Short Strangling Poems

Kindred

Hooks and loops
Laced the path
Burning minds
Torching trusts
Tightened lasso 
Strangling hopes 
Frail words
Breaking bonds 
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Strangling ribbon 
Choking ancient sleeping elm
Revenge of the vine


Inspired by: http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=218313...

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No greater shadow than ferns teeth
Sheltering the infant saplings underneath,
The same soil where strangling vines sleep
What the forest grows, also reaps...

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Cannot type faster than this 
Trying to save the less me in bits
Strangling in a conned network 
The rules and forms have me beat
One last breath before I quit....

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Softly 
fake freedom rings,
strangling society;
Intellect walks and with some class
moves on;
Relocation of residence
wisely wields a weapon,
revolting in
silence....

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He loves me
as I am,
I saw the 
lighthouse
shine from
afar,
And I swam 
to reach it. 

I love Him
as He is,
He saw me 
in the sea
its arms
strangling
out the air,
And He 
Rescued me....

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Harp strings
strangling hope

Promises
swept by disease

Followers
who pile lies upon pies

Day and night
a blur

Deceptions
inside lyrics obscured

Sheep's slaughtered
haven't you heard?...

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Telling Tales


Very telling
truth buried in lies
hate disguised as love
weeds strangling flowers
corrupt gardeners
singing the devils last song
virgins bloom all white
raped by old men
an old ways...

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I hear sirens of my demise
wailing in the distance,
warning me of impending doom,
their strangling tune
discordant and angry,
marching toward certain death,
reaper’s fingers, an ancient breath,
and I have nowhere to hide....

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Move over and give me some space
Too tight is your strangling embrace
I am suffocating

I’d hate to have to buy some mace
Spray it in your possessive face
Loving turns to hating


*Entry for Dr. Ram's Tail-Rhyme contest...

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He came beating a path
That devolves everything 
That is norm

Strangely kitted 
Strangling patterns 
Dawning and hatching 
Stirring the hope
Of the unmasked kind

Erasing all dreads
Settling to rest
All that was held aloof...

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Feel like strangling the cat when your number isn't called?
In only another bunch more tries, a bundle you MAY haul
No guarantees though
Soon the bank you'll owe
More chance us guys having a baby or a premature withdrawal...

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I'm feeling strangled,
but I'm not being strangled.
I try not to think,
but it's still there,
staring into my eyes,
with that stupid look.
I kicked, I screamed,
but one dark moment,
it will only stay,
strangling the rest of my life....

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Seems like such a good thing, 
too bad there’s an agenda; 
It’s strangling the middle class,
making us all dependent
under the guise of a helping hand;
Later we will see the remnants 
upside down  and inflated;
Shame on us for letting them....

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we grew together
in fits and starts,
twisting and twining,
two damaged hearts
drinking in rain drops,
seeking the sun,
climbing and weaving,
but never as one
no lattice to cling to,
no wall to adorn,
strangling and choking,
a life we now mourn...

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Here is a war, fighting
		              Fighting those i dont know
		            Stabbing, shooting, strangling
	                        	all without care
	                       	Infanticide, i dont care 
		       Rest in peace infant, was all i know....

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actually it's a rondolet, a shortened form of rondeau, but not a seperate category in p.s.

Diet Pepsi
The last drink you afforded me
Diet Pepsi
A silver can, eyeball tempting -
Better than looking at your glee
Strangling me, last image seen
Diet Pepsi


2/23/12...

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Watch time hurry by
Brief without goodbyes
Leaving with sad sighs


Watch weary world grief
When good days seem brief
Stealing like a thief


Watch dreary plots here
Wither with lost cheer
Dust strangling fear near




Leon Enriquez
07 May 2016
Singapore...

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Devil's advocate does not exist
So much for the strangling mist!

To pop devil in the head
Second thought; he's worse than dead

So why should I even rejoice?
Be alive; follow God - that is my choice!

Let fruits of Spirit ripen within
To love a life can then begin!...

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My chest begins to heave;
I can’t breathe!
I want to leave!
It’s strangling me...
I feel trapped!
I don’t feel me
I want to go away
I’ll have to pray
This feeling is killing me
I wanna be by myself
For me to find me again
I’ve lost my will to be me
I want to walk away and feel free
But this situation
Is killing ME!...

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They nap and yawn in their dens
They clop around their turf doing nothing
They roar where there is no real danger
They throw dirt at everyone
They hibernate to their holes during storms
The pop out unscathed to be saviours
They prey on the weak, topping the food chain
Strangling others to make personal gains...

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How could you not see?
The dark, strangling madness
Seething just at the surface

How could you not hear?
The mournful pleas in my words
Shrieking and crying for help

How could you not act?
When all around me pieces
Were cracking and falling

How will you go on?
Knowing you could have helped
All the while feeding the madness...

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way back in the day
a very wise woman said 
run! don't walk away

this is a new type
of insanity not seen
in our family

but we didn't heed
now it has begun to grieve
those here in the path

is this how you test
the supposed love of those 
strangling in your web?

you make it real hard
to love without condition
recycled sadness...

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In the strangling season
There are too many flowers to count.
My loves fall like petals against my ears.
All this undeserved yammering.
Showers of grace.
And here I kick empty buckets
Remembering what never was.
Age wears you like a coat.
It’s always heavier than you think.
So start moving. Be unbridled.
There is nothing around your neck....

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Watch how mood swings come
As if to sum
A deeper touch here
Odd yet clear


See the furious wind
Clutch unseen
A drama of sorts
In odd lot


Watch the fire consume
The frail plumes
Crazy mood swings hurl
A mad curl


Knowing cannot save
This sad knave
No escape from moods
Strangling good




Leon Enriquez
21 May 2017
Singapore...

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