Short Unasked Poems

some questions
better left unasked
living illusions



**august 10, 2010...

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Better to catch love
Tender treat you'll examine
Floating in unasked.


*...

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 Unasked questions hide truths from you
Asking them offers hope
Why did the East long shun Europe
Until post - '92 [1492]...

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The earth is angry
The sun reflects fire and flame
The wind crushes waves
Tomorrow will come unasked
Believe; hope for tomorrow


For the Blind Faith contest...

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Tin cup of criticism
hollow and blue
Empty aspersions
poison the brew

Its venom unasked for
distilling in pain
Opinion left rancid
—acidic and vain

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

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 "The throb of my heart
Will you love me forever,
with all my frailty and flaws?"

"My Darling, why doubt?
You entered my heart unasked,
like a thief never to leave."
...

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For all things 
There is a time
Time to serve
Others uncompressed
Gaining all they need
Making less
The one who gave
So much so
That they ran away
Only to come back
Taking it's rightful place
With small thanks
Unasked...

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Waiting with answers
to questions unasked,
a vacuum state appears

Smelling the ozone
feeling its weight,
all time reduced to tears

A newness reborn
a prophecy filled,
the words await unsaid

As what was created
before it was made
—returns to raise the dead 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)...

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Oh Foolish Me

Foreseeable future, 
The curtains are closed 
Today?
Tomorrow?
Who really knows?
But for me to leave here with no words said 
Leaves unspoken thoughts inside of my head 
Unasked questions 
And answers I will never know  
Oh Foolish Me
Oh Foolish Me




Copyright J.M. Dougherty 2016...

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The rains speak to me
Let the torrents wash along
Questions unasked
Sometimes
The words of the Old Man ring
Constant
Let the mountains speak
Let the winds howl
Timidly, I lap at waters
Tamed savages sip savagely from behind
Cages made of glass
Etiquettes and bestiality
Woven into
Golden urns
Whose contents are black ashes!...

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Desires Within Me


There are no regrets without you, 
without us, 
for today never ends.
 
There are no tomorrows, 
without us or you,
just ends left untied.
 
There are no boundaries to seek, 
just love to share.
 
There are no lies to hide, 
only questions unasked.
 
There are no secrets to hide, 
only sincerities from our hearts....

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A red sun peeks through spaces in trees.
Pastel lavender cast
'Pon the eastern horizon fair.
Beauty with questions unasked

Where has life taken our country
What future is there now
Only when our nation turns back
Or God will disavow

The sun changes to clear yellow
Bright its radiant light
It will warm the earth as always
Give life, take away night
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IMPROMPTU


Her wordless lips
Seemed  destined  to say,
Yes, I’m the one.
My moveless eyes
Tried to hide my inchoate question,
Are you the one?

In  a spontaneous  reply 
To an unasked question,
The loveliest face
I had ever seen
Turned to meet my gaze.

Our souls felt the warm 
Spotlight of magnetism
Irresistibly drawing us


27  August  2021...

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light, laughter, love
distilled, 

chilled into thought;

and there is no above, 
as this

is brought to ourselves,

as a rain
disproportionate

to any expectation
before birth.

more was never
an answer 

for all
our unasked questions

subliminally, 
we knew

it all
came with us 

that forever
it is the heart

of all we shall become....

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Right on top, you were inching slowly.
United in hate
they were tracking you.

Trespassing the epochs
you want to go back in stone age
to retrace the steps
of a homeless sapience.

In the brown desert of high hunches
you were treading haltingly
hounded by rivals,
utterly unethical.

You drew a circle
without a center,
readying for a guillotine.


SATISH VERMA...

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show your love;
don't just say it,
prove it,
make it ring true;
leave no room for doubt.
act on it!
truly 
being there 
unasked;
a clear sign 
of true love.
show up rain or shine 
to help someone you love 
jump...
through all of life's hoops.

(yalto)

"Yalto" is a form invented by yours truly.
Line 1-15: 3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5 syllables
Date written: 10/06/2021...

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What due is this, O feline fierce,
for what affront thus penalized
with calibrated nips that pierce
for soft caress unauthorized?

T’was you with brazen move unasked
who burnished coat upon my limb.
What dire affect iconoclast
did stir your feral feline whim?

The cat is oft like womankind
beyond man's feeble intellect,
a primal spirit state of mind,
requiring manners circumspect....

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How many times have I held my breath, too many times to count.
So many times to listen to the silence within and without.

How many times has my shallow breath attempted to stop the spin;
Of atoms, raindrops or snowflakes The maple leaf’s flight in the wind.

How many times this fruitless task have I ventured unasked to refrain,
Seeking just to accept the rest, the beauty through the pane.


* no 10's this was a 9...

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You never receive the unasked for.
There are good mantras and bad mantras.
Good for you, or bad for you that is.

Think a 'poor me' thought,
and poor you will answer Yes.
Nothing good comes from that yes.

Declare your greatness,
your magnificent you-ness
and that you-ness will make that
just as true as you think it.

This is the magic spell:
you never receive the unasked for.
Be sure what you ask for....

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Trust should flow like the river – 
  Wide and deep, not turbulent, dangerous, murky, or dirty- 
   no not like the deep weedy sea- 
  Trust should be like a summer breeze- an unasked-for sneeze- a bird in flight- 
  a pleasant night- a love of things- a heart that sings- 
 Trust should be like an innocent child- an unplanned smile-Trust should be free.

Gwendolyn Cloyd

Bite-size Poem #41 Contest
Sponsored By: Line Gauthier
April 02, 2022...

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The poet speaks
And passion is born
Like forever lover
Needing no charm

There is no better way 
To say I love you
Than to act for the beloved unasked

The poet speaks of everything
Humanly given
Of everything under the sun
Of everything by Creator at creation

The poet isn't confined
Yet tied at conception
Like true love's umbilical
unsevered -
A life long love affair
With passion for words
Like Saws anointed and provocatively real.

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The way your pajama bottoms don’t match the tops
The way you exercise to ensure ‘proper fitting pants’
The way our dogs wait for you to walk
The way our kids tease you just to hear you laugh
The way you keep on the move so you don’t fall asleep
The way you do things for all of us, unasked 
The way you take time to listen to a friend
The way you persevere when life sometimes makes you weary
It’s all this and more that keep me …… well, it’s just your way...

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The baby

Your posts of the baby
And the photos, oh the photos!
Engulfed me with joy

With the rescued infant
Swaddled in rainbow colours
And alive, so alive
Getting better every day

Joy is the emotion to feel
Unasked, unbridled
Inspired by you and your stories
Of love, and victories

All power to the Alexandrine
And your caring and sharing
Long may we all survive
To experience this daily lift
It is one of your gifts
Thank you and the baby...

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A worldwide policy in reverse.
The greatest land on earth,
yet it prevails.
A tradition, to uphold, they say.
Freedom fought for the world,
Freedom for all, but us.
We must camouflage.
Lifestyles, unrevealed.
Truths withheld, from the brethren,
unasked ponderies, from our fellows.
For if announced,
We are out, although honorable
Rejected, unwanted.
I do wonder in my life...
Will I see, others like me?
A brother in arms
standing tall, loud, proud.
Accepted?...

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