Short Scintilla Poems

doped up with caffeine - scintilla of sunshine way too bright

6/24/2018...

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grab onto his smile
scintilla peek of normal
shaken from heartbreak

7/10/2021...

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scintilla of hope 
in a world rampant with fear 
it is time to pray...

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my green eyes open
pitch dark then the room lights up
a scintilla moon

KimRodrigues © 2017...

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Dark night coalesced
Beloved idyllic kiss
Evanescent sky
Encompass loving ether
Scintilla of wood parfum









5-12-2016...

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INCANDESCENT DARK

scintilla of light
in a sky sans moon and stars
a billowing flame

Kim Rodrigues (c) 2017...

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Did Nelson give one scintilla
about France’s silly flotilla?
No! Nor was he bashful at court,
though of the quite gaseous sort,
as his farts smelled of vanilla....

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“Your cone's so thick, can I have a lick?”
(Bill, surprised, dropped his wad on the brick!)
Not any vanilla,
nary a scintilla,
did poor Susie’s sweet tongue get to flick....

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A flame containing exponential fervor and luster

scorches a visage through the cerebellum

a scintilla of contact melts the epidermis

utilize every fluid ounce quenching the burning ache...

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Painting pops with purple passion.
Whole, white and waxing
Moon magnified in magnificence.
Shadows subtly settle - scintilla 
edgework excites,
points, presents props
to watery waves -
pretty, purple and peaceful.

4/13/2023...

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The breeze of hope will blow away the deep  foliage of despair
Hearts in blue funk a bright scintilla of earnest hope will mend and repair
A new dawn embarks on the streets where once darkness dwelt
Bow down to the Mercy of  Mother Nature to which the world Knelt
A  breeze of hope gently caress the coldest despair....

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Yellow dreams of scintilla held ever tight
filling distant fields hidden out of sight
morning mist moves across the meadow
and sounds of a new day come alive

Hints of light rise from a darkened sky
parts of me arise, shown sparks in my eye
others just wait, still on a cloud covered day
begging for her warmth to forever stay...

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A new morning, bright, not in its light, but in its brilliant composure.
—quote by poet

God Orchestrates a Momentous Morning

As the sun provides a scintilla of light
at dawn, and the clouds squeeze out
slight sprinkling, atmosphere tweets
along with the daybirds and hoots
with the owl. S u d d e n  downpour -
delightful the serendipitous chorus.
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Christmas scintilla dressed in Holiday cheer 
Merry Christmas has become something dear
Though Santa is sprucing up his new red suit,   
its good old St. Nick that I loved, in my youth
Yuletide greetings coming from a lit computer 
Santa used to fly on a sled  and not a scooter  
I'll take an old fashioned Christmas of beauty 
over a modern Christmas, of gifts and duty ......

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May you all have a serendipitous, serene Sunday
and an immeasurably magnanimous Monday,
Would that the tallow of your Tuesday be tantalizing
wielding the wonders of  Wednesday in writing,
thence thanking Theism the theme of Thursday,
finally forgetting fears and feeling the freedom of Friday,
so making your Saturday a scintilla of a Sabbatical.

In other words: have a great week y’all!...

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speaking of dreams
the thrill, the screams

limbs are frozen,
eyes open wide

speaking of dreams…

zombies in beds
kids hiding under them

the thrill, the screams…

a clown suspended
over the bed

the thrill, the screams…

window too close
a monster’s guillotine

speaking of dreams…

scintilla of light
grand peeks heaven

speaking of dreams
the thrill, the screams

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Thy hands, fragrant, on my breast--

The softest touch I ever savoured

And the scintilla in thy words,

O the memory of an experienced night.

As the gleeful bird on the highest bough

And whenever thou lookest through green and green

I roam from verduous shrub to shrub

Of thy garden immensely embellished.

Then thy flower thou tuck’st into my hand, 

The fadeless pleasure I return to thee....

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gray days are make believe,
with a scintilla of birdsong,
almost annoying in its tease,
like a chimerical haze.

hope remembers the sun,
its shining rays,
elaborate feathers,
and paradisiacal dance.

green moss, creeping ivy,
budding oaks, streamers
of newborn pink willow,
stunning blue eyes of paradise

these Winter bones ache...

2/9/2018
Brian Strand’s 2018 Standard Contest...

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RED CARPET

red carpet
of kings and queens
rolled out

it’s the one our grandparents knew

it rolls
one
up
in
a
heap

we struggle to understand
that suffering
and death

are ‘specially seen

in the latter years

i used to be green
i’d hear

the thunder crack of cancer
see the scintilla of light
under
the door

i’d wonder
of it
but not
know

the knowing
fills bone marrow

the scraping
of the bones’
throes
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in memories a scintilla of faith
momentarily sustains surging tears
as the pulse of darkness awakens wraith
erasing the distance of lonely years
your voice befalls the silence my soul hears
in the absences death has bequeathed me,
i linger on the edges of time's quay
crawling along these worthless grains of sand
awaiting whatever shall come to be
too empty to care, too fragile to stand

December 28, 2019



*Quay pronounced kee, key, kwey...

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The mind…The brain…
No more than pale grey paste
Snuggly enclosed within
Thin calcium case

Afloat…Adrift
In cerebral sea
Sentient jelly essence
Of both you and me


Able to inform us
Yet n’er given scintilla of light
Of brilliance of Sunshine
And deep, darkness of night

Tis the architect of our reality
Gives shape and substance to our world
Emotions…Dreams…
All things it seems

…while lying quiescently curled…

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I picked up a Rose an emblem of love
Hopeful heart and a rolling tear
He loves me and he loves me not 
One petal at a time with a soft whisper

Each petal of rose a scintilla of hope 
With each pluck rising and sinking
Last petal of Rose said loves me not
Eyes made way for bursting tears

Letting go is not an easy mission 
Hope searched and found another Rose
He loves me not and he loves me true
Whispering again I found my self


April 19, 2015...

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Arrogant Annabelle

She looked in her mirror and
declared her self, "hot."
Poor soul, unaware that what
we do, impresses not a soul.
Naught!
Bobbing above all humanity, 
Not one scintilla of humility.
She has it all in spades.
Other humans could never reach
her grade.
So in judgement, she stands.
Whilst standing on ever so shifting sands.
There's only one god in the universe.
To think we are Him is so pathetic and perverse!

November 22, 2019

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In us a flame ,scintilla
        magic at the core ...
        Withstands all this
        is the divine link and flash ...
        Spark of love
        that enlightens us ...
        Ignition magnificent that
        propels us to
        the health of lives ...
        Let's preserve
        this superlative treasure ...
        It is the unbreakable milestone
        of our sublime alliance
        with omnipotence, omnipresence
        and eternal omni-awareness ...!...

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