Short Responded Poems

"I am super high."
He responded, "So am I,"
As we wondered why....

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From his prison cell,
Under a Birmingham sky:
His heart responded....

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When asked about her new beau the elderly woman responded:  "Oh, I found him on a carbon dating site."...

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Today my girlfriend broke up with yours truly.
"Is there someone else?" I asked. She responded, "There has to be."...

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Said to my daughter: The Canadians elected the Liberal Prime Minister

She responded: That makes them smarter than us.
...

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Someone smiled at me today.
I responded with a cheery g'day.
Such simple gestures to convey,
As we both went our merry way....

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Life asked Death,
"Why do people love me but hate you?"
Death responded,
"Because you're a beautiful lie and I'm a painful truth."...

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Much I raised my voice 

Angrily you responded

Love's time we wasted!






© Demetrios Trifiatis
      28 January 2017...

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Life asked death

"Why do people love me, But hate you?"

Death responded,

"Because you are a beautiful lie, And I am a painful truth."...

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Despondent and blue so what really bothering you is those wrong choices you have made~

5/20/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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Tweets sparrows
calmly dawn breeze
Fragrant responded morning
Whispered poem of my beloved up to here
comes down to touch the sprays spring soft rain...

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Heaven's blessings fell upon earth which responded by offering thanksgivings: 

The roses!





© Demetrios Trifiatis
    07 October 2024...

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There was a young man from Mayam
Who asked, “I’m in May?” (mai)  “I am!”
When a woman said, “Liar!”,
he responded in ire,
“but madam, I’m Adam, Goddam!”
...

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I was startled by what I had seen,
neighbors’ kids on my porch looking mean.
I said, “Boys, you scared me!”
They responded with glee:
“Good! We’re practicing for Halloween.”

...

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In the midst of a conversation with a spiritual mentor
I blurted out “if I knew then what I know now!”.

He quickly responded:
“You know now what you know now 
…what is different?”


©4/8/2023...

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Tenderly the sun kissed the earth 

For wished to erase winter's gloom

Earth responded with a broad smile

And soon wore her mantle of bloom 







© Demetrios Trifiatis
     19 March 2019...

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you took my work 
and claimed it as your own
i sat disabled and all alone
you responded with
a poet needs a degree
suffering in silent
i couldn't even see
today i'm still just 
a disabled poet call me...

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Christmas Joy
Dr. James E. Martin
©December, 2012

	
	Was asked if Christmas was good,
	Particularly in my neighborhood.
	Responded that it was fine,
	A pocket full of bills is now mine,
	Maybe soon I’ll be singing as I should....

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Silence
Told everyone to keep quiet
Everyone never to talk
Where he was working
“Never talk here where I work”, he shouted
“No noise here. Break rules, I fire you”, he added
But every time he shouted
Echo responded
Unabated...

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My son asked me jokingly," What will you do if I die? I responded instantly," I too will die". I ment what I said! How could I leave him alone? I would become a soul and be with him.

love if true
never thinks about
its own self...

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I was sitting at a bar drinking with an old friend,
and casually pointed to two old drunks seated across the bar's other end.
"That's us in ten years," I said taking another sip.
He responded, "That's a mirror you drunken idiot."...

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I met a fellow from Lackamoral Town
He wore high heels and a luxurious gown
He said to me, “I do drag,”
I said to him, “Why, you old bag!”
To which he responded with an awful frown. 

Written June 11, 2022...

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the morn responded with its radiance in red,

tears  f a l l i n g  in echoes of brilliant blue-
  
you refuted, I concluded; broke my heart instead,

stardust  d e s c e n d i n g  in silhouettes of ME and YOU.





July 21, 2018...

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two sparrows out on a limb
cordial and looking just prim
they were looking down at me
as I sipped my evening tea.

I responded and whistled back 
shifting gears they stayed on track
seems they were amused by my call
to me it was nothing at all....

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The fear passed
When you had told me.
I smiled,
Laughed,
Listened to music 
Over and over again.
And responded.
I said I liked you too.
I'm happy now,
And nothing can ruin that.
Nothing at all.
Because I know it won't be 
Like the last time....

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