Short Surefooted Poems

Sunrise over high rock.
Granit faced, a cliff edge
slides into the light.
Shadowy mountain sheep leap

landing surefooted
upon green tufted clouds....

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Sunrise over high rock.
Granit faced, a cliff edge
slides into the light.
Shadowy mountain sheep leap

landing surefooted
upon green tufted clouds....

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Surefooted men work hard on the roof.
Their job: to make sure it's all leak-proof.
But in the heat, they're baking
and the work is back-breaking.
Of their travails I'll not be aloof....

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Hide,
Scorched like gauze
Moving slowely and surefooted

A path no longer blazed yet
Bridges behind still burn

An opening,
A thousand eyes turn to stare
Fruitless in its search,
Faces no longer there

Disgruntled and aged
Grown shorter in its decline

The Dinosaur walks out of the 
forest,
Onto the edge of time....

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If I walk a path with you
     I will be surefooted
And I will leave footprints
So that we may know
      How far we’ve come
And remember where we’ve been

And as I walk a path with you
     I will steady your direction
I will secure the road
And I will keep you safe
     Till we complete our journey
And together, we find our lives...

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The core of me intently listens
          to that which, in your absence, I merely
                        imagined having heard;

                  Once again, I speak eloquently
        of that which, when you were away, I only
                           mumbled to myself;

        And, surefooted, I pick my way in the dark
           where, without you, I tumbled and fell.
                                  Thank you....

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When western winds in my ear sing
The memories of rivers bring
A horseman

Cut of rough land and bronze timber
Surefooted walk, lean and limber
Horsepower

I fumbled where he was at ease
Our hands would touch in flirty tease
Of horseplay

Through golden grass, me and my guy
Galloping free to chase the sky
On horseback

Now, in my city life, I keep
Over my bed, to grace my sleep
One horseshoe.

5/09/20

For "Compounding the Verse" contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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