Short Subtleties Poems

Truth lies

In

The subtleties

Of

The heart..


05/30/15
D.C....

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sings “phoebe phoebe”
subtleties over coffee
a cast over day...

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admission of guilt 
            is only part the story 
              subtleties we keep 


By
David Kavanagh...

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No eye can see the whole of Allah the Magnificent
And He is the Omniscient
And He has the wisdom of subtleties
And He is aware of every piece....

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it possesses me
white tangling leaves beg a stay
cool springs wake in your favor

nature has its ways
swayed subtleties magnify
white willow awards patience...

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Autumn wind treetops dance their ballet
as bright colored contrast release summers shade
pinwheeled pirouettes kaleidoscopic scene
picturesque subtleties within natures terrarium......

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Immersed in the subtleties

where love entwines simplicity 

her eyes of fortune

gazing upon the full moon  

christen my soul in silence







...

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Surrender

To who you are

You may be surprised

It's not that far..


Look at yourself

And then you'll know

All that you are

And let  your subtleties show..


Surrender

To who you are..

06/03/15
D.C....

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Crushes of old
Hop into my 
Libido as if it were
Yesterday.

Digression is 
Emersion into
Nostalgic consequence.

Ladled with 
Subtleties preparing 
For a lynching.

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More works at alexfalls.com...

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what words speak you as mine
is it 
I love you

Why do you think of her 
as kind
is it because you love her

Love creates such
subtleties
it divides those
in tense
it speak ss of tommorrows
love the fickled
thing
love the fickled thing...

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Bold and salacious
with overtones of lust
and soft, deep kisses,
loaded with subtleties;
hopeful glances
gentle caress'
and laughter
with a finish of sorrow
and painful regret.
If relationships were described
as a wine
how do i really feel
when I just can't drink?...

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I'll take the blame
I'll hold this space for it's all I've known...
the subtleties aren't so soft anymore
and when I call , you don't have much to say
of substance lacking...
to talk about anymore...
just going through the motions...
yeah just going through the motions...

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I sit here,
oblivious to worldly obstacles,
surrounded by air, and air alone,
presenting myself to G-d
as only He can see me,
Unashamed, uninhibited,
to partake in endeavors
that others flee for free,
observing subtleties that
can only be seen,
through the eyes of
a naked man.

(11/16/92)...

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Listen to poem:

insinuations, veiled intentions
subtleties and undertones
whispers and innuendos
half truths and hidden meanings

in the convoluted meanderings
in the midst of the charade
i've lost sight of what we had
and i fear i’ve lost my voice



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on March 30, 2022...

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There is a place
We've been there before
Atop a barren rock
Overlooking a canyon
Where subtleties of life
Exist

There is a place
Where time stands still
Next to Oak Creek
Music of water splashing
Amidst life-like stones
Alive

There is a place
Quietly our eyes meet
Hands entwined
Together we find our way
In Love...

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I caught that look in your eyes
you thought I didn't see
but I was paying attention
to all those subtleties

you hold me at arms length
and keep your feelings in check
I think it's a contradiction
that you're less than direct

I'm standing at the station
this train is about to leave
give me something to hang on to
other than what's perceived...

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Torment at its finest, found me here tonight.
My love for her has blossomed, yet hers has found no light.
So many stars I have wished upon, less drops of water in the sea.
Tonight it looks like rain, so again a storm will awaken me.
I have studied all her subtleties, and how she looks my way. 
I wish to know not her true feelings, for all I will find is pain....

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Torment at its finest, found me here tonight.
My love for her has blossomed, yet hers has found no light.
So many stars I have wished upon, less drops of water in the sea.
Tonight it looks like rain, so again a storm will awaken me.
I have studied all her subtleties, and how she looks my way. 
I wish to know not her true feelings, for all I will find is pain....

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My language
of latin language powder,
fights between Hispanic
and Anglicism...
but lives curdled
of the many languages...
It harbors Arab subtleties
and Africans presents
and is studded with neologisms
of the inventors of words and concepts...
My Portuguese is a patchwork quilt
fruit of a base and several sources...
Fight for its universality
in the immense Babel
that is our world.. !...

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A Happy Ending


I want to set foundation
In lands of myth and dream
I dream in lands of myth
The myth of dreaming lands


By grace of subtleties
I curse my life
As It limps by again
My faces are keys
To more than a few maps


Who can find home with a broken compass?
Discovering only what is lost
Now the mistakes line up
And smile with undertones
Overflowing the staff
Serendipitous sacrifice
...

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The human brain weights three pounds.
The human heart weighs eleven ounces.
Human skin is seven hundredths of an inch thick.
To know a humans mind and heart takes time.
It takes time to parse out the subtleties of their soul, to
know the content of their character. It takes an investment of intellect.
Those who judge a person simply by the color of their skin exhibit no intellect, no intellect whatsoever....

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i spread across
the parking lot
lots of mustard

seeds just to see
if while i sleep
they will still

grow and
so sowing
everyday i

notice and
take notice
to subtleties

through cracks
of tarmac that
have from each

year formed
glaciers in
micro form

opening in yawns
allowing sprouts
to choke on and 

out to reach 
the sun in an
Edenic wine

and spirits
liquor store's
paved lawn...

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Who is this Justin Bordner
Who reads between the lines
He’s welcome in my corner
He is honest with his time
It seems he recognizes
And responds to subtleties
He understands the essence
Goes beneath the pleasantries
He’s comfortable with messy
His conquest has no tests
No one needs defeating
There is only tenderness
JAB and his transforming ways
With pulls and tears and seeps and frays
Feel, as imagery unfolds
Notice how he’s touched your souls...

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The other eve I met a muse,
her eyes peered through the night.
Of subtleties she did abuse,
and thus she’d found her might.

I beckoned her inspire me,
she turned with kind reply,
Took a seat beneath a tree,
a twinkle in her eye.

She spun a tale that’d rival bards’,
and gazed into the moon
Lost me deep with lies in cards,
on a solemn night in June.

Up she sprang into the night,
Tardy she must be.
She was not far gone out of sight,
When I realized she was me....

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Status impending 
Shelter unknown
Feelings unrelenting 
Receiver resending

Willful rain is shedding
Dripping casual moments
Auspicious declarations
Yesterday's sunrise is long set

Seeking subtleties 
Grazing palms and heartbeats
You drift by easily
I'm catching fragments left

Faulty footing
Lawns of glass
Cutting courtesy 
Trimming liquid admissions

Orchestrate fireworks
Ballet of bright lights
Choreograph trajectories 
Symphony of our lives...

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