Short Shallowness Poems

Heart dwells in fire,
A rain of words approaches it,
Shallowness ignites despair,
The wind of shadows
Blows away the ashes....

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"Inside my old mind, even through all the shallowness, one I  do for myself to ignore, this is now my own sanctuary of life inside my own writing pen..."-Ds-...

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dwell too long,
freshness 'tis gone
lingering on 'tis loitering
skim the top for cream
fish shallow with one 
throw of the cast net
then move on,
before the one moment
longing elsewhere 'tis gone
blessed be, the shallow 
touch and feel,
bounteous in harvest....

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Seated, room to breathe
There is shallowness present
For I feel rushed

If I close my eyes
What if I were whisked away
To rest or torment

The minutes count down
I still want to lose myself
Let me be alone

I am surrounded
Those that seek tranquility
Stolen by seeking...

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Finding a way out of the maze
Depends on how one is raised
Opportunity casually dressed
Laid in books fine print
Leaving choice up to you
Filling the slate with new
The better the information 
Word relations
Applications 
mesmerized
Shallowness defused
Heart staking spool...

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I let my beliefs down 
I did not apply them
Then who the hell am I?
Where's my identity 
Where's my dignity
Am I even a person?
Just a walking blob without a head and heart 
Instead of joy abounding there's overflowing tears 
Instead of satisfaction there's incompleteness 
Instead of filling there's shallowness...

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All white;
nothing;
blank
face to face
looking back at me.
Up there
nothing but black
races through my mind.
No thoughts,
no sound,
just the shallowness
of what wants to be there.
Hand
beating pen to paper;
anxious to write;
to spill its passion
from left to right.
Pen, hand, and mind
unable to write;
Writer's block....

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Weeping upon the pillow of hiding
To disappear while each tear washes away
The dirty laundry stained with apathy and rejection
Dwelling in the temple of our shallowness


January 28, 2020
Arbitrium Divisa 7 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Gregory R. Barden


Posted February 9, 2019
Licking Wounds

Submitted:
June 2, 2019
Applicable Not Applicable Contest
Sponsored by Richard Lamoureux...

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Sunrise beach walkin'
no need for talkin'
when elements transcend all language.

My hand in your hand hold
seashells unswept by calm
receding tide
still swelling.

Burnt umbers stroke aqua
marines break through gull
wing thunder haloed
in hallowness.

No space for shallowness
much less for callowness
hope for tomorrow struts sure gently
proffered, dawn's break of night.

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Turns me on!...

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I wish I was young and still drinking
Where others would see my soul
And feelings were thought together
for shallowness meant to role

That all of my troubles were sexual
and life meant I'm easy that way
For others to see me as special
and happiness had it's say

That all of my time was as busy
as the work that I do today
When proudness was chaised for better
and loss was left making my way...

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Waves around impinging ferociously
the seashore fiercely anticipating  
To settle personal retribution
in darkened murderous circumstances.
Night's  sincere sentinel exhibiting
the water’s shallowness environments
to water vehicles incessantly
to avert dangerous situations.



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September 22, 2014
Form: Rhopalic Verse
Dr.Ram Mehta
Third Place Win
Contest:The Lighthouse by nette onclaud...

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Smoke and Shadow Lady
     Chasing rainbows
          In the dark


Surround yourself in shallowness
     Too deep
          For even Mermaids
               Such as you...


And mix your potions carefully
     My Lady-of-the-Miles
Smoke and Shadow quicksand
                                              Waits...
With Night Mist Webs
Creating stories
Night Mist dark
                                              A'glistening......

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In 

In spite we conquer and in love we hate
In silence there is a question and in noise we hesitate
In laughter we imagine and in tears we extrapolate 
In wisdom we solve and in ignorance we exaggerate 
In good there is hope and in bad we degenerate 
In memories there is no doubt but in the future we annunciate
In depth there is substance and in shallowness we adulterate
In our souls we are strong but in mind we cannot communicate....

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Conceive in a moment of silence
You came to thought
To feed birds of desire in drought 
With hands; of bare 
Melted shields; of frosty ice 
With pair of wings
Played in air 
On peripheries 
Of pain
In rings and raise 
In a book of shallowness
Of my pale
And bore 
Added 
A blossom of rose
In gallery of rimes; old and cold 
Conjured you the paint 
An art 
A sense of love
With semaphore of heart 
Make the scene alive
Again...

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I’m thankful for your tears
For they have made me tender
The heartfelt love over the years
Do I deserve any of it, I wonder?

You could halt me like rumbling thunder
Inundate my shallowness like a burst dam
I could have drowned had I stayed under 
Oh how I regret having caused them

I behaved as though you didn’t matter
Meanwhile you were crying an ocean
Night and day, praying for an ever after
Parting waters for a fool’s devotion...

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Clarity; what is it? 
Perfection of mind 
Beauty all around 
Infinitive endless time 

Purity; what is it? 
A breath of fresh air 
Clear water we drink 
Warmth the suns glare 

Perfection; what is it? 
Shallowness within 
Judgement from others 
Weakness of sin 

Innocence; what is it? 
Smiling beautiful child 
Vultures of society 
Ruins the beguiled 

Lost; where am I? 
Identity of soul 
Perplexed confusion 
Strength and control...

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Words now are leaves waiting for the fall
I have seen them green
But loved them gold most of all
When trees were naked before the eyes
And words were tattered so with lies
And faith shook
The trees barren. I pined for fruit
Of lips of truth, or breast of purity
I hungered for love
And saw nudity that tells of shallowness
The only deep soil left is my heart
Words are being beaten into plough
But I prefer the two-edged sword
Since I am not a man of war....

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When the moon arises, let our hearts, rise, too!
What good be your heart, if it has no warmth?
Just wooden and fully lying? 
You’d crush your friend’s heart,
Popularity first?? 
What about that thing called caring?

How about genuine love?
Instead of canned laughter?
How about more of divine, you?
Than shallowness, that just burns.
Or mean comments or arrogance?
Those poets need their own ship.
The “SS No Credence!”


              1/23/2022...

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I searched laboriously for you in the cold winter rains,
shivering from the shallowness.
I chased you on the hot, sultry days of summer,
feeling your presence hovering over me like a winged angel
with a message from God.

I felt you change me during the reflective, transitional days of fall,
with a promise of better times and abundant colors and joy.
I found you, though, quite unexpectedly in spring blossoms. 
In my newness of life, for the first time, I felt whole....

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Her fingers stroking my hair
    and the beam of ray peeping
    through the window melt
    at this hour of shallowness.

    I think of a mimosa blushing.

    Leaning against the wall
    she swallowed me
    in to her bones and marrow,once.
    A brimming river burst in our veins.

    I think of a fossil
    something hollow
    

    Out side the window   
    the river lies there.
    A sinew just pulsating,
    draining into the crust of the earth....

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I searched laboriously for you in the cold winter rains,
shivering from the shallowness.
I chased you on the hot, sultry days of summer,
feeling your presence hovering over me like a winged angel
with a message from God.

I felt you change me during the reflective, transitional days of fall,
with a promise of better times and abundant colors and joy.
I found you, though, quite unexpectedly in spring blossoms. 
In my newness of life, for the first time, I felt whole.
...

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I searched laboriously for you in the cold winter rains,
shivering from the shallowness.
I chased you on the hot, sultry days of summer,
feeling your presence hovering over me like a winged angel
with a message from God.

I felt you change me during the reflective, transitional days of fall,
with a promise of better times and abundant colors and joy.
I found you, though, quite unexpectedly in spring blossoms. 
In my newness of life, for the first time, I felt whole.
...

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