Short Thwarted Poems

 man's supremacy as God's being cannot be thwarted by machines....

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it’s only here on earth
plans are thwarted
oh what joy
limitations
bring...

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Diaper Boy
He wore a diaper;
His plan of terror was thwarted,
Many lives were saved....

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I chase my dream
until, at last, it dies.
Then write my poems
with the blood of flies....

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Turtle was feeling shy
Looking white by the snow covering
Shyness thwarted the shivering cold...

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clement moons lose glow...
sun rises dries dewy tears
heart of mist broken

 © Harry J Horsman 2023...

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New 'quid' on the block
Twelve sides with a hologram
Forgers are thwarted

03~27~17...

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cauliflower rocks
block my setting foot in sea
under sky's peach glow

For Raul Moreno's Champagne Skies contest...

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plans thwarted at the eleventh hour
momentarily cause heart to sour
but then we quickly rebound
with bliss in heart found...

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I wish I could eat black garlic
Its so paradoxical
something axiomatic 
eating sweetly caramelised
like an ironic joke
or a thwarted after dinner speech...

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thwarted are
your attempts to
sway me

simply put;
I have moved
on.

whatever
your motivation
may be

guaranteed,
I'm much too
strong....

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dark and ethereal
stark reminders of being
never tainted nor thwarted
ever present in light
deceptively absent otherwise
now unusable
these tethers
pray tell their value...

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Danger and Darkness Courted

Much danger and darkness courted;
What I could do is have it thwarted;
Never love;
Get rid of,
Or transported away and be aborted.

Jim Horn...

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Expectation's a sure path to pain  
First we cover our gaps with dreams
And let them dreams grow within
Tall, thick and feasible
Turning to purpose
Then obsession
That thwarted
Maddens,
Hurts....

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plans thwarted
it is a routine life test
an opportunity to check
is heart contracted 
or yet tranquil

God has designed
earth life so perfectly
optimised for soul growth
as we gentle responses
breath by breath thus...

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i've trapesed many cemeteries
all once wildlife sanctuaries
now rows and rows of houses
nature spurned, again thwarted 
not one stone left unturned.

Missed the deadline for the 'Two Word Challenge - One Stone' :(...

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I live in shadow,
a sweet sunflower 
sown on the dark side 
of your selfish need
to dominate each
spot of joy.

Stunted
and shriveled 
my bloom is thwarted,
your need for nectar 
to keep your black soul
satisfied 
leaves me nearly dead....

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Running with the breeze
Gray cat and blue butterflies
Orange sunset skies
Zest meets curiosity
just to hear the ocean roar

Evening melodies
drift far on the floral air
as time slips away
A cool cat is at the shore
thwarted in purple shadows...

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Standing by the colosseum
Is the time of the last persecution
When the houses of Caesar
call out for revenge
Byzantine highways have lost their sheen
thwarted tall ships fall
and trumpets sound
relics of soldiers roam
you walk to your fate alone...

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My well-seasoned heart seeks love’s light
Years of heartbreak, thwarted romance
Harrowing each eternal night
A wall flower in life’s last dance

October 2, 2020
Rithimus Divisa 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsor – Gregory Barden
Original Poem – Love’s Light...

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Attractive and interesting
Mannerless and disgusting
Extra judicial killer
Aren't you criminal?
You break law
  Ha ha haw.
Note.Gangsters are often aggressive.
Lesson.Let it go mad man and free your mind.
Q.Galti sta day ta valy haga sara dasy khabaray kary John day?...

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Uncaptured sympathies 
From the lost departed 
No turning back 
All plans are thwarted 
Revelations and tears
Washed away with the rain 
Forgotten tragedies 
Unspoken in vain 
Here I am a castaway
On a passengerless ship
Thanks for the freedom 
No longer your whip...

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My days are dogged
by ankle-panthers,
my nights cursed
by the thwarted yowls
of sexual athletes.

I try to negotiate a way
into their affections
yet they scorn
chin tickles,
my hesitant ear petting.

They all strut away
tails stiff in the air
flashing me that old pink
one eye....

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I gazed into a multi-colored sapphire, bright.
Its sparkles made my brain and heart take flight.

In a single instant, I was transported - 
Some kinds of magic are never thwarted.

On an endless, timeless loop, I swiftly sailed, 
As nature's enchanting majesty prevailed....

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’Twas Jonah the Lord God did teach,
When orders he opted to breach.
God’s porpoise not thwarted,
Escape was aborted,
With Jonah spit up on the beach.

If the fish had refused God right then,
Having tasted the flavor of men,
An immoral cetacean
That fell from creation,
Or a case of Original Fin?...

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