Short Stand Off Poems

The
fly-half-*
playmaker 

or Quarter-back in American English...

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Ebony neon woman
Mysteriously beautiful
We stand off in the distance
Admiring, but fearful
Gorgeous is not common around here...

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It either works out
Or it doesn't
Either way things
Will be fine
Life moves on
To the final end
A last showdown
Gun fight style...

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A walk alone through the darkness unknown,
A swim alone through the vast oceans...
A dive alone into the abyss unknown,
Not even a stand off with the satan..
Can drive fear into my heart,
But...
A single drop of tear, from people close to my heart..!!...

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Pearl – drops
on your upper lip:
heat –
of a stand-off
between
inside and outside.

More spiritual
I become
forgetting
the black eye,
I want to go back
with empty hands.

My home
is far away,
doorless,
roofless,
where dark squints at the moon.


SATISH VERMA...

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This could not be 'cat and mouse'.
But it was indeed, cat and squirrel.
Cat on ground; squirrel up the tree.

Cat said, "If you come down, I will
eat your heart out".  Squirrel said,
"Mama taught me better than that".

072021PSCtest, Bite Size Poem No 14,
Line Gauthier. 6 lines max....

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When the moon is full will you not come? 

Can you not like the rose petals out stretched, 
come at the hight of the moon?

Life is to short too stand off in the
Distance, high in the sky like the clouds.

And together to soon tonight will be gone, 
like a wave on the beach that is lost....

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He brings me a new pair of shorts.
Thought of you he says.
They are two sizes bigger than I used to wear.
But I have not worn shorts for a long time.

If these enormous shorts fit me I will kill myself.
I cannot fathom being that big, and yet I might be.
Have you tried them on yet? He asks me.
It is a standoff....

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mental obstacles impede 
interferes slows down
obstructs progress that 
can be made 
closes off cuts off
future progress that 
should be made 
allowing the past 
mistakes to overtake 
the memory 
hindering any movement 
in a more positive direction 
creating a stand off 
standing at a dead end 
within the cul-de-sac of the mind...

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A small pond,
nestled in the ever soft grass!
The sun glints off the surface
of this peaceful pool!
A small waterfall
cascades over the rocks,
constantly churning the water.
The breeze a soft whisper
against my face.
Small trees of pine,
stand off to one side!
The gentle gurgle of water
ever present, so peaceful and quiet!
Absolutely beautiful!...

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When the moon is full, can you not come?
Like the petals outstretched, arrive at the stroke of midnight.

Life is too short to stand off in the distance,
Hovering high in the sky like the clouds.

And together, tonight will soon be gone,
Vanishing like a wave lost on the beach.
Above reproach 
without a sound, such love has now been found ....

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In my eyes there's a reflection of you
An infinity vision playing out
Where the answer lies
Once the truth becomes a speck
Of diamond dust

Do I dig out my eyes to see?
There's a flaw to that plan...
Perhaps one 
But I feel convinced
Depth perception is needed

A third person perspective
What does that do to infinity?
It's a mexican stand off 
I'm not going to grace this poem
With an ending......

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Close your eyes, close your eyes and invision me as your holder, I will care for us and will never stand off guard, let me be the one to guide you in the path of love that we can share, it shall stand and never frail, let it light in which shall end all darkness that had obscured that of many complications, need I, fore I will drive away any fears, sorrows, hesitance of the best of my abilities. I shall attempt all if you were to give me your heart....

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By our back door
Crying out!
Roses!
Roses!
Roses!
Big red ones
A little white
And two pink squirts
Nearly buried in the jumble

Blame it on the winter
Blame it on spring rains
The maples and the oaks are taking over
Blame it on the rake
A rusty old rake
That stood idle in the fall
Don’t blame it on the gardner
Who loves to study nature

Don’t change a thing!
Don’t clip!
Don’t pull!
Don’t DIG!

Stand off now
The roses have a witness...

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