Short Reticent Poems

nary a ku
in my repertoire —
sparks silent...

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Plenary consorts
Reticent ripe residuals
Neanderthals wake...

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Reticent Silence
World Moves Unsympathetic
Forgotten For Good...

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Porous promises 
Replete reticent repose
Listless listened lies...

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A recluse in reticent space, I revive in reflective serenity of spiritual realm....

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Reticent morning
Calls at the smiling window 
Bow and an arrow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
April18, 2016, Kolkata...

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Reticent Hunter

a reticent hunter: Croc
sails, stalks, explodes out o' water
and catches its prey.


25th Aug' 2013...

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soft hazy full moon
flirts with the reticent sun
the lustful rays leave
the pale pearl of night ascends
kissing the darkening pines...

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Thomas Alva Edison
was known to be reticent
but he decided to make the world bright
so he told them about his kitchen light

 Clerihew Contest...

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pale streaks
preview
her coronation
orange sherbet
baby blue
now rich magenta
pointing the way...
a reticent orb
abruptly
beams
over the horizon...

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The reserved, reticent, and silent she
Was demure and thoughtful as she could be
Soft as a feather
In all kinds of weather
Manic crazy after landing thee....

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There once was a lass from the Bower
Whose fame got her paid by the hour
'Till one Knightly gent
Forgot reticent
And now she's the one with the power.

©deborah burch
6/07/2012...

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Sincere
Explosive
Period so
Reticent by lovers
Within


written for
Sponsor Brian Strand 
Contest Name UPTO FIVE any theme/any single 1/2/3/4/5 line form (inc free verse) MAX 5 LINES...

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The thunderous waves,
It’s dimensions infinite,
Clandestine Ocean!

How magnificent,
Formidable, perplexing
Yet how reticent!

Enigmatic forms,
Augmenting the dusk and dawn,
Divine creation!...

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Radical ridiculants risk rash
ride-a-long rational resultants,
residing reluctantly, revealing
resounding, resourceful, recurrent,
reticent, resonate romances. Replies
readily rightfully recorded....

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To hearken its tune
signifies an enduring
passion

Its melodious beat
reminds one of angel's
vent

And with the thought 
of being a perfervid one
albeit a reticent 

Date
03/22/16...

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TOUCHSTONES
 emotional
   references
anxious
 & creative
     innovation
in action
 colossal
   concepts
     chronicled
in reticent
 revelation
amplified
 & constantly
changing
 & shaping
   intuition
...

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Melancholic drivel, gravitating stammer
Mosaic affinity, reticent clammer

Gushing droplets and whimpered dawn
Hindering clarity, vanquished, withdrawn

Trembling masquerade, deserted palm
A cleaved cradle, posing qualm

Seeping sorrow, hoping consider
Bequeathing dainty, wishing deliver....

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lark spreads wings at dawn

sun folds reticent clouds –

shrike strikes in pursuit


foxglove spreads soft seeds

hedge shelters nature’s will –

dusk bears fear of growth


stars shine midnight oil

comets applaud rise and fall

night rings in silence


06th February 2020...

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A man 
tensely
tied to a
tired tempered tower.
With his mind
like a reticent
rutted rat 
scurrying off 
to cower
within the 
crooked cryptic 
corners of 
reality.

But whose
heart is the 
only hand
reaching out
of the rubble.
Still hanging
onto a 
half hushed
howl of hope....

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Silken linens scented of 

  last night's rendezvous,

     still wafting midst

         reticent moments, 

cognac and aromatic

   candlelight burning 'neath

      surreptitious breaths, 

  as we unfurled

     sultry seduction's poetry 

              'tween clandestine shadows...

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Misfit always out of step with the world,
Outsider longing to run forever;
Then into my reticent life you twirled; 
Proximity my only endeavor;
Eyes lit on fire and my appetite swirled,
there was no confusion whatsoever; 
The vampire in me kindled a sparkle,
Edward Cullen please make me immortal....

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So vulnerable she seems
How you would love to love her
And that spooks you to no end
Sheepish scared and reticent
Knowing what can’t be undone
Hiding behind desire’s realm
Odds hardly in your favor



AP: 3rd place 2021

Submitted on October 2, 2017 for contest SEVEN BITS sponsored by NETTE ONCLAUD...

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She's reticent but has a gold personality
her body is covered in white flowers
they bloom everytime my eyes look
finer-looking than all models
funnier than all comedians
smarter than all geniuses
her fearless, yet glossy eyes
stare at mine
I don't desire to wake up from this dream.
Goddess...
you are a dream!...

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Forgotten Time 

My mind conceals forgotten time...inside...
I wander through its mist of discontent. 
It's there from life and love, I often hide;
Though, lingering just leaves me reticent. 
Among these tangled webs, true love did stride;
But, finding it again, I seem denied. 


1.29.2017©deborah burch 


Rhyme...

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