Short Tarried Poems

There once lived a man in Katchikan
His name, I believe, was Dapper Dan
He was never married
But he never tarried
He kept moving as fast as man can.

written June 18, 2021...

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He is retired;
His duties with care he carried!
He appears wired
Remembering unfinished tasks – 
Two daughters at home unmarried … 
As his benefits are tarried,
He’s found expired!
...

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In Emotion Embroiled

In much emotion, we were embroiled;
Some with sin who are so badly soiled;
By God now seen,
In pasture green;
In flowing fields, they toiled and tarried.

Jim Horn...

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Busy Lizzie
In a Tizzy
Lazy Daisy
Friend of Maisie
Maisie's Corny
Thora's Thorny
Candy's Sweet
Robin's Tweet
Bridie's Married
Tara Tarried
Connie's Cosy
Rosie's Nosy
Pansy's Pretty
End of Ditty...

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TIRED WALMART EMPLOYEE

				harried
						married

				tarried

						carried

				she was harried, married to a jerk
				never tarried, carried on with work

20 January 2018

For contest sponsored by Kim Rodrigues...

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love
this dove
glides above
the hush of night
on its endless flight
to share this song of plight
my voice tarried on night's wings
soul's symphony to you it brings
this melody within my heart's strings




(not for contest)...

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Katrina, you left your mark on our land, hearts, minds,
A mercilessly unyielding rabid force of wrath,
Those who tarried paid the highest price...death,
Regression, grieving, rebuilding,
In the aftermath of distress,
Never to forget,
And life goes on....

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things
like rings
just playthings
unfit for kings
romance, forth it springs
to share love's song, it sings
my voice, tarried on night's wings
soul's symphony, to you it brings
this melody within my heart's strings


November 4, 2019
Rhyming Nonet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Charles Messina...

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Harassed,hasselled,harried
temporarily tarried
tormented and troubled.
Yet blessed !
Feeble,forlorn or friend-less
powerless,forsaken and distressed.
Yet blessed !
Beset,burdens to confess
suffering,perhaps oppressed.
Yet blessed !
Despondent and thwarted
in frustration and failure.
Yet blessed !...

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In earnest, I have tarried,
longing to be wrapped,
in the embrace of your warmth,
that your gracious loins may whisper
to my thoughts the meaning of affection,

And when my time is done,
in the Taj Mahal of your being,
I will be embalmed for an eternity,
While my heart you will find,
for you preserved,
in fountains of wine....

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Such wonder in fields of marigold
Flaxen dame beauteous to behold
Gently partake of nectar flutterby
Upon fairwinds on balmy sigh

Midas must’ve tarried near
To tint floral atmosphere
Supple petals utmost grand
Abundant allure, blessed land

Meadows sway to natures refrain
Lush tis emerald terrain
Sodden by summer storm
Refreshed tis bonnie form...

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Poetry Soup

April is a lucky day
When I discovered you!

I set aside cooking
Because you fill my appetite!

I set aside cleaning
Because you cleanse my soul!

I set aside sleeping
Because you keep me awake!

Then,  I forgot to mail my bills
Because I tarried with you overnight!

Then, I was forced to read the poetry forms
And yet, I am still confused!

No regrets whatsoever
Because I admire you!...

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Blatant entities afford,
not mine - not thine, some over lord,
without refine, without explore,
predacious, not of Heaven's ford.

Entwines around my mind as scored,
while thee in distance lose restored
of my own being - overboard
wth worry, tarried with remorse.

Collateral's true worth is force,
of God's own will in its resort.
No reprimand can alter course,
but of His calling - His endorse!...

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Y’all know her as Jill
I know her as Jillybean
Y’all familiar with the hill
But I know a different scene
She actually hales from Swan Hill
That’s close to Nantucket
I know her to have carried a will
Not the familiar bucket
So on the story goes 
But no tumbling or tumbling after
Just some good times
A lot memories and laughter
Can’t say for sure
I heard Jillybean got married
Well it wasn’t to me
Because I was harried and tarried
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Brain's busy, I'm feeling dizzy
Drops the pen for a leisured tomorrow
Creativity stretched to limit; I'm not being lazy
Continuity's road deadly and narrow

Inspiration didn't betray expectation
Leisure didn't fail my confidence
But it flew in another direction
Same entry but different emergence

I woke when originality went to bed
Should've tarried and get the work done
I survived sadly to see my art's dead 
The breathe connecting me to it is gone....

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To fly strong with broken wings,
To wax eloquent with but a pinch of words,
To race into hearts and history with one leg less—
These make the truest tales of perfection,
The highest perfection under Heaven:
To strip defect of effect.

Be not tarried by the sight, sound, or feel of a flaw:
No! Truest perfection never lay in the absence of 
defects
But in their impotence when we will them down 
from hurdle to puddle
As we hop and drop till goal we reach.
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I tarried for a moment...
I was tender to the sun.
Not sure I would be welcome...
I lay burdened by the one.

My loss of Faith was tragic...
Life's filter gone awry.
It seems of some importance
As I face towards the sky.

Who am I to grovel
For a life that's gone askew?
But one who stands exulted
And in Faith begins anew.

I fear not the nonexistence
Some associate with death.
The Grace of God awaits me
As I take my final breath.

           The End...

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Quote: Lost in the velvet of your heart I am 
none else but, your Valentine ! 

Finding my way back to the days when you and I were  young
I flip back the pages of our youth and smile  
Two wide eyes juveniles meeting at the altar of love
ready to meet each other soul to soul ...
Enraptured in this moment of sweet remembrance 
I recall the young man I once married.   
Always by my side he never tarried 
and when it came to loving me, 
he was always right on time..
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THE DAY I KNEW THREE WERE KNITTED INSIDE ME.

The day I knew Three were knitted in me
I felt the presence of life so strong
And knew with God nothing can go wrong.
Though I have tarried for so long
He gave me peace and let me be
 I knew with God all things are possible.


Then I behold these tiny little ones...
How they  showcase God’s blessings
Then I realized everygood gift is from above
It becomes a reality when your Faith is alive
Just only God, gives gift liberally....

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In-depth

Inside hollows

Indifferent towards

The lords

Angels

Of serenity

The

Impaction

Of

Released air

The true

Reveal

Of ones

Inner

morality

a question

left unanswered

by the

man

named

our

heavenly

embarked savior

Jesus Christ

He knows

What I seek

Redemption

Maker of

The law

The predetermined

Rule bender

Fancied by

All

Tarried by many

The lord Jesus Christ

Holder of the answers

 I seek...

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