Short Remnant Poems

once was a tenant
only thing left is a remnant
have much sentiment...

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day's flit expended
darkness seeps down expelling
remnant light pixels...

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placid ice castle
strong swift attacking currents
strewn rocky remnant...

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Erased winter sun
      in search of remnant of light
          that land doesn't have...

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smell of Jui flower
in curls of my beloved
remnant of a kiss




Jui (Bengali)=Jasmine...

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Here lies the remnant of a crab
Who absented himself from a grouchy campaign
Against mass crabbing....

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 a remnant stands
oak tree struck by lightning....
buzzard roost by night     ...

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(Snow Series)

An apex remnant
gathers momentum at speed—
deadly in this form

© Harry J Horsman  2010...

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I am the remnants of a man,
The embers, not the fire;
I am the leavings in the can,
The smile without desire....

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A withered red maple leaf,
 clings upon a frozen branch.
An autumn remnant haunting, 
      winter’s ice blue sky....

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19
These bruises come
Remnant of the dark age
To remind me that
Part of me is still
Caught in the game
To them be free...

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19
These bruises come
Remnant of the dark age
To remind me that
Part of me is still
Caught in the game
To them be free...

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Sliver of snow remains
No longer pristine or pretty
Gray and gravely, gray-scale ugly
Dog rolls in it, loving the cold wetness...

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Crow caw synthesizer flight
enrapture blackest pit of night.
Rumble drum the saccharine fawn
cold craw stuck remnant
of omnivorous dawn....

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May your pain erode you alike the touch of stagnation upon a rotting corpse- akin to a wilted rose stained with the stench of fear & longing....

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Perhaps
The remnant
of the one celled amoeba
Still transcending the primordial ooze 
Sucking sustenance from the
Oozing awakening
Of life
...

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the pair stood together by a warm hearth
strong andirons of wrought steel

shared log, a charred remnant

(7/30/2020 – ‘00 Destination 53 DMS)...

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Faded Presence

A weeping pillow
holds tightly to the remnant
scent of ecstasy,
inhaling faded presence
we console one another


John G. Lawless
6/20/2017...

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A remnant of light
crackled in my solitude.
The disdain of departure
bare my soul...
an atrocious silence
accomplished his intent
by perennial shade
in our love!...

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Splintered hope shards,
despondently adrift in tear stream,
reflect the remnant rays of resurgence,
designs the last lattice of dream,
lacing the listless life....

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submerged in blankness
helpless to escape bereavement
frail and broken, hollow eyed

hope is a remnant
the burden of countless tears
lines etched deeply in her face....

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For but one more 
taste of your love
i would come to you
straight away
I would shatter my existence
and crawl over 
the remnant shards
I would show you the pain of love...

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I wake up in early morning, to the cool air outside
Slowly the sun rises, bringing warmth to the remnant of last night
The day unfolds a colorful blanket of beauty to see

Heidi Sands

5/24/18...

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Hands interlock

modifying and replacing times of needs and wants

when remnant remains of thoughts

containing scenes of you and me

are all I have left

lingering

under clear skies…….....

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drops of rain
dancing in the air
unseen
then falls on your
lips
untouched
a cold shower
remnant of a dream

sunlight in a dew drop
waxing moon in a cup
your eyes kiss me
melting in the trans...

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