Short Tempts Poems

The hour glass tempts the sands of time....

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the bird dives --
with fur in its beak it tempts
a cat too often...

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orange on a tree
sweetly tempts a honey bee. . . .
he leaves her hanging...

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gambler tempts the Fates
dead woods cemetery gates....
two aces and eights...

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shining scarlet tempts
juicy pulps entice palate~
keeps doctor away 
...

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mercury's dance tempts
me to touch it    once out of
sight,  it is calm bane...

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Pollen tempts the bees
It calls forth with sweet nectar
The flower at peace....

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perfect

look deep the flower
it holds the world hidden there
color tempts the nose...

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each juice drop dripping
from mangoes tempts me saying
think of the jack fruits

15 June 2021...

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I watch the Sinners,
Joyfully playing with flesh,
Her riding crop tempts.

(C) 2015 PJ Bayliss
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All the French
I can take -
piece of cake.

A baguette
or croissants?
Paris tempts.

Cream inside;
lick my lips.
Morrow’s trip.
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. 
                   A fushia in bloom
                          tempts a thirsty visitor
                                I sip my coffee...

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A 
substantial 
direction just calls; 
Sitting undeniable
not
bored;
You just listen to your heart
beating like a drum;
Destiny 
tempts....

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The push-pull that provides rapport
Could faith in designers restore
More sense of our choice
Tempts us to rejoice
And make love not war with their door...

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A quartered moon tortures the chill earth
tempts the night things.  Thinning shadows
glide through the hoary mist, shiver
in a distant fear of Sun's rise.

2/22/2020...

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When the Devil shows his hospitality
And tempts you with your own resentment
Do you flee, fight or freeze,
Or simply laugh and offer your hand 
In gratitude.

(11/20/23)
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Human beings are natural mystics.
And irrational characteristics
often lead us astray,
keeping logic at bay.
Satan tempts us with facts and statistics....

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Lost in Gods radiance,
Abundant nature,
In feminine form 
Tempts me with desire.

Hungry eyes bewitched
By the exotic 
Thirsts for the divine
So she can be mine?

I seek perfection
Let her follow me....

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Things that are forbidden,
We always try to seek..
That what is hidden,
Tempts us more to peek..
The forbidden has this lure,
A lure with no cure..
Its a game with no wins,
All are prone to this deadly sin.....

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Attractive colors shine,
Ample juicy pulp tempts
Almost everyday as
At breakfast I eat one,
Assured by ancient phrase -
An apple a day drives
Away the doctor far.
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despair knocks the door
hallucinating the mind
tormenting the soul

darkness dispels light 
sinister black shadows loom
unhinging spirit

an evil fiend tempts 
execrable ideas
drowning to abysm





3-31-2016...

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This
gooey
and
oozing
chocolate
laden
cake,
tempts me,
beckons me,
it's weakening
my resolve
and as
the
icing
starts to drip
I feel
the
diet
end!

31/03/2023

Waltz Wave Poem

Sponsored by Emile Pinet...

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Heat grows
Frustration shows
Temper glows
Inhibitions go

Gun unlocks
Trigger cocks
Legislative gridlock
Future shock

God waits
Man hates
Tempts fate
Opens floodgates

Man sins
Murder grins
Jungle din
Death wins...

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     PRECIPICE


      Precipice tempts to trek
      Particularly me,
      Partaking as trekker.
      Peak of hill with sharp edge.
      Peculiar structure.
      Piercing firmament.
      Pretty feeling to climb.
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Postponed, are trials of today
for time tempts us to rather snore.
Stagnant, are the bucket lists,
'til death knocks on heaven's door. 

05 July 2022
Sponsored by Margarita Lillico 
7877 Syllable count by Poetry Soup Syllable Counter...

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