Short Slants Poems

once 
in a great while
snow falls
straight down -- 
no icy slants
no whirling dance --
past Autumn's
bewildered
leaves...

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Summer’s gone…
The earth has shifted.
The sun slants
Anew each day.

The chill in the air
In the cool, cool, dawn,
Brings a change
Most welcome, some say....

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rain slants, umbrella her side sways ~ he silently flaunts loves subtle ways

27-February-2021

Without saying I love you poetry contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul...

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Summer sun slants
acute
long shadows cast
distorts
     reality
and when 
it’s all done,

there’s
no place 
    else to go
but
up on the roof
to dance
    in the
August snow...

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Please care.
Love's slants and spins have me dizzy.
Thy laughter's the star I navigate to
Thy voice a song I listen for
Thy touch I long for

Please care.
I make heated love's impious oaths.
Thy sigh is my pleasure as well
Thy smile is worth gold
Thy look my is my sun...

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persephone thoughts

snow slants 
across my window
blowing north into south 
except for the rebel 
who swirls occasionally 
down from the chimney

enough of cold and gray

I think of 
the golden beetles 
clustered 
on my moon flower leaves
they shine like nuggets 
in a pirate's chest...

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Mist
Slides forth
From the peak
of curving heights  
slants fade in purity, dismal, and droop 
You're now at the same level as the trees. 
the haze sneaks forth. 
the footbridge 
looming
cloud

Written: February 11, 2022


A Strand (1072) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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Styled like a T Bird.
She really purred in third.
By listening to the engine
you did shift.
Ahe was sleek and styling
if you get my drift.
Her body golden cream,
the roof black.
It's the one with the roof
that slants slightly back.
Pop shifting soon became
my speciality.
I just loved my 
1964 Super Sport Chevy....

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      Bronx cheers, muffled in December
        ‘The Boys of Summer’ have vanished
            gone the way of the playground
            ghosts of warmer climes 

      Slants of ice fill the empty stands
         Cheers – or boos – reserved 
             for vagabonds
             for drifting wads of paper

      
...

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Spring has sprung
And we are won!

No cold or frostbite, 
But dew holds tight. 

Circulating air, 
Breeze fare. 

Blossoming plants
All bright slants. 

Growth exists, 
Beauty consists. 

Blizzards gone,
Winter’s long!

Open necks, 
Hit the decks! 

Perspective, 
Elective. 

Dialect loved, 
Speciation beloved....

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   suddenly bare branches
     sway and shiver
   shiver and sway, outstretched
     in vain 
       to December's flares 

   stunted grass shoots 
     deign not wave
   to howling winds
     their lawns daily prowl  

   icy slants of rain
      piercing bare heads
   autumn’s roses gone missing
      color them dead
...

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its just a metaphor you see
a bridge slants ahead 
you can never really 
the bottom until uve hit the top

but when you start 
a journey that is uncertain
could be long
could be short

if you trust in your instinct 
and trust in the bridge
no matter how long it takes
you will reach the destination

trust me...i love you mom...

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Evanescent parlays

of paradoxical exposure

expecting perceivable combustion,

hindsight still plays unavoidable heady games

aftermath perception lives up to mean arithmetic


Specificity of angular slants contrasting circles'
spatial commitment to conformity's configurations - -

square pegs will never fit societal a$$holes...

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collaboration

work with sun, moon 
earth, the good long days
peel, pull  seeds
hum quietly
a nameless melody
drawn through half forgotten
memories 
as is this recipe.

cinnamon red, sharp
nutmeg brown, sultry
sugar white 
as snows to come
eggs golden globes
milk splashing 
creamy sounds.
day light slants 
across the table
it warms my hands 
as they shape dough
for pumpkin pie....

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Giddily, we panned today's duty-tasked quicksand 

for hand in hand, blissful walking thru grounds Spring enchants.

His love grooved flirts converted earth to a dreamland

where our joy mirrored lively and bright like Spring's lush plants.

Hours spent sharing love, firm our plans to calm the demands

jobs and kids span that robs our bond 'til it focus slants!




... CayCay
April 9, 2020...

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theres no such thing as second chance, i know i sing, but can not dance, i feel im stuck, and in a trance, i feel exposed, but wearing pants. i was born here, but live in france, this is my life, my special stance, take up the cans, and give up cants, i must be with, my people, ants. i cant boogie, but yes i prance, i dont have sword, but do have lance, respect critters, respect the plants, my life is down, with many slants....

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The aching rain beats down on me
   I shield myself as best can be
Its piercing slants like stinging bees
   The cold damp wind goes right through me

My teeth do chatter up and down
   My body's shaking all around
No warmth retained, I'm 'bout to freeze
   Right through me howls the cold wet breeze

I spot whitecaps way out at sea
   The aching rain beats down on me
I shield myself as best can be
   Then shiver in the chill damp breeze...

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