Short Reins Poems

Reality horse's two reins: Optimism seduces it, pessimism deludes it...

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little buckaroo —
astride a counterfeit horse
pulling back the reins

7/18/2018...

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Power,
Just seize the reins,
Impose your agenda,
Tighten your grip on the masses,
Control....

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As scalding heat reigns
A dry fine reddish dust rains
My horse feels no reins...

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If I am a horse
And sometime I am
With or without
Bridle or reins; 
I will run
Like a falling rain....

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riddles
            in your head 
            hold like saddles
            reins as you move ahead
            puzzles...

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Anger's death
   
                          forgiveness remains
in heart no dirt

                          happiness now reins...

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she's a
bronco
but not
trying too
hard to
knock
me off

her braids
long reins
i hold
tight
but we
both are
enjoying

the ride...

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the mind beauty deep
electric storm of wild thoughts —
we control the reins

1/28/2020
Senryu on Mind Poetry Contest
Jenish Somadas...

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I feel not mine pain
Until I feel thine pain
I see no gain
Until I help you again
I can't peacefully reign
Until I remove those reins...

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Texans are not known for their brains
Which go off the rails just like trains
But why should they care?
They're going nowhere
Why worry who's holding the reins?...

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Rider comin' up behind me

Ragged ear pony shows message is important

As he draws alongside
I
indicate food in my saddlebag
hand across the reins
and

jump...

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A brazen chime, did eyes fare grander?
Her inward jazz, knowing--love me now.
O patient, quiet reins
Save tomorrow
Under violet's waltz. 
Xerxes' yelping zenith....

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Rattling  hocks
And that mane flowing free
Stirrups adangle 
You danced around me
Wrapped up in reins
And enraptured it's true
It was a cinch I'd be saddled with you...

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Jack, why do you hurt me so?
Untie the reins and let me go
Unlock the shackles that bind
And set me free to find
Myself.
Me, Who is she?
I no longer know
Where did I go?...

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California's riches mission.
White brick structures simply glisten.
Great spread ranches, nice addition.
Wine and cattle.
Peacful life with no bad friction.
Reins and saddle....

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They say idle hands are the devil's play things
Keep busy to have a productive exuberant fling
Night horses invade my brain
They pull on my reins
About as scared as this scaredy cat's been...

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his gun
train’s smoky veil
she was fighting
her reins
the train stops
some words would
send her off
miles away
one more job
the telephone pole
wires gone bad
a horse would believe
recollection of a house
in spite of himself...

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AFRICA 2

Adoration of sunlit bold high plains
Frozen herds torn from creation’s page
Rocking tribal fears—who’s got the reins?
Innocents are hurt while tempers rage
Call for voices high and voices strong
Africans say hide when things go wrong...

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O ostrich my ostrich Hey Struthio camelus
                 Very frisky very spunky very fluffy Linnaeus
                 

                 O ostrich my ostrich saddles, reins, and bits
                 people race each other and your wing beats...

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flowers and birds
butterflies and words
twirling with dance
children who prance
happiness reins
wheat, corn and grains
I am thankful for so many joys
the laughter of happy little girls and boys
God's grace saves us all
Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall...

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thrown back
amidst the liar's ruin
weathered with the reins
wrapped around his hand
pressed on
over dusk flooded fields
should it never lift
and drown the thistle
heard still
phantom hoovesteps pounding
as the drifter accursed
takes flight and is gone...

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Santa went out last night dressed as the Grinch. 
Partied too much got into a tight pinch. 
Woke with aching hangover.
Mrs. Santa, boil-over, 
Bells ringing, threaten with deer's reins to lynch.

11/13/2022

A Fun Holiday Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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the man rode the horse
he left the reins
sometimes he had to live like this 
like everyone

woman looked very long from after
to go was unknown
some questions stuck in our minds
like everyone

the same pain in both
love hits the heart of
some things had to happen
deathly...

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he floated in mid air
feet never touching ground
refusing responsibility
for his destiny

a drifter
open to anything
a puppet

never occurring to him
he could
at any moment
grab the reins



AP: Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on March 25, 2019...

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