Short Startling Poems

sing a tweet
Startling truth fading
Nobody heard it....

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the barn swallow swoops
onto a large hay bale
startling the owl...

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An itch in my eye

An unbidden thought, startling

Thus tear met finger...

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Baby eyes 
Startling me 
With the knowledge 
That you are fresh from God...

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startling loud pops
acres full of thirsty crops...
 cool life giving drops...

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Startling pretty eyes,
catches hearts in their dark pools,
happy to drown there....

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Sounds merge to silence
Startling shiny eyes peer
Confluence of hearts...

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skeletal remains
bleached white in the sun
shaken lose by dog
startling his owner...

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And so it came to be..
Startling realisation,
It was not as it seemed.

©.L.Kelly...

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In startling spirit of war
     the dragon stuck out its tongue
         offensive flames of fire...

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mouse
runs fast
likes inside
wall at his back
squeaks loudly when caught
goodbye darling
a startling
racing
mouse...

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every moment a distinction
unrelated to any status quo
startling fresh and new, unfamiliar
recognizable for its unfathomable choices...

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Facts from fiction blossom into life
ingenuity and wit evolve into visual
thoughts.Startling concepts conceived
from the commonplace....

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It’s a green rubber ducky!
And now it squeaks and squeals
right inside Hannah’s ear
making her squeak and squeal!
Oh sweet startling mimicry!...

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Her comments had really startled me; I wasn't expecting any, you see

   So I hid in the dark under my bed ~ Then I heard this, 'Please marry me!'...

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Herbie was the ultimate party guy
always had the largest smile
dancing a jig or leading a congo line
sometimes he would scream with joy
startling those who did not know him...

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Edgar Allen Poe(lice)
In a startling Photo Finish- Shar beats John Heck in a matter of mere minutes!!!
Congratulations!!   You two appear to be true puzzle masters.  I am impressed!!...

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There

Are no things..

Page 1:

This startling news

Flying in the face

Of what seems

Obvious..

Page 2:

The innumerable

Exasperating

Searches to find

No things......

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and dancing to the edge
again and again,
we watch with wonder
his startling grace
the profound 
sentimentality,
an almost common man
balanced on a unicyle
juggling humor,
and humanity....

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Messy hair, flashing eyes 
over emotional battle cries;
Sadistic screams startling spectators,
war paint like a gladiator; 
Ferocity in the veins of a warrior 
Perfect storm, beautiful disaster....

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Red bird, red bird rare that you are in my front yard.
Sun rays glistening softly on your back as you fly away.
My door opening startling your resting on a branch.
Come back soon just to say hello....

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It dances
without rhythm or form
rather
impulsively
to energy around and within
offering warmth
and company.
The fragility of its existence 
startling in its strength
to illuminate  dark spaces....

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What nine letter English word can by removing one letter each time make eight more English words?

startling
starting
staring
string
sting
sing
sin
in
I

Not orginal idea .....

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Things I fear
Bobcat’s cry, toddler’s sniffle, quick run of a mouse
Startlingly startling
Things I also fear…
IV pokes, trying when you have no clue.
Going blind.
No basis for some
History on others....

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Silence 
           corrupt, thunderstruck 
     deafening, advancing, startling 
   Ocean, Words, Awareness, Storms
    quieting, encroaching, shocking 
             heinous, electric 
                    Noise....

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