Short Scorches Poems

Softcore, rough edges,
Beauty's inner flame scorches –
The crust of the Earth....

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polar ice caps melt
sun scorches earth to fine dust
wind removes all hope
millions of tears won't grow crops
bountiful harvest of death...

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Yearning
Burning
Earning
Spurning
Uncontrolled, a yearning, burning flame
Scorches badly, earning spurning, shame
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affect on me
your moonlighting
infected me
who
am
i
i
am
man
with effected intentions
your lighthouse scorches seas
your love has
affect on me
?...

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the glare of noontime
scorches young August petals
rain taps on wild blooms---
and summer cools her flamed heat
to  gently fondle morn’s dew


Tanka Written With a Decent Pivot...

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summer sun scorches
parasols sprout like mushrooms
sun cream scent on breeze

kids go rockpooling
then collect pretty sea shells
ice cream cornets drip...

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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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Positive poles keep me grounded
even when all efforts get spurned.
Love intrudes with hope unfounded
while hatred proves bitterly earned.

Our coupling tethered in the lash
scorches my core with friction rash....

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What fire scorches but leaves a singe
This horse calls upon his courage, within
He gallops, full speed,   
Through this fire and wind, but
Finds  a way to unite this herd, again
What horse shall race the fire, wins...

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DESICCATED LIFE

Life desiccates you 
My heart melts on your hot dune
Drink my oasis.

In surging sand storm
Sun scorches your slim shadow
Recline in my arms. 

If clouds burst in mind
Torrent of rain you can’t hold
Flow it in my eyes.

April 3, 2018....

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Fire pounds the walls of my brain,
Lights the rough inner surface,
Sheets it with a gold agony---
Rages through the different levels,
Scorches all my memories,
Leaving charred charcoal corpses---
Upward toward the nursery
Where Concepts, lined like infants in cotton cribs
Perish in their sleep...

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there is a mountain 
one of 7 
in evolution
a rider is born
the rider scorches the world
a rod in one hand
a scroll in the one
there is a porch 
remained unburned 
laying in sleep
a hibernation lasting 
any number of years
forgetting not forgiving
a hand unseen
and only one needs believe...

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The sun, now joined in battle, scorches earth;
young, bellicose, brash Sirius draws nigh.
The rains, diminished, scarce sustain new birth,
and so commence the dog days of July.

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for The Sky in July Poetry Contest
sponsored by Andrea Dietrich
written on 07/02/2022
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Wilted in crushed embrace; to tired to scream.
Candle tongue scorches pliant skin.

Chromatic vision, through incense mist
catches blurring reality.

Caged in breathless anticipation
of known agenda; resignation sighs.

Twisted bracelets wrap twisted thoughts
in fabulists truths and hesitation snaps
in pain fueled ecstasy....

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The blazing sun
     scorches lonely daydreams—
He saunters like a penguin
    lemonades in hand. 
We two laughed until moonlight.

Copyright March 18, 2015

Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest:  TANKA 2 – 
Sponsor Andrea Dietrich

Read more at: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/member_contest_details.aspx?ContestID=6218...

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Bestowed upon me is the crown of heartache,
That left scars deep down my soul.

Bestowed upon me is the failure of a myth called us,
That constantly scorches the walls of my conscience.

I love you..
Or rather I should say, 
I loved the thought of being in love with you.

Now I'm just an unattended dream,
That flows through my veins....

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Hot
Summer sun scorches
The breath still

Morning wave
Buries its hate
In scratching grass-sounds

Floating yellow
Line of sight bends
In brain-sensed tease

Echoes
Empty canyons fall
Beyond stillness

Caution winds silent spirals,
Soaring distance -- unswerving sight

Melted minutes
Sultry stares
Torrid tease

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Statues rise and fall
  Empires stutter and stall
Genius streaks 'cross the sky
  Leaves in its wake more 'Whys?'

Mountains slowly erode
  Earth cracks, they implode
The seas advance then recede
  A hiss of steam from icebergs freed

The sun grows old, begins to expand
  Turns devil-red, scorches the land
A mighty blast proclaims its twilight
  The universe winks ~ goodnight...

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Guilt scorches and chews on the bitter end
Renewed but are we there yet
Realizing the consequence is half the battle
Deciding to handle it is nothing at all
The action for which we attribute our attention to the broken ones
Never necessary 
Always enraging
We will accuse ourselves of nothing 
Unless backed into an unforgiving corner
If we could watch ourselves exist
Hatred is all we would feel...

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Sore to the core she gazes into dusk’s sorrow
   Sadness soars into an empty sky’s pitiless night
      The advent of dawn disguises pain and dejection
         Blind at heart her mind wanders streets of woe
      A shivering sun’s relentless battle scorches the earth
   When the nightmares have vanished a day unfolds
And she retreats once more into the comfort of dying


31st July 2017...

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THE JUNGLE

The trees sway
The birds fly
The cats sit silently
The monkeys swing 
The people smile 

The trees fall 
The birds die
The cats run
The monkeys fall
The people smile

The ashes fall
The planes fly 
The concrete pours
The children swing
The people smile

The earth crumbles
The ground scorches
The water turns to sand
The people run 
There is no one left to smile...

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D i s c o m b o b u l a t e d
     By Dane Smith-Johsnen

Deeply hidden
In the back of my mind
Somewhere, somehow
Closets of pain 
Open and bombard
My consciousness.
Blistered by young loves' scorches
Overbearing.  Smitten.  Why?
Bewildered factions of trust
Undeniably eroded
Laughter to hide the pain
Altogether crushed
The heart of me cried.
Endless tears for I am
Discombobulated!!!...

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spending sleepless night
extends his soft dawning touch ~
wakes up the lotus 

chill charm cloud maidens
sing dance hold beauty parades ~
his angry shades torch

scorches many buds
failing to get their consents ~
repents and calms down

like a groom on oath
plays touch-me-not with the fogs ~
exhibits his haste  

stars struggle to blink
newborn chicks in basket coops ~
he moves solemnly


10 November 2021...

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Love has no bounds.
The heart falls.
The eyes hide the passion in our soul.
We feel everything as the,
Blood scorches thru our veins.
One thing we know,
Love is everlasting.
Love is forever.
Love is Love.
Love is you and me.
For those of us looking on the,
Outside we see your love as it blossoms.
Thanks for allowing all of us to feel,
That special love, if only but a drop,
In time, at least we lived it thru your eyes....

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When my walls crumble down
Sun scorches through
Reflecting off my skin
Exposing
In that moment of weakness, cowardice and inferiority
That time when I would rather hide
If not for this scorching sun
Reflecting off of me
In that moment, my mind is under siege
By words of brilliance, phrases that cause movements and stanzas that make no sense at all, to none but me
But inspire a feeling of refuge
When you read as my walls crumble down...

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