Short Shrivelled Poems

silver furrowed brow
warm streams seep through pleated seams
shrivelled folds bleached white...

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Shrivelled roses,
Feeble boughs,
Bare meadows,
Shrinking woods,
Weeping trees, 
Empty nests.


May 29, 2023....

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banished by sea
shrivelled by sun
decomposition waits
   kelp flies and beach hoppers
   find paradise in sand...

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Shrivelled day,
Mottled charred desires,
Still pursuits,
Dying hope,
Shadowed duty engagement,
We fall and rise still....

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The flowers died on Monday,
The ones that lay next to her bed

They pulled the plug on Monday,
The roses shrivelled up and dead....

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colour of her kiss
vermillion lips
warm n ten-
er tree of
my wrinkles fallin
leaves dry an
shrivelled s-
eeds retu-
rn to lon-
ging ea-
rth...

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James Bond still moonlights on the make
But found too many boobies fake
Spy C came along
And shrivelled his Dong*
She got hot dog but wanted steak 

*£1=30,541 VND...

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Listen to this my friends, while out on the prowl
As a pup of fourteen, saw two yummy nipples to chow
My loins shrivelled up
Was a thirsty young pup
Then tried a region below, next came an unearthly howl!...

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So thirsty am I
growing up towards the sky
my roots they are dry
shrivelled buds are almost dead
Heavy rain I drown instead

Written 25th September 2022

Contest BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CONTEST
Sponsor Brian Strand
5th PLACE...

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One morning I decided to go
for a walk on the tightly packed snow
but I made a mistake
and stepped out on a lake
now my bits have all shrivelled, you know!

February 19th 2018
For contest 'As I was walking in the snow', sponsor Kevin Shaw...

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A shrivelled presence. 
A mere shadow. 
Curled tightly in 
foetal submission 
unconscious tae owr 
subconscious fears. 
Eyes dart back 
an fourth amongst 
the participants in 
this ritual of ruination. 
Never lingering though 
fir fear of also 
being snared in 
the abyss's gaze....

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Paint your memories on my canvas
For my time has come to fade away 
The sun may no longer be as it was 
For the skies will turn to gray 

The rhyming voices will come calling 
And the leaves will be falling 
For the shades of autumn hath come to fetch 
The shrivelled leaf that is wretch...

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Like you I get old,
Like you equal water hold,
I’m like you at core,
All vegetables here sold,
It’s just that I get tired more 

And so, need to sleep,
We both date with death must keep,
You shrivelled, unsold,
I hungry when and too old, 
As sowed so we reap. 
___________________________ 
Tanka |28.08.2021|...

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Ice cream sundae
on our steamy honeymoon

Strawberries on top
Hell! we don’t need no spoon
Shared between our Tongues
salves those shrivelled prunes
God! she’s one sweet Dish
and it’s still only Afternoon 

I scream Sunday!
on this torrid day in June 


Ice Cream Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
06/22/22...

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they came to steal our thoughts
consciousness an ocean realm
where drops drip into us in dream and day
and they such thirst and drink do they
an empty vessel will we become
upon their syphoning, drained and gone
harvested, thy human fruit
of beautiful light, wilted, shrivelled
of profound loot, now bodied us
a living dead, left they who stole our thoughts
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Two Rivers

Stark naked she slowly shrivelled her exposed vacant mind

shed dry viscous tears and filled the empty river in vain

Exhausted petrified her and the stream her inner self 

bared to rugged contraction with one final squeeze flooded

the truth that she floated on sediment nevertheless


17th November 2016

5 times 14 syllables howmanysyllables.com...

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A time for werewolves, zombies, bones,
For spiders, vampires, ghosts and bats,
Blood curdling shrieks and chilling moans,
Of walking corpses, witches’ cats,
See scuttling beetles, ghouls and rats.

Old warlocks chant and banshees cry,
The carved out pumpkins light the way,
And broomsticks soar across the sky,
As shrivelled mummies flaunt decay:
It’s Halloween or All Souls’ Day....

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Old age
Threatening near
Wrinkles on forehead
Lines on corners of eye
Netted crosses on cheeks
Plumps of fat
On protruding belly
Double chins
Hanging loose
Shrivelled hands and fingers
Resemble those of a cold blooded animal
Clumsy legs 
Staggering
Sinking eyes
Dimming
Exhausted brain
Confusing
A complicated world
A bleak future
For every oldie 
And it comes only once...

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Fertile spot on timeless sands,
Life on parched lands,
The existent surrounded by the non-existent,
The living in the shrivelled.

Jewel in the gloom,
Hope in despondency room,
The thirsty is replenished at its shore,
A memorial of nature’s benevolence.

The trees are rejuvenated from its tranquil chamber,
There’s hope after the night’s slumber, 
Treasure in the arid,
Water finds a way to us.
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Awakened from my slumber,
Gloom pervades my room,
I sojourn through a shrivelled meadow.

A sage told me to look past the crumbled meadow,
For redemption is risen from its slumber,
And light permeates its room.

As I approach redemption’s room,
I see a lush meadow,
I'm awakened from the vision in my slumber.

The night calls me from my slumber, my room is a door to the meadow.


November 11, 2023.
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Temple in time, memorial of creation
Heaven's sign of Jehovah's awesome love
Earth's covenant of proof, divine condition

Sweet Sabbath, prophetic before the curse
Altar of peace, and worn flesh restoration
Brighten the shrivelled heart and disperse
Blessings for praise, for faith hope's exaltation
Anchor of Yahweh to the divine identity
Tenderly permit His healing of our soul
Hallelujah eternal day, passport of the fold...

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We left the light, 
We sojourned in the night, 
We journeyed in the dark, 
The night held sway. 

It was so long a night, 
It was so prolonged a fight, 
We traversed shrivelled meadows, 
Followed by our shadows. 

An absence of light, 
Wearied our hearts, 
An unwritten absence, 
Chauffeured a gloomy presence. 

We saw light afar, 
As we moved closer, 
It dimmed and died, 
Like a falling star. 


September 27, 2023....

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They lay by the seashore, 
Vessels that were once war ready, 
They struck with an invincible claw, 
Sailing buoyed and steady. 

Its inhabitants were ruthless, 
They had their chambers in hell, 
They were brutal and merciless, 
Everyone that challenged them fell. 

Cursed by the sea, 
They became a shadow,
Gloom pervaded their glee, 
Their courage became a shrivelled meadow. 

Their pride led to their fall, 
The vessels became a sighing hall....

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All the fallen, 
All the slain, 
All taken by the night, 
All gone from the light. 

All the fallen, 
Men of valour, 
Men of honour, 
Men of true colour. 

All the fallen, 
Warriors in the deep, 
Ships lost in the sea,
Sailing in our sleep. 

All the fallen, 
Shrivelled meadows, 
Hanging shadows, 
Strangers in the underworld. 

All the fallen, 
All the lost stars, 
All the closed blinds, 
Timeless in our minds. 


September 17, 2023....

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On golden sands 
between the layers of
silvery stream waves
wet quill write untold tales

Incessant gush narrates
epic in shallow voice
no presence witness
prolonged tireless task

On shrivelled shores
pebbles re read stories
to share the musing
with migrating birds.

The serene script
bloating and floating
bubbling with wishes 
meandering on waves.

In its obvious merge
identity gets sacrificed 
while embracing 
dark ocean abyss.

© Maaya Dev...

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