Short Spouts Poems

A spring of water 
is issuing from the earth 
as the supply spouts....

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bore
incessant talk
spouts negativity
dries up energy of others
bore...

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employer spouts hypes
disgruntling workplace gripes…
disinfectant wipes...

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mermaid cumulus
in Caribbean-blue —
water spouts from whale

8/20/2019...

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Once the spouts shot up
There were a bountiful plants
Fruits and vegetables


2/3/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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Your obscured heart spouts hatred 




























 Stop!






1/5/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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she screams at me to
“get up, get the pen, right now-
i scribble, scramble
as she spouts her brilliant rant-
i her slave, pen every word


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she tells the story I also heard on the news
most of the facts she spouts are alternative facts
Her version is a better story
embellishment that adds flavor
but also lies...

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ocean waves swelling
gray water touches gray sky
water spouts come_go  

Sponsor: Heather Ober
Contest:Ocean-ku
Written this Thirteenth day of April 2013...

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Milton Supman “Soupy Sales” 
His tongue twister “unique New York” never fails.
The child I was says, “unique you nork, unique you nork.”
My milk spouts out, with a flying cork.

4/9/2019...

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Stay on your side of the brook, Tiger
Or else there will be a great snipper 
To end you running your mouth
So much wild noise from you spouts 
See you tonight at one, rough rider   ...

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TEACUPS

two
teacups
visiting,
wearing lipstick -
comparable but different flavors.

a neighborly steep, infused with friendship.
generous sips,
as time laughs
weeps, bonds,
spouts.

2/24/2019...

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When rage grips over me
Blood spouts to my head 
Veins throb and pulsate with anger 
My body trembles with fury
I am a stranger to myself 
The demons take over me
My taipan tongue spits venom
That very few can tolerate 

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Trump US

Donald spouts off
Campaign platform thin
Will he brand Trump US?

Trump has a tendency of naming things after himself, Trump Tower(s), etc.... So I figure if he wins (God hope not), he would change the name of the USA to fit his over inflated ego....

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Mahi mahi shrimp gumbo,
we'll sing the sailor's song--hiho!

We're off to sail the outter lees,
We'll row and row to catch the breeze,

Then  wander 'round the Florida Keys
Past water spouts and hazy seas.

So, mahi mahi shrimp gumbo,
Come sing the sailor's song--hiho!...

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The pedagogue, perched perilously atop his platform
Spouts slithering slander about a certain storm.
Rousing the rebels with rhetorical roars;
He warns the watchmen of worldwide wars.
He asks allegiance from his allies,
And creates chaos with his country's cries.
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Crow calls Ka Ka, cuckoo kuhu shouts
wives are crusty, imp; crow spouts.
calls are so many, mind blowing lover
they love everywhere day night over.
night calls hukka uncle's call
roar like gharghar nose his bell.
screams are so many it counts hundreds
all calls bowed when; mom call indeed....

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she regurgitates her parent’s philosophy
Lives their religious beliefs
Spouts their politics
Lives with their furniture

She has never had to buy a couch or a chair
Never had to wonder what her own ideas might be
At seventy-six she is grateful
She never had to develop an opinion of her own...

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on my tippy toes
the boat tips
I dive into the sun
happiness spouts
my smile shimmers
u         t         c
 n         h        u
d         e        r
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                    n
                      t



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It's the last inning no one wanting more to be at bat
  both unwilling to give in or recognize what it's truly all about
she refuses to be sidelined or hesitate spewing word phat
  he claims calm, subdued rhetoric thinking we'd forget prior word spouts
neither fully saint nor sinner, clearly no one a real winner....

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Red robin searches for worms
Goldfinches out in the storm
Hummingbirds flutter about
A red squirrel chirps and spouts

Worms near wet feathers of red
Storm drops on hummingbird's head
About, a finch lands on seed
Spouts from red squirrels with greed


3/11/19

Jueju-Qijue With A Twist Contest

Sponsor:Charles Messina...

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The fluidity of strings, the rain harp ~
tears of joy and sadness spill, from incense
prayers of cacophonous clouds, clapping loud.
Sweet cherub fingers plink, spot on and sharp.

Wings whisk away the doldrums, banish doubts.
Tenderly, the raindrop symphony, lifts
the spirits of the drenched fallen earthlings.
The lilting psalm of living water spouts.

6/14/2018...

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Azure panels fade; shed golden mane
Black, celestial portents mail links chain
Windows of heaven shaded darker strain
Foggy panes availing beams do disdain
Billowing, gray folds gilded tapestry doth stain
Burgeoning spouts brackish bile to drain
Reverberating drums strike dolesome refrain
Streaking bolts o'er tumult wax then wane
An eerie whistle howls announcing the careening train...

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The outpour
spouts gently. My lone thoughts
drain bitterly as pearly chutes ebb

Soft patter 
of rapids flushes night
from angst. Though barren stream dives endless

And pierced rocks
lash at my lost chances.
The twirl of water eases love's blow

While I dive
into an evening's pool
like a rapid swollen by gray spills.


For nette onclaud
Manny Paras dated 10 30 2014...

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anywhere, everywhere, all around.

And lost sea gulls crying;

sky-rocketing temperatures;

suffocating heat;

almost blinding sunshine.

Growing fear, rising, 

outright, breathless panic.

Wait.

The churning tide indeed turns.

Under a darkening sky,

breached and booming:

a sudden, long, steady downpour:

cool, Heavenly rainfall,

great, emerald spouts

drench the thirsty sea....

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