Short Standstill Poems

Peace - momentary standstill in the midst of chaos....

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Precious scenery

The clouds are at a standstill

Overlooking peace...

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My hate filled life,
Is at a bloody standstill,
I can no longer think....

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sitting in the dark
while a relaxing groove plays
easing all of me.......

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balmy at the poles
the quiet catastrophe~
a current standstill 


***...

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 like deer on alert
 older griefs at standstill.       why? 
 eyes, heart see beyond
...

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cities on lockdown
countries in isolation
~ life at a standstill



AP: 2nd place 2020

Posted on July 23, 2020...

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pausing to cast an inquisitive eye;
          l a d y b u g on lotus leaf...
time comes to a standstill.
...

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Time is in motion and time will standstill
Softly I'll come to you, Softly I will



9/23/21
contest...Best Rhyming Couplet...two lines only...

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Life is as a picture

it feels like it's at an standstill

but it's forever changing scenes

Dying each day

only to be reborn

created by fire

ascending higher and higher...

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VERSELETS footles posed

POSE 1
cut down
showdown

POSE 2
wound-rot
one-up

POSE 3
ill kill
standstill

2020 December 17
*5th Place*
FOOTLE-me
~~Brian Strand...

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a deep breath
takes me back
to a world

where time
and beauty
are at a standstill

where peace
and silence
clear my mind



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Posted on April 10, 2025...

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momentum 
is at a 
momentary 
standstill  
state of 
frustration 
has snuck 
up behind 
my back 
so it seems 
at the moment 
causing a pref 
laps within 
this present 
state of 
being...

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Have a great birthday, dear Syril, 
The day of judgment is so close; 
Life will be brought to a standstill, 
There will be no more highs and lows. 

Topic: Birthday of Syril Monica DR. Aviles (March 28)...

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sun greets me warmly
extra humid this morning
air feels muggy

trees at a standstill
not a whisper of a breeze
horrible august

nothing is breathing
flowers praying for some dew
pink crepe myrtle nods...

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We only care what the preacher preaches
As the congregation shouts in our direction
When we are hungry, angry, lonely, tired...
Because we see them out and about, around,
Realizing they are more at a standstill than us......

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Taken as an instinct of being

Causing a reluctant air of silence

And coming with forms of mood

Without any sense of control

Bringing mind and body to standstill

Leaving you pacified by your own self

Is a word called shy!...

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The sky 
evanescent
Lit by the oblivions
Of twinkles and wishes
The entrancing state of space
Truly beautiful
Falling stars
My enrapture to a standstill
A crevor embedded in the earth
A fallen star
Brightly lit
Its my wish...

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one by one
the days turn into blurs
my head feels like hamburger scrambled
my whole body aches right down to my jelly legs
and tingling toes
and i know that winter has come
feeling numb
at a standstill
like a statue
frozen in time...

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aah…
you say
a tensed note  
almost unheard
but in that one moan
time comes to a standstill
for rapture forgets the past
needs no future to give it hope
it simply is, expands, fills, abducts
takes us to an edgeless place and beyond...

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comes another season
i don't know what to make of it
time flies while at a standstill
feeling empty living this illusion
i feel you near yet cannot touch you



AP: Honorable Mention 2021, Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on October 13, 2021...

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Faerie fawn did not realize she was being watched I am sure.
With a wave of her wand, she conjured a mule deer pure.
He leapt in the air and took off with a dash down the hill.
In amazement I felt that leap; my surprised heart was at a standstill....

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Indigestion and Congestion

Trump always suffered from indigestion
When traffic contained much congestion
Discovered poor became his driving skill
He drives best if traffic is at a standstill 
Church plate never puts into collection.

Jim Horn...

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Dallas
baking sun
water shortage
July temps record highs
Houston

heat wave
closes stores
cities shut down
threatens emergency
standstill

Texas
Governor
produces water
from big limestone boulder
they wish!

Written July 18, 2022...

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I cannot know if we shall meet again,
when next we share
sore secrets,
solemn
truths,
a
tidbit
here or there.
Standstill in time,
shared between two strangers who never met.
An exchange of sorrowful memories
too intimate
for loved ones
to hear
yet....

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