Short Staid Poems

Monumental
Staid muscle sworn
Causal wisdom...

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We live in body so listen to it ~
Shifting into staid silence, bit by bit...

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unless we know who we are, we are lost
staid silence shows us the way ~
prepare to be surprised...

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Meld with vast space in staid stillness sedate ~
Connect immediate, touch intimate

26-October-2022...

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Softened attention, in here now this-ness ~
Melding with time, enlivens staid stillness 

04-July-2022...

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blank page on spring’s desk
long staid emotions ignite
new star in heaven


Brian Johnston
April 20, 2016...

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England's staid Queen Victoria
Yearned for NYC's Waldorf Astoria
  Victoria's secret? She was no prude
  Greeted room service completely nude...

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delusion
veils God’s light
set us free

staid silence
cessation
liberates

we now know
yet see-saw
who’s to blame

07-Feb-2023
Tricube...

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simple plan
shift into
staid silence 

then remain
as we are
till life calls

in movement
be stillness 
void centric

25-March-2023
Tricube...

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Now American football enthrals
There are plays there are tackles and falls
It’s not stagnant or staid
And it’s usually played
By men with oddly shaped balls...

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soul’s slow strangulation 
as demands are imposed
to which heart succumbs

we can of course renounce
the throne made of thorns
in void centric staid stillness...

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quiet like a sheep
placid, peaceful
alert like a cheetah 
poised, watchful

no rear view mirror
alive and aglow
fully present here now
in staid stillness slow...

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A treasure in stone
found in one’s wilderness staid
searched for a piece whole
in need of the seed renewed
to enlighten the whole world.

© Harry J Horsman 2014...

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the truth’s this
magnetism
pervades form

sans thought flow
staid silence
shows the way

reclaim bliss
love and light
dream no more

07-April-2023
Tricube...

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borne of ignorance 
an incongruity arises
causing a ripple in the void
witnessed without judgment 
thus offering no anchor
for discord or rancour
staid silence smiles...

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Ouchica grouchica
Monica Hunt-Summers
Freed of staid husband her
Eyes flashing bright

Sashayed to Florida
Ultra-spontaneously
Surveyed the options and
Quick said goodnight....

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A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain....

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A well travelled lass named Adelaide
Innovative and never staid,
Unmarried,single but no old maid-
A short life,latterly full of pain,
Her epitaph,the American cinquain....

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Looking for that that does not come and go 
That truth of our origin may be known
Negating thought, we enter heart mellow
In staid stillness, coming into our own

04-March-2023...

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stand here
   and stead
with staff
   in hand
tawed 
   tined
     and staid
Hob –
   goblin
he, a
   tricky
ol’ fellow
   haughty
     ‘n hasty
       in greed



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Eagle
majestic bird
ponderous predator
clumsy flyer, adroit hunter
strong symbol of imperial power
high, inaccessible aerie
monogamous mating
staid homebody
Eagle...

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A staid old art collector in Quincy
dotes on cats but with people is chintzy
He willed old shoes to his wife
and to his son a jackknife
His tabby got a Monet and Da Vinci

Written 2/13/22...

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The idea came and sat and stayed.
Smiled at me serious and staid.

I ignored it for a week.
‘til it began to speak.

My listening self was eager to begin.
But what would we do with my evil twin?...

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The seeker who seeks exists not,
so in staid silence, soul’s self-taught,
resting each conditioned belief,
touched by love, turning a new leaf,
that here now, in mind-body pod,
we see within, the face of God....

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Alert and poised, in silence staid
We watch sensations ebb and flow
Aided by grace, thoughts to rest laid
Rumbling bliss beat keeps heart aglow
Effusing joy in stillness slow...

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