in the starlight
seducing the shadows
of our far away moon...

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A rose swallowed down to the bone
One thorn to slit the thrown
Choked on by a contorted king
Crushed in the abdomen of his anatomy
We now have discovered his reining soul
The stem soon grew from his eyes
His skin takes all control, most of it lies
Picked by her
The Queen, her majesty
He leaves his ground
And follows hers
Hands were pale and cold
All was under her control....

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We once saw the moon
We have always wished for the stars
Viewed faraway lands
tuned up/  machines 
while connecting far and wide 
but today   
we now string and croon 
from the moon
waving to our neighbours 
the twinkling stars
marching over mars
 Toppled mountains 
Even reining the roaring waves
but alas 
why then With all our conquest 
We are still beating 
The drums of yesterday...

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Lucille (“Lucy”) Ball
Her desire for show biz fame is anything but small
Plays the wife of Ricky the Cuban drummer
How she goes about it could not be funnier.

Desi (“Ricky”) Arnaz
A full-time job reining in his kooky wife he has
Loves Lucy with all his heart
And his conniving Lucy is extremely smart!

FIRST PLACE WINNER
written September 29, 2021
especially for "Clerihew 2" poetry contest
sponsored by Joseph May...

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