Short Staggered Poems

Mindful roadside rest
staggered tear nostalgia 
tender re entry...

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At times only an,
is mustered right,
others staggered,
since last snow....

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At timed only an,
is mustered right,
others staggered,
since last snow....

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lined the rubble
stained and smiling

i staggered in
the low dark tide

clawing the rocks
hunting for morning...

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They wined with Croesus
While he staggered on the breadline.
When he crossed the Styx
Gold and diamond ran for cover!...

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slight, shimmering, serene, silky, subdued, specks, swayed, strayed, staggered, shyly, drowning, desires delicated, pious, purety!


Cynthia...

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There once was a little fairy
Who staggered down the road feeling merry
Along came a man
With a two metre wang
He bumped into her and popped her cherry...

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there was a young man named Dennis
who staggered from a pub in Ennis
he thought he boarded a train
but woke up on a plane
and found he was headed to Venice
...

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     Limp from the sweat 
       of a sweltering Summer
     we staggered into Fall
   
     fanned by cooling breezes ~
       Summer never mattered at all
...

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He staggered from her bedroom zombie like,
And scratched his armpits, belching, breaking wind;
His hair was sticking up, his beard unkempt;
He took a shower, brushed his teeth – and grinned....

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The last time you could say I actually trotted
Had diarrhea, jogged to the washroom, wasn't solid    
Yelled out in relief
Avoided more grief
Big smile broke out as I staggered and hollered...

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The Drunkard staggered into a bar
And slurred that he just wrecked his car

                   He added, "Wha th' hell,
                   Isle... zit 'ere ...az-spell..."

Then he sang while he banged his guitar!...

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A distinguish old gent picked up tricks.
      On Halloween, he went for a treat.
Laughing outlandishly
      He staggered up the street.
Hips swaying g-stringed a drag queen!
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Penned on May 05, 2014....

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The day began as normal - breakfast time.
I staggered to the café ready to dine.
And yet, what did I see?
Two giraffes drinking tea!
I knew it! Last night I drank too much wine.

(picture prompt, two giraffes drinking tea
through the window)...

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I bought you 
Three bottles of dowry
The Barman is my witness
Then you staggered away
Leaving me on bended knee
You called out Mama and fled
Clutching on the chronicles
On a Sunday midnight 
when we roam
What brought you to the bar
I bought you three!...

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And Elijah looked down 
Upon the earthly ground and
Shouted all the torrent of worry 
And surrendering joy left in his soul.
In the morning he awoke to a new light,
And staggered across the wet moss  
He had rambled across the day prior 
when he was still stuck in the mire....

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some day
some time
somewhere
in the state
of Maine

two surveyors
who knew not
that they were
poets because
they were 

drunk
and so thunk
in a staggered line
this is yours and this
mine 

Canadian
Maine again
was Canadian
now Maine again
a toast: draw the line...

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I fought the good fight, yet still I lost
and you stood in brackish silence
with bitter reward in briny eyes
proffering spiny frowns
shoulders crumbled with aging ache
and brow dimpled with sour failure
I staggered dragging the last crumbs
through the madness of a blue funk

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T’was in the dead of night I wandered
drifting lonely as a log.
Down the river I meandered
without a friend, on through the fog.
While I staggered to my bitter end
I thought of you, waiting around the bend.



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on September 26, 2022...

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The echo smitten...

From distant shore...
hollowed sand...

limber your crash...

Tip ocean sea bed...

curl your path free...

Withheld echo...

The echo smitten...

Waves staggered like staircases...

Roar through coaster tube... 

The echo smitten...

Limber your crash...

Tip ocean sea bed......

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I staggered blindly to her arms,
Forgot the hurtful past,
And told myself it’s perfect now:
This time it’s sure to last.

It happened time and time again,
I’d loved and lost and cried,
A fool in love: a sacrifice.
My loving, trusting heart had died.

* How I felt a long time ago

For Carol's Let Down contest...

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Was sent to fetch water
on its back it, carried
more that its weight
reaching on mountain top
just before delivering
it staggered and dropped
that pot of water saying
“I cannot go any further
tired, hungry why bother”
The pot fell, broke into bits
and  water poured on slopes
dry land wore drought ever...

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Bodies raining down
A nations heart ripped open
Savage flames assail
Tomorrows, lost in ashes
The blade of hate has spoken



The stain of 9/11 will be forever in our hearts.  It was the day a vicious wound was inflicted on our nation.  We staggered, but did not fall.  We survived.  We are America....

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To the right,
to the left,
swagger it was,
I swear by my word,
you did not come to my aid,
lest I had fallen,
you watched,
as I staggered along,
and stumbled on stones,
now it is my turn,
you are looking at me,
to lend you hand,
I will keep both behind,
and watch you go down,
even if you have a frown....

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A quiet, tranquil space
Isolated from the human race
Shuttered from life's obsessive chase
Disappearing without a trace
No itinerary; no suitcase
Fleeting time to erase
Solitude, serenity to encase
A staggered, slow pace
Only my thoughts to embrace
All expectations, challenges efface
Billowy dreams my saving grace...

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