Short Traipsed Poems

Listen to poem:

I am a tortoise
an age not shared by many
of shells left behind

traipsed sand trails vanish
a lifeless beach that grows cold
my birthday alone

no surprise present
still the same longevity
toast wish they were here


Date: 08/28/2019...

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Listen to poem:

Golden sets of
surfs surface, 
delves surreal
golden sky, 

Sands surrender
shoeless sole
soles traipsed a
hazy trail,

Gold rays graced and
heralds-in,
as an ochre
shore comply,

Gild shines serene
flocks of doves,
day sprung free a
summer's veil.


Date:08/30/2019
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A spider traipsed onto my knee
While I was reading in the bath
Though most might jump and scream and flee,
I just gave a little laugh

A baby Daddy Long-Legs!
(Though really, 'twas just a son)
I shooed him back onto his web,
And continued reading on...

*title is a spin on "Strange Bedfellows" ;)

*Lessons in life are funny contest entry
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In those days of darkness

My only salvation was a voice

Beckoning, teasing, whispering 

The only silence amidst the noise 

In those days I lingered 

Blindly through corridors 

That sole voice guiding 

Through my mind’s many floors

I went through various levels 

Empty rooms and solid walls

Through this place I’ve traipsed 

Bloodied by many falls...

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Never had a horse and rider had a more intense bond
They communed with feelings others could not touch
It was no mistake their hair and attitude were identical
Meant to be together in this lifetime and possibly the next

They had a bond humans can only dream of 
A natural chemistry that exuded trust and love
They were a sight as they traipsed through the snow
One in every way; telepathy oozing out of them...

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Mother said she drempt
and saw into a gloomy depth

where she glimpsed
souls engulfed

within the world's
wounds.

Mother said she saw 
     where demons traipsed 
back and forth into the twelfth
     of hell,

while anxious
angels 

kept a watch amongst 
the dreaming adze*

lest they awake the monster 
waiting in the nothing.

* Adze: a vampiric being in Ewe folklore, told by the people of Togo and Ghana.
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