Short Trimming Poems

pain matures sorrow
trimming each firm will to try
reducing labor...

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I never wanted she
trimming my words

I always wanted muse
icon not to be blues





so much Tuesday 14.06.2016...

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Many yellow wasps
Attacked my younger brother
When he was busy
In trimming a branch of tree
Where they built their little hive!...

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Clipping, smoothing, pruning; silly
dilly-dallies that people do.
Gross lessons in futility 
achieved. And Oh!, tis true, tis true!...

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Clinquant
Silver, garland
Sparkling, twinkling, trimming
Vintage icicles reflects lights
Tinsel


ALesiach © 02/03/2019...

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 tanka 

during the wind storm
Nature grumbles
trimming the trees 
disgruntled homeowners 
gather in much disarray


31 March 2015...

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Pumping up perky paces
Prospective previews streak into wishing well
Trimming down tranquil traces
Nostalgic tears sneak out of eye socket parallel...

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sixty miles an hour
summer’s winds grumble and twist
she’s trimming the trees
lines are down, neighbors gather
for the fourth time this summer 

written 22 May 2016...

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Here lies old Ethel Mae McMurtrey
She fell while trimming a pine tree
The mortician removed the needles
From prickly Ethel Mae McMurtrey

Written March 20, 2022...

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A foot-long-strand-of-hair is one of my fears
So I sharpen and oil up my trimming shears
Ev'ry organ that senses
Gets pruned to the fences
Ain't no bird gonna' nest in THIS old man's ears.......

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Santa Claus was trimming his tree

when his cat shrieked like a banshee

Freaked, Santa fell from the ladder

and groaned, "I emptied my bladder."




12/20/2020
Christmas Chastushka
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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Floating on a sea of dreams
In a craft of woven wishes
Holding fast to helm of hope
Trimming sail with fishes
The waves advance
We waltz and dance
With gunnels near awash
A sudden shout
We come about
Clinging to the sheets...

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Oh Great Silent One, where fore art thou
Visiting our Queen or trimming thy brows
Important things first
Dost thou possess a royal thirst 
Thou didst reiterate, thou ain't a loyalist no how!

(Shakespeare ALMOST!)...

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Bawdy Ms Clawdy

While trimming the bush she was fearless
However, just once, she got careless
And while pruning her snatch
She removed the hole batch
Becoming a Mexican hairless.


5/29/2014
for Bawdy, Bawdy, Bawdy, Miss Clawdy contest...

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Culinary resonations my senses please
Blowtorch trimming the tapering of cheese 
Cremated lactations dance on the fan’s breeze
Crab forks impaling young peas 
Lightly dusting salt of the seas
Grindings of exotic teas
Marinades my taste buds tease...

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Around The Garden   ( series)

Cry Baby

I am so sorry rubber tree,
you’ve grown too big, 
you block my view.
I hate to trim your limbs divine,
with plate size leaves,
the vinyl kind.
It’s not that trimming is such a feat,
just when I do,
you start to weep....

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Rival Players in Dangerous Rough Waters 

brimming
swimming 
skimming
trimming 
Champ rivals are brimming, swimming prize, 
stunned watching the skimming, trimming lies.


1-19-2018


Poetry Contest: WRITE ME A TYBURN
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues...

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The one who stitches clothes 
Taking right measurements, 
Tirelessly working with 
Thread, needle and scissors 
To make you that fine dress,
Trimming it into shape,
Talented outfitter.


04.26.2021


For Kim Merryman's "Pleiades T" contest...

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Some say I dream too much--
focusing on far too simple things:
like water lilies 
and raindrop-rings--
spiders in tucks
strumming silk strings;
stars slipping across
seas of downy night;
while others waste their sleeping,
steadfast, I close my eyes
trimming sails
for deeper light.......

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They ply themselves to sculpting,
designer gowns, Delmonicos, 
those crafty artistes, tasting, trimming.

Excesses to delight the senses,
silks and satins, sauces bearnaise
distinguished by their excellence.

Haute couture or haute cuisine, 
they'd grace a page in any 
food or fashion magazine!...

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Around The Garden      ( series)

Hi Biscus, What’s new?
You seem to be fat.
Your leaves nice dark green
Trimming bit slack.
You won springtime’s race
The first that I see
Glorious Reds
Trumpet to me. 
Majestic and proud
But just for a day
Tomorrow you’re gone
I guess it’s God’s way....

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raspberry pink sky
flat-topped mountain ridge beneath. . . .
chocolate crust pie

clouds coalescing
trimming twilight’s slice of sky. . . .
dollops of whipped cream


For Brian Strand's
SIXES AND SEVENS any form/any theme 
only single six or seven line poems Poetry Contest...

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They ply themselves to sculpting,
designer gowns, Delmonicos, 
those crafty artistes, tasting, trimming.

Excesses to delight the senses,
silk and satin, sauces bearnaise,
distinguished by their excellence.

Haute couture or haute cuisine, 
they'd grace a page in any 
food or fashion magazine....

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They ply themselves to sculpting,
to fingernails and foie-gras,
those crafty cutters, carving, trimming.

Creations to delight the senses,
a dab of blush or sauce bearnaise,
a final glance, she's ready for her audience.

Haute couture or haute cuisine, 
they'll grace a page
in any food or fashion magazine....

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The holidays are a time when we hold loved ones close

making New Year's resolutions to be better and not so morose.

With trimming the tree,  the gifts, the cards, the good wishes for all

Spending too much time and money at the mall.

Our hangover on Jan 2nd makes our resolutions go out the windows....

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