Short Shimmying Poems

Like the hush of mobile crystals 
stilling, inside a breezeless night 
Like the echoes of distant stars 
shimmying towards the moon 

Its like tendrils of gray smoke 
wafting through the temples 
A silent Buddha contemplating  
beneath the Bodhi tree of life 

Inner peace can only be realized 
through the senses and the chi 
You can only hear its splendor  
when your sitting on God's knee....

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Mini mangy monster Marvin moo
Nearly never noticed anything new
Outrageously outgoing onset overdue
Plunking his plush posterior on a pew
Quizzically questioning Curly-Q
Respecting ruffians Brew, Grue and Rue.
Shimmying and shaking shivering Sue and Stew
Teaching talented Tommy Treachery too
Uniting understudies under the letter U
Vaporizing validation veering into valley view
Welcoming wild werewolf wearing blue....

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I have seen dreams
Shimmying, like
Stars, in dark of night

I have known dreams
Mirroring miracles, that
Flowed while I was awake

I have held dreams of gem
As beam on wheels of time, so
delighted my fancy

I have floated on dreams of mercy
Recurring, causing hope to rise, like
Bloom of rainbow flower

I have dared to dream and believed, and
Basked in warmth of spring rain, 
And felt kissed by morning dew.

*...

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Slate clouds stretch low
over urban rooftops,
sun’s hopeful warmth
vanquished:

	man with a limp
	pauses.
	his weary eyes,
	wary,
	survey that sky,
	grimy gangling
	fingers
	fidget
	buttons,
	wind biting through
	plaid jacket’s
	worn fabric;
	on, he hobbles
	behind
	shopping cart,
	cluttered and dull,
	left front wheel
	shimmying,

sere, dun leaves
and discarded wrappers
tumble, rustle
alongside
in the gutter....

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Sun shimmering o’er frothy snow
Like faeries glimmer
In far fantasy lands a-glow,
Shimmying they slither.

Crystals are glistening
Nature is listening;
Soul is awakening,

‘Tis quite a spectacular show
Sun shimmering o’er frothy snow.

FIRST PLACE WINNER
written February 3, 2022
especially for "Quietus (January 2022)" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Unseeking Seeker
syllables checked by PS Syllable Counter...

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