Short Slip In Poems

Slip in shades of grey,
new dentures have poli-grip,
time to hit the hay…



2-19-17...

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Candy A##

To make it hard for him to cover his tracks
I’d slip in two pieces of chocolate Ex-Lax


10/14/2019

If I Were My Brother – Poetry Contest...

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Hold me tight
Stay by my side
Or one day I will
Fall in the fire

Handcuff me to you
Love me forever
Keep me by you
Or I will slip in the shadows

Keep me close
Never let me go
Stay in eyes sight
Or I will die in the light...

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slip in,find tim,see if he did,what gives?i dunno,but losers in,seen and held,fell 
large and in charge,we tar it,its sorry,now shes dead,any head,any head will 
do,reap the benifits of askew and tell us what to do.sunni ghost....

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time stops to slip in ebony night,
emotive clock freezes
eternal pathos in congealed instants, 
silhouetted in the shadow of past, 
smears the strata of darkness,
designed to disguise perception lattice 
...

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Dark ferality
slow strangulation
spiralling desire
shrouding us in fear
of our own making

No cure in sight
we slip in gloom
shadows seem real
noose around neck

In stillness 
we embrace
love divine

Presence
then feels

Bliss

05-October-2020...

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Thy'n'est Be, That'd has'eth Become of Thee,
Twass an Ire that be over thee,
Thee dine on my soul, forever more twas thee,
& Thyn twass'eth become'eth of thee . . .
Slipped from thyn grasp, thy twass'eth
& Thee Shadows surround thy
Looming the possibilities of thee End,
Of All...

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Sat on the edge and dipped in a toe 
a cold narrow ledge and a whisper of no 
But where is a curious fellow to go 
relax and slip in to go with the flow 
Or how will the rest ever know 
What the reason for sitting 
on edges was so 
and why do the edges of reason invite us to grow...

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Even the ghosts have faded now,
splashes of gray like shadows
in a child's diorama.
They slip in and out of mortared cracks 
in my mind,
seeking a validation
I cannot besrow.
But they must remain in
their graves,
Wrapped in their gangrenous
shrouds, pursuing
redemption without me....

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  Poetry’s for me
  Don’t need Plot
    Character
       or Theme
  
  Nor Beginning
    Middle 
      or Ending

  Activate the senses
    Stir up an emotion 
      or two 
  Slip in a Mickey Finn
  
       POW!

  Dip the ladle in the punch
    Invite the world to try it
...

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Shrouded

Shrouded, in a mist,
Enriched, in a cyst;

I saw you skid,
Slip, in a slit;

Diving in your cove,
Hiding in your jove;

Rolling down the hills,
I saw you in the midst;

In chaos, I reigned,
And in silence, it rained;

Reminding me of you,
Gliding into the hue.....

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Stuffed cabbage rolls waft thru the house
 old memories slip in and out,
Babcia i dziadek would be proud
 and Busia and Cioci would be too.

A head of kapusta to Golumpki formed
 the cousine curiosity so tasty and delicious reborn,
give me a kiss upon my forehead then eat
  Dai Mi Buzi and smile,  jesc, the surprising gastronomique....

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Whispers of the lost,
those are the sounds the wild woods make
when you lose your way.

Angry bears track your mind,
shadow-wolves slip in and out of nearby trees.

Then you find the gate at the end
of a city park,
wind-swept whispers scatter dire thoughts.

A well-known and well-trod path,
yet it still finds you alone and listening....

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Haiku #12,024-12,028


I welcome winter
with virgin clean fields of white
crisp air, well dressed nights

Spring's voice too, will sing
with nature's scent wakening
be done spring cleaning

Summer will slip in
my shoulders bare as I jog
through drizzle's warm breeze

Fall makes a comeback
I am awed by the clearing
a year laced with zing.

*...

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The hulls of small boats
drop down into the morning fog
then return like rising seagulls.
The moored
slip in and out of the mist
then return painted
by a deep diving sky.

Sinking or flying, the small craft
slip through our vision
like leaking ghosts.

They roll upon an obscure air
shipping cloudy waves,
a swell last seen
in shipwrecked teacups.
...

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Drink
Sipping
On a glass
Celebration
For success
Over enemies
Laugh out loud
Entertain a crowd
Dinner is on the house
Glass is exhausted of drink
He calls me to fill it up with more
I slip in the antidote, the cure
To the suffering of my people
Fill the glass with the drink
The tyrant laughs hard
His heart slows down
He clears his throat
He's grasping
Coughing
Choking
Poison...

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The last time I bleed will be throuhg my eyes
But never again will it be over estrogene
The insane vibrations loosens my grip on reality
I slowly slip in to a surreal world of ecstasy
The fame causes suicidal tendacies
And edges enter like bricks through bone
Tough until crakced, then brittle as shells
The last time I bled was through my eyes
So I am not able to see their faces...

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I said, “No.” and I meant it.
There was a memo. You know I sent it.
No...it's not something you can deny
And I have no interest in hearing why.
Your read receipt’s right here.
And the memo’s meaning was quite clear.
Despite that memo, you failed to comply.
So, for you, I’ll further clarify. 
I have faith that you will surely understand,
When I put this ‘pink slip’ in your hand....

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Abrupt deep snooze
From heavy booze


In a swift pile
Deep slumber styles


Heavy strange snores
Flood noise galore


Slumber can speak
Strange motifs peak


Stupor styles plain
Such queer refrains


Talk in your sleep
On drowsy trip


Secrets leak out
In cryptic shout


Abrupt sleep train
Words slip in vain




Leon Enriquez
17 December 2016
Singapore...

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The sunlight broke the silence of the glass
To serenade the silhouette within.
That time of day when swallowed doubts slip in
Like uninvited guests,
She gazes out the window
After buttoning her dress,
Reminded of the failures of her past.






Copyright © 1997-2018 by Benjamin Toney.  All rights reserved.
Image credit: Woman at the Window by Jozef Israëls | Hamburger Kunsthalle Museum...

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A slow twist of an invisible slide
and the hulls again escape,
drop down into the morning haze,
return as gray gulls rising.

The moored boats
slip in and out of the fog
as easily as ocean legends
then come back
painted by a distant sea.

Sinking or flying
the small craft slip through a sky
only as wide as the river,

but when they return
they ship water last seen
in a shipwrecked teacup....

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I slip in and out beyond twilight
to look  what others see.

Through their eyes fitting as behind a mask 
a discontented observer in a half sleep state.

I know not why but all is to bide my time
in days gone,  a finger pointed at my breast bone 
and declared to the man.......... witch.

There find a storm never seeing the like, hoisted up and hotted feet,
I know not why but all is to bide my time....

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I already miss the summer grapes
so sweet and succulent to taste

chill infringes the Autumn night
bringing forth added layers
to the satin already slid on top

slip in close
where whispers beg

lay upon my warmth
holding dreams hostage
wrapped meticulously
in every crease and edge

hypnotized a desire's bred
nothing more needed said
still  one with the night
comfort  held ever tight...

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A missed word
An error of syntax
A slip in punctuation

The truth is relative
Your truth is not necessarily mine

Truth told in grief
Truth told in mockery
Does not always remain The Truth

Truth be told
Your truth is not necessarily mine

A breath of gossip
An overheard sentence
The snatched glimpse of a word

Just remember this truth
Your truth is not necessarily mine

(Yes, I'm crap at titles, sorry.)...

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In the cold mid-winter gales
you dare not hoist those mastif sails
the winds are brisk and far too cold
barreling restless taunts from days of old.

Come in to the harbor safe
where the lighthouse greets you in its wake
and should the light be dulled and grayed
let me help you find your way.

Slip in gently thru the darkened night
cautious and guided by my heart light.






Eve Roper contest Lighthouse 12/20/18...

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