Short Subsidence Poems

Tears formed appear,

                 reservoir lacrimal pumped

                        begins in the heart.......

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Sloping hills roll nearby     
Sliding scree, drops awry    
Slanted rock face bone dry   
Slipping boulders, sweep by \\•,,,
Shelves break off splinters fly \\\\\••,,,
Sprawling dust blocks blue sky \\\\\\\\•••,,,,
Skewed landscape forms hereby\\\\\\\\\\\••••,,,


Written April 22 2021
for "Pleiades "S" Contest"
sponsored by Kim Merryman
Syllable counter PS 7x6...

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Love is a distant silence;
Engulfing all in its guidance,
A paradise lost in subsidence.

As the will of the stars,
Enlightening each on whom it befalls, 
Enticing one as it calls.

Bestowing life along sensually, 
Two to laugh away carelessly,
To fall without care unconditionally.





sponsor: Cindi Rockwell
contest: MY HEART IS FULL...

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I hear the tantalizing sound
Of sibilant sea waves shaping
sandy shorelines, beckoning my
Soul’s return whence it came
With every endless subsidence.
Like a giant magnet it draws
Me toward its salty expanse
As if in a soporific
Sleep; a somnambulating stroll
Into undulated wetness
Arouses me from my stupor
As it washes over my feet.
I look down at its shallow depth
and smile at my progenitor....

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They say angels walk the Earth-
Well I know, we had our Mom
The trouble is what life is worth
When the time will come

This journey won’t be easy
Incomplete without your guidance
Reality makes me queasy
And resulted in subsidence

The world comes crashing down
And time remains relentless
Each smile turns to a frown
And the air leaves me breathless

But beneath all the hurt
All the tears that cloud my mind
We mustn’t subvert
How much love is left behind...

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