Short Startles Poems

Thunder- lightening,
The meditating mountains
Startles- open eyes....

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old age startles 
the youthful heart
with cold hands...

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Sun surprises moon
Startles her with light and flame
Frightens her away

Then spreads wide his arms
And creates a new morning
Miracle complete
...

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This language, it startles me.
To think that one may speak
while the other may listen
Is preposterous.
I’ve never known to love
But it seems to make more sense here....

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Blood curdles 
the entire room just startles;
Floating a banshee howls loud 
proud;

Dire message 
of an impending passage;
Not a thing could make this curse 
worse....

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a squirrel
startles me
posing
for a portrait
of a beggar
for a morsel
of love
what it means
in the vast
scheme of things
i try
to contemplate
but the 
sliver moon's
crevices
beckon......

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eagle owl startles me as she swoops around
staring intently at possible prey on the ground
I hope she is not thinking of hooking those talons on me
they look treacherous for sure, and how tasty could I be?...

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Laughter bubbles up from deep within 
it foams, gurgles, exudes joy, and spreads
until it bursts forth
and erupts into a jubilant noise
that startles me as it takes on a life of it’s own
and spreads cheer to all who hear...

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Daring

Each of us creates
that which appears..
This truth startles 
yet attracts our daring..
Each longs to be free
of Newton's hold
but such freedom is
named as folly..
So we remain
waiting for grace
to bless our daring......

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Nothing is here I have not learned by heart,

yet, still my conscience startles

at the rise of the sun




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For Chris Aechtner's Contest: "Kooky and Krazily Kimotastic Kimotherapy "...

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solstice
light becomes dark
saddened sun hides early
grieving grays grace blankets of rain
body glove of muscle aches, sorrow scarf 
comfort in numbness, in stillness
sun smiles, warmth startles
dark becomes light
solstice

12-26-19...

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Black
silence
wakes me up
spooky feeling
my heart beats eighty miles an hour

who and where I am does not register
hyper hearing
kicking in
fast heart
fear

noise
sudden
startles me
outside door creaks
too paralyzed to run I wait for it...

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LOSS

sitting on the bus
watching shops pass by
passengers reflected exit like ghosts
she’s gone
and another      and another


in the park
by a phone booth
wanting to call my love
sudden shade startles me
sun behind a cloud


Dave Austin...

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a rooster's crow
startles the quiet
glory paints the sky

yellow patches
all over my yard
flowers hide in the shade

bird song
as shadows fall
wind whispers good night

Nov. 21, 2021
for William Kekaula's the 'Hiku (Disciplined Brevity)' Poetry Contest...

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bright red
against the gray
a thought startles
my everyday
meanders through
in a sluggish insistence	
that defies my ignoring
to push its color on me
beckons like a bloody finger
I'm drawn, there's no denying
evidenced by words
that chew their way
across this page...

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My delicacies are never bothered by writing truth
Rather delighted by it, for it seems the best release
Dishonesty in writing bamboozles me
Confuses me, startles me, 
strikes me as crazy weird.
Why would you write at all?
What would be the point?
My soul purpose
is to share
my
truth...

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All these years
life passed under sweet hollow tree
A wind blows and tears
calling me free
A life it fears
Startles my memory;
And the trees endears
when wind hurry-
lightening under me'
A destiny this life gathers
where itchy feet carry
A new dawn heart desires
and I long to be free...

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I love you wild and free
From midnight to the dawning spree
When broken glass startles the mirror
Our love grows clearer

Through fortune and nebulous climb
Tucked into each other's sides
By mystic banter and throaty relief
Holding still in our belief
That love summits grow
With each passing leaf...

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Touching warm rains
blinking sun feigns 
foolish clouds try to sweep
thunder shutters  all.

winds combining to stir
darkness steps in to warn
that a storm has brewed
lighting startles the sky

nature held in captivity
time has been uprooted
beauty has been stricken 
till the rainbow rescues all....

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NATURE

Sun burns soil of earth

To refrain from heat cloud takes birth.

Sky smiles

Sun burns

Sky thunders

Birds in sky wonders

Rainbow colorful

Sun startles

Sky shows frown

Sky toughen

Stormy cloud flows

Sky sparkles

Bird mutes

It rains

Nature transmutes

Bird chirps

SAROJ KHAN...

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COUPLE

               Bought two pairs of shoes by the Groom Black Sheep
               to wander, to run, to jump or to leap.
                      The Bride startles and stares,
                       claims for other two pairs.
                Happy couple plans for honeymoon trip.

   06/09/22

   A Funny Limerick 

Contest by. Tania kichin...

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Outside my window

Dark clouds swirling 
As the rumbles startles me
The sky turns shades of green
The light of day seams to quickly fade
Rain starts to fall
As if it knows the ground is calling for its damping 
Plants drink in the moisture 
The wind starts to calm
Rain turns to a mist before the sun peaks out
Flower heads seam to stretch toward the new clean sun
All is clean, fresh and new...

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A-rush
In a feather ruffling frenzy
cooling the flamboyant sunrise
muffling the warblers
with waffling winds

chilling the audience
in an ice-like stare
your shivery essence
ricochets through the canyon

startles the cliffs
bellows amid the echoes
of yesteryears challenge
stirs a red dust devil

they call you cold, December
for they are frail
and cannot bear the sting
of Winter’s hoary kiss
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The bookstore door

startles open with

a man's hearty hand

and sincere smile 

landing upon

this skirted lady, 

bashful to be 

coddled, but

undoubtedly 

wanting it.

Mirrored cheeks widen  

like the open door

with hearts extending.

Thanks is verbalized

and humbly

appreciated.

He tilts his top hat

and I am flattered

by the flirt

of uncommon

courtesy.


4-9-2021...

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No Words Until They Come
Her question startles me
I had no idea she could speak
She never had before

She is three
We were used to her silence
Suddenly she found her voice

In one day I had six thousand questions
Questions she had been pondering for three years
"Why is God up there? Why is grass green?
Why is that old lady's skin so thin? Why do we have to go there?

She is three
And speaking
I have no words...

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