Short Spritely Poems

Summer sky shines brightly
Makes me feel so spritely dewed
As the rain falls down...

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Spritely wood nymphs dance
darting and dashing away
weaving their magic
nature's nurturing angels
who sing heavenly
captivating their world with
a symphony of splendor.

TLH  © 05-25-2012...

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I'm a very spritely fellow arriving on the scene
Coz Sprite's my favorite beverage next to caffeine
Ain't addictive this stuff
Well not really that much
Could stop with no problem, I'm a “will power queen”...

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I'm a very spritely fellow arriving on the scene
Coz Sprite's my favorite beverage next to caffeine
Ain't addictive this stuff
Well not really that much
Could stop with no problem, I'm a “will power queen”...

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I'm a very spritely fellow arriving on the scene
Coz Sprite's my favorite beverage next to caffeine
Ain't addictive this stuff
Well not really that much
Could stop with no problem, I'm a “will power queen”...

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I'm a very spritely fellow when I arrive on the scene
Coz Sprite's my favorite beverage next to caffeine   
Ain't addictive this stuff
Well not really that much
Could stop without a problem, I'm a “willpower queen”...

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I'm a very spritely fellow when I arrive on the scene
Coz Sprite's my favorite beverage next to old caffeine   
Ain't as addictive this stuff
Well not really that much
Could stop without a problem, I'm a “will power queen”...

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Oh goodbye starstudded nights and dewdrop morn's
Adieu to the host of longlost spritely dawns
Oh how I will miss the sunshine and rain
Farewell good summer, please come soon again
Goodbye sweet nights when fairies danced
And all day gay gypsies pranced...

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This siren sizzles from southern skies to sashay

sultry as summer’s sapphire sun, a  red of shade...

Her flamed skirt  spinning along , scenting  the  shoreline

As   September drips spritely of lovers' spiced spell!




Alliteration Contest sponsored by Barry Stebbings
12/4/2017...

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Spritely now, powdered grains brush on the docks
And then rouse four winds,draped among treetops
Naming stars, through far up painted moonlight
Dressed in rhinestones , gold-dust hails summer rites.



For Andrea Dietrich's Contest
Four-Letter Words:An Acrostic ChallengePoetry 
28 August 13...

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The air is here, whistling
Gently brushes my eyes
And twirls about to sing.

The grass is spritely and soft
While bluebells sip froth's juice,
Till petals glide aloft.

I race on fields undone;
With rhythm on my toes
Sweeping a frolic run.

This morning sway so sweet
Like chorus of dawn's hymn
In time with joy complete!...

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I don't want it quick, fast, or in a hurry 
I only want what's for me that's in divine time
Impatience and imprudence only lead to a spirit that's surly
I do relish my peace of mind

I'm spritely walking in the light
Priceless is this precious gift I behold 
I'm travailing and enduring the night
This gift is worth more than gold
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Air shares its delightful grace
  stroking, caressing every face.
Wind tickles crawling clouds
  Then breezes by whistling loud.
Fire jigs a spritely dance
  spouting quips with pops and 
  cracks.
Water gulps a bubbling brew
  then babbles back a trickling tune.
Earth gazes cooly at warm light
 and breathes the musk of days 
damp night.

©  11-27-2012...

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Loyal companion 
whose racing paws &
booming howl is heard before
she is seen. 
A wonderful addition to a family 
who’s known loss. 
Grayed from the years, you still seem playful and spritely, 
albeit a little fluffy. 
I wonder if you’d remember me after all this time?
If you’d still excitedly greet me for licks, sniffs, and scratches;
the piece of a broken
relationship I miss the most....

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49 YEARS
~~~~~~~

Wishing,
hoping,
looking,
finding,
I was young and wishing, hoping, true
love comes my way, looking, finding you!
~~
Yearning,
learning,
caring,
sharing,
so it was my yearning, learning time,
benefits of caring, sharing wine
~~
Nightly,
rightly,
spritely,
lightly,
meetings always nightly, rightly fun.
Life now not so spritely, lightly done.
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from rushing waters steal
invading fishes' spritely steel,
twixt heathery beetle's scar
and fluttery, flapping jar

the sentry hill now set
drags ferment's peace to fret,
while in the brave snail's eye
comes forth a baneful cry

from moorhen's craven beak
warm blood the bird to seek,
erect reminders, failing snow
disappear in morning's glow,
and from the corncrakes ring
shouts forth the jilted spring...

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Gone has God, the mirth as well, love’s sweet liquors
never tell; sun kissed earth, the hope for all, the 
raven’s sigh at coming squall

Take the heart so pounded thus, darkened ardor, sour 
dough’s musk; give the hearth the light of dawn, springs
the trap on spritely fawn

Now the world lies deep in tryst, silk-tongued robbers
slight of wrist; a nod to all who know this tale, perchance 
the shattered dream to fail....

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November Intrigue--Five Haikus

Moss breathes dampness, near
shifting blankets of old leaves.
Beds of lichen thrive.

Both pure and pungent,
the air is soul-enhancing,
gifting faint wood smoke.

On the forest floor,
Princess Pine grows sweetly
in pristine patches.

Old stone foundations
and a gurgling waterfall
capture heavy mist.

Dark reeds cross the marsh
to a long strand of young spruce,
vivid and spritely....

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sowing a melange 
of veined wafers 
viridescent shavings
leaves upon leaves
chaotically neat
layered in tranquillity
for the theatrical show
of first feet
premiere wellies
curtain up at dawn
cue the early walkers
after a night’s forlorn

which unseen hand
spritely close
knitted the forest
cross-stitched floor
taking their time
perfectionist
preparing fallen 
Jenga sticks 
behind the scenes
but never seen
Jack in the Green...

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Curving ever slightly,
As lines blind brightly,
Aspiring and spritely,
They come together nightly.

These few words,
Say it all.
The song of the birds,
Comes before the fall.

As they sing their songs,
We all move along,
Unto the throngs,
Where the heart belongs.

Their songs ever radiant,
Pierce on a gradient,
From the vocal ambient.

Whispering on the breeze,
The leaves begin to freeze,
As the Mist guarantees,
The ice is home, atop the trees,
Winter is here, geez....

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