Short Tufts Poems

tattered cattail tufts
sway in a chilly breeze~
we fish for supper...

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a clump of grass tufts
sprouting one yellow daisy-
a herald of spring...

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The thurible swings
tufts of incense dually cross
the four winds converse
darkness etch my bones
he is home...

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Digging in the dirt
Feels like speaking with heaven
Shoots burst through in tufts

Written on July 25, 2014
©2014 by Regina Riddle...

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The moon's a globule 
Assymetrically-specked
Freckled with moonrocks
Wolves roost and shriek off-tuned hymn-- -
Tufts of fear drip-drop   elsewhere....

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Drunken fairies flutter by hedges,
Friesian heifers graze grass to the edges
Of fields where tufts of meadow grass grow,
Smothering weeds and roots below....

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dandelion tufts 
a flotilla of pappi 
parachuting seeds

(Haiku)


04/23/2020
Let the Pens Flow - Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Jenish Somadas ...

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perfect mate nearby
wind scatters cottony tufts- 
a summer snowfall


8/20/2019


Howmanysyllables 5-7-5


Poetry Contest: Tree Themed Haiku 
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin...

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Soft white tufts jump from tree tops to float down
Dancing and swirling on the warm breezes
They kiss the water’s edge and sail away
Now only memories of them remain

created 1/1/2008...

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The mist lifts her skirts
Wisps, tufts, half-ghosts
flit across dawn's lake..
  pausing
  suspended mid-race
  peering at the shoreline...
Fearful, they sail off
chased away 
to nowhere...

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Brown lace patterned limbs reach
     to lie against a blue sky.
Uplifted branches with
     little tufts of yellow-green,
New green for spring,
     new buds to bring
Hope of another tomorrow....

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Cardinals



I saw the cardinals today
Clad in ceremonial crimson red
Tiara tufts above their heads.

Silken sheen on satin capes,
Looking down from lofty perch
Of nest in apse of nearby church....

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Tufts of grass peek from between rotten floor boards,
Once shining blue roof tiles now obscured by leaves and debris,
It takes a special kind of eye to see the beauty in a forsaken home.

*4th in "three line poetry" contest*...

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Tumultuous yet tranquil—
Your tiny tufts are blown

Upon your endless sea of white,
And seem to softly float,

Not ever taking time of day
To pause their dizzy winter dance,

Until their feet are made to melt
Within my open hands....

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Quiet descends on the town
  The horizon deepest blue
Tufts and wisps of clouds long departed
  Shadowy forms in their wake

A gaunt figure threads his way
  through deserted marketplaces
All too aware, indeed
  of the onset of Night...

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I picked a ripened pod
And split open at its seam,
Hundreds of seeds attached to
Fluffy tufts of hair.

I blew gently and sent a
myriad silken little
parachutes into the air
across the meadow!



Abdul Malik
12/20/12
Natural Landscape...

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the glebe
the veldt
         the steppes
         the glens-
the dells
     filled
     with
     sedge
and
   vetch
     pebbles
      sand
and
   tufts
      of 
       grass
catch
the
wind:
     the salt air
succours
thirsty
poppies
   so fair...

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Jade scythes
of areca fronds
slice slate air;
Medusa's snakes writhe.
Pewter arrows pierce
my garden.
I sit beneath an eave
pondering
the nascent storm.
Geraniums cloister
like vestal butterflies
in darkening loam
as a multitude
of emerald tufts
bend on the fleeing lawn.

5/12/18...

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lodged in an ugly crack on the burnt wall

                of a cruelly battered brick building

in a war-wounded city,


                is a fragile nest of feather tufts and twigs

                                  rebuilt again and again by one

                now joyfully chirping !...

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Because I love you
wrapped in morning
and sea silk, when 

You drift towards me
heart, a pearl plucked
from the waves

I drown in your face,
and only by the deepness
of laughter, I am 

Pulled back to rise
in the night, dreams
falling tufts

Clothed by sight,
do not  murmur
good bye....

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Little padded paws
Little light blue eyes
Little tufts of gray curled hair
I’ve heard no hidden cries

Little pinkish nose
Little fox like ears
Little short tailed kitten
I wish that I could hear

Little red bow tie
Little slight sigh
I hear your meow and don’t know how
I had never heard you cry...

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Absolute Beauty’s Celestial  Delineation, Evening’s  Festoons , Golden Hues,  Inviting  Jubilation,  Kid’s Laughter, Myriad Nodes Of Picturesque Quietness, Resplendant  Swathes,  Tufts,  Utilitarian Vision  Weaving ‘Xtra Youthful Zest.



For: John Freeman's contest

By: S.Jagathsimhan Nair,   29 OCT 11...

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The purplish mix around the pale horizon
Gleams with a sparkle of twinkling stars
The soft breeze that sways the golden tree
Chirps merrily with stretched edges of the snowy tufts
I look at her eyes, and how she glows
In approval of the settling beauty, she meows. 

27.7.2021
Bite Size Poem no14
Line Gauthier...

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I saw an alien from space
his bare scalp with panther place
octopus tufts gaze nose
"they dub me Russ," he goes
and I jumped due to your face

Written: May 3rd, 2023

A Funny or Bawdy Limerick Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin

Checked by HMS.Com/ 8-7-6-6-7 syllables
Rhyme: Checked by Rhymezone.com...

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R-ise of the sun begins, 
U-nderneath the blue sky; 
E-arly morn February third
L-ets the cold night pass by.

B-ountiful Friday has come, 
E-vening haze has vanished; 
L-onely twilight ends, 
A-s the shadows diminish, 
N-o more tufts to mow, 
G-rass so wild you uproot; 
E-xpect a plentiful land, 
L-et the vine bear fruit....

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