Short Twenty Six Poems

Twenty-six years
been writing haikus
how long you've been writing?...

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Add toenail polish
when your broken leg demands 
self esteem and praise...

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Am I your Muse or are you mine ?
Perhaps it doesn’t matter,
we consume each other’s flame....

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With twenty-six letters of lead
I'll conquer the world,he said-
Das Kapital...no longer red....

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Sandy Hook
twenty-six spirits - the bait
for one troubled soul
unnumbered victims
live with haunting fears...

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Sue bought 'skinny' jeans
In a plus size twenty six
It's quite ironic!

4th April 2017 ...

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Two hundred and twenty-six years I am told.
Is how many years this koi fish is old.
But who has kept track?
How far could they go back?
I demand an explanation, big and bold....

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A CAPITAL BUT SIMPLE NATION!
   -Dharga Nagar Safa

In the Alphabet nation,

Live,

Twenty six people,

All have capital,

But,

Live in simple,

A is in lead and in wisdom,

Z is lazy and last as Zero!...

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It sucks because it's hurricane season
Where at lease twenty-four 
To twenty-six hurricanes
Is to be named, the
Inconvenience of maybe
Having to pick up and run
It is already a stressful situation
That has push us to the max's...

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Twenty-six small swirls and sticks
Characters and lines
Making up the ABC's
Of which our tongue defines

And which am I among the lot?
Which letter would peg me?
The here and now, the present tense!
The firm and vital………..B!!!...

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E-ach day is brand new, 
L-et your eyes see the sunrise; 
Y-ou can witness the dawn, behold the cloud in the skies. 

D-ay twenty-six of January, 
A-fter the night so blue; 
G-et up from your slumber, 
A-nother day is brand 
N-ew....

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Y-ou live under the sun, 
O-ne and same shining star; 
L-ight he emits is bright, 
L-etting one know who
Y-ou are.

D-ay twenty-six September, 
A-mazing beacon brings fun; 
S-atisfaction is carried
A-s you live under the
N-oon sun....

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Twenty six letters in English,
Produces well over a million words,
Having a low performing letter X,
The seven billion people of this world,
Having high performing figures,
What's produced not enough,
Small is beautiful,correct in English!...

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In exact time in exact day,
Some trees absorb water and food
About twenty six days later all deciduous fruit trees
Show their cute flowers, clear spring
Well naturally done fruits declare the clear summer
From micro thing to macro thing, we all grow....

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So many unhealthy foods
Sixteen kinds of candy
Three varieties of Slim Jim,
Eleven kinds of potato chips
Here I sit at a pharmacy, amazed
Intrigued that they are promoting this stuff
Then I notice the pop machine.
And the twenty-six kinds of sugary gum.
Wow!...

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There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet.
They haven’t added any others as of yet.
Consider yourself lucky today
if your name begins with the letter “A”
In alphabetical order, you are one of the first in line.
My name begins with “P”.  You are well ahead of mine....

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The bells did toll for twenty six lives lost
On this twenty first day of December
Twenty six bell's toned, one for each soul
God shedding tears in the form of rain
Silence is observed to honor each one
Confuse, why did he take lives so young.    (The young man)




For Scat's contest, "In Memory of the 20 + 7...

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Promised myself I could paint for two hours
Before I would force myself to clean an hour
I painted for two hours, then the alarm went off.
I cleaned for twenty-six minutes
It seemed like twenty-six days
I have spent the past forty minutes writing poems.
I am so glad this was cleaning time, not painting time....

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He bellied up to the bar
All cuddly-wuddly thought the barkeep
He ignored the pup
The pup began to whine
I cannot serve you! The barkeep said
You are a baby
The puppy showed him ID
It said he was twenty-six years old
Sorry, the barkeep apologized.
Afterall, it was his picture
I’d like a pint the puppy barked....

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B-efore the last shot was crucially done, 
U-nfazed foe made it through; 
D-espite his twenty-six score, 
D-eciding twenty-seven came from
Y-ou.

H-ard event on long bombs
I-mpressively was won; 
E-very second truly counted, 
L-ast shot was crucially 
D-one.

Topic: 2020 NBA All -star Game (Three Point Contest Champion)...

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Giant sneeze a tease a wheeze and a fizz.
Things are happening to Lady McDiz.
I can’t tell you why but just that it is.
You see honey it is none of your biz.

Your twenty-six questions sound like a quiz.
Excuse me, my dear, I must take a whiz.
Ask him if you want. He’ll tutter and tis.
When hearing was given, he did not get his....

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lovely maiden will never be any prettier
twenty-six, the age of the most beautiful
she has no idea how lovely she is
when she is seventy she will look back

thinking how crazy it was to focus on flaws
freckle on her wrist, bump on her ring finger
bemoaning her weight thinking she is heavy
she will gasp at photos of herself at twenty-six...

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Only twenty six years young
she gazes from her picture
oval frame like a cameo
should hang round a neck
not on a granite slab
when the soft breeze blows
the branches shading her wave
her hair hangs still, forever
when family come to visit
the only smile is hers


For contest '10 lines, 5 words III' , sponsor Laura Loo
March 18th 2018...

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don't thumb to page twenty six; 
the book is broken. 
profiteering is proving to be 
more useful than 
words softly spoken. 
  
wave ya hands 'round 
and take down the banners 
that hung since 
we heard the new sound. 
they ain't allowed 
no more. 
  
shoes crafted 
from pure pleather. 
updated ethics 
and a concern 
for the weather....

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The wise I asked:

" Tell me oh wise one, where could I justice find?"


" Justice, terrified, has fled from earth 

for

couldn't find a harbor in Man's heart 

to anchor" *


He bitterly replied!






© Demetrios Trifiatis
     04 February 2019

* CNN: Only twenty - six (26) men have wealth greater than that of 3.8 billion people!...

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