Short Risked Poems

My mother and aunts
All suffered from breast cancer
Mom’s right breast removed

She had the choice to abort
But she risked her life for me...

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I have the want, I have the means
To cry. The trees won't weep for me.
I risked the reign to wear the crown,
A thousand tears, and my kingdom drowns....

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Foolhardy sixteen-year-old driver Jay
Risked his life to show off for a friend
Felt invincible every single given day
Until his life came to a crashing end...

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Had Man realized how transient this life is, would never have risked, his soul's condemnation!









(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
         02 June 2016...

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Down from the lofty tower of love.
Again I recall the times we together cherished,
Many times we risked storms of discord
And now all the steam has finally perished....

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Down from the lofty tower of love.
Again I recall the times we together cherished,
Many times we risked storms of discord
And now all the steam has finally perished....

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Fred had a huge sore appear on his head
Feeling itchy, he scratched until it bled
He risked looking like a fool
And dunked his head in the pool
Then gasped at the huge tick floating he shed
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Dirty fossil fuel
Extracted from deep earth crust
By men who risked life and limb
Today cursed by many
Gave us this civilization

16 August 2019
Second Edition of Wayra
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud...

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Harriet Tubman helped free slaves
Determination gave her the strength 
To break the law
And have slaves crawl
Through tunnels to make their escape -
She risked her life every day


3/12/12
Added additional line at end...

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For you,
I would try it all,
I would jump, I would fall.

All is certain,
and yet is not.

For you,
I risked it all,
I jumped and I fell.

All is certain, and yet is not,
for you I tried it all
'though of me you forgot....

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I risked it.
You raided it
That time, was on me.
I locked it.
You attacked it.
But it’s I who holds the key.
There’s someone else that wants it more; 
I see that now so clearly.
No more placing second,
Because that someone else is me.
...

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Looking out
he took that step
intrepid
and risked it all

Faith to act
as his belay
one last piton 
in the wall

Descent set free
in motion
a true heart
to guide him down

For love of life
and moments gone
belief once lost
—refound

(The New Room: December, 2023)
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You promised.
We helped you.
We risked everything to help you.
You promised safety.

You promised, you gave your word for our allegiance.
You left us behind
You abandoned us.

Now we’re hunted.
Now we’re killed.

What do you do to help us now?

You gave your word.
You promised.

You LIED....

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Nurses battle death, determined and brave;
        seems strange they're overworked and underpaid.
Some front-line workers died, and things got grave
        each risked their life despite being afraid.
Honk your horns! Applaud! And cheerfully wave!
        Kind gestures taste much sweeter when homemade....

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Mister hirsute and strong
   just felt totally wrong

The comedian was funny
   underneath not-so-sunny

A financier, short and stout
   his bulging midriff stuck out

So, she risked it all
   on a Texan real tall

But she learned her lesson
   without any question

The taller the 'you-all'
   the farther he falls...

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If you live your life fully, death approaches as a
   friend

If you’ve risked it all, holding nothing back,
  his greeting will not offend

If you exceeded your limitations, you are finally no
  longer constrained

If you’ve given back more than you hoped to receive,
—the wind whispers forever your name

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)...

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There in the midst
Of those ashes I see
A flame of humanity
Burning so brightly 
Fuelled by love
There on bended knee
The fireman 
Who risked his
Life to save
A dog and her
Five babies
Is Knighted a Prince
With a grateful lick
Given
So tenderly.  

For:  Joyce Johnson’s contest - Doggy Gratitude
Inspired by the picture

Awarded:  First Place...

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I watched Wallenda walk the wire;
My heart was in my mouth.
I hoped that he’d stay east or west
And wouldn’t end up south.

I’m sure his nerves of steel were frayed
And though he risked his life,
I worried just as much for him
As I did for his wife.

For watching from the ground, I think
That we would all agree,
Those minutes must have felt, to her,
Like an eternity!...

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A moment of silence
tells the untold tales -
The screams of the soldiers on battlefield
As they risked their lives
To defend their father's land
With their sweats mixed with blood,
Their feet danced to the dreadful tune of land mines,
They fed on the scent of burning sulphur-
Their body drenched in rain of bullets
And an ode to the ground
That kissed them to sleep....

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Something happens, causes stressin’;
Maybe it will teach a lesson.
Caution is the surest guide
To safeguard what you fear inside.

If you let down your defenses,
Possibly, some wrong commences;
Then you’ll question your intention –
Why you risked your gut’s prevention.

Hopefully, the lesson learned
Makes the point for all concerned.
Here’s an adage to apply – 
Once you’re bitten, twice you’re shy....

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This day 
of lurking June, 
Only ink  flows, 
In the life of cool jazz, so soon,
Lost          in syncopated truths
Of a simple birdsong
Released   unto rhythm and language, 
Rendered unto conspicuous climaxes, 
In an ocean of words, 
In elemental stasis to inspiration from the commission, 
Of several surprises risked          by bubbles’ breathes,   
On surfaces      where staying Silent is the largest tool....

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Two liners
He sat on a square stone under an olive tree
contemplating his afterlife.

What if he came back as a donkey in Sudan?
Or dromedary in Sahara.

He could become a dog like the one at his feet,
The dog looked up, wagged its tail slowly.

Pondering this he came to the conclusion
He wanted to be a long-lived olive tree.

The olive tree in Portugal, if in Palestine he risked
Being set aflame by settlers...

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today 
we think of those who went to war
we think of them and what they were fighting for
they stood for what they believed was right
they fought for our country and did not take flight
they risked their life so we could be free
they fought all that time ago even for you and me
they were our troops
as one they did stand 
to fight for peace across our land
so think of those who had to go away
and remember them today. Amen...

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For love of a child, a heart was stilled
A pledge to his son had been fulfilled
A promise that although apart  
He'd be there always in his heart    

For love of a child, a father gone
His baby left to carry on
Without his strong and caring dad
To share the times they should have had

For love of a child, he risked it all
To protect his little one so small
Gave everything that he could give
He died so that his child could live...

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HUNTER
H efting rifles or their bows the warriors gather for their hunt--
U nder tents they find repose and plan their early morning jaunt.
N othing new—this stalking craft --where meat is taken for their clan,
T here have always been brave hands that find the food since time began,
E ver have they risked their lives tho' had some fun while they were out--
R adicals may snub their nose--- but hunger’s what it’s all about. 

© Victoria Anderson-Throop  2013...

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