Short Squelch Poems

A pub that's typically Welsh
Has music the English can't squelch
Hymns and arias rule
But, like any gene pool,
The loudest is always a belch!...

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her latte fragrance calls to me
she shares secrets i forgot in my dreams
i add cocoa, trying to squelch her
she magnificently prevails
creating a melody
that intrigues me...

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the japanese almond trees

                   inspire the lovers' hearts

                       families do not get along

                           parents squelch their love...

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"The Thin Blue Line"

Cobalt blue, on a field of black
Creates not one, but three
Acknowledged lines within a pact
To squelch all anarchy. 

The Public is the line on top;
The bottom line is Crime. 
What separates us, is the cop...
Knight of "The Thin Blue Line". 


1.28.2017©deborah burch 


Quatrain 



Dedicated to Law-enforcement everywhere...

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She lives her joy – parading it out into the world
It glows from within her, traveling out into sparkling streams
We feel it, and we respond accordingly – loving her
Anyway, the empaths do.
I have no idea how the others are feeling.
I guess the psychopaths are planning ways to squelch her light.
To take it from her, and to smash it into bits.
I am sad that part of me knows this....

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Pedals fall from a night sky
whispering your name
angelic laughter, a child's weep
Showers of gold specks
lining the eyes, purity rebirth
Sunflowers aroma celestial fields
Nurtures God's misty dew,
mucky to the touch
Melons on the horizon,
Squelch for an oasis washed for the senses,
honeyed, sticky dessert
A tropical island, a coconut's medallion
Senses overload
Savor ribbons of fire, desire...

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To Silence – blessed break from speech
And sounds that are beyond my reach
To the end of scrape and screech

To Silence – of the engines blast
And sirens clamor as they pass
To squelch alarms for sleep at last

To Silence – in my troubled dreams
And from my minds own fretful screams
To let my conscious be redeemed

To Silence – in the final sleep
Let no one come and no one weep
To Silence – my reward be reaped...

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She thought they were in love
Because he said all the right things
He was almost too good to be true
The consummate gentlemen

He was compassionate and gentle.
Taking his time with her, 
Grooming her softly, 
She bought into the fantastic love he offered.

Unfortunately, he was the worst kind of psychopath,
Secluding her from her family and friends
The second they were married, 
Spending the rest of her life trying to squelch her light....

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I am a sinner
I do not do the right things
I think wrong thoughts
Still Jesus forgives me and loves me as His

I am horrible sometimes
My sarcasm hurts people
I do not stop myself
Impulsivity makes me evil
Still Jesus forgives me and loves me as His

I am trying to do better
I try to bite my tongue 
Before mean things come out
I try to squelch my pen
Sometimes I hide my writings 
And try to be more angelic
Because Jesus loves me as His...

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October,

Time when jellyfish
Wash ashore
Cover beaches in 
Rotted goo.

Count the numbers
In blue ballpoint
Mark the map
in red.

Right, left
Booted squelch
Sand and guts
Dropped the clipboard.

Running ink,
Sticky slime
Wunderbar wrapper
Clings to the page.

Telephone the department
Need another day
To get the numbers
Info lost in kidney juice.

“Got to do it now”
Before gulls,
Tide comes in, already
harmonica squawks echo....

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Today I am dancing along to a merry tune only I hear
Others may give me looks, but these do not discourage me
My heart is on fire with enthusiasm, I am determined to be happy today
Some try harder to squelch my excitement, but I do not hear them 
I am entertained by my ideals, rejuvenating in the world of relaxation,
Feeling my soul’s truth, smiling as I twist and shout in my own direction
It is a relief, and a joy to listen to confidence as she nurtures and uplifts me....

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I sat inside my desert.
Then in a moment,
I sprang from despair.
To where the forest wept,
while the wild slept
I listened in awe and dismay. 

How do I squelch my desert?
Embracing this desire to move on. 
Will the sting of a wasp or
The bite from a fox
move me to where I belong?

Then, in the distance, I felt it.
The change of seasons,
blowing my way.
From Fall til Spring, I'll slumber.
Resting my need to wonder.
Soothing my soul 
if just ... for one more day....

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