Short Strained Poems

haiku, a bonsai 
cut words and roots, plant images
in mind, strained-glass...

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no story no memory
you`re perceived through present
strained glass of lies...

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Biden went to the Middle East
For a cous-cous sheep-eyeball feast
Relations were strained
Raisi explained,
"That Red button summons a priest"...

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the leeway of cosmos stand perplexing 
grueling strained in this way
enlightenment darkened

Written: March 25, 2022...

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Once upon a time a fat-assed dog
Got his behind stuck in a log
He barked and barked and he strained some too
But the dog in the log was stuck like glue....

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It's a little strained
what a place or shift of time
can weave a true change
If for the better or worse
yet, time may be a disaster...

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Relations in Pain, Relations in Strain!

People mad over financial gain!

Wonder why we have gone mad over such worthless gains that make our relation ships strain!...

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Judger's Pass

Home in streets, hopes in dumpsters, life caste.
Social storms, norms strained… judger's pass. 

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 22, 2010

Poetic form: Crysalline...

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The rain waltz's upon my skin,
Like lovers at a ball.

I love it, I embrace it,
For these falling tears of god,
Are the only things that know how to embrace a strained being.
Like me...

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So good things will get better I hope
Life can still be difficult but so far we can cope
Strained at times
But ring those chimes
It's looking much better through my telescope...

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Desire to obtain 
Love from her adored princess
Blinded his strained heart 
Sinking in a despair state
Secluding in a mad house











Example For Limerence Contest
7-11-2016...

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Wire hangs like shadows in the rain;
Half-personality and half-strained.
The leaf hangs in a metaphysical wind,
                     A glare of color
               Lacks structure with a frame....

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serene stun scenes seen
singularly secluded 
stars seem simply shining strained 

sun shuns such scent sacks 
sabotages surroundings ---
scribble sleek soft-sounding songs 


10 January 2023...

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we’re born free but now mind is strained
love and light, not in heart ingrained
deluded, we blame fickle fate
but opt not to be pure and chaste
it is a jinx we need to break
if we truly choose to awake...

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your Cinderella act renowned
rolled the years
friendly relations strained
Your star sign estranged
pity donned your smile
making me a stranger in your room
Rainclouds ascendent
mere words never enough...

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Relations are strained between nations as usual
Why can't we play nice like good little poopers
Stead of rattling our rattles
Preparing for battle
An age-old scenario where we all act juvenile...

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I just a lone lonely grain of sand;
Strained on this barren island;
Oh! So covered in rocks;
From the bottom of my feet to my neck…


12/14/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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Shirtless in the morning, still four months before June
a dependent neonate, strained to watch the cartoon
not yet zero but they freeze
adolescents lust with ease
frequencies are now reached before getting the tune....

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phæsporia 
in cold strip light
sacred arrows
turned against 
my golden horned deer
the reaching november 
hands that hold
the flowery 
fallen charioteer
shattered and strained 
by fools 
released
by a single tear...

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Alas this is a tale of overweight Myrtle
With help from ladies getting into her girdle,
They stressed and strained and pulled so hard,
When an exploding Myrtle caught them all off guard,
The ladies were placed in great peril....

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3 nov 2012   1:27 PM

So beautiful the innocent eyes of a child
Bright and clear accompanying a smile

Not strained by sorrows tears
Not dimmed by darkness fears

If only that innocence would last
There would be no regrets of the past...

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The Deal Killer,
The Heart Stomper,
The Grain Grinder,
The Mind Stealer,
The Spine Feeler,
The Mind Peeler,
The Spine Dealer,
The Chain Binder,
The Strained Reminder,
The Shamed Re-teller...
And now that all have spoken...
The deal is broken....

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TRANSCRIPTS
visions
  facts
obscure
& lightly
founded
in
sensible
intelligence

naturalistic
  nothings
exaggerated
derived
from
reality
in
youthful
 wanderings
&
conflicted
passions
presented
in
strained
  situations...

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Dried Poultry

Turkey 
Jerky

Moldy Hostess Treat

Stinky
Twinkie

Ritz Lover

Cracker
Snacker

When Fruits Dance

Mango
Tango

Gerber's Strained Peas

Easy
Peas y

April 2, 2022 for A Brian Strand Standard Poetry Contest...

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We strained,
Well taut,
All mooring lines to port,
Tying alongside Oriskiny,
Then lowered gangplank,
Riding on the pier.

Mail Call! 
Sounds the 1-MC
Perfumed letters all,
From the One I Love.
Sealed with strawberry kisses,
And the sea....

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