Short Summed Poems

Duty
summed up in love-
complete in heart & mind,
ourselves & others love & to
uphold...

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Ms. Ilhan Omer
Summed up September Eleven
   'Someone did something'
   ~ Terrorist thugs flew to Heaven...

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I
What is a haiku
A moment plucked from time's flow
Summed up in three lines

II
Writers of haiku
Prove that one doesn't need a 
Big pot to pith in...

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There once was a poet from London,
Whose verses often veered t’word a pun,
He suffered the asthma,
Had anemic plasma,
So paper and ink summed up his fun...

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There was a girl, of I thought 
I loved her so much, a ring I bought
  Thinking of happy marriage 
  To propose I summed up all my courage 
Unfortunately, she wasn’t ready to tie the knot....

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i've been
through
the mail

almost
tearing
it up as

if it were
junk mail
but summoned

to report for
jurie duty
and i had

to laugh be
cause my
wife was

also asked
to be before
the court but

she isn't
a citizen
but she

drives
allowing
her to decide

yes my
husband
is a drunk

give
him
a 

dui...

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Strict Iambic form- should

Set fourteen rhyming lines:

Syllables checked, ten each
        
Spread 'tween Pentameter.

Staged in eight-line Octave

Summed wisely with Sestet,

Sealed with ending Couplet. 


October 21, 2020

Contest: Pleiades S
Sponsor: Kim Merryman

7 Lines, 6 Syllables Per Line
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Frankly you didn't give a dam
That pretty much summed up
the whole future of the film industry.

People throw their hands  up and say
I do not give a dam  about what children
watch and mold their lives after.

I don't Give a dam when parents 
protested the type of shows that
were placed before the family.

You dont give a dam and you still dont...

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Cats know if you are safe to be around, 
And if your mind is sound.
 
Cats know where trust can be found,
They don't often get drowned.

Cats know if for the hills they should be bound,
Or by the fire they should be found. 

Cats judgement is usually sound,
Which means if you come around,
And the cat cannot be found,
You may soon be outward bound....

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The love of God what can I say
It's there for all to see
It was love that sent His only Son
To die for you and me.

There is no other love like this
That He should die for man
Before the foundations of the earth
It was salvation's plan.

This amazing love from God to man
Is summed up like this for me
Jesus Christ Him crucified
At the place called Calvary....

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REFLECTION

Reflecting the world tiny one, 
In what you see where you've landed.
Dancing, copying, becoming. 
Now, a yellow wild canary.
Then, a dandelion puff.
Not pretending but reflecting,
Becoming, summed in soul. 
In the mirror I see the wrinkles, 
In the silver see your smile. 
I see the outside in decline, 
You only see inside, for awhile.

By Edlynn Nau
© May 11, 2016...

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Wine, bread, bitter herbs
Blood, body, sin, suffering
This is Passover
in old and new Testaments
Love means Sacrifice
(c)Anil Deo, 11 April 2017


Shalom shalom, Happy Passover to all Jews and Christians. During Passover Jesus instituted the Holy Communion summed up in "unleavened bread & wine."
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM: "Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim." Ps 122:6...

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Here comes the solicitor of the near end
when a pandemic causes pandemonium 
It is a rare fiend 

Apparently,  we overlooked the outcome 
More focused on self-actualization 
Those Little affairs are bunkum 

Yet we aren't turned on
By seen outrageous fatalities 
Someone once said its our favorite con

Wake up wake up
Our dreams are altered with no alternatives 
That altercation should be summed up...

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We heard the buzz
A certain fly with hear on the wall
Twitters what was
The sorrow to come after the fall 
And all my life
Suddenly undefined and summed up
In a new strife
"We have to let you go." And we sup
Nothing but shame
Before the eyes of wife and children
The empty frame
Of manhood like a rag, and heaven
Silent just stared
At the end of fragile dignity
Jobless and scared
In a small scraps of identity....

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Shaken up, spun around, and knocked down
Left alone, hardened to stone, fighting for what you own
In a way you’ve lost, though your journey has just begun

Success is fleeting while you spend your time retreating
Significance of your life summed in a second
On your way you got lost, began your journey backward

The path winds with whipping winds
Vines creep and crawl to trip and tangle
But you are no longer lost, travel through the hardships...

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Only few could hear me this round
As if I had no ideas of my own
To leave me secure upon safe ground.
As if I could be summed up in a few words,
Like to those who thought they knew me,
As if I said too little, too faintly
Only to find myself behind all the words never said.
As if I said too much, too fast
Only to leave behind a weight of confusion
This round so very few could hear what I was trying to say,
As if some were simply not listening....

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The late Eddie Cochran summed it up well in his song.
The current situation I’m in is all wrong.
It is summertime, and that’s where we belong.
Folks hibernating all winter are doing their thing.
The weather is warm, and there are many birds that sing.
Although today is so pleasant and sunny,
it might as well be raining because I don’t have any money.
Because I haven’t got a dime and can’t go anywhere,
I’m stuck at home and deeply in despair.
...

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I always remember her
in her office,
illuminated by the late afternoon
sun.

Her zeal to do right,
always left her
on the verge of tears,
because she set the bar
so high.

She was a teacher that
gave her all to her students.
Her life was summed up in
the previous 4th of July
weekend.

While the outside world
exploded in celebration
and exuberance she
labored away all night
critiquing each paper so
they could be returned
next day as promised....

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