Short Thusly Poems

Obeying any moral law,
  reason wills unto itself

To play the game the way its staged
   —all freedom thusly dealt

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)...

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Henry VIII desireth an heir.
Wife after wife, nary son hath wives bourne.
Thusly, he cut off each head.
Findeth a new wife instead.
His sole son hath been born from an affair....

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Thusly
A thought
The first letter
A sentence ensues
The paragraph develops
A chapter has been inscribed
The new story can be ascertained
A position on the bookshelf is reserved
The copywriter will never be discouraged...

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He who question's His own Soul
Thusly, relinquish to the deep
And to all that is Holy'
He is not Holy, merely incomplete
Thus, He has only one Spirit
To stand alone, to the disdain
Of the Lord Jesus
Thy God
He is so all alone

GF...

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Supreme creator perfected in all things.  
My humble spirit longs to return to Thee.  
The Holy Ghost and spiritual burnings, 
Set my heart on fire revealing truths brightly. 
Thusly, I cling to Thy love, given daily.  

© April 10, 2011
Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen...

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Your say download
I say upload
Diametrically opposed

I look up
While you look down
The truth now juxtaposed

I step forward
You step back
Our choices thusly shown

I remember
You forget
  —the difference mine to know

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)...

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I never meant to hurt them
  They are my family
But I cannot determine what
  These people want from me

Why do they get so jealous
  And value only pride
When all this time I tried to show
  That I am on their side

Because I only love them
  I thusly ask them hence:
Stop accusing me unjustly
  Use your common sense...

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Kneeling in prayer, the King folded his hands
  His assassination thusly prevented
  Times were different then, devotion honored
    ~ Stabs in the back were frowned on

  What Hamlet simply could not bear to do
  Today (that) would feel refreshing and new
  Not taking advantage of his arch-foe
    ~ Sheathing his dagger, away he tiptoed...

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As now into a holy mountain my soul makes
Pilgrimage to your side,
My heart unto your lips ascends,
For it is my heart that bears its kiss,
And in that swift-footed moment it 
Trembles there, a captive sparrow,
Who'd taste of an eternal nectar,
A sweet elixir of bitterest joy
And thusly drunk take flight 
To the very reaches of Love's 
Full orbit....

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Life and nature are relative thoughts in reality 
In the examination of how life acts honestly
And partners inside the buoy of quality 

One who is with nature is balancing
That thusly can advance toward getting 
To be noticeably open to its understanding

The definition of life is being
As the demonstration of living 
With life and nature move in a twisting...

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61 Chevy Impala  S S 
Black sleek loaded with chrome

Parked at quick shop that morning
Not far from my home

The only extraneous decor than
that described above

A bumper sticker of Sylvester the 
Cat sending everyone his love

It really popped with his
bright red nose saw it and had to laugh

Block lettered in the blackest type
reading thusly....  Kith My Ath...

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The blood to the Cross
Has long since been lost
Fore the courage of Jesus
Far exceeded the cost
      ------
We should kneel
Thusly, we should
    Surely pray
       -For-
The blood of Jesus
       Has carried yet,
         -Another day
      ------
Where ever there
    Is a call to Jesus
Their shall be love
And sacrifice along the way
A tribute to us all
               GF...

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I didn’t wake up dead this morning,
my back is no worse than yesterday.
A few customary moans and groans
as I reach the breakfast table.
My spouse is as cheerful as ever,
she hops around like a song sparrow
while I glower.
A cup of dark Columbian
I have to admit that those ordinary miracles
Ordinary miracles are on their job
and I am thusly blessed to be
Gods special little guy....

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Technology

We are 'da bomb'

No poetry here, I'm literal

Earth-to-space-to-earth in a split

There's no crack or crevice a bug can hide

(Thusly, we decide who's insect ... or viable asset)

Eye in the sky?!? An eagle has nothing on us

Day or night, peacetime or conflict time 

One tiny skin-to-plastic keystroke

And your worries are over

Just another day

For US....

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her smile was a rip
in the fabric of herself
and she, the needle
who'd sew it shut

etched into her mind
and thusly, her face:
the sadness of opinion
she couldn't express

pupils dilated,
thawing the glacial blues
within her eyes as
the emptiness grew

for once, her mind escaped
through her lips;
without guidance
of the world's approval
she curls in upon herself
and, twitching,
dies....

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I didn’t wake up dead this morning,
my backs no worse than yesterday.
A few customary moans and groans
as I reach the breakfast table.
My spouse is as cheerful as ever,
she hops around like a song sparrow
while I glower silently.
After a cup of dark Columbian
I have to admit that the day
might turn out okay.
Ordinary miracles are on their job,
and I am thusly blessed to be
Gods special little guy....

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Oscillate 
And find a range
One that works for you
Love/hate
Things that sway
Emotions that always seem to vary 
Can birth; give shape 
To thoughts. 
Empower then 
When hand picks pen 
And ink starts flowing slowly. 
Until the book is filled, the pen’s wholly spilled
What had you feeling lowly. 
Thusly oscillate 
Between unknown and great. 
It is a lot of why we live. 
Love and shame
All joys, pains
Feel....

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signed ...
one man's horror
another man's justice
what was in the box mattered not
its representation was enough
an end ... a beginning ...
it was sufficient to know it existed
to know it bled
warm, trusted, beloved, bound -
by time and vengeance and a pink ribbon
bound, indeed ... for oblivion
as was the recipient of
the rather unique (and deafening) 9mm reply
a squeeze for a squeeze, thusly
righteous and red ...
and unholy.








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     the two tone'd
         textures

          theirn
           twist

          trading
     throat thunder
threading their thews
        titillating
      theirn think

       transfixed
      tete-a-tete

        toasting
    this         tempt'n
         tome'z
         teach

           tip
         theirn
      'telegence
         thusly




* diversely ethnical .)
*"tete-a-tete" means; 
  'head to head' [french]


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Mother of God
Is a ministry at work
O'h dear Lord
How long must I wait
You give me the assurance
That you're the only one
         ------
We sing our praises
         Of Jesus
Fore He's your only Son
          -----
Ye disavow us from the
         Anklet of sin
Let Thy will be done
           ------
Let the healing begin
           And thusly,
To be called upon in your
     Presence
In the name of the father
For you are the only one
Thy will be done

             GF...

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Thou quest is for the glory
       Of Jesus
Fore He is the light
He gives' to me with
        Complexity,
He seconds' me threw
     The night
              -
That makes' me whole
And worthy two fold
             -
He reap's to me
     Longevity
Which is my
   Aspiration to behold
             -
         And to obtain,
And seek only His name
And to proclaim our
    Sacriment's to Jesus
And thusly, remember Him
      Alway'
Mind, body and soul

                  GF...

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Yarns are swerving right now,
as sadly as a fall coat of leaves
It's crimson for a split second,
sending cures from the last zest.

the shade then fades to yellow,
I wish I could be so buoyant and upbeat.
as if it haunts an anachronism,
the glow dims to an amber hue.

thusly, like the acrid tangy taste.
my heart kindles a jauntier tomorrow.

1st PLACE CONTEST WINNER

Written: March 25, 2022

A Brian Strand 1096 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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