Short Straightens Poems

You posture that smile
'Til it fits beneath guile and
Straightens my essence....

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He is a lonesome young lad, not happy,
with curly hair he thinks he looks scrappy.
     Dunks his head in pool with spin,
     cold water his nose sucks in.
Tangled hair straightens, but he feels crappy.
...

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How things in life feel so wasted on what need not be
Steps we retrace can never be placed in spots exactly
Not everything straightens just like we want it to be
If taking more than giving any life will become empty...

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From one to another
in fracture and structure.
The one man that can stop me is me.
The evergreen forest of my mind
parts the wind effortlessly.
As the winding roads straightens
once again to point me home.
I am but once removed and reminded
of just how wicked i can be....

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cernuous sunflower

the monk bent over in prayer

his morningtide vigil, set eyes

until the bell straightens

his curvature, with breathless warmth


5/18/2019
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Entered in Brian Strand’s Contest

Cernuous - of a plant inclining or nodding...

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So she just pushes up her glasses,
And tucks back a piece of hair. 
She puts her bloody hands underneath the desk,
And straightens up in her chair.

She has to be there for her friends,
And of course, she knows.
Her feelings aren't those that matter,
She must fight bother her own and others' foes....

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Masquerading in a church full of dreams,
all parishioners in their pews

The preacher straightens his mask and starts,
a sermon old renewed 

Hellfire and brimstone come roaring out,
 words to torch and burn

His face staying hidden as the nightmare unfolds
—the congregation’s dreams left spurned

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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Cloudy day 
Daisy shivers
As Nature's enforcer blusters and blows
The persuader is no where in sight
Daisy isn't happy
She'd rather hide too,
But that's not her destiny

She straightens her stem
And furls out her petals
She gathers her anger
And pollinates the world

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all rage could be expressed so beautifully?...

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I was ten when Hurricane Hazel passed over our farm in the Piedmont of North Carolina with gusts exceeding 100mph. I really wanted to see that eye.  On the pretext of needing to check my weather station, I waited for the wind to stop howling and  rushed out the back door. 

In the stillness my eyes were drawn upward.

so still
the weeping willow
straightens 

First published in Contemporary Haibun Online....

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Each Day With God's Law

Each day with God's law shall become longer;
Do concentrate on and it soon will be stronger,
And in any weather,
Brings things together;
Straightens out my life while being a rearranger.. 

Jim Horn

Contingent Upon Being Stringent

Are things that depend upon being stringent;
Also contingent when you become stringent;
Compare
And share;
Having been lenient and for your sins repent.

Jim Horn...

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He has learned to earn joy from paying sorrow's fee
He has learned to turn and fight and never to flee
He has unloosed the burden of false royalty
Cast off at low-tide to be swept out to sea
His bended back straightens to a minute degree
He walks a bit taller, a better man to be
With nothing to lose now, with no guarantee
A battle-scarred prince bows to one shaky knee
At last feeling worthy to request it of thee
To slip on your slipper, it fits, you will see...

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"RISK IT ALL WITH THREE DICE."

the last of my 
Pacificos are gone.
the table stands clear
and the youngest 
straightens her hair 
in a bathroom
that is only half clean.
universe forbid that 
this be taken as a jest.
watch the baby
fight for it's right to crawl
away from it's mother.
I am her joke 
with a never-ending
punchline.
I am her couch
full of broken springs.
love...
the only memorable
part, is the beginning.


By: Chicano Eddie
8-10-2016...

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