Short Timeworn Poems

on the lawn
as summer draws to its close
lily petals timeworn...

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honeybee sucks dry
a flower of its nectar
as time wither life


~07/01/15
Traditional Haiku #2 contest Shadow Hamilton...

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The wind from the south,
as rich as whispered voices,
nudges my heartstrings to roam
those timeworn keepsake places;
espying aged filaments of true hope,
numbered and nearly as delicate
as a man hungering
for the once familiar perfume
of old-fashioned hymns....

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Ornate guises fill the halls,
Baroque, Venetian—timeworn
In courtyards of seduction,
A wealthy heir plays the game .
Dainty farm lass in torn mask
Becomes this  man’s easy quest

Her façade, a thieving ploy. 


Contest: SEVENBITS for nette onclaud
3 Oct 2017...

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  Neither gifts fancy
    nor restaurants shmancy 

  No more ties, belts
    or wallets please

  And forget the paisley long johns
    It’s June – I won’t freeze

  Just give me a hug every day
    a smile in every word you say

  A pleasant greeting, a kiss every morn
    ~ treasured gifts, never timeworn
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Forever seems a long, long time
Except when I'm with you
The hours pass like seconds
Next thing I know they're through 
But within each passing moment 
A memory is born
To recall back a thousand times
Yet never get timeworn
I close my eyes and behold your face
So beautiful, so fair
And hope this time it would come to be
That when I opened them you were there...

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The wind from the south,
as rich as whispered voices,
nudges my heartstrings to roam
those timeworn keepsake places;
espying aged filaments of true hope,
numbered and nearly as delicate
as a man hungering
for the once familiar perfume
of old-fashioned hymns.


For: Absolutely Anything Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Shreya LN
Originally published as "Keepsake," October 2021...

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All the timeworn pages
some smudged by rain,
or perhaps the slow raindrops
that melt on reddened eyes.
Some pages are torn,
even still bleeding,
and yet all the lines and print
make one book,
one story,
one life.
A life, of course worth recording,
all worth keeping,
until
you can,
without sorrow of joy
throw it all away,
knowing you are free,
free
from your own
long
fantasy novel....

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Tumbling,
over the timeworn stones
I'll fly in a kingdom of the winds

Far from here,
I am bathed by the moon,
washed at midnight by radiant light

I will soar,
in the clarion dawn, 
free-falling over the edge of earth

While cool mist,
washed in splintered sunlight,
lets me be a shadow of myself



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10/30/14 For Nette's Contest: Crystalline
By Carrie Richards...

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