Short Short Sighted Poems

OLD AGE
same chat
off pat
TOOTHLESS
long kiss
to miss
SHORT SIGHTED
large print
or squint
PACING MYSELF
no sap
need nap...

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Cyril the short-sighted cook,
Misread the recipe book,
It said add custard
But he instead added mustard,
The hot dessert made everyone crook....

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We are sort of short-sighted
when looking at the  life we live .
That's why we stumbled in time,
delaying progress itself...
Clogging up our mission,
of development... !...

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Trump Had Been Bitter

Always knew Trump had been bitter;
Not finished things and was a quitter;
With self delighted,
And short-sighted,
Sifting through trash and liked to liter.

Jim Horn...

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Quirk and Jerk

In nature, Trump was found to be  quirk;
That to me always proved he was a jerk;
Seemed short-sighted;
Even though knighted;
As President he has even become berserk.

Jim Horn...

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eyeful afterthought
all wasted up
catch a glimpse of the bird's eye view
power of speech grant an audience
hidden message
moments of panic
in person short sighted
tongue-tied word for word
humanity is thus lost...

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Saying

I used to say the elephant, people and the giraffe are not needed. 
How wrong I was the elephant reminds us how small we are and 
The giraffe tells us how short-sighted we are. As for people 
The jury is still out...

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A short-sighted barber named Dave
Bid folks to 'Sit down and be brave!'
With ears and neck snipped,
Departing they quipped:
Whew! That was a very close shave!'


Bite Size Poem No.42 Poetry Contest
Sponsor :Line Gautier...

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Wanting blindly, even good 
Seldom have few understood 
Is ineffective 
If one's doing's misdirected 

Be the gentle heart well-guided 
Not with eyes that are short-sighted 
But mindful and wide 
Else be intention misapplied...

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Promises
Empty echoes
Of a lover’s 
Short sighted vision

Forever
An unfathomable goal
Enshrined
In the ecstasy
Of Love’s whimsy

Kept
Together
In Loves “castle keep”
Protected
Cherished
Defended

Freed
In tear-soaked agony
Cursing
The brevity
Of forever
...

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She’s a short-spoken woman he told all.
She’s short-legged? I asked, not at all tall?
Short-sighted? Another yelled from a wall.
She’s a shortstop? My uncle yelled from a stall.
She wears shortie nightgowns was the next call.
About to see a short temper on the man with the doll....

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For the short-sighted
People say 
Put on your spectacles
You will see the world clearer
Without the spectacles
You will lose it before your eyes
Even then you can't see clearer
People's hearts with your spectacles
But one thing not to forget
You can see the heart of god
With or without spectacles...

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Narrow Minded and Perfunctory

Is short-sighted, narrow minded and perfunctory,
And then Trump inserted lies into his each story;
A weird sort,
Someone did abort;
Only President permanently remaining in purgatory.

Which is worse. Tower of Babel or Tower of Trump
in a golden shower in a dossier.


Jim Horn...

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SHORT SIGHTED
large print
or squint

NOTE:A footle is a two line ,2 syllable verse with an integral title-Light Poetic verse form,witty,pertinent,topical etc (technically a trochaic monometer and not necessarily in rhyme).A 'hybrid' innovative sequenced variation has
developed over the years (since 2009)alongside the original definition...

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Darkness of a cave transmutes into light,
no sooner lamp of love is ignited.
Inner luminosity our delight,
oblivious to ego short sighted.
Hermit, wait not! Bliss is self anointed!
Go in, within, into the heart centre,
in playful dalliance let joy enter,
electrifying and vivifying,
Pingala warm summer, Ida cool winter,
union within by melting and merging.

26-October-2020...

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I’ve had my eyes tested
And I am 20/20
I am not short sighted
Nor long sighted
My eyes are healthy
There is no glaucoma
No floaters
Nor cataracts
My sight is perfect
So why is it
When I look at you
I see an angel
When you are anything but
I asked the optician
Why, with such perfect vision,
Can I not see betrayal?
He told me
That I have perfect vision
Its just rose tinted...

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Short sighted Shirley, a young farmhand girlie
Life as a milkmaid meant getting up early
But it’s not the tiredness making her surly
Her hair has turned slimy: it’s normally curly

She talks to the cows like she’s Doctor Doolittle 
Her hair, now it’s dry, is still sticky but brittle 
She told the next cow that the last had one udder
But that cow exclaimed… that last cow was my brother!...

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If the foe is far too strong for you today,
just save your strength, backtrack very cautiously
that you may still live to fight another day;

go back to the drawing board immediately,
a prudent  retreat really matters as much
as a crushing assault carried out quickly;

patience, guile, perfect timing make the difference,
there are no flawless stratagems of attack,
only short-sighted strategies of defense!...

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Oh why do you judge me before I speak?
Why - for my skin?
For my language?
My name is…
The judgment is quicker than a bullet.
Millions of thoughts and knowledge apprehended.
Yet one comes to mind.
Why is life so harsh!
Why is everyone so short sighted?
Am I to be in my own kind for all life?
Am I different?
You don’t make eye contact with me.
For what you hear.
Rise above.
Rise like the phoenix.
Join me in a union....

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Wrestling with time,
an illusion supreme

Its trinity empiric,
three masks to deceive

Past, future, and present,
our dreams undefined

Outside of their stricture,
new presence unrhymed

Rejecting convention,
short sighted and slight

Imprisoning our vision,
with capture and fright

In seizing this instant,
its moment sublime

All truth flowing freely
—unfrozen in time

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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The Pharisees vengeance,
unleashing again

To kill a ‘false’ prophet,
their fear redescends 

The cross is made ready,
like ages before

The nails though still rusty,
hammer deep and secure

Their memories short sighted,
rejecting the fact

The last one they crucified…
 alive and intact

A new Resurrection
they’re about to ensure

Through hatred and envy
—damnation procured

(For Sister Marcella: January, 2021)...

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TIGHTWAD TIMMY

Tightwad Timmy bought some very cheap meat
With fresh vege t'would be a nice tasty treat
But something was wrong 
There was a strange pong
And maggots were dropping off by his feet...



FINGERLESS FRED

Fred lost his finger in a meat grinder 
Offered a huge reward for the finder 
But short sighted Sue
Used it in her stew
And felt poking and prodding inside her...


Written 14th January 2022....

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Our rosy love grew fast to bloom, 
Burnt in the heatwave of desire - 
Young and impervious to doom - 
Out-lusted, nothing to admire. 

We spurned our tender love, my rose;
Its lustre faded, petals dried, 
Fast beating hearts, now hollow, froze -
Nothing but thorns lodged deep inside. 

Short-sighted sweet impromptu love!
Strong lasting roots grow underground - 
Well nurtured is the rose we have -
And now it blossoms lifetime-round!

March 20, 2023...

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Hearing subversive, oft-hand remark,
Callously spreading rumor on a lark.
Silhouette of angst o'er mind parks.
Deceitful soul's vast refuge a bulwark,
keeping mind's sentient eye in the dark,
Still short-sighted vision veils a quark,
But to dry, subliminal tinder won't hark.
Fueled consciences' flint strikes spark,
Fanning winds o'er tender psyche arc.
Singeing flame peels soul's, dense bark;
Contrasting light to mind painfully stark




quark: elementary particles having electric charges...

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