Short Sputter Poems

curtain flutter
candle sputter

gone...

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eggs turning lumpy cold pale moon coughs morning stalls out...

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We spit and sputter
Veins rise up blue in our necks
Still, facts fall away...

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bashful as dawn breaks
It's about to start raining~
leaves sputter in joy...

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Teachers know some liars will sputter
And judges know liars will mutter
But truth be told
Some are quite bold
Donald Trump will lie in the gutter!...

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Old rusty Bessie just drove her last mile
  Went with a sputter instead of a smile
    No more brakes slipping
    No more gears ripping
  Think I'll relax with a horse for a while...

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Listen to poem:

Frothing, frigid fjords
Fling forth fine stippled
Salmon, streaking upstream.
Roe-rich fish, flashing
Fat and fulgent:
Spurred to spawn, to spurt
Then sputter -- spasmodic.
Spectral. Unspared....

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Joy gives herself readily to the masses
They cough and sputter and spit her out
Not willing to accept and cherish her

She is not rebuffed 
Tries a multitude of times
Egged on by optimism and hope...

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COUGH!  SPUTTER!

           Jack be nimble    Jack be quick
          Tried to jump over a candlestick
                    He didn’t jump clear
                         It disappeared
                Now he’s spittin out wick

                          Dave Austin...

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Now I miss myself,
mystic unity, seeking warmth at night.
For a change not

energizing a reach out,
a task that always
felt a little foreign.

The muscles of my
innards fatigue.
I wait for long respite.

Not everyone does
what he has to do
gracefully. I balk and sputter....

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My
thoughts - as
words - sputter
as they’re eked out
from my wellspring of imagination.

Phrases become rhymed and metered lines that
start gushing as
I pump them
into 
poems.

For Micahael J. Falotico's
Where Your Poetry Comes From" 2 Tetractys only Poetry Contest...

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Like a post card of silent reticence
screaming "I wish you were here!"
my words choke and sputter to babble accost
as soon as I find myself near
Your valor and dignity held to admire
Your voice is my muse and delight
Just stamp me, and mail me, in time to derail me,
in time to repudiate flight....

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Arnold Palmer was knock-kneed
  when he addressed the ball
President Clinton smoked weed
  yet said he never inhaled at all

Tiger Woods fell in love with a Swede
  though their marriage did sputter and fall
President Biden's been known to mislead
  folks ~ He's still 'that senator' with a drawl...

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Kiss me softly in the rain   
(oh so longingly) Kiss Me

moist moments melt
still hearts   flutter

skip, 
        splash, 
                    sputter

romance washed together
by chance  
                 once more

brush your wetness 
upon my blushed cheek

close your eyes
   and
     Just Kiss Me...

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Sit by the fire my love, 
and let its flare 
caress you softly, 
soft as the 
suggestion of my touch 

fluttering gently on your 
skin yet slowly 
fading, as frail embers 
quit their glow 
and sputter cold. 

My passion shall o'ercome 
flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm, 
'til stars rescind 
their luster to the dawn....

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Sit by the fire my love, 
and let its flare 
caress you softly, 
soft as the 
suggestion of my touch 

fluttering gently on your 
skin yet slowly 
fading, as frail embers 
quit their glow 
and sputter cold. 

My passion shall o'ercome 
flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm, 
'til stars rescind 
their luster to the dawn....

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Sit by the fire, my love, 
and let its flare 
caress you softly, 
soft as the 
suggestion of my touch 

fluttering gently on your 
skin yet slowly 
fading, as frail embers 
quit their glow 
and sputter cold. 

My passion shall o'ercome 
flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm, 
'til stars rescind 
their luster to the dawn....

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And his eyes
His eyes
They speak
So many truths
But his lips 
His lips
Never seem to move
And I'm blind 
I'm blind
For believing 
They would 
Some day
Sputter something
Good
 
And my eyes
My eyes
Can finally see
The truths
The truths
You'll never say 
To me
Any my lips 
My lips
Will grace yours
Form the
Words good-bye
And let you go...

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...dedicated to D.H. Lawrence


Sit by the fire, my love,
and let its flare
caress you softly,
soft as the 
suggestion of my touch

fluttering gently on your 
skin yet slowly
fading, as frail embers 
quit their glow 
and sputter cold.

My passion shall o'ercome 
flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm,
'til stars rescind 
their luster to the dawn....

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   You swing onto the ramp of anticipation
     then sputter and stall, deceleration
   March, thy name is frustration

   Your southern breezes arise and tease
     ‘til night plunges the ground in deep-freeze
   March, your late frosts displease 

   Your rains help the leaves start to bud
      then your snows turn frail flowers to duds
   March, your name I spell M-U-D
...

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...for D.H. Lawrence

Sit by the fire my love
   and let its flare
caress you softly,
      soft as the 
suggestion of my touch
  
fluttering gently on your 
   skin yet slowly
fading, as frail embers 
   quit their glow 
      and sputter cold.
  
My passion shall o'ercome 
   flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm,
      'til stars rescind 
   their luster to the dawn....

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...for D.H. Lawrence


Sit by the fire my love
   and let its flare
caress you softly,
      soft as the 
suggestion of my touch
  
fluttering gently on your 
   skin yet slowly
fading, as frail embers 
   quit their glow 
      and sputter cold.
  
My passion shall o'ercome 
   flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm,
      till stars rescind 
   their luster to the dawn....

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...for D.H. Lawrence


Sit by the fire my love
   and let its flare
caress you softly,
      soft as the 
suggestion of my touch
  
fluttering gently on your 
   skin yet slowly
fading, as frail embers 
   quit their glow 
      and sputter cold.
  
My passion shall o'ercome 
   flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm,
      till stars rescind 
   their luster to the dawn....

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...for D.H. Lawrence


Sit by the fire my love
   and let its flare
caress you softly,
      soft as the 
suggestion of my touch
  
fluttering gently on your 
   skin yet slowly
fading, as frail embers 
   quit their glow 
      and sputter cold.
  
My passion shall o'ercome 
   flame's waning appetite 
and keep you warm,
      till stars rescind 
   their luster to the dawn....

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FATHER TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY  -- 3

Words often spoken in whispers or tongue
Or verse silently what's righteously the way
Mouth wide open conveying outward praise
I stutter and sputter can't just git it right
Father Lord God I want to converse with you
This I do say.  Whoo oh oh oh oh
How do I say
God what do I say
FATHER TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY  

08/31/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2018...

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