Short Spacing Poems

I sit alone in my focus
I'm spacing, 
Mind a glazing
The counters of verse 
I lock myself in rehearse...

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Finally music
Magically settles nerves.
Sounds all the slower.
Feelings slowly overtake
My innermost mind's own core....

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Cheer out if you’re listening 
Truly must your heart-mind be - singing
Across and spacing as seasons
Dance away ‘til next ceasing....

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we being aware...means
we are time-ware...meaning

we wear a 'where-ness'...whenever
we who...why's-which what?...when

we knead a...'some-how'

 
stans sand...

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-ancient greece used no spacing or punctuation etc-
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ancientimesawoescriptookeenosesherlokscholareadersoul...

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Songbirds bathing
In the liquid sun
Spacing themselves
Evenly upon
The gray 
Telephone lines
Still, one by one
Praying and receiving
Their call from above
Well, ain't this a good God...

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Before there was light
before there was sound
Gravity wandered
the universe round

Plotting the orbits
of things still to come
Spacing the essence
of all zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: June, 2024) 
...

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one breath length- the limiting factor

words&wordplay- essential to say

rhyme&chime- most of the time

image&inspiration- your muse will choose

visual spacing- to ease the eye

form- just a device -not the reason why...

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one breath length- the limiting factor..

words&wordplay- essential to say..

rhyme&chime- most of the time..

image&inspiration- your muse will choose..

visual spacing- to ease the eye..

form- just a device -not the reason why.....

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Like an artist preparing his canvas and pallet,
I open a file and format the page.
I set the type style and font size and spacing.
It’s an ordinary ritual beginning the process
Of writing something someone finds extraordinary,
Or not. The merit of art is never predetermined....

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The sky is clear
  the air bracing
Yet streets are empty
  social distance spacing

Fear grips our hearts
  keeps loved ones apart
A deluge of dark news
  tightens the screws  

But wait: What is this
  I heard some good news
Dare I repeat it ~
  If they let me, I would...

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pre-shakespeare saw no spacing, punctuation (even periods) etc
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...intenthinkerseekeyule...
...xpressionsignifyingifts...
...oughthisantasalivaryearn...
...ingspacexpressingreed...
...reamsingingoodaysongs...


stan sand...

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Sneaking in the side door,
dimming lights hang from the ceiling.
We gathered in groups of 4 or less
safeguarding our space.

Each in turn 
had the chance to speak.
within the shrinking four walls
of the room.

After each had spoken their peace
we left the room like zombies.
No hugs, no touches,
nothing to show that we were ever there....

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It's not in my pocket 
Where could it be 
And now I can't find it
I can not see 

Where did I put it 
Where could it be found 
It's like a square locket 
Since it is not a-round 

I do not see it 
Am I that blind 
Do I have no wit 
Do I have a mind

Or am I just spacing 
Out and and it can't be found 
MY heart is racing 
And thumping with a loud sound...

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tornados
        t e r r o r i z e
trees


July 14, 2021

Contest: Just A Few Words
Sponsor: Joseph May

Form: The Brevette, created by Emily Romano consists
of a subject (noun), verb, and object (noun), in this exact
order. The verb should show an ongoing action. This is
done by spacing out the letters in the verb. There are only
three words in the poem....

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“Boundries”

You move them without warning
To respect your lines, I need a map.

If you want clear spacing,
set no trap.

A course worth following,
can be seen in a snap.

Aversions to trespassing
may avoid a big flap.

I want a lot more talking
to be happy and clap

But for communicating,
“boundries” are just crap.

	-	-	-
JDZoller Copyright © 2- 8-10...

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Should I abandon reality's fear?
Open the sky and unlock it clear?
My little gold keys are all I can hear.
Imagination is a dimension,
That twists and warps all singularity.
I find a hallway of bolted down doors,
There is no staircase, but a hundred floors.
Spacing out on rolling, green ocean shores...
I separate myself from five senses.
Reaching for eternity and my soul--...

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How in  moonlit dusk winging low

Arms stroke, up    down in thrilled embrace...

Where lips press firmly,   breaths aglow
To taste summer's rush-- its wild chase!





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Originally Written 5/09/2019
Excerpt from 'Romancing Summer'
~Line Spacing Revised
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Arbitrium Divisa 2 Poetry Contest of Gregory R Barden
Re-post: 6/25/2019...

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words
emerge organically
as blossom
from
inspiration
&
 embrace
a
natural
placement
to
visually
   evolve
into
verse
in
a harmonious
dance
twixt content
& form

unfurling
  as a flower
in the sun
on
the emotional landscape
 of  symbiotic
         thought

becoming
a
rich tapestry
perceivable
    wordplay
indentation
spacing &
line break
 woven cadences
  of expressive
effect...

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December brings out the artist in me
When we decorate our Christmas tree

Spacing the lights out just so
Hanging bulbs that glisten and glow

It’s a masterpiece every year
Creating memories precious and dear

I love to sit and sip a cup of tea
Admiring the brilliant artistry

Scent of fir tree always reminds
This the season for joyous times

For goodwill and peace on earth
Celebrating our Saviors birth...

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writers

p u r s u e

verbosity

~

readers

d e s i r e

brevity

[Brevette form]
The Brevette, created by Emily Romano consists of a subject (noun), verb, and object (noun), in this exact order. The verb should show an ongoing action. This is done by spacing out the letters  in the verb. There are only three words in the poem, giving it the title Brevette.

Written 30 Oct 2020...

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I am lying on floor
Meditating, pen in my hand
Many thoughts, just breathing
Counting breaths
I embrace it all with serenity
Wine in glass
I'm spacing 
Mind a glazing
Writing to you
I will write, again, again
I never stop writing 
Until, I can find words to touch you
And until then, I will write
Carefully and slowly
The world has yet to awake
I unfold myself from inside
Morning quiet, alone, and in hiding...

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To my nose she was a stick of incense.
Filling me whole, her eyes.
The ashes fell,
Spacing her walk.
With smoke closely trailing.
The sun quickly set.
There's no where in the world I'd rather be.
An empty room filled by you.
A hint of spice mixed with something sweet.
The steadiness of warmth no matter day or night.
To relax and fall into deep sleep.
The smoke dancing through my dreams
In wait to be lit again...

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Racing your automobile in the rain.
Clouds overhead and the streets are all slick.
Spacing yourself, staying right in your lane.
Crowds all around wond’ring what makes you tick.
Pacing’s important but drives you insane.
How do you think you’ll accomplish this trick?

First place would mean more than you comprehend.
Worst case scenario: a fiery end.

5/31/19
Rima Ottava Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina...

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“You can ring my bell, ring my bell, you can ring my bell” Anita Ward

He
rings my
bell so well that
he is like an artist
at his craft because he pushes
all my buttons, but in a way sublime.
Oh, how he makes me tingle from
head to
toe.

June 29, 2021
for John Anderson's Ring My Bell Poetry Contest
Someone has told me that I need single-spacing,
but I thought this WAS single spacing. I hope I am
right about this!!...

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