Short Trope Poems

celestial ladder
human trope bridges divide
divine curse disbands...

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Petal's begin bloom
  growth receiving rays of light,
       trope glorious heights......

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Short-lived was Eva Hesse
with hand-made art no less
Bindings&string & rope
her usp motif trope...

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One must not let oneself be misled: they say 'Judge not!' but they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.


  - Friedrich Nietzsche...

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Are you a servant
to creation’s lord,
every word indentured trope

In towers of despair
each phrase a step 
—on the stairs to love and hope

(The New Room: March, 2021)...

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On Shortest Day bright 

our camellia shone pink

alone among the high 

grass lawn as most

locally cannot be sane 

unless their lawns are

shorn of all hope 

as neatness is a trope....

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There lies a shadow
Of darkness and despair,
A disputable foe
Filled with lost prayer.

There lies a light
Of purity and hope,
The truth to what's right
In this poem of trope.

Can you tell of the two?
If so, which one are you?...

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Still the green tolling hope
Like Bedward's jeremiad
Or Garvey's trope
Is something to tell about
Still it drinks sun's fire
And from this alone
Makes bread and water
A man find
On rare fruit trees
Searching among strange ornamentals
Still deep roots bind the soil
Against erosion
Thank God there is little rain
And still the green
Of pastures and forestland
Binds my heart
To the old native land...

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Resolutions should give voice to hope
when reason gets beyond all the trope.
Reckoning ahead to energize
I resolve to get more exercise:

       physical fitness
       mental alertness
       spiritual, more praying
       social, more playing
       emotional, less stress

Looking forward to 2-0-2-2.
a more intentional me for you
Resolutions help us get onboard
to better serve our Almighty Lord.

December 27, 2021...

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See circusy topic show start through an end
Flamboyances color by number with pen
Utensils swirl-shade as lead subjects decide
Outsparkle in arc-flash or well to subside
Resharpened perceptions concluding attend

Straight forwardly semblance curves back trope betide
Choice obvious reasons sound minded lines time
Due melioration emended pends then
Omega friends alpha preferences blend
Explosively visions seam clown shoes provide...

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Beneath the roar of rhetoric tossed 
Bellowing in waves of stripes lost
I can hear a song of hope
Surviving among the trope
50 to one we resist this star
Hand in hand united we are
And with blindfold, balance, and sword 
We shall resend all accord 
For days numbered are upon
What hate did spawn 
And in light, darkness shall pass
Bringing to heel what was once crass
Ending the spread of petulance
With innocence, valor, and vigilance...

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Won’t be tomorrow,
but a gleam of hope
shines on 
the horizon with
vaccination nigh.

Won’t be tomorrow,
but soon there’ll be scope
to dine
together with friends
in a restaurant.

Won’t be tomorrow,
but we’ll share dope dope
and listen to
live music on more 
than virtual screens.

Maybe tomorrow,
we’ll together trope
and cheer
the home team in a
crowded stadium.

On that tomorrow
let’s reknot the rope
which unites
humanity with
our fragile planet....

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