Short Riotous Poems

that riotous rain

Striking objects we leave out

that gather that rain...

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under threat of arrest
we've spared the rod and created entitled- riotous brats...

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in that
shopping
cart,

tearing the
pavement
with riotous
laughter

even after
those wheels
caught that
crack

sending you
sprawled into
the pickled
night....

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never hug a thug while he's looting
never hug a thug while he's shooting
or you'll have glass in your head
and a face full of hot lead
only hug a thug when he's counting his booty...

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Oh, strip me naked
Bare my soul….reshape me
Torch my very spirit.
Sate my ashen fields
With riotous rivulets
Seduce my arid beauty
Entice my dormant life
To bloom, to dance upon
Dawn’s fickle wind....

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Another day, another day, same old, same old
Life can still be exciting, but ya gotta keep a stranglehold
Don't fall into a rut
Live like a pup
Ya only got one, so make it riotous and uncontrolled...

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The word PENCIL comes from a latin word
Meaning SMALL PENIS, chuckled till my eyes blurred 
Hilarious, riotous, rollicking
Reminds me of bedtime frolicking
Giggled so hard, a gigantic fart occurred...

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The word “pencil” comes from a latin word
Meaning “small ”, chuckled till my eyes blurred 
Hilarious, riotous, rollicking
Reminds me of bedtime frolicking
Giggled so hard, a gigantic fart did occur...

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Abundance bone chilling, defrosting everything, fells great herbaceousness, icebound January kills lawns made nearly opaque, quelling riotous snow. Toppling under volatile winds xylocopa yearns zealously


By Mandy Tams...

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Pretend, how about it,
a different life,
one of more accord
and much less strife,
of calmer days
and soothing winds,
quivering leaves on
swaying limbs,
light blue skies
with puffy clouds,
no shouting people 
in riotous crowds....

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I sat back and watched
myriad crowds
stroll-by in riotous clash of 
ages and fashions
I wondered....
where do I fit amongst all these ?
decided I did not...
and went shopping for shoes.

Elizabeth alexander                        12/12/2015.
 UNSUPPORTED CODE...

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My Sunshine at the sight of your words
Your chance glance upon my words
A riotous burst of Sunflower seeds
Droplets at a thundering pace 
Rips away the cobwebs of silence
Sunset when I stare at empty space
Had I known this sweet bitter taste
Would have closed my heart in tearful haste...

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Each half breath pause, a quietus
Our ego disappears 
There remain no thoughts riotous
Nothingness void appears

Awareness self-aware
When form with soul does pair
Like a breath of fresh air

Stillness applause
Each half breath pause

16-February-2022
Quietus ...

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Time is a parse of moments – 
each life a chronicle of ticks
and tocks, our deeper mystery often
obscured by the clang of our clutter – 

we live by terms like stops and starts...
the in and out racket of hearts – truth 
somewhere impaled amidst the overlooked
silence, shouted down by riotous echoes...

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Riotous, raucous —
Rainbow parrots’ feathers fly.
Acrobatic clowns

Three great crows regard
The thrown away takeaway —
Keen, sharp, purposeful.

Butcherbirds on wire
Bowing and fluting in turn
A twilight concert.

Black wings on pink dawn.
Flying foxes homeward bound
To roost  — full of fruit....

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Hell is riotous at birth
But it cools as you learn and live.
Heaven has no birth, no entrance,
Or clear advertisement.
Heaven has only you floating slightly below love
So that you may gaze and gaze and gaze with a burning heart.
In your fear you pace back, back-and-forth.
From mind to no-mind,
From riot to release....

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deepest green forever fields
in mellow sunshine we laughed
as we froze in memory
petals on the breeze

yesterday's riotous hues
upon bird and bloom and tree
linger with the sweet fragrance
of fields of frolic

lemon orange and cherry
dawn to noon to setting sun
plum twilight ends fruitful hours
dreaming butterflies...

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The noise had been there for so long
It seemed as though it was life's song
A constant cacophony of insane rage
This psychopathic woman had the stage

Slowly, steadily her screech was muted
As her false claims were often disputed
Those acidly touched by her riotous insanity
Are no longer affected by her peculiar profanity...

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As fall turns, chill leans in
gently pressing warmth away
aging leaves reach a riotous peak
punching pigments everywhere. 

Savory smells linger in comfort 
busy stoves and fireplaces are lit
little ones dream of costumes
orange and black hues abound 
until crimson leaves 
break free. 







Written on 10/3/2019...

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Lavender lilacs pose pretty 
         with riotous rows of perfect petals
             wind whipped, airily arcing
       mesmerizing motions…paths pulsing
              sweet scents wistfully woo
          wispy winged, soft silk butterfly
             to alight and sip fresh nectar.    








Written on 12/14/2021...

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City Forest

T’would be a forest in another time,
These days it shelters just one;
Riotous messenger it blows in the breeze,
Then quietly with reverie, leaves us alone.

Life is decided in this dawn of the morn,
Death invited to be a friend,
But no, not yet, neath your lovely leaves,
This little remnant has not met its end....

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Am no poet
So poets don't fret
Am just some lad with a toysome pen
So why be on your guards
But like Peter Pan
Am more than a man
My worth, I stand to prove
Let's see if you will not approve

Am no poet
So poets don't fret
For my niche, I want to carve
My say, I want to have
I seek not riotous rivalry
But beat me if you can...

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I build myself
poet, in the lightning
of sun that leaves
from the sky,
in the dance of
belly of the moon
between clouds
unstable...
I deconstruct myself
poet, in the smell
of death of
deep dagger
tearing
life...
in satiety
vampire in
tip of the syringe...
in the riotous river
who runs me
inside when
I am without
canoe...!...

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May 
spring
fling
her riotous petals
devil-
may-care
into the air,
ignoring the lethal 
nettles
and may
May
cry gleeful-
ly Hooray!
as the abundance 
settles,
till a sudden June 
swoon
leave us out of tune,
torn,
when the last rose is left
inconsolably bereft,
rudely shorn
of every device but its thorn.

Originally published by The Lyric...

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Quiet Pious was bias indeed
Made quite the noize on his mighty steed
Woke the Lion named Riotous Reed who
Spoke in a tongue that was crypitously read
.
Lips shining in a color of crimson 
Smiles at Pious the fictitious mention
Awaiting the answer to frictionless motion
Wading inside of a waving ocean, she smiles
.
A smile of mischievous proportions ;)...

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