Short Standoff Poems

outside my window
cardinal - sparrow standoff
at a bird feeder...

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I looked a gift horse in the mouth
I swear it stared right back at me
And dared me to get equestrian with him
A healthy fear of animals
Larger than oneself
Ended our standoff 
And we both left pissed off...

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standoff

feline green eyes stalk
 canine paws crouch in pounce mode ~
  play erupts fun romps

1-25-21
Contest: Moment in Nature
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Syllables checked with www.HowManySyllables.com...

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As evening fell,
Air gray and still,
My ears discerned
A cardinal’s shrill—

High in an oak,
He fussed, aglow,
While crouched a cat
With stealth below;

From bough to branch,
That bird flashed bright
Until his foe
Slunk into night....

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August is fading 
lushest blooms kiss a fierce sun
sudden surprise chills

standoff of seasons
spicy fragrance thrills both sides
butterfly bliss hides

skies still berry blue
melancholy wake up call
honking geese southbound

a brightly stained world
all of nature is colors
changing endlessly...

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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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from the 
start  
were 
emotional
nemesis 
adversaries  
rivals
competing  
upon this 
playing field 
of triggers
both
overly 
qualified 
foes
both
more than 
worthy 
opponents
which is why 
a standoff
of sorts has
been created 
one of differing  
emotional 
points of view
battling against 
one another for 
emotional 
dominance...

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A fugitive moon 
appeared, after the blaze of the sun, 
in a frozen standoff, 
died.

My room was dappled 
with pale moonbeams shadows, 
nestled on the? 
blue walls.

There was a constant drumbeat 
coming nearer. He wanted 
to quit. You cannot change 
the legacy of dark rooms.

A manhunt must start 
for the thief who stole away 
all the voices of 
a departed soul.


Satish Verma...

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The shift to vernal tone
starts a standoff with eyelashes.   
A sickle moon begins
harpooning the stars.


The unorthodox microlove
brings out a ciliated canon
of faithless interior. The gods
were going to become weary of snowfall.


Punctuating the silence, words
again scream, fly like eagles
in the valley of wounds. How far
the fire will go engulfing the untouchable ?



Satish Verma...

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Reality is a game and dreams like shadows,
Stress the mind to select and choose priorities,
Between friends non exist in fun and frolic,
Winning became a criterion of dashed hope.

Selfless love lost in the story line fables,
Monotony prevails and we draw to fence,
Who rules the roost and who displays to funk;
In a battle no one desired to undertake.

The sky began to fall apart in distress;
For utopia decry's self infatuation....

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froggy went courting
on a sultry summer day
the flowers wilted

froggy dives into pond
makes green soap bubbles for fun,
chases his round dreams

grass is greener on other side
froggy jumps over fence
falls into dry ditch

male crickets chirp at night
a mating call for the girls
froggy sings for his supper

green submarine appears
moves slowly in pond
a froggy boat

kitty eyes froggy
froggy eyes kitty
standoff at the pond...

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Jesse James the Perfect Outlaw 

Jess James,
Rode the wild west in flames,
Some call him a hero outlaw,
His blazing revolver made him a bad criminal

Jesse and his brother Frank James
Poesy hounded down these names
Bloodthirsty military barbarians 
Sometimes I wonder if they were vegetarians


Jess James needed no standoff
Threatening him made him, COUGH! COUGH! 
Shot in the back of the head, 
I'm so glad Robert is also dead.

~†~...

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Say what you want in defense, but this is how I feel
You invalidate my feelings to the point that its unreal...
Ive been in bad relationships before too..
But honestly no one is as standoff-ish as you. 
Everyday that goes by I feel less and less
Walking on eggshells constantly I just have to guess
Guess what mood you will be in today
Or will you be unhappy over this or that..I just cant say..
You never smile or laugh around me
You know how degrated i feel? Yet you will never see...

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