Short Thickens Poems

Ides
of March-
plot thickens...

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dirty look
from miss congeniality
the plot thickens



posted on July 18, 2018...

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Plots thicken
Pudding thickens
Middle aged women thicken
It's just the way of things....

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The moment after I say, 'I'm happy,' I'm not
                                                       ~ Thus thickens the plot...

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a colorful sky

thickens into bursting gray---

winter's arrival 




Itty bitty Contest #2: Doing it Again
For Andrea Dietrich...

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The lieutenant & his woman
An actress & her leading man,
A boy meets girl tale,
It happens every day-
In a play within a play....

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Summer's cool. Sea's conjuror!
The petrel's wing.
Wave, up-frothing.
Til dimly thickens, fearful
Who's pout's threat, shakes
Sky's, the spell breaks....

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Husband dines on deviled eggs
That comes from wicked chickens
Potato salad and legs
Somehow this great plot swiftly thickens   ...

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a slick mime had only one dime

bought a slivery pot of slime

world’s no oyster

went to a cloister

sacred graffiti thickens the crime


23rd November 2020...

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It fills, it feeds
It kills, it breeds

It posions, it sickens
Limbs stiffen, blood thickens

It is nothing,
It is everything.

It is made clear
And it is fear....

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Social critic and novelist Charles Dickens -
The plot of his every book so interestingly thickens!
Not only the creator of Scrooge was he;
He revived the Christmas spirit for you and for me....

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Yesterday I swear I saw Charles Dickens
His quaint style today would take a lickin' --
   So he's changed up the Dodger
   Now he's the 'Artful Todger' --
He whips it out ~ the plot really thickens...

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My black clouded sky
won't clear from mistakes
of years past this thunder
storm pained loneliness
of self tragedy thickens 
and will you come back 
this question left unanswered 
so maybe you weren't meant
to clear my skies...

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Small
Brown
Turkey
Figs globe like
Ripe ready to eat
Pick, eat, shew bees, wasps, hornets, birds
Cover with sugar let sit over night cook next day
Cook until syrup thickens almost candy like pack in sterile jars, seal, process, eat...

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So naked that i long to be,
Amidst this pure insanity.
Powerful these words i write,
Surreal is this enlightened sight.

Bursting out to conquer life,
As sharp as angels on a knife.
A blade that thickens to the hilt,
And savages eternal guilt....

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Along the way
Birds whistle a tune
As if to set a mood
But I know not what to say. 

The figure slowly thickens
In the distance;
My heart beats fast –
My gait quickens. 

From a dry rut
He approaches 
And opens the conversation
One eye shut....

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The fog thickens
streching up and over
the edge of my mug
leaning on the windowsill
draped in wool
waking slowly
A deep breath
to rid the morning frost
From my chest mixing 
with mint green
and honey
so sweet
remembering your eyes on me
lifts the fog...

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Muddy road  cracks
Past rural fields
Lined with dust,
Gnarled willows:

And evening fog  thickens
While unalterable silken ivy
Reminds me...

Of all our moonlights back.



8-Line Poem  1-5 words per line
For Rick Parise    11/9/2017...

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I cry a single tear
That lives on the lips
Of a seduced past
Mixed with a wish

Inside walls tower
Thick with stone
Depressed in nature
That thickens from my breath

Do you see this?
Understanding you say
Till the rose petals drown
From the whispers of a tear...

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Beautiful and vibrant
The flame it laps the air
Colourful yet wonderful
A mesmerising glare

The flame now as it flickers
Brightness of it thickens 
Aroma it now drippeth  

Darkened shadows cast
Upon the lonely wall
A dimly lit room
The flame it stands so tall...

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Paula Swanson 
7/31/2011


An open book of mystery,
invites me in alluringly.
Time to turn the page.
Following as the plot thickens,
this is where my heartbeat quickens.
Murder sets the stage.



For the contest: Tail-Rhyme contest
Sponsored by Dr. Ram
Placement: 9th...

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Clouds encircle
sage colored dreams,
ice crystals block the sky

Today in shadows,
yesterday’s warning,
 memories start to cry

The stratus thickens,
impending doom,
prophesy to remind

Aeolus has woken,
his rain of tears
—ablution most unkind

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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Slow Dance

Love curves at the
sway of your back and
whispers songs,
shoulder soft 
at my cheek.

Lips at my brow
as your scent thickens,
quickens within me,
knee to knee, 
my right hand in your left.

One two three;
one two.
until only our
torsos dance.


©Kathryn McL. Collins
June 14, 2012...

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No vertigo bout,
our life force sucked out;
we began to fall,
with no fear at all.

Maybe ‘twas a test,
by God, in mere jest;
that the die is cast,
each breath is our last.

As the plot thickens,
love’s bliss beats quicken,
there’s nothing to fear,
when God is so near.

04-June-2022...

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Our pulse quickens in quietude
Stillness ushers rapture 
Childlike wonderment attitude
That mind cannot capture 

Invite joy, let bliss burn 
Time’s now, to fear upturn
Erasing thought forms stern

The plot thickens 
Our pulse quickens

09-December-2021
Quietus ...

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