Short Slivers Poems

Slivers of white flash
Grubby wind swirling dark clouds
Fat rain drops streaming...

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stark shard's sharp slivers
makes a biting tongue lash deep
slashed soul quakes in flight...

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Silvery slivers of shadowy moonshine slid slowly into sundown silence.

John G. Lawless
1/12/2021...

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approach a green light
           reflection greeting my car
                  slivers of brightness...

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I saw the sun shimmering through,

a broken bottle with slivers of blue.

Nothing goes unnoticed by God,

even a bottle in muddy sod!...

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With that pendulum you shatter,
killing empathy with your mood swings;
Slivers remain scattered    
mixed with understanding, 
a pile of rubbish cracking the opulent floor....

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voice
and tone
inflections
gives away mood
sometimes shows sorrow
stress conveyed quite clearly
in tiny conversations
in slivers of body language
hypervigilant children read you...

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Garden queen wore her florals like a dress
They swirled around in the morning sun
Shaking off their slivers of warm dew
The produce watched in amazement
Wishing they had petals and stamen...

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Glass
Slivers
Broken chards
In the kitchen
We are all barefoot
Daddy’s eyes are not sharp
Baby wants to help of course
Big sister takes baby upstairs
Mama heads for the broom and dustpan
...

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the river rushes
     to meet the trees

as they gather together
     in the moonlight

          their leaves dressed
               in slivers of silver...

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Snarky, this one,
Never held a gun,

Yet slivers away
Each day, every way.

Lifting and clapping,
Smiles when napping.

Fortune has it,
Bite after bit.

Hitting the graze,
He kneels and prays....

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He has more problems than most.
But he keeps them to himself.
Sharing slivers and snippets
Never divulging the whole picture.
Never burdening others with it.
It might kill us
Or at least
Make us
Sad....

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pink pearls and peach dandelions
silently showing out with tiny slivers of fluff
winged faeries never looked more pretty
dripping opalescent wholeness
showing the world goodness
instilling hope, joy, and peace...

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Slivers of sunlight shine upon stacked bales of hay
Summer is here, removing all traces of grey
The sun roasts all those who dare to stand in his way
Life's not all sunshine as summer blues blast away
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People are chattering
I catch glimpses and dashes
Slivers of conversations
A word or two
A phrase that makes no sense
At least seven people are speaking
In a room of ten people
Who is listening?
It is a curiosity...

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Ghostly slivers of light
Flickering through the night sky
Ever constant unaffected
Whether we live or we die
Down below we gaze in awe
At the night's graceful show
Milling about like cattle
Mindless of where we go...

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Folded into my brain today
Memories from far away
I enjoyed them with zeal
Because they’re still a big deal
Childhood slivers and slices
Value beyond any prices
Filtering into my childhood mind
Each beautiful memory one of a kind...

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What is purpose?
When hoary whispers cascade,
turning sensuality to slush,

and within I freeze.

Each tender touch
cracks support;
cleaves the foundation,

so all I can do is shatter
into slivers of self,

then melt into absence....

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Where the gulls scoop droplets
where the wind falters on gold wheat crown
Where slivers of interference spit as rain
Where echo hops from stone to stone
where sound slurps on melting ice
Where we wear the were and ware
Where
Where
In here...

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Pain of parting






As parting slivers my heart
and leaves my soul bleeding,
Memories of togetherness
turn into thorns of prickly longing.





Written Dec 28th, 2015
For "deep and dark" poetry contest 
Sponsor- Broken Wings

Awarded HM...

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Just when your world collapses

To the point of fall apart

There still resides a tiny spark

Deep within your hungry heart

The tiniest of slivers 

A slight glimmer of hope

A righteous nod from the voice of God

Letting you know you're not alone...

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bottom of a bowel
of jagged rocks
slender bristling pines
ring  a ragged sky
through which slips
slivers of warmth
hugging me like a child
on this crisp morning

life on the line
wiggling wriggling
jumping
splashing, flashing
slippery, cold, and firm
in my grasp...

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sage slivers of truth 
bandied about by children
who learn from parents

absolutism
learned at daddy’s knees
reinforced by mom

school shakes them up
new ideas from others
often changing them

not from the teachers
from their knowledgeable peers
who know everything...

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PASSING THE BUCK

As to Cain eating the apple, he then blames Eve, Eve in turn blames the Serpent. God blames the Serpent, then which the Serpent slivers off putting all the blame on God.

Don't you try blame me,
in image of me and all.
All creations flawed.

Indiana Shaw . . ....

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Lines broken and crossed,
Weathered skin, 
Sun baked,
Fissured knuckles,
Short nails,
Old breaks
Crooked finger
Worn tips, 
Scars,
Wrinkles,
Big surface veins,
Hair, 
Blood blister,
Hard calluses,
Softened calluses,
Fresh scratches,
Small slivers,
Stained,
but ...
Awesome.
 
My hands.

Thank you, Lord....

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