Short Summits Poems

snow summits 
air vapors foggy mist
below zero temps...

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Summits hypnotize,
Ardor, eviscerated,
Seeds defy the dirt....

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Majestic summits
Concealed protectively in 
Foggy clouds embrace,
Captivates wandering eyes,
On a tropic summer day...

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He think he's the king of the hill
Because he have lots of bills
He get what he wants
No one tells him don't
He also summits people at will...

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steep, rocky ascent -
divine source brightens vista 
summits surpass blues 
  

written 6/26/15 
for Senryu On Your Own Existence Contest...

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Surrender a comfort,
ambition rebuked 
Content in my history,
old passions to suit

New mountains stay virgin,
those summits I’ve climbed
All truth in reflection
—whose peace I now find

(The New Room: March, 2021)...

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Majestic mounts tower 
    mightily, like a king,
        Mesmerising poets'
minds with their grand power,
    Making them gladly sing
        moving songs 'bout sunset's
            magic, seen on summits.


04/20/17...

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Throughout my life, the mountains of grief have been climbing

During which time myriads tears, profusely, I shed
 
I succeeded in conquering some of its highest summits

From where, at last, Heaven's laughter I heard ahead!






© Demetrios Trifiatis
        03 June 2022...

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I love you wild and free
From midnight to the dawning spree
When broken glass startles the mirror
Our love grows clearer

Through fortune and nebulous climb
Tucked into each other's sides
By mystic banter and throaty relief
Holding still in our belief
That love summits grow
With each passing leaf...

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Mystic melon moment

Moistening thirsty lips

Molecules of pleasure

Mooning about within

Mellow crimson milieu

Mirth in hemoglobin

Montage of the summits
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April 20, 2017
Pleiades M - Poetry Contest
Sponsor : Kim Merryman...

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Glorious human race!

Monstrous machines 
unto globe thou place.

Surpassed grandeur, 
overwhelmed with grace;

Heaven's territories 
thou subdue 'nd embrace;

Surmounted all mysteries, 
summits and space.

Yet, thy mightiness, 
perfection never pace;

Tiniest Coronavirus, 
fail thou to face!...

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Three sisters ate three
sundaes on three Sundays on
Three Sisters' summits.

Faith climbed "Faith," Hope climbed
"Hope," and Charity climbed "Faith,"
"Hope," and "Charity."

[Special thanks to the
Sisters, Oregon Sisters
Branch Library staff.]


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(Oregon)]...

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The secret of life,
making old things new:
fluffing the seas
long flattened 
by sails…
restoring clouds
to the summits of mountains,
not one worth the climb
were it not for
high mysteries

I sit, pen in hand
as if holy--
we are all priests of a sort
(both light and dark)
our sacrament
that of creation....

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I set out on a journey 
To explore the depths of me
To know who I am,
And what I'm supposed to do.
As I made my way through the valleys,
climbed the tallest summits,
I battled my personal demons,
I overcame my own fears as well.
I found strength in my courage 
And courage in my heart.
I discovered a new me.
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Hills
tower
reaching up
azure heaven
of luminous glow…
now, summits thank the Lord.

Mountains* display grandeur
midst glorious s k y
while pine needles
freely s w a y
praising   
God.

*Psalm 144:5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.

August 19, 2021...

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I know that if I ever do lose it,
It will be your fault.
I have acid stirring in my belly.
I'm a blind hound,
Running from the hitting stick.
Then there's you, the prosaic flower.
Your unimaginable summits.
Award winning expectations.
Higher than clouds.
I aspire to win your admiration,
Greedy for your grace.
I'm talking about popcorn, of course....

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Listen to poem:

I’ve flown the valleys
I’ve soared the summits
I’ve stalked the moon
That glitters in your eyes

I’ve walked the deserts
I’ve crossed the seas
I’ve kissed the sun
That shimmers in your eyes



AP: 3rd place 2022

Submitted on November 8, 2019 for contest LOVE IS THE ANSWER sponsored by LU LOO  -  RANKED 2ND

Originally posted on October 9, 2019...

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snow ball icicles 
angel man tunnel igloos
rains turn white droplets

snowy fluffy powder
pearls ivory frosty flakes 
artists white canvas 

cold frozen chairs
frigid chilled air nipping ears
hockey fans warm cheer

snow sums summits
cold air vapors fog mist
below zero temps

ice frost windowsill
snowy ivory chalk mounds
cast blank white canvas...

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If you've never been to Rio
Then you've never lived your life
If you go there when you're single
You would leave there with a wife
There the mountains rise like sunset 
As their summits piece the sea
Yes, I remember  Rio
And what it's meant to me
It will take you by the hand
It will set your sad soul free
But your heart will be imprisoned
For all eternity...

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Hey mountain waterfall is tumbling,
 it dandles on the rocks
 and pale-faced maid
 carried, would faint on the hands.
 
Hey breaking is the foehn spruces,
 snatching is on the peaks.
 Its arm is swift and strong,
 but summits will withstand it.
 
Hey trickling is a drizzle.
 It's spreading to the huts
 in mist is rising to the clouds -
 far-flung is to the sky....

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Shepherds
of echo  
sirens
that call
Masters
of legend 
trapped
in the Fall

Moonlight
on ice fields
whispering
still
Voices
stay buried
destiny’s
will

Sunlight
awakens
mountains
that sigh
Hidden on
summits
new answers
there hide

But with 
 every Spring
a melting 
ensues
Flowing
life’s message
recalled
— and renewed

(Memories Of Absaroka: May, 1997)
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every fold
every curve
deep mystery
green verve

as the eyes
roam the summits
beauty turns up
shapes allure

waves rising
clouds on mounds
waves descend
fogs in the waist

ascent and descent
an exciting dance
once over
a deep trance

uphill journey
downward return
cups of tea
thorns and flowers

deep in the gorges
Babylonian darkness
your and mine
for a bath in light...

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Through pain,
Through sorrow,
Through a lonely nights tears.

No warmth,
No love,
Only cold lifeless fear.

The locking
Of a door,
Sends your heart on a deep plummet.

In the darkness,
In the room,
Your anger summits.

Somewhere not far,
She plays a computer game,
Ignoring your screams of her name.

For in this horror,
In this nightmear,
You know it will always be the same.

She never hears anything....

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I cannot think of mountains
without thinking of mine.
And how nice they are to climb.

Perched on the top
the view is sublime
of that valley of mine.

The Twin Peaks I call them.
Sharp summits on top.
Hold on...don't stop.

So smooth are the sides.
If you let go you might slide
down into that valley.

So lush and overgrown
you might never get home.
Forever lost and alone.

11/07/2016...

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If God is the Ocean, 
  are we water droplets and tidal waves?
If God is the Sun,
  are we light beams and shadows?
If God is the Desert,
  are we grains of sand and sandstorms"
If God is the Moon,
  are we moonbeams and darkness?
If God is the Mountain,
  are we the rocky paths and the summits?
If God is the Wind,
  are we spring breezes and thunderstorms?
If God is Eternity?
  are we the Now?...

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