Short Spar Poems

Playing Bridge

Gov. Chris Christie
Whose promises are twisty.
Played with A Bridge Too Far
With a Democrat he did spar....

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A musician resting in a spar,
Was playing his electric guitar,
An almighty spark
Plunged his home into dark,
He was left with a musical scar....

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I have yet to win a verbal spar
Or change a hard-headed opinion
A waste of energy to try, I think,
They are someone's solid minion.

written September 6, 2021...

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So fishy to wish upon the forcery star-

a daze un-far,

to be so alarmed...

Falling car,

no weed-

but then we spar,

to the denial part,

to the serendipity,

to the dark....

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Wise Men Had Been Following

Wise Men had been following a bright star;
Distance they had been traveling was far
And in the night,
Should turn right;
With their camels they did start to spar.

Jim Horn...

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Blind date
Dork mate

She grand
He bland

Parked car
They spar

Tried kiss
Near miss

Romance
No chance

Entry for Jan Allison's "Five Fabulous Funny Footles" Contest (7 June 2015)

Tied for First Place Win...

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Not even a whisper to help understand
Son, husband, brother, uncle, work mate and friend
Taken unseen, from this world by his own hand
No spar or ring ending the fisherman’s bend
Just a rigid, slightly jagged, frayed tag end...

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Soft Sound of Silence. 

Think that was a popular song.

Some want to save all of the suspense,
When you try to find sound of silence;
With a guitar,
Started to spar;
Was picking away at finding a few hints.

Jim Horn

4996...

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Adrift, adrift (my usual trip)
In icy, unmapped sea,
A splintered spar my only ship—
I clutch it willfully.

Afloat, afloat, each nerve alive, 
I brave what is to be,
Instead of cowering, to but survive
On land, secure, not free....

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In flight, fireflies enchant
  As bright colors they grant

 The moon, in hues of gold
 In tune with tides to hold

 A star will wink in time
 And spar in skies sublime

 A glance at skies above,
 A dance to twinkle love

 6-6-2020...

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My goodness
what a mess
to assess

A world at war
Attack and spar
Scar after scar
It's gone too far

There's lives to defend
Fighting to suspend
It should be condemned
So, peace can ascend
And wounds start to mend

...

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Boy meets girl today
   well, sort of --
They meet online
   save a few dimes

Way back in the day
   boy met girl by letter
Some chose to spar
   others fell in love from afar

Though times sure have changed
   Dating, just higher-tech rearranged...

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blank blink a neon inert gas
why bother if idle I can fart
the light of las vegas and a divorce not need reno
as never married I am merry
you guys never saw it coming
as so comely she always said no
to the ring of spar the arena of fun
chaos a kaos of bleed a nose I won...

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Act of abuse, frequent event
Someone tailgates our car
No need to rage needlessly vent
Or to foolishly spar

As we shrug and move on
Smile benignly and yawn
We see through ego con

Blow not our fuse
Act of abuse

20-November-2021
Quietus ...

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Love-power-wisdom, leaves no chasm 
Ending limitation
Illumined is mind-body prism
Each breath jubilation 

Ceasing to strive and spar
We become who we are
Luminous divine star

Joy in God’s kingdom
Love-power-wisdom

10-November-2021
Quietus ...

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Veil of forgetting, earth life test
We know not who we are
Scent of love takes us to the crest
We cease to strive and spar

Celebrate aliveness
One with the That oneness
In vibrant blissfulness 

Indeed upsetting
Veil of forgetting

18-April-2022
Quietus ...

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An unclenched fist and open heart
The way we live our life
Knowing all souls one, none apart
We’re free from narrow strife

Content the way things are
Although we do not spar
We’ve slowly come afar

No to do list
An unclenched fist

16-January-2022
Quietus ...

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When thoughts cease, ends our heart’s unease
We exit the rat race
Flowing gently, as does the breeze
Life’s no puzzle to lace

Ceasing to strive and spar 
As we be, so we are
Love is our avatar

Feel joy sneeze
When thoughts cease

10-February-2022
Quietus ...

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I fight this struggle every day.
I struggle to respire.
Like drawing air through a straw.
I'm always craving more.
I just never get quite enough.
I sit motionless, for conservation.
Afraid to expend my much needed energy,
energy needed to live.
My wheezing is strained.
Daily, I spar with my disease.
One day, I'm afraid
It may win....

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To all who paint or sculpt or write,
To all who cook or knit – 
Resist the urge, when criticized,
To simply up and quit.

To those who dance or sing or act,
To those who spar or race – 
Remember what you do is yours 
To discard or embrace.

Ignore the critics who say nay
And disregard their gloom,
For only you can nurture
What’s within and make it bloom....

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back to normal holds a hopeful ring —
    presently, the ding spurs us into a boxing spar

our refuge - our home
    becomes a multipurpose cage

school, workplace, nursing station, cafeteria
     ailments scold, yes

we're principals, doctors too.
        presently, the ding spurs us into a boxing spar

back to normal    holds a hopeful ring

3/31/2020...

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Lotion cream balm an ointments 
reminds us of who we really are  
accessories fitment's an garments
never need lavish nor spar
classic cupboards organized 
maintain visual distain
to relax an feel stabilized 
everything is perfectly attain
or maybe not quite a start
funny how time seems to fly 
then wonder how far
th' reason of existence apply
like driving all night 
without an aim...

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One step at a time, we have come afar,
resolutely flowing on in prayer,
no attachments remain with which we spar,
graced by beauteous hues of bliss flavours,
vaporised self our devout soothsayer.
Childlike wonderment, beholding surprise;
moment to moment, magnetism does rise,
revealing and concealing the divine,
directly imbibed wisdom, makes us wise,
as head and heart, with throb of love align.

25-February-2021...

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I Slept with a Female Mosquito – part V 

Anopheles!  I, take my sanity, gaze at her. 
Evil alter ego and Calvary spar; right in my heart
Crash her, splash her 
Red birthright on the white. 
Yes. A dense dark mark of her red. No – my blood
Yes, my blood and I’ll be glad. 
Walk tall and yell Eureka. Spilt from the bucket! 
Killed a quito dead. She dared touch me at night. 
The demented pest! Decimated. 
Appraised; The PS did it!...

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Pain distilled in each brittle bar
Past deeds instill a vicarious scar
Sins of the past my corroding soul mar
Time and space bottled in a tiny jar
Flagging spirit falters; tired body must continually spar
Existing in bipolar realm with norms set by the thief, liar, mugger
Puffing away the endless moments, satiated by nicotine and tar 
Availing light fleeting into distant world now so far
Barren heart eclipsed; a fading, falling star...

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