Short Resilient Poems

beauty in its wings
silky weathered but able
resilient in flight...

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A beauty within
Resilient soul purest white.
Snow dusted Jasmine....

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acknowledging spring
tender strong and resilient ~
snowdrops in the snow
...

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This February… the onset,
While roses I will kiss…
Those resilient hours from this daydreaming walk....

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Resilient are those, who are seemingly broken;
Mighty are the ones so flighty, who own truths left unspoken....

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sustained in the crack
of the dry, hot, hard  concrete....
resilient zinnia      ...

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norwegian feline
with woolly insulation
winter devotee



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on April 19, 2025...

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Ex stalking is never good idea,
Resilient equilibrium.
Hang in Dahab, make Hajj to Medina
Instead of a course of Librium....

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Lord, this
Stiff bow
Needs a straight arrow
My faith is resilient
Even though,
A flock of arrow
Have pierced this heart...

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Angelic she was
resilient— she never quit
strong like a diamond 
radiance glittered like gold
love so gentle yet so strong...

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when two
dissolve marriage,
resilient parents
continue trustworthy passage
for young...

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My hero is my own heart
Resilient and brave
It remains whole after it has been shattered
This blood is glue
To piece me back together...

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Africa
Vibrant, Resilient
Uniting, Thriving, Inspiring
Rich cultures weaving unity, strength
Endless beauty, bold spirit, harmony
Africa...

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Completely Competent Being Brilliant and Resilient

completely competent
while having brilliant
also resilient

Way a politician should be....

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My school is so hard
The homework unbearable
It puts me down, down
I’m resilient
I beat this teacher’s demands
Homework is finished 

Russell Sivey...

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A single bloom on a thorny cacti
Cheerful and resilient. 
Scorching sun beating strong
Wild flower’s heart  stout and proud
O’er the barren land....

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I was ready,
I was there…
They stood me up,
They didn’t care.
They left me standing there!
But now I am good,
Now I am fine.
I’ll do this Open House another time!...

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Hope
Bright, resilient
Dreaming, wanting, wishing
Desire, aspiration, logic, reality
Wondering, waiting, doubting
Unrealistic, fleeting
despair
...

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Do not envy the rich, so advised the sages,
Try to be happy with little things in life.
Therefore myself and my resilient  wife,
We always laugh,  on sight  at  ours  wages...

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I will make your will as strong as bamboo,
So tough your foes will hesitate to face you 

I will make you as resilient as the Wall of China 
But first of all, I must break you...

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Individual monotheistic health
hungers for
and, 
in regenerating return,
gratefully feeds 
polytheistic
polycultural
polypathic
polyphonic
polyvagal
neuro-social wealth....

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Trials and temptations come to man 
in different forms and moments. 
Failure to overcome them 
is the primary cause 
of many problems 
in a household. 
All members 
win by 
faith....

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Introduction to Next Poem Horn Haiku

Left Right In Between 

Left, right in between
So you won't create a scene
Should know what may mean.

Jim Resilient to Being Ambivalent Horn...

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Kind mates share empathy
Keep faith and loyalty 
Kindred spirits entwined
Knotted strings all plaited

Kaleidoscope of cheers
Kudos din shared with kin
Kneads group strong, resilient....

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Humanity itself
Riding off on horse
Not just pale, but albino
Leaving in its wake
Filth and destruction
Life reduced
To the most resilient
Nature’s wonder
Evolution
Stalled
For now...

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