Short Sharply Poems

scolding sharply
the seagulls count coup
with our bait...

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the panther’s call
sharply pierces the darknes
bright firelight...

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The cold bites
Though not sharply
A long drawn out tear
Which sears the heart
Yet through the pause the heat is back on...

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~acute hearing site 
vision sharply hooked beak the 
flight of owl silent~

2/26/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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Don’t ever doubt their unwavering loyalty,
Omnipresent in their prolific pedigree,
Gifted with smell sensors acting sharply.
...

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Truth thrives in contradiction
  the difference sharply honed

A neither nor redemption
  as zero-sum is known

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)...

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The turkey awoke, heard knives sharply clickin'
then muttered a phrase that made my blood quicken
said I'm sorry to say
that just for today
I'll be identifying as a plump chicken
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Number 3:

FLAWS



Bear this and that swift wave
Law follows law promptly
Control corrupts to save
Flaw covers flaw sharply




Leon a Enriquez
16 December 2014
Singapore...

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Dullness settles sharply, without warning;
The words are gone, as if they'd never been.
There is but acquiescent pain at the loss.
It is left now to wait
For the familial shadows to pass....

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How many cardinals can appear in one day?
I relish the pinks, the reds, their feathered heads
A robin flies in, landing sharply on a little branch
Shaking the bird feeder, making the world smile...

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Gentle as a razor,
her words cutting deep
Robbing tomorrow 
of yesterday’s sleep
Her voice rising sharply
to greet the new pain
A bleeding Madonna
—in strawberry rain

(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)...

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Warily watching, panning.
One meercat sharply scanning,
Gallantly guarding buddies
From all the big bad hoodies.
Falcons flying, cats hunting,
sneaky snakes, wild boars grunting.
Duty done, feeding time fun!...

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Through a veil of anxiety, 
sharply cuts her moan of terror.
Alone, her expelling breath reveals 
the place where she is hiding.
Across the room again the sound- - 
a playful mouse scurrying....

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Please
please
don't let
sound minds be
taken in. Programmed
from an early age, it's likely
to feel so much like the truth that it's never questioned.
Experienced minds must sharply explore; future lives depend on old ones' new thinking....

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his eyes shine sharply
as he hunts tonight
	raw rodent his rare delight

flying high he stalks his prey
as every night
	in his happy hunting flight

he glides with bold confidence
wielding his talons of might
	a greedy gourmand
...

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A
Crimson 
sun
slowly
shrinks sharply
midst of
Ocean
of parch moans  
thrive and emerge 
chrysalis
harsh world
flaunt 
slow wings 
flap the hope
sparkling
the
poise grace
pride

Written: March 21, 2023...

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   "Streams of Silence"



quiet thoughts suspended in dramatic dance
evading sounds of audible utterance lost in trance
sharply thrusting deeply felt as a lovers lance.



*For Black Eyed Susan's Silence Contest.
*August 12, 2012. ...

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Pictures of the past,
dusty and forgotten with
dim faces, sounds, and places.
They suddenly appear
on the screen of my mind and
contrast sharply
with the reality of today,
which soon – oh so soon – becomes
pictures of the past,
dusty and forgotten....

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If only i could say in four dramatic lines words not out of joint
 filled with all those soul searching dreams and hopes that ramble in my head
 four lines that could be quick and short and sharply reaching point
but alas, I laid down my pad and pen instead....

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Makeup never hides the truth
the camera sees it all
Sharply focused through the pain
each mask a futile pall

As clowns embrace the actor’s fears
in painted frozen smiles
The farce goes on in word and song
—a masquerades denial

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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FINE BLACK FREINDS  ON THE WING  SWOOPING INTO MY BACKYARD  ONE STAYS IN THE TREE  FOR SURE TO OVERSEE  OR HECKLE HIS FREINDS FROM AFAR   SWIFTLY I PART MY WHITE CURTAINS  SO AS TO GET A BETTER VIEW   STARTLED THEY FLY  SO SHARPLY AND SO HIGH  AS THEY CIRCLE BACK TO VISIT ME ANEW...

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Biologists and zoologists from Tokyo to Berlin worked on a new hybrid.
Unaware she was unique to the world, reindeerfly zoomed in the night sky.
Her hooves were sharply pointed, her wings were delicate said Fred.
Botanists and chemists were in awe, in disbelief as we saw her fly by....

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It was a mystery
That I could witness
Your astounding beauty, yet
Only hidden in the shadows
You gaze upwards
Moonlight captures reflection
It dances and delights, ripples
My breath catches sharply
My heart skipping beats
With a melodious infinity
At the lake through my window...

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Her eyes looking deep through darkness past
Beyond the curtain of  sorrow's cast,
The pain of wounds sharply cut,
Sees the life and gave hope to a soul stuck
A man lost in dispair, 
and shrouded in failures smoke
Chocked, gasping for breath, 
Taking the last kick of a dying horse....

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This poet has most incorrectly checked 
The little box which indicates "insect." 
This poem, I therefore flatly reject. 
I sharply reproach the writer.  

A spider, never an insect, was. 
I say this insistently because, 
He should say "sorry."  Until he does,
I remain a concerned spider....

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