Short Set Afire Poems

Silence ignited
sound into kindling
Sign language robots
— ears set afire

(The New Room: April, 2024)
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rose bloom set afire
flame offense chars love most dire
fray'd woe fuels grief pyre






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Im afraid of Loving you
cause im afraid of losing you

If I give my heart away
what if you run a stray?

If  you cheat
your hearts desire

 Than my Heart will set afire!...

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Delicious ,enchanting
Drooly, taste set afire
Deluge of sensations
Delight , bewitch, enthrall
Dishy,  savoury, to
Die for, is ambrosial
Divinity's namesake!

Date Aug 28, 2016
Name of contest
PLEIADES D...

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who can take a little round
a postal moment set afire
who can separate and define
the movements in our minds?
who can ease you when you walk
miles around around around
and look again for what is gone
forever
now 
fifty years...

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Crepe Myrtle ablaze, set afire
By sunbeams peeking through
A heavy damp fog that settles
And kisses the fresh dew

Golden leaves contrast the Myrtles
Those leaves on the pecan
And amber needles hang weighted
Lovely in the new dawn
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we agree to burn
that form may transform
set afire within the womb divine
swept away willingly in the bliss storm 

with inner polarity of sentience awakened
we see space shimmer as white light
how and to whom can we explain
truths we see in plain sight...

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Red
Yellow
Leaves fall down
Sweep left, sweep right
Gather them in Autumn’s wicker baskets
Nature’s colourful treasures swirling down
Ground set afire
Rake in hand
Garden
Cleared


08.25.2021


Photo #3

For Eve Roper's "Double Tetractys 8" contest...

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Heart set ablaze, returning your gaze
Conveyance of want and desire
Beating in time with yours fit in rhyme
Blood coursing through, set afire
With passion unbridled, the chapter untitled
Pulse racing, breath taking thought
Yearning for you as I always do
Your touch and embrace have I sought...

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a red rising sun
sets aflame leaves of peach trees....
optic overload

spirit set afire
by October season change...
leaves swirl in the wind

 sun rises later
'pon October's sunny sky...
trees' red hair turns dull  

Inspired by Skat A's contest "October Sky"
Written: August 24, 2015...

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Troubadour sitting and waiting for you
Would do anything you wanted him to
Renaissance man now plucking the strings 
Dreaming of all sorts of marvelous things
Some can be put down on paper right here 
Others will just stay inside me, my dear
The ones that are there are the ones set afire
Fueled by the passion of ardent desire...

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Spread gently now soft velvet
   Oh midnight passion
      Caress thee deep
So open to my nimble kiss
   Your satin lips
      Awaken from their sleep

Reveal to me that darkest chamber
   That my breath may find
      To set afire
And hold me in your love's embrace
   Your molten heat to quench my thirst
      With the flood of your desire...

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Let my thoughts' and Dreams'
Be arbitrary when my
Soul ambitions' are set afire
Fore their are so many things'
In my heart,
That I truly do desire
Am I not deemed worthy
Of your unrequited love
And for that
I shall pay the price
And render upon to you
My most renderings' for sacrifice'
In the name of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ

GF...

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The ***** burns bright **** set afire
A *** the universe is **** and ***** holes
****** from beyond
In the ***** of the abscess
we *** all within **** minds
ah *** ** *** *** *** ****** **** *****
God ***** ***** ** *** ****
***** **** in the ********* **** *****
Then Twilight becomes **** and ***** *** ********
**** explodes in ****** **** then *** ****** winds...

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Well done O Cruel well done
Burn my heart O God burn!

If I don’t burn my incense
It doesn’t emit fragrance!
If I don’t lit up my lamp
It gives no light in my camp!

When I become unconscious and life is so hard
Then God your harmful touch is your sweetest reward!

In fascination and shame
I can’t see you so hard game!
God set afire my darkness
By thunderbolts of sadness!...

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bright skies swallowed by darkness
sparks of love set afire

glowing flames at my back
guide my way through the gloom
moving slow fearing whats lost
looking back I get burned
reminding me there's nothing left

Iv found my home
just enough rain to not get burned
just enough light to know I'm alive

I hope you find your light
brighter then i could shine
don't worry about me
ill be just fine....

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Death of Choice. 




The calling of a great purpose
The one amorous desire.
Nothing more than a romantic delusion

Convincing conviction,
Catastrophically crushed
As if set afire.
As if the world was pulled out from under
It devastates all.
This storm surrounding
This inaction stuck in the eye.
The unknowing is maddening
The pain begging 
as the love slowly begins to die. ...

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At high noon mass
	thru colored glass
		a playful sunray dances
	for blessed sunday glances
reflected stained mosaic
hardly looks archaic
	when the rainbow’s set afire
		by heavenly orchestrated choir
	the congregation rejoices
moved by angelic voices



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on December 9, 2019 for contest STRAND SPECIAL sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 3RD

Originally posted on October 23, 2019...

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Ignite the right spark
and it catches 
and burns.

Wildfire. 

Engulfing the forest
in flames,
carried forward
by the wind.

Bystanders stop and stare
at the deadly
power of the blazing
dancing flames
of the spark 
set afire.

Too scared to
extinguish it themselves,
they call
for help.

The help comes
but inexperienced,
they only make things
worse.

It burns
on and on.

Unstoppable.

Deadly.

Scorching.

Watch what you say, 
because words 
can burn like 
fire....

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My soul set afire with rage, your eyes quell this hunger.
The emotion seeps away like a wave, pulling my soul asunder.
Only peace I will ever find, is hiding deep within your eyes.
My soul will never shine, the peace within me have died.


A longing touch, an embrace, a lingering kiss
A hardened slap, a bitter tear, a closed fist


Peaceful….a wild emotion of fulfillment
Peaceful….setting the world on fire
Peaceful….a hardened will is bent
Peaceful….my heart feels stuck in a mire....

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