Short Strata Poems

Current Earth
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Cirrus and Nimbus
Strata flora and fauna
Man versus machine....

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mist strata of drab
musings, cover the blue sky
peddle in sunshine


Written: March 19, 2022...

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Love does not vanish
After the loved one has died.
We can't put aside
The deep strata of our lives,
It is where the heart resides....

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HILLSIDE And  ALBATROSS A Haiku

cliffs black blue strata
hide grey in the undergrowth 
albatross dying

6/13/19...

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Winters flows recede
Unknown depths reveal the past
Strata shows time lines











http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature-13.p...

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Deep tunnel of wound gripping
bored deep in sensual strata
surface sheared in excruciating trauma,
sink to petrified depth of unfeeling...stillness
at benumbed bottom of layered pain...placid.

May 4, 2019...

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time stops to slip in ebony night,
emotive clock freezes
eternal pathos in congealed instants, 
silhouetted in the shadow of past, 
smears the strata of darkness,
designed to disguise perception lattice 
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deep strata of yellow rocks
spreading the fumes of sulphur
hiding in the basement
of my tranquillised memory 
for an investment of return
i am a culprit
culprit of love
sentenced to a life term
of labour in your
frigid tentacles of
manicured love...

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Unseen, pollen floats suspended…

Asthmatic reactions in stratos.



Although a landscape looks barren…

Organism legions live in strata.


Salt water is so prevalent…

Thirsty humans can’t drink frothy surf.


*For the Sky, Soil and Sea contest....

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Deep tunnel of turmoil winding
  bores deep within the sensual strata 
    surface sheared in excruciating trauma 
      sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...
        seamless stillness.

August 26, 2020
Brian Strand Contest :
Strand Completely New (27)...

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UNTOLD HARDSHIPS

Waging no war against atrocities,
Opulent lessin offering any resistance to social evils,
Marring herself by subduing to wicked hands,
Aura of venom often dowans on her to make her spiritless
Nadir is her social strata in her living milieu!!...

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Desolate tunnel of wound devouring

Dug deep within the sensual strata

Soul sheared by excruciating shock

Sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...

Stillness.

_______________

February 5, 2022
Contest : Bite Size Poem # 35
Sponsored by : Line Gauthier...

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Deep tunnel of wound gripping

bored deep within sensual strata,

surface sheared in excruciating trauma,

sinks to benumbed depth of unfeeling...stillness.


Stanza taken from Layered Pain written on May 4, 2019
January 15, 2020
Submitted for contest : Arbitrium Divisa 6
Sponsor : Gregory R Barden...

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black blue strata cliffs 
skies waiting for the rainbow
promises from God

drowning sea of sins
iniquities forgiven
in awes mercy quakes

mountain  forgiveness
valleys embrace my body
seas wash all of me

mountain  forgiveness
iniquities forgiven
in awes mercy quakes

7/1/19
written by James Edward Lee Sr.  ©2019...

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In endless dark tunnel, 
winding incisive anguish
delves deep tireless through 
insensate sensual strata. 

Visual surface of being sheared 
to shards by excruciating trauma, 
sinks to benumbed depth 
of tolerant unfeeling... 
        
seamless stillness.

__________

January 16, 2023
For Brian Strand Contest No 1170...

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Springing from the highest rocky crags
Tiny treasures, splendid  little jewels
High in the drifting blue alpine mists
Strong ladies, survivors of winters cruel

Soft yellow, palest pink and vanilla cream
Tiny bits of heaven, glistening like tear drops
Thrown with abandon on the gray strata
A rainbow promise on the mountain tops...

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Fossil Worlds Yearning

I
find
fossils;
this is my
passion and calling.
But layers of strata show a
separation from them to me, telling me of deep
time passing that will never be bridged. Oh, how I wish I could go back to those past worlds!

For my dear departed friend Dr. Terrence Frest, paleontologists/malacologists. Like those past worlds I wish him back....

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Cloud tree, layer tree of magical lands,
An underworld, a heaven with different Earths between,
Provider of a variety of planes,
All floating, suspended, spanning their space.

Each strata reaching, stretching, fanning in the slow, slow race,
Competing with the trunk as it thickens, broadens, increases in height,
And so the enchanted lands widen adding to the might....

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I noted the stillness
in your hands, the
casual arc of your shoulders,
a deceitful ease in your voice—

as if the world melted into your anima,
your eyes spoke the nether language
(angelicus anima).

I watched your eyes oscillate,
a tidal wave of light,
gleams of individuation
propagating outward,
devastating all disguises—
quiet fissures in the 
careful strata
of us.
...

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Futuristic climes
Beckoning to surpass
Spurring inventive minds
Since moon crater’s crevasse
Once known world denigrates
Human kind expiring
Lost to predicted fates
Stupendous vanquishing 
fires onward challenges
Achievable data
Opens advantages
Kaleidoscope strata
Gravitational pull
Precludes events to plumb
Vessel christened ‘Virgin Wool’
Mankind decides outcome


4/21/21...

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Grind not like shifting strata plate
Do not stand still and bring checkmate
Twist as though a tornado
Or you will fizzle out,  soon or so
Meld as though  a strong weld seam 
Then you can bring the golden dream
For strength grows from an inner weak
Stand tall, stand tall and speak
Or you will die a lonely death
As you gasp your last gasp breath
I wish I had chose a different gate
Too late, too late, to late...

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Thinking can overtax the active mind
Thoughts flood the strata of the cerebrum,
Where’s vital information one should find
Cannot locate a fact, one feels so dumb,
Something that is normally rule of thumb.
Moments before on the tip of the tongue,
Much we have forgotten, since we were young
To be forgetful is so frustrating,
Suggesting needed synapses are sprung
Age can be so darn debilitating.

written January 31, 2022...

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~Books Are Powerful~
(Jan's Triple Strata)


Books teach good thing 
And they make our heart sing 
They stimulate the mind
 
Keep mind sharp, great
With books learn, never late 
They'll open doors you'll find 

Entertain true 
Without them my world's blue 
Books are good for mankind 


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2012


March.18.2016


~Author's Notes:

"Jan's triple strata" is a poetry style created by Jan Henson....

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~Books Are Powerful~
(Jan's Triple Strata)


Books teach good things 
And they make our heart sing 
They stimulate the mind
 
Keep mind sharp, great
With books learn, never late 
They'll open doors you'll find 

Entertain true 
Without them my world's blue 
Books are good for mankind 


Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2012



October.31.2015



~Authors Notes:


"Jan's triple strata" is a poetry style created by Jan Henson...

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~Books Are Powerful~
(Jan's Triple Strata)


Books teach good things 
And they make our hearts sing 
They stimulate the mind
 
Keep mind sharp, great
With books learn, never late 
They'll open doors you'll find 

Entertain true 
Without them my world's blue 
Books are good for mankind. 



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2012



September.18.2015



~Author's notes:

"Jan's triple strata" is a poetry style, created by Jan Henson....

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