Short Salutes Poems

cross of blue grey slate
salutes the mountain 
a red kite hovers...

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president Biden
salutes a soldier 
who isn't there
~dementia
...

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Leaves rustle in wind
Tinted in hues of saffron
Salutes lost heroes...

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Peaks and valleys
salutes to the Son
all that is knowing
don't miss that train...

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st. nick salutes
a new generation....
lonely Christmas day  ...

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‘ Lord Alfred Tennyson … ’ (Classical-Tribute)  62nd  Senryu



       Tennyson Thundered
‘ The Charge Of The Light Brigade ’
      Salutes … Six-Hundred...

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Scotland, rich in pride
Braw mountainous scenery
Stands proud and salutes
 
Saltire shares the wind
Tartan Highlanders kilted
Kingdom of the clans...

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"Gods"

the God in me
salutes the God in You
the prodigy Peace our progeny

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)








prodigy
progeny
peace




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If an ant salutes an elephant
                                 an elephant does to a mountain
                                         a mountain to the Sky
                                       no one sees except God...

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The Vintage Queen
Writer tributes to The Queen Marlene Willough
A soft and firm pillow
An actress who kept us entertained for years
One of us and one in a million
A precious ruby whose price is in trillion
A star who ruled the stage
ARK salutes you Miss Vintage....

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A foursome of squirrels wait
As the turkeys on three
Putt out.


The pond ripples
As the lone goose
Ponders his choice


Dog park spaniels run free
Their owners
Left holding the bag


A window cat
Salutes the sun
Feline yoga

John G. Lawless
©1/14/2023...

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The clouds in their clothes
Rock and roll, swirl and twirl
With mighty might grace

The moon in her race
Salutes the skies, toughens ties
Attraction that dyes

Even tiny eyes
Captures these moments up high
As the sun's tail dyes


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Contest Name October Sky (three headed haiku)...

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Long ago
In my youth
I did ride
But few did
As we rode
As we passed
We would salute
A fist raised in the air
There was pride
There was a bond
It was special
Long ago
Time has changed
Salutes did stopped
We’d rise a fist
They would not
Long ago
There was a bond
Long ago
A fist in the air...

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morning salutes the new coming day
 as the sun looks down tenderly
casting it's eyes to the two lovers 
  **  sitting**
  **  gazing**
hands entwined
mornings breath blew gently upon their faces
as they nestled in a warm embrace
    clinging
    touching
as passion begins to flare
in the early mornings light.

7/28/12...

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Happy Birthday to the Queen!
A royal celebration
Will be the order of the day
Within the British nation.

From fireworks and gun salutes
To Parliamentary praise,
Her subjects will commemorate
With glorious displays.

As for the Queen, she’ll take a walk
Then spend the day at home
Paying just as much attention
To the hoopla as this poem....

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In isolation revelling...

reincarnate the course...

the subject of all reasoning...

ovation salutes applause...

consolidate all memory

disguise the mask belief...

Retreat in ring of silence

Is where all judgement meets...

despair without resolution...

To conquer fear in all dreams...

To follow all reasoning...

Truth, lies, in sceptic screams......

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South Africa salutes Dr. Martin Luther King Jr!




They gunned you down,
on this April day,
all those years ago,

yet you live, you breathe!





They gunned you down,
just as they did Chris Hani and M.K. Gandhi,

and they failed, as they always will,

for they can never kill,

your dream, your ideals.





Your dream, your ideals,

live, and breathe,


still!...

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elephant with tusk
                                            salutes all by dancing head
                                                   rider thinks his fun

                                                  Many from buildings
                                            others from running buses
                                                  enjoys the moment...

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"Cherry Ripe"



My morning 
speaks
softly sanguine
blood red 

Oranges squeezed

The juice on my lips
paint yours 
the pink velvet 
softly teased

Cherry ripe

South side salutes
seduction 
tantalizing blue flames
and the golden fire burns

a dangerous mystery

(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)
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The greatness of a country 
lies in its fortified unity:
one soul, one mind, one ideal;
woe to him if truth
does not honor his promised words,
they'll strip his title of all
dignity and pride...
many before him have sworn 
an oath of true infamy.

He salutes his flag
in a military pose;
silence fills the hall,
the voters give him
a long standing ovation:
he's their President.


Written on 7/22/2016...

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J   just as cold a March and December
A  always is the month of the wolf
N  National spaghetti day on the forth of the month
U  usually on the 3rd day it’s Festival of Sleep and Fruitcake Toss day
A  and January named after the Roman God Janus
R   run up the Flagpole and see if anyone Salutes Day on the second day
Y  year is new so it’s a new year welcome to the quary it’s January

1/5/19
Written words by James Edward Lee 2019...

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The lion roars
The jungle salutes
To the king
All answer to him
All follow his commands

The lion watches
Seeing the furtheist points 
The savannah horizon 
The gripping heat
The silent leader
Who masters all

The lion walks
With steps that demand attention
At the top of the food chain
Running with might as needed 
Catching prey
Admiration praise from his kin

A prideful bunch
A wild full heart
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Forbidden nectar taste so sweet 
She smiles as I play in her garden of eden 
Her lips pucker anxiously, but her face remains completely still 
Body grabs have escalated dramatically 
Slow and steady has transitioned into aggressively rapid 
She is the completion of a strenuous journey 
To go where many have only dreamed 
Selective service of pleasure 
Duty calls for the firm and rigid soldier 
Playing civilian, she salutes for her commanding officer 
Yes Sir!...

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Listen to poem:

Young Eagles 
David J Walker

A Roll Call of names
A muster of formation
The appearance of attention
           To details

Memories and visions
	In sedulous frames
All that remains
Though memory so often 
          Fails 

Lessons learned in
Salutes returned 
Each in context of 
          when
		and why

Deny 
the passage of time 
	you may
refrain from giving the day
	a name
	And learn how 
not to cry

Once upon a ceremony 
When young Eagles 
	Learned to fly...

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I.

The rhythm of war is the ancient roll
Of the tattering, martial drum,
The slick of the boots—and the perfect salutes—
The drummer boy’s dum-da-dum.

II.

The lyrics of war are the usual ones
Politicians can spout with aplomb:
“God bids us begin—and this war we can win
--He blesses our cause and our Bomb.”

III.

The tune of the war is the ancient cry
Of mothers’ and sisters’ moan
(And the children’s and wives’) with the heart of their lives
Down under a flag-draped stone....

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