Short Smudges Poems

scorching sun--
sweat under the veil
kajal smudges...

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Life in the fast lane
No substance, just blurs... smudges-
Slow down, sniff a rose....

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Raw Curves
Rice paper sketches;
Black ink smudges cover hands,
Round curves drawn with love....

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Smudges tell a tale
Two tiny handprints
Frame a tiny kiss
 ~  Fairest of them all

12/4/2021...

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Sorrow evokes internal tears
Smudges heart's blueprint
Discontent... woeful -
Yet behold the blot out sun....

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Always ahead of myself
looking at landscapes through
smudges of worry
clouding the rear view mirror 
of my mind....

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Do you ever feel like a song
Written on a blank page
No melody
Just black lines, smudges on an empty page...

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The red wheelbarrow
with its cement smudges
and rusty scratches
dwarfs the white rabbit
nibbling young lettuce
covered in morning dew
next to the flowering
crepe myrtle....

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The sunlight sparkling upon a solitary lake, 
As the light exposes smudges on a window. 
The clouds gather, and then the winds bring snow, 
Leaving only leaves for old man winter to rake....

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Mt style is styless
words made from smudges and dots
like cots of baby robots
fraught with thought
a despot naught
stop
the game is afoot
is forever endless ?
or will this pain not stop...

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As I drive to work
This morning
I see the
Beautiful picture
God has painted.
Smudges of gold
Red, yellow
And orange
As the sun glows
From behind
I realize
How lucky
I am that I can
See this wondrous
Art each day...

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Are there lives at stake?
The risk I'll take.
To help and to save
Like Jesus; His life He gave.
No time to hold grudges
No matter the smudges
Freely give.
Quickly forgive.
Smile extend peace and hope
Help others to cope....

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neon warning
blinking- swarming,
stinging the cautious
unconscious.
fear is a snake
swallowing its
tail- it drips &
smudges away all
detail. directions
are useless bridges,
breaking violently 
under the weight
of loss....

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marvelous day
                               inside;

pollinating coronavirus
somewhere outdoors

nose smudges on my reflection,
glass of Springtime refection

lipstick on window — sucker fish;
I forfeit a sunny payday

4/6/2020...

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I bought the shroud of Turin
the vatican had a sale
they have legal expenses
and priests that needed bail.

It was just an old dusty cloth
so I put it in the wash
that Tide detergent, never fails
all the smudges and stuff washed off.

don’t get excited, i was raised a catholic...

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pots of very hot tea
silence
dog on the quilt in my bed
rests his head on my lap
MAC, workbooks, spread around
writing
answering
students are sleepy, clients are lazy
rain smudges my outdoor view
close my eyes rest back on the pillows
cant move
but why should I
a rare and perfect day...

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Imbued rose colors
of birth. Sky tinted billowed
petals, junked. Florid

gardens, immaculate.
Scents of citrus heavens. Bloodshot
tinctured cotton

colors. Rubicund 
chalk crumbles, powders highlands
thrusting. An ingress

kerfs a hyloid 
barrier. Cruer clots. Spook.
Cimmeran smudges....

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Pinpoints of lightened tones blush in grace
with  impressionistic  smudges…
ornate yet mellow like hues
glistening fine textures
on Monet’s lattice,
breathing  alive
as I soak
in his
oil !


………….

Brian Strand's Contest No 219, Max 14 lines
Painting: Pathways in Monet's Garden
In Giverny 1902...

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Watching her board bathed in fog at the station
Spectacles slide down the bridge of his nose
Usually a blur, not in this situation
Smudges can’t hide every beauty she shows


12/18/19

Taken from my Poem: An Unlikely Duo
Originally posted: 11/29/16
For the: Arbitrium Divisa 5 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden...

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Graduate Kid


Nature’s invidious corn
With school, Genius is born!
With crayons of every colour
The World may lose dolour!

Like determined drudges
With gusto he smudges;
On my car, my painted wall
My Credit cards and my all!

***Dedicated to my Grade 1 Son; Elisha, whose crayons leave no walls unturned!


JM

9th February 2014...

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The slap-dash marks
of a painter's brush -
modern art, abstract,
enigmatic.

It could be a wordless poem
it speaks in smudges
and streaks of color,
it beggars' belief or reason
and yet...

as we watch it unfold its form,
it begins to speak
in a language
that only eyes may hear.

Another kind of poem
for the insightful
to hang in the air....

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Like all birthday clowns
they put on a wholesome show.
Tell us when to stop and where to go
then sneak away for a sip and smoke.

They come back to the party
red-eyed and wobbly.
Nobody notices or cares anymore.
Their painted masks have grown thick with our pain
After all that's what clowns are all about...
Putting smudges of pigment to rain clouds....

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I am obsessed with poetic words

     that haunt me all day long

             leaving my hands ink-stained black

and smudges on every page of my poetry journal

                          from poetry created


_____________________________
May 24, 2019


Poetry/Verse/obsessed
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1146-665-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym....

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Smoke lit and it makes that noise.
Hand draws for pen.
And then- it begins.
The device of destruction
leaks black ink.
Blood smudges the page
in neatness. And then
thought come back to
present. Under the cresent,
and smike rises infront of my
eyes. In the outdoors
freezing, but quite not yet.
Light shines down on hand.
But it stays in darkness and this
masacre is not seen....

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I watch at the last minute
a solitary petal falling
from the cracked bough
through thin glass of my window--
it rustles and  soars way high
along a grappled wind, 
sailng over the  chilly vale .
It aligns with a hundred other petals,
all  together waltzing in space.
Watching their unrehearsed dance
in glorious animation, a tear of awe
smudges my eyes.


Contest No 415-- Brian Strand
03.25.2018...

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