Short Sidestepped Poems

I had strawberry sherbert dreams
   until they got sidestepped by 
     melancholy chocolate cake.


My dreams shattered like crumpled 
                 pie toppings.
Now I have no desire for sweets.









Alexis Y.
03/26/2021...

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Listen to poem:

Heard enough 
   to know where this can lead.
Footfalls poised to step 
   in footprints etched by fate,
   are caught in flight, 
   nudged to sidestep shunned.
A foot-plant re-direction
   on a clean slate.
Making fresh footprints, 
   striven silently in the sand....

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memories hey, 
of a kick in the ass today,
got my share in my upbringing,
stockwhip lash ,
by dr crippin,,
great write, well written,
smack under the lug today...
thoughts are staggering away,
dropkicked rooster got hard bitten,
but dog sidestepped away....

thanks Ruben O "didn't dont"

Don...

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At first, when he sidestepped the Queen,
A slight that the world had not seen,
We hung our heads low,
Embarrassed, although
Such faux pas have become quite routine.

But the meeting with Putin was worse
For it seemed, when the two would converse,
Someone looked like a chump
And, of course, it was Trump
Who makes things go from bad right to verse!...

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used an abused an tossed aside,
been there mate, 
nuff 2 send ya cross-eyed,
but all good fun, cos i couldna hate,
the lady sweet ....who dumped me late...
or otherwise....:) she barred the gate...
the French kisser got denied,
but i sidestepped way from suicide,
twas johnsons fate...
me chips was fried...

thanks Ronny Madonsela "Zoe"
love it mate...

Don...

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Slipping silently, serenely sober, 
Somnambulist seeking some solitude 
Shuffles, self-styled, still sleeping so soundless  
Solitary search--simply solipsist. 
Some sadder simpleton slipped severely, 
Searching so silently, supposedly, 
Slipped solemnly, sidestepped suddenly!

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Leprechaun

The Leprechaun sprung from the corn,
said "me name is Paddy,
Dontcha be looking all forlorn,
I aint a real gone baddie,"

"For me pot of gold, sell ya soul,
Needing it quite badly,"
"Egg sucking leaves me cold,
Specially when their addley,"

"Sign this deed ya little nasty weed,
Gives me ya souls proxy,"
Arfur sidestepped to buggery, indeed,
poor  leprechaun, crotchety….


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Joyce,
Very bloody good cousin,
no chance of being bored,
faith in the light a coming,
he returns, it is assured! 

Carol,
and yet i really write for thee,
the reader of my verse,
of words and maybe poetry,
hopefully, better than my worst. 

David
Your 32 mb must have sidestepped away,
But it didn’t go far cos the memory’s ok,
The megabytes and hard drive surely do work,
Without it computers play dead and they lurk,
A doggie computer with no byte…

 Don Johnson...

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The dark gray winter passed
The velvet green spring sidestepped
Ah! The gold sheen of summer veneer
Dissipating warmth and promising cheer.

The weeds, the grass, the slender cattails
Having sipped the inebriating ale
Flutter and dance with jubilation
At last the moments of sun’s celebration!

Oh! the majestic shades-gold,orange,crimson!!
Shouldn't we all sing and pray in unison?
Grateful for each warm long day
drenched in the sorcerer’s signature ray.

Written 05/13/2016...

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