Short Rimas Poems

Striking like a cottonmouth snake, 
but we can see nothing is real;
Bored and trying to stir the pot,
that plan is going to backfire; 

As honest as a soft handshake 
with your fingers crossed on the deal; 
Slippery hiss within earshot,
You are just a filthy liar....

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Rima

Poucas rimas construa;
não se Importe com as Rimas.

Rimas na vida ou nos negócios 
são como pensar 
que vida ou negócio
são como tijolos numa construção.

Pouca rima na vida 
ou nos negócios 
faz a poesia transformadora; 
como o levantar do vento
e fazer mais e mais......

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Rimas Dissolutas
Unrhymed stanzas
Rinse and repeat
Envoi garnish

Attractiveness eludes us
Tiny dancer
Awkward on her feet
Reputation tarnished

Pirouette complete
Beauty unvarnished


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A Rimas Dissolutas with 4-line stanzas and an envoi: abcd abcd cd...

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My boiling point’s hit third degree;
‘Lying swathed in euphoric slick.’
Your lyrics demand a reply;
What’s up with no resolution? 

Left an out of sync melody,
finish every strum that you pick;
I am aware your humor’s wry,
but so is my ammunition;

I’m what you need to amplify,
don’t you dare mistreat my passion....

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Just be patient trust the time, 
clock on the wall simply  laughs;
Frozen as these moments melt 
your hurried thoughts keep spinning; 

Shooting stars and a wind chime 
I drink coffee by carafes; 
Taken by how steaming felt 
the flawless night keeps singing;

Staring at Orion’s belt
I’m stuck sitting here thinking....

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I’m too angry to write clearly 
yet it’s impossible to stop;
How many times must we do this,
ride this absurd merry go round?

We speak with such sincerity,
flimsy words they just go pop;
Left with such an empty abyss 
community falls to the ground; 

Giggle factor ruptures and splits; 
Phony calling ourselves profound....

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The water looks so inviting,
walking on private property;
Hanging out by the boats at night,
going where we have never been;

‘Keep Out!’ sign exhilarating!
We could hop in but have to flee;
Mellow out under the moonlight,
feeling the waves lap at our skin;

Clothing disappears not in sight;
Skinny dipping is forbidden....

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For a cryptic misdemeanor? 
None of their reasoning was clear;
They only wanted her controlled 
with the turn of a single key;

Threw her inside and locked the door 
hoping that she would disappear;
Wild was impossible to mold
her heart would not bend easily;

That flash in her eyes was so bold 
as she rebelled amicably....

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Holding tight to this confession;
Love is a poison, maddening;
Soft words ignite like a matchstick,
my cocoon explodes in wildfire;

Exhale now your heart’s expression;
Gravity’s heavy;  burdening;
The weight of a smile’s hard to kick;
Sticky situation is dire;

You are so right now I’m homesick;
Lifted, baby take me higher....

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I like to stay extremely vague,
born  alongside a culture shock;
Hype built by the publications,
a cinematic adventure;

Try but you will not guess my age;
People lined up around the block,
standing waiting with such patience
to race  into the movie theater;

New breed of film expectations,
we were both born in the same year....

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Your thunder sang me a love song
I’m left in a state of repose;
With a smile left haunting my face 
fleeting peace I beg you to stay;

Lightning strikes and I sing along
natural energy just flows;
One in a million storm to chase 
my heart mended with disarray;

Watching you from my hiding place 
I feel your rain my soul at play....

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Tumultuous empress of the waves 
turning the tide for a resister;
She shares style and possibility
adding a dash of feminine grace;

The message rings onto the airwaves 
drawing the ear of a young sister;
Her spirit grabs the serenity 
it multiplys beauty to showcase;

There’s no limit to what they can be;
Unity is a powerful place....

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She drifts on a fragile boat 
trying to drown all of her thoughts; 
Wishing only to keep sailing 
along the peace inside her mind;

No need for a long goodbye note 
it disintegrates at five knots; 
Weighed down by heavy tears sinking, 
nothing within is left behind;

Crashing through clouds developing 
a vision left in waves to find....

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It started, I felt upside down;
Didn’t know what I was doing 
fighting every step of the way;
Lost, but still you felt just like home;

Beside you I started to drown,
diving into you submerging;
I couldn’t breathe, what’s left to say?
Slowly transforming to sea foam; 

Why this twisted game that we play? 
Your rushing waves my catacomb....

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Who’s driving the damn car today? 
I’m lost on this runaway train;
Loose on the tracks please don’t stop,
speed right through every emotion;

Roll on, quickly skip the replay,
for my sake don’t make me explain;
Bequeath me a fluid backdrop,
peace lies within constant motion;

Volume up let the system play,
find your heat in loco motion....

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Locked deep within an onyx gaze 
wrap me in your perfect darkness;   
Semi sweet taste of chocolate 
painting your luxurious lips; 

My blindfolded sixth sense betrays 
deprivation with so much finesse;  
Releasing peace lying dormant, 
less is more on these types of trips;

Let these eyes remain closed always, 
lost in each ebony caress....

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Creating a harsh blinding glow, 
called everyone and everything; 
Took my scream for their amusement,
syphoning hope where I had bled;

Built from pain they could never know
caught by the power in my sting;
Raping that light without consent 
over and over this happened; 

My riches snatched without repent, 
fragile tears I had never shed....

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Dissolving into my painted dreams 
ingenuity soils a blank page; 
Hope remains dormant calmly waiting  
smiles light a sky full of soulless stars; 

Bathing in illuminated streams
such reprieve in a silent message;
Imagination dominating 
ink transforms into timeless memoirs;

Racing mind is no longer pulsating,
serenity is finally yours....

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Please don’t tell me, go on show me 
I can’t keep my hands off of you; 
The way you softly say ‘Okay’
turn me on with that tone I missed;

Silence everything inside me 
tell me what else I need to do; 
Slowly feast on me make me pay 
that heavy price for wanting this; 

Take me now make that power play;
Don’t tell me, show me how you kiss....

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I am not here to please the world; 
If you don’t like that? Go on, leave; 
Whenever able then you should;
Repeat after me: That’s enough;

Got so angry you almost hurled
not offering any reprieve;
Every action cheap your words good; 
But I see through it. I am tough; 

Lend a hand but never draw blood;
Sometimes you’ve got to pick yourself....

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The harshest words ‘Do as you’re told.’
She must be willing to submit;
Hanging on to every word said 
she’ll brim with desire to please;

There’s no need for you to act cold;
I’ll let you in on a secret:
kindness will keep you in her head; 
A woman heeds her man with ease;

Feeling loved, safe and protected,
a man will have her on her knees....

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Just a couple of more blankets, 
lying out of reach in their fold;
Nightmare, Saw, Children Of The Corn,
where lurk devious entities; 

Attacked with bare hands, it’s a blitz; 
Eyes dead inside, heartless and cold;
Never watching again, you’ve sworn;
Your heart stops and you simply freeze;

Addictive as salted popcorn,
the splatter of horror movies....

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Strum on my wrecked nerves 'til I faint
cuffed and connected to your pick;
I'll be the oil on your guitar 
hitting your pulse points with my gasp;

Left with need I'll have no complaint
except when the encore's a trick;
That just takes it a step too far.
like your hand on a broken clasp;

Turning you on with my desire,
becoming the craving you rasp....

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Your version of sober is not mine,
I do not blame you I blame culture;
Wasted words you will not remember,
probably better to stay silent;

For me an unaltered state is fine,
that’s not for everyone I am sure;
I’d rather not end up hung over 
I would like to talk about time spent;

You are claiming clean on that bender,
my definition was never bent....

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Pouco faz mais

Poucas rimas construa.
Não se Importe com as Rimas.

Rimas nas poesias 
são como pensar que poesias
podem ser criadas
como tijolos numa construção.

AH! Raramente existem duas árvores iguais, 
uma ao lado da outra. 

Pouca rima na poesia
faz mais e mais
faz a poesia transformadora; 
como o levantar-se vento
e fazer mais e mais......

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