Short Roused Poems

Night fades
revealing a frosty dawn:
blackbird sings...

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dog is not happy
roused from sleep by fireworks
hating July 4th...

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Old
love note
sullied mood;
roused feelings thought
past.

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(C) 3-Jun-17...

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VALUE ON A HILL

diamonds roused in dirt
compact monetary worth
those jewels on the hill


4/14/18
written words by James  Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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Everson Cleverson 
Ralph Waldo Emerson 
Seeker of truth from the  
Marrow within 

Transcendent acumen 
serendipitously 
Roused from the soul, sacred 
Journeys begin 

13 Jan 2021...

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A ram ready to love the wind in the tree
 Roused by the action of the sea
 Intellectual walker on a tightrope of glee
 Emotional and warm as honey fanned bits bee
 Stinging fire to the eyes, preserving privacy...

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love
brilliant
and Alive
shines so brightly
erasing sorrow
with faith and hope
for moments
roused by
love




Ninette Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
June 28, 2021

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Young moonlit eyes flame
  
    roused by infatuation
       until seasons change...

     hearts bearing nights’ languished  thorns 
as pure devotion ripens




Written 7/12/2018
Tanka 57577 Contest of Poet Doctor...

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Kitty awakened me at four.
He wanted to go out the door.
Roused from slumber deep,
Can't go back to sleep.
Not so, sweet Kitty, hear him snore!!    

Won No. 2

Written for Francine Roberts' "Short and Sweet" contest Dec. 26, 2011...

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Genesis Broad-Spectrum

An ethical grey scenery alert
was roused lenses shuttered,
in hues of Red, White and Blue.
Theorem of imagery collision,
flashed old fashioned—PolaROId,
ammunition developed HumanØ1ds.
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Skilled songbird on a fence stump.
Diva on a dais!
Ensuring, for what's brought, more'ore
Of grandness to the fore

Whilst lit of morn, from behind
Are facing, window-bright
Bed's uprisen, roused in the heart
Swollen praise on our part....

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To go as promptly
As longing can.
Two sparked feeling-forms.
A lightning storm's!

Held back, no more, in
Waiting for it.
Fear, overcautious
To be nauseous.

Frustrates, does ever
And heart and soul
The real self; of Love
Sanctified above....

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Daffodils hang their golden heads
Beneath the ice and snow.
The cruel hand of Winter
Has dealt a bitter blow.
                                           
Disguised in rays of springtime,
She roused them from their bed,
Then struck from secret ambush,
And left them limp and dead....

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Roused by a sharp and painful cry
A known tone from very nigh;
I'm amid the storm-safe in its eye
gracefully floating-where am I?

Regaining past as the oblivion fades
The arduous life staging numerous plays;
Though life seems unfair and hard to tew
Its a chance for me to start anew......

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I brushed her hand in movie light—
Her fingers opened, clutching tight;
My heart soared high ‘til end of show,
I pulsed with joy, so long ago …

I roused this dawn and touched that hand,
Discerned its convex wedding band
And, as blush sunbeams ended night,
I warmed once more with love’s delight....

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Black Nazarene
Christ of dark brown skin
Miraculous healer
Refuge of the believer
Image replicated from an old burnt homage
Carrier of the cross in pilgrimage
Housed in Quiapo church of the East
Roused the penitents of yearly feast
Savior of the strong and weak
Strength of the devouts that speak...

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Close up look at a gorgeous glow
that roused a heart for blood to flow; 
Fair sheets that bloomed in sweeping scope
when peeped through lens of microscope.

Vivid hue in radiant tone
whose loveliness sinks to the bone;
Purplish pink rose in gorgeous gleam 
like swirling clouds on skyline seam. 


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Love, roused by heat of flame in snow;
Two hearts that froze in time did flow.
The warmth of touch made hope anew; 
The grace of charm came right in view.  

For, when the touch of warm embrace 
conquers the pride, love comes in grace; 
It's what winter was made to be,
to rouse warm love from you and me....

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I have waited for eternity just to hear you say,
'Yes, I will be yours',
and we will together travel the path,
that is paved with lovely red roses.
Now, I can see in your eyes,
that glittering power of passion,
that roused my shriveled hope,
as I make this request,
will you please be my Val,
even if it is just for a day?...

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The hot, autumn sun
spills effulgent;
dark branches, roused,
glow lustrous as blue day.

Burgeoning trees
cling to verdant leaves
denying impending
vermillion days.

Summer's love abides,
warming laggard blooms
under the flowing fern.

Summer will stay for now;
Winter patiently waits
to renew the ripe world....

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She felt utterly drenched 
 in his intoxicating  poetry
whetted her insatiable
   hunger for allegories'
     drunken semblances,
quenched an arid thirst  
     parched of reality,
as she fully indulged 
  a 'roused appetite
amidst gratifying
    brandied fruits &
abundantly aromatic spice
      of his arduous delights...

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The kitty’s yawn roused me from my chair
Made me smile and want a little nap.
She stretched her body from here to there.
I said you darling, come sit in my lap.

She stuck up her nose and wandered away.
Into country air, with no bit of smog. 
The kind of cat who had her own way.
Fine, because I had a cozy nap with the dog....

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In sleep
I awake dreaming.
Outside, the air is
heavy, still and close,
and he has roused himself
to speak.

A few, plaintive cries;
do kindred roost nearby?
He knows I’m here
because I listen,
yet he discerns in me
no purpose.

Might the woods
not be the same 
without me here?
I am deaf to his
ancestral songs,
and so he keeps his peace....

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Petrifying prediction proffered.
Abhorrent abominations
and shapeless shadows stalk streets.
Perpetually pitch
as Luna's light lapsed.
Prostrate and pray:
Stygian
nightmare
roused.

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28th April 2017

For the "Form N - Ninette or Nonet" contest, sponsored by Broken Wings.
(Eighth Place)...

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Foggy mists engulfed the bright 
When raindrops fell throughout the night 
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark 
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park

Passions roused beneath a silent moon,
Hanging onto skies where stars are strewn
Rhythms of dreams ripe for the taking
Trembling in the kisses, utterly earthshaking
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