Short Succumbed Poems

Haste is dangerous, 
as Romeo and Juliet 
both succumbed to death....

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The widow of Codswallop House
Was observed not wearing a blouse
It seems our vicar
Succumbed to liquor
And pretended to be her spouse...

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I have lost the edge
no idea or theory as to its dulling
I am on the edge
my sanity has succumbed to culling. 

i am become madness....

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You have a heroic soul
  of a thousand cries kept
 in bitter joy suffered
  of so many succumbed fish,
so many shipwrecked men,
 and frightened ......

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Silently succumbed at night 
To Her intangible sight...
Vaunted muse vanished by dawn -
Vibrant verse humbly lives on. 

November 3, 2020...

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As I turned to swallow the bolus
I had been chewing all long
with all the contents sandwiched
Between my toothless Jews long
I succumbed to a real toothache...

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But two things,
Touch the present moment life brings.
Moments having succumbed to time,
That lie in slumber,
And visionary moments, unborn,
Of which God alone has number....

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Silly Sally scoffed six succulent spicy sausages
Six succulent spicy sausages silly Sally scoffed
Silly Sally succumbed to sickness! 

11~16~16...

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Amigdala cells perished by apoptosis,
Sommer's sector succumbed to sclerosis,
Limbic system exists 
In drug-induced bliss...
"You are doomed-
 That's your long-term prognosis"...

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My bum is spreading I noticed today
From sitting and contemplating bygone days
Sedate I've become
To old age I've succumbed
No more sit ups, I don't even shave...

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Pain was his friend, his companion for life,
Sine qua non of his agonized strife---
   But when his wife left 
   He felt so bereft---
He succumbed to the bone surgeon's knife....

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General David Petraeus,
Caught up in a scandal outrageous.
Leadership was his forte,
Til he succumbed to lust and foreplay.

11/16/12

Entered into Nathan's yesterday's
clerihew contest....

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Still think of my dear first wife Linda
Succumbed to breast cancer, she was an enigma
Did she love me
'Twas an uncertainty
Ending mama's domination, No.1 on her agenda...

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My bum is spreading I noticed today
From sitting and contemplating bygone days
Sedate I've become
To old age I've succumbed
No more jogging or sit ups, I don't even shave...

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Sunshine's predicted for a whole year to come
Bet your sweet bippy! My big bopper succumbed
From out of the blue
Before this lad knew
Was knocked back on his skinny old bum...

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A mass of tangled twine
Convoluted madness
A center core of darkness
Each strand restrained
No logical way out
No sense to be made
Succumbed to the growing darkness
Silenced and forgotten...

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Cancer can only be described as the curse of mankind
My dad and wife Linda both succumbed, cruelty defined
Ugly and disgusting
Family busting
To this horrible fate, mankind is resigned...

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At 27 you succumbed, 
Abandoned frenzied fans in shock - 
Tremulous threnody still thrums, 
As echo of the last string strums -
Your strident sound soars high, you rock! 

September 7, 2022...

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When we look closely at ourselves in the mirror
We see all kinds of stuff that are suddenly clearer
Where did THAT come from
To old age I've succumbed
It's all over now, my eyes are getting dimmer...

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Watch out, don't spell “part” backward, it's a “trap”
Many men have succumbed, ended with a lawsuit in their lap
We must stay alert
Such trickery to avert
Whether part or trap, it's a costly handicap...

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Valentine Vapors

In the midst of her valentine capers
she succumbed to a case of the vapors
with a grunt and a groan
she wound up alone
so the sweet lass just spread out newspapers.


John G. Lawless
©2/14/2018...

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Does anyone know how Jumbo The Elephant died?
Hit by a freight train, succumbed quickly, no dry eyes
Poor thing had no chance
His soul made a ghost dance
People around reacted with sadness, quietly cried...

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There once was a domestic diva named Stewart,
Who started a decorating empire and grew it.
It seems everthing she touched turned to gold,
Until she fell victim to that adage of old;
She succumbed to greed and promptly blew it....

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Not a well known fact but was once a Hollywood hunk
Couldn't get used to all the girlies wanting to share my bunk
Fought them off with a stick
Tried about every trick
Finally succumbed, man they really had spunk...

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The “gobble-oscopy” 


When the chef succumbed to his bottle
twenty turkeys escaped without gobble
took an apple and stuck it
where no one would pluck it
so the chef giving chase could but hobble

John G. Lawless
11/23/2016...

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