Short Staggering Poems

Hot sticky muggy
is Georgia humidity
leaves you staggering...

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Staggering from the heat,
but we had a blast,
sure glad this week-end
is in the past....

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staggering
windblown beneath a hard sun
cursing their roots

John G. Lawless
©7/10/2018...

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Tired, staggering, falling,
walking, crawling, creeping, moving ahead 
- overwhelming obduracy...

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Broken
Staggering into oblivion

Hellbent on falling
Into the abyss 

Invisibility consoles
The shattered pieces....

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Grimacing with eyes closed
And staggering to stand
On cranky legs and feet
With numb prickings shooting
Like a thousand points of light...

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THE GUILT I CARRY
IT'S STAGGERING
IMMENSE
I AM HOLLOW
BROKEN DOWN
DEAD INSIDE
THESE WALLS
I'M FILLED UP
WITH PAIN
UNBOUNDING
I'M GUTTED....

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An atrocity loose
Across state of Ukraine 
Annexation Russian
Arms raised in defiance
Against staggering odds
An iron curtain drops
Agamemnon awaits...

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stagnant swamp
unbearable overgrowth
animals staggering
through dampened weeds
what life has this swamp taken?
what life can this swamp give?
God only knows...

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Awkward sunrises confuse
A broken heart
And a window tapped outside
Cracks open to reveal
A staggering splendor
And taking in the scenery
I see
Me without you...

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Sobriety
Lucid self-possession.
Clear-headed, composed, steadied
Abstention, temperance; Carouser, lush
Staggering, tottering, gibbering.
Intoxicated high.
Drunkenness...

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(Number 5)

Smiles rise over the ridge.
Courts creek, a childhood dream.
Commonsense, not even a smidge.
Barefoot on boulders, eyes agleam.
Staggering sight of matchstick bridge.
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Alcohol, Alcohol
Is a dangerous drink
Drunk and incoherent
Staggering and confuse
Vibratious smells and fumes
Instantaneity
Causes an addiction
That takes control

JANUARY 11, 2021...

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Like her amber hair
Flowing down sides of her back
Long windblown fire strands
Like orange powers of fall
Autumn comes staggering in

Russell Sivey

An example of my contest!...

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Two Sheets To the Wind

Two sheets to the wind
Trump is with all his power,
And is staggering. 

Jim Horn

Just saw that he lost Trump U case.
One more example of him taking
advantage of others....

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Tomorrow 

A day like no other
Zesty with haste 
Drunk with desire
Raging up the ebbing fire
Waking up a staggering dawn 
Making each steps 
a matching Stomp
While strapping hope
As a matching dagger...

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M-essage
I-s
R-ighteous
A-s
Z-one
O-f
L-ines

M-akes
O-ne
S-ublime
Q-uote
U-se
I-magery's
S-taggering
A-crostic

Topic: Birthday of Mirazol B. Mosquisa (September 04) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Without you,

worn down, weary,
staggering into tomorrow,
dissolving my todays, grim, dreary,

I crawl, slipping out of my skin,
flinging laughter, joy, contentment,
into the gaping abyss of life's dustbin.

Without you...

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Beautiful reds and yellows
Staggering flights of leaves
The whistling dry cold draught
Rattles song...brassy sways.
Naked trees
Leafy grounds...
Fallow time for trees
Falls fruits and fruits
At the autumn's breath....

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stroke of love wakes me up from the trans
struggling sleep less on the green grass
swallowing silly words of pride
sinful saints dance of tease
staggering steps slip
silent sun strikes
sweet melodies
sure signs
soar...

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Fleeting Victory


Bleeding hearts
With deadened glare 
Sullen faces
Staring at the darkened phase
Looming keenly ahead
Staggering at the eloping future
along the sneaky passage
As the future elopes
Without a trace
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My dog is a teen drank with;
air-filled verbal diarrhea
percussion tongue and lips
staggering chaser 
fierce and marking eyes
flowing river of saliva 
cocked arms for attack
cowardly legs for exit
This is this dog I love so much...

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cold city streets
ice crystals joining hands
slap shots on pavement


winter’s whiskey
nips in a snow storm
staggering snow men


shovels at rest
tea cups warm winter’s hands
puddles on the floor

John G. Lawless
©2/7/2022...

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NO COFFEE

Lurch!
One eye
Is it time?
The clock says yes
Clock can go to hell!
Then I detect the smell
The ultimate aroma
Staggering into the kitchen
Well what on earth?    It’s not our coffee
Wife is still in bed    window open...

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Gentle spring,
Whispering creek,
Unearthed rock,
Lifeless, bleak,

Hidden lie
Staggering truth
Complete disgrace
Wasteful youth

Bitter life
Wasted remorse
Heartfelt death
Using force

Foolish hopes
Tired dreams
Wasting breath
That's me...

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