Short Swamps Poems

Be friend of death,
                   cross fetid swamps,
                   or be Columbus and
                  discover "novel world"!?...

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In the swamps trained a young Jedi guy.
He could run, swim, and biking, could fly.
He was fit to be tied;
His olympic dream died.
In Dagobah, there is no tri....

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Idolized by pharaohs, monarchs and kings;
Bird of the wetlands, marshes and swamps.
Interesting forager with long bill and stilted long legs;
Sacred icon of the dynasties of yore....

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Yes, I make seasonal shines
As home tube lights, as seasonal swamps
I shine under man's control, under God's wishes
The hope night with silence justice
Stars control my practice
As I am alone but jealousy....

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Always Suspicious About

We have always been suspicious of AXIOS;
Have spread many rumors and are verbose;
Breaking rules;
Draining pools (And swamps),
And like Trump we wish would die a dross.

Jim Horn...

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Swampees With No Trees

Those living in swamps are called swampees;
Always with tall reeds and never thin trees;
To chimpanzees related,
Even when sedated;
Would you pass more muddy water please.

Jim Horn...

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sneezing flowers spread
the sperm of colours
carnivorous plants
trapping prey
green swamps polluted
global warming eleph-
ants in circus cane-
d stands on one hin-
d leg
 
we watch clappin-
g like jokers...

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Before you fall,
  you’ve got to stand

Your voice once stalled,
  no reprimand

The paradigm floats,
  on swamps that drain

Where praise cries out,
  false hope again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)...

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Before you fall,
  you’ve got to stand

Your voice once stalled,
  fates reprimand

The paradigm floats,
  on swamps that drain

Where praise cries out
   —false hope again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2016)...

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Brass 
bells ring
along swamps 
shadowy edge.
Children running free;
flutes echoing laughter;
cimmerian eyed beauty
hips swaying to an earthy beat.
Simple suppers roast over fire.
Welcoming the despised plebians home....

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Coyotes howling
There in the dark rustling trees
Yellow falling leaves

Croaking around swamps
Frogs plop into water
Leaving some small waves

Morning birds chirping
In the highest of home nest
Flapping feathered wings...

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Streets have memories
In echo
They recall us
In pain- or
In proud
They call us
Streets
Have memories of us
In aches
The bleeding
Drain still last
And buds
Warm rain in march
In swamps- past
in brook
hope still act...

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Over  swamps, across Rwanda hills
above great Lake Victoria waves
over tropical forests of Africa
my heart flies with undying hope
to meet my sweet heart in teens
lying somewhere waiting, eager
for  greatest love battles ahead...

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alive
bright
noisy
different
jovial
pumping
energetic
outlandish
musical
death
graves
shrimp
river boats
voodoo
floats
Mardi Gras
masks
beads
eateries
fun
swamps
tour guide
horse carriages
rain
clouds
casino
Cajuns...

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When we cut trees
They cry
When we drain swamps
They mourn
When we burn grass
They weep
When we eat cakes
They shade tears
But they leave a message behind
“Humanity we are gone
Continue to live, lust and party
In the shadow of your own peril”...

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i never want your help.
although, at times, i need it.
i don't accept reality
but i do understand it.
walking the swamps
in the middle of august,
i took rest on a spray painted rock.
you followed my lead
with your hands on my knees
as we watched the sun set over the dock....

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C	Crocodiles lying in wait
R	Relaxing, dreaming of fresh meat
0	Ordinary floating
C	Choose their prey carefully
K	Kin to an alligator?
0	Oldest kind of creatures
D	Doing what comes naturally
I	Indigenous to swamps
L	Longing to take a bite out of us
E	Every person’s nightmare...

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What are you doing?
What are you there for?
some humans are buried
in the rubles of life
other live in wet swamps
go out of your comfort
take spades and rakes
bring caterpillars and hoes
to unearth those trapped
Bring them out in society
to enjoy freedom and love
and feel as humans....

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She wades in anoxic swamps
She feels with her heart
Her mind never still
Her soul torn apart

She craves understanding
She craves conversation
Her thirst for the dark things
Precedes her reputation

She is never sated
She is never stilled
The void in her heart
Crying out to be filled...

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Lightning struck

For transfer to soil..
High voltage of electrical value.
Currents that continue to be considered for soil..
Actually,it's like an oxidizer..

Audible fear is firing from the sky.
Fire,landslides and swamps..
It exists because it is ostentatious.
Its naturalness can be erased....

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She’s a poet with no name
A pseudonym her claim to fame.
Without sight she moves countless hearts
When with passion and panache
dusts off her mind, 
Swamps the world with allegory
And tells it as it is and when
She touches the joy on cherished lips
Feels the warmth of our smile.

© Harry J Horsman 2022...

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I run and run and run
down the valleys I run
up the mountains, into swamps
snakes chase me, thorns in my feet
but I run and run up, down, everywhere
face to face with a wild cat I come
I ordered it to stand still then turn back
but one thing I come to believe
the will to live is more powerful than the fear of death...

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You pull me 
Through precipitation and perspiration 
I come to You

The swamps of my Saliva,
the marshes of my muscles,

You pull me
Through erosion and evaporation
I come to You

The stream of my spinal cord,
the meanders of my membranes,

You pull me, 
Through clamminess and condensation
I come to You

The pools of my plasma,
the basin of my bladder,

I come to You,
to the heart of Your sea....

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They scorned us.
"You come from mud," they said.
Fingers point towards the stars.
"We come from the stars...."
Our culture is scrutinized
like a dark well,
they are afraid to fall into.
Everything they hold, use and wear
look like it's made from stardust.
Shoving our pride off,
we hide dipper into the swamps,
where our roots will be held tighter
by our ancestors' arms underneath........

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forests, swamps, plains, oceans, meadows and even lakes
are being polluted, bulldozed and littered for goodness sakes
everything is being harvested or relinquished in human’s name
creatures are vanishing rapidly! is the environmentalist’s refrain.
animal habitats are carelessly dismissed or revamped; who can survive?
Eventually will skunks, whales fox, big cats, bees or geese still be alive?...

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