Short Self Contained Poems

The moral taint
is self-contained.

Volodymyr Knyr
2017...

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crowbar tries to pry
my oyster solitary
exists self-contained...

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daydreams self-contained

escapism crawled and creeped

daunting nervousness...

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We
are
seeing
what we see,
no more no less-
each work of art is self-contained

Ekphrasis after Joesph Kosuth...

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Edgar Degas did not mingle
so shy he remained single
His art self contained & absorbed
perfect though expensive 'daubs'...

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In a bubble,
a life self-contained,
separate from reality.
Enclosed,
self-oriented.
centred upon 
ourself..
          with
our thoughts
our feelings
our desires:
Remote ,alone
with oneself.
Preserved yes..
in formaldehyde..
dead before..
         our time...

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SENSITIVITY
a
 universe
of rhythms
encourage
urgency
to revelation
in
a sequence

a substitute
for
emotion
balanced
&self-contained
  versatility

action
without
  disruption
meditation
shaped
  by
   phrasing
modest
utility
 unguarded
& fruitful...

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I am nervous because I don't know 
Where to start
It always comes out to being apart 
I try and try again 
I always feel drained 
Whenever  I don't get the call 
I tend to feel very dull 
I will be lonely remained 
Thou forever self-contained 
Thee calls It veined....

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There is an indescribable pull
Within the core of our being
The Sushumna funnel ignited
With the throb of bliss vivifying

Each node within Hiranyagarbha
Enlivened and self contained
With all other centres in harmony
Pristinity of presence unstained

03-September-2020...

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When I saw you there the other day
My heart got caught up, swept away
I had to keep it self contained
Though through my chest and shirt it strained
It wanted to go home with you
I understood since I did too 
The pull of love we have is strong
My Bluebird it's for you we long...

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Beauty and Glamour are to be maintained,
So that to Shine, to Dazzle and to Flair,
Marching unanimously hand-in-hand.
The Inner Beauty is more self-contained,
Unselfishly with much more time to spare
To figure out what constitutes a Man. 


December 15, 2019...

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ICONOGRAPHY
optical
  overlays
tangible
in
metabolic
  manifestation
of conscious
significance
refined
in
the bizarre
 appendage
of
allusion
to
  the infinite
appearance
of simularities
  situated
alongside
the aspects
of exaggeration
sequenced
&self contained
in
iconography...

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Self contained, keep outside out
Thrive inside, never fear a drought
Rely on no-one as have world of mine
Myself, I must, keep safe, enshrine

Bottle garden, encapsulated beauty held
Gaze within, all other thoughts expelled
With petrichor a constant state
Redolent of missing fate...

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Breaking through the titled ceiling,
  my voice survived unnamed

Unleashed to save the future past,
  with words their truth proclaimed

All time bereft of judgment,
  all feelings self contained

Diploma mailed but left unsigned
  —its seal in freedom stained

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)...

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Last night I dreamt I wore a crown
The world and all within was mine
I held in hand the power to be
The best of all was meant for me

Last night I dreamt I wore a crown
Allegiance to none  other did I owe
I was an Island self-contained
Today I see in me, the clown
~*~
7/28/13
Category:  "Serious"....For "Last Night I Dreamt" Contest...

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Are there degrees of spiritual freedom,
  or is its breadth just either or

Is the light metered out or self contained,
  and endless in its store

Is the origin of beauty and its pathway divined,
  beatific in its scope

Or can it be portioned, forever to share
  —granting wishes with its hope

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2019)...

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Orchid won't you sing to me, your petals blue and bright?
In botany, a rarity, an aurora in the night
And when I get to hear your voice, my ears behold the sound
Of unity in harmony, magnificence profound
O orchid, beauty self contained, when all else fades it shall remain
For though you're beauty to my sight
You run much deeper, essence bedight...

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A short little note from my pen to your eyes
Then into your heart to live and reside
It's written for you and it wants you to know
That the dream of together will never let go

I'll wait 'cause I love you and that will not change 
It's solidly rooted, it won't rearrange
Or diminish in nature, alive and intense
A love self contained, subdued, yet immense...

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Lilac is such a beautiful scent
A poem of fragrance that never gets spent
Same for you, my desire, it doesn't run out
It only keeps building, it will not see drought
Overrunning its banks, yet a self-contained flood
That wends its way, coursing, warm, heating my blood
A strong flowing current that brings me to you 
And into your arms I fall, fall into mine too...

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Stunned to submission 
impend repetition
which crawls out of bed
with a silent decision
and wakes every dream
with a knock on the head
to be dreamt yet again
at the end of the day
Red realization
incredulous notion
that all of these thoughts
are as vast as the ocean
a self contained vessel
afloat on the tide
as an unbeknownst
traveler, along for the ride....

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it's quiet,
suffering, it's a quiet &
limp thing. questions
open like books
unread, under(stood),
dusty splintered shelf.
unable to maintain the
self contained war 
silent film overlayed
descriptions over &
overplayed; the maid
refusing to leave,
can't breathe can't accept
status position to be
human-
it's quiet, suffering-
something not to be
spoken of....

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CHARACTERISTICS
reclusive
  eccentric
flamboyant
often
overshadowed
&evolving
independent
so
 self-possessed
&
blessed with talent

nevertheless
idiosyncratic
 is self-contained
yet subtly sensuous
&daring
in a
contemplative
manner
adorned
in
 austerity
modest
yet suave
sumptuous
&
spellbound
with an
 auraa
 of serious-minded
stillness
constructive
but respectful...

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The eerie fog enshrouded all.
It conquered my vision,
with it's menacing creep.
It rolled in so dense,
so self contained.
My imagination, ran wildly
in this thick mist.
Just when, I though it abated
It consumed me again.
Gravitating me to the spot
move I could not.
Like a master of illusion
Things appeared and disappeared
from my sight.
Moving slowly, catching glimpses
as it opened a window for me....

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"Mahakavi...tell me, what is the body?"

'It is: the candle desiring flame;
    it is:  the universe self-contained;
       it is:  the realization of love,
          through the gratitude of pain.'

 

"Mahakavi...will you let me know,
   what is the nature of the soul?"

 

             'It is: the unwritten page;
         it is: the empty picture frame;
    it is: the absence of the self,
through the charity of change.'...

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she lay upon the cloud tops 
ignorant of her rags 
on her back loose feathers 
stuffed into a sack 
because she shined with silver 
he thought she could fly 
but those who are born soaring 
never needed to try
suits, boots, life impaired 
self-contained in a paper bag 
he begs for her to love him
burning with a desire 
ferocious as a tiger 
caged in glass 
imprisoned within his fear 
the heart won't let her near...

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