Short Sundial Poems

abandoned park - 
broken-wing duck stares
at the sundial...

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Rusty metal clock 
Measures shadows on a face
With tactile numbers....

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evening light
is low toward the sundial
he feels mellow

Oct 18, 2013 cghjr...

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man tries playing tag with God
God moves at the speed of light
man strolls along sundial time
...

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To Thank Them For Their Service

Tiny flags flap as
sundial crosses
map eternity’s
passing


John G. Lawless
©11.10/2021...

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And if you
And if me
Stand
Under the sun
(to measure our shadows)
My heart
Would be a straight
hand of a clock
Called

Sundial...

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time piece
sundial
circle of life
darkest grim reaper
an unexpected birth
yearly appointments
monthly schedules
calendar
time piece...

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noble sir albert
  perched on his nose
a primitive sundial
  a bird without toes

growth's been phenomenal
  sir albert cooed
as Big Ben came into view
  ten thousand cats mewed...

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William Soutar 'A SUNDIAL'

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                n o o n
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Harpoon rays melt from the sun,
A fiery furnace in the sky;
A shadow rounds the sundial,
the nonexistent hand tells the time;
It has circled into the abyss,
A vision portrayed and betrayed,
The mind is caught in a whirlpool
of time....

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I only tell of sunny hours...

We are not so different
you and I,
though your stone face
can never last.

In time
how much more telling,
are the shadows
that we cast.



02/02/19

For Sundial Wisdom Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Julia Ward...

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With flames our story has begun,
my eyes are blinded by your smile;
Our love was painted in the Sun;
I have not felt this for a while,
maybe this time I’m not on trial;
Was it fate or the time of day? 
Oh, serendipitous sundial! 
I’m in awe of the game in play....

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I only tell of sunny hours
The brighter side of life 
The one full of joy and happiness 
And without any strife

I spend my days in sunshine 
My work,  tell the time 

Time is less, utilise it well
By  both, work and play
And you will never regret 
What I did say....

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I remember,
Somewhere in summertime,
Under dewfall,
Two hands,one shadow,
Cast over a sundial.
Sandals in shade,
Eyes reflecting
Skies of  sunset.

I remember,
Whenever in wintertime,
Late afternoon,
Following clouds home,
Making our way
Through a wood,
Lightest touch,
Quiet fall of snow....

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I only tell of sunny hours...
I,Gnomon,
Sundial yeoman;
Suntanned sentinel 
Stand watch,
Shedding tears for unrequited love.
My cooling shadow stalks sun;
Caresses with timely sunscreen
Sweet sundial’s gilt Egyptian face.
Ask me time of day;
“Shadow knows,” I’ll say.
Shadow will not rest
‘Til sun does nest....

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o man amen club soda you taste good at two in the morning
i am going back to my dreams and tomorrow earl gray
or I'll switch to coffee with toast
all my life I twirled a question and so I peel a banana
and squeeze an avocado good night after a pee
looking for flip flop where are my sandals or sundial
as not einstein I have an accent...

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That hidden glade beyond the 
leaves
Where the sun don't shine and 
time doesn't cease
My eternal pyre burns for you
The apple ripens therein too
Borne with care, bore with 
cause
The lonely sundial without 
source
A hidden world
A hidden place
Maintained; a space for you 
and me
Where our love doth shine and 
time doth cease...

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I only tell of sunny hours...

For beneath the moon I cower.

Not for I the dark of night,

But visit me in bright sunlight.

Then watch the shadows cross my face,

For the march of time I trace.

At one am I with the Sun,

But come the gloom, then I am done.








Entry for
Sundial Wisdom Poetry Contest
Sponsored by
Julia Ward
2/2/19. Placed 6th....

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Hey there baby 
Won’t stop even if you make me
Listen here from up there in the clouds
Hey there Mary
your words taste like candy
And where the hell
is your baby now?
Let's figure this thing out
Little did I know
Her skin taste like vinyl 
Starting at the top
Of her bodies sundial
A little bit misunderstood
Hey there two face
Why don't you smile
You should come to my
Neck of the woods...

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Tick Tock

You can’t stop time from passing by
No matter the tricks you try
Time passes way too soon
From noon to noon does time consume
By night the phases of  the moon
By day we live by God’s sundial
To mark the time we have
So use it well each passing year
Share it with friends near and dear
Spend it now
Live in the moment 
There is no bank of time lost
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I  only tell of sunny hours...
 where rays of warmth embrace the flowers
 or melt the snow laying upon the lawn;
but these momentary shadows creep quietly soured
 casting light between the trees and fawns
 while industrious humanity, creation's spawn
is blinded to nature's rhythmic song
 and day light slips quickly along.








Sundial wisdom, 
the Julia Ward contest 2/11/19...

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"untitled" (for Maureen)


the goldfinch thought
they could hide in them
while they enjoyed eating

their seeds

i watched them as if 
a sundial telling 
time again 

again and again 

and they clocked
me moving at less
than warp speed as

i watered everything

not just them but
the laborious fruits
that labored in a sun

the same sun

that
after
which

they were named...

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And you explore me-
to the limits of enchantment.
As I was-
dying in a nonfiction.

Half brothers-
were moving like pincers
to catch a pen
like a little solidier.

Sad little god was telling
I do,
I am moving in non-existent darkness
for a sundial.

A lobster-
was trying to climb on
an ancient throne.
He wanted to become a neoking.
And throw his weight for the kittens
and unborn dogs.



Satish Verma...

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Time Disappears

Time disappears,
the hours, the days
Lost in the shadows,
a sundial haze

Seizing the moments
our memories trace
Drawing the curtain,
these thoughts to erase

Still I ignore
every clock on the wall
Each ticking second,
the minutes that fall

For all I see is
the beautiful view
Of every new day
I am starting with you

Good Morning Soupers...

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I only tell of sunny hours…
for vampires are my bane
cast a shapeless chill
upon my timeless shame.

Oh sunrise, dear sunrise
first touch of daylight’s glow
awaken me – unbind stone hands
as dancing shadows grow

upon the patterns of my soul
across my tarnished face
count with me those sunny hours
cold lifeless hands retrace.


©1/31/2019

Sundial Wisdom Poetry Contest
Julia Ward - sponsor...

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