Short Uncoils Poems

I
Beans amaze for giving
As do marigolds, maize, corn
One seed uncoils worlds

II
How to think multiverse
Humans are - feelings fool us:
Seeds: one & many, past & future...

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jostling in the garden
bees and wasps compete
for the flower's favours

perched on a petal
butterfly uncoils its tube
then injects the flower

a gust of wind
the dried leaf leaps up
and dances in the air...

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TOOT SUITE


Alas, as hunters treed their prey
envisioning the feast
gravied meal at end of day
sopped up in breaded yeast.

An ill wind blew
and no one knew
from where it emanated

As sugar in the innards boils
and then - a little toot uncoils...

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Below the Surface, something Boils
Something Seethes and something Churns
Something Wakes; it Stirs - Uncoils!
Something Aches and something Burns
Something festers, something stings
For relief my Psyche screams!
Waves of Calm and soothing Song,
Alas! Are things of Dreams......

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A black cloud dangles
Effortlessly forms
A haunting image
Showers travel east
Daisy hides her face.

A Robin sings
A melody
The sun appears
Once more she smiles.

Grass uncoils
Raindrops dry
Web retracts.

Sunset
Moon beam.

Stars.

 © Harry J Horsman 2022...

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Fear slithers in.
The snake in my belly
uncoils.
Wrestling restlessness
gives way
to unnerving unease.

I watch and wait.
The snake silences its strike
for now.
I begin to pace.
Anguished anxiety anticipates
as yearning’s yellow yarn
wraps me in the afghan of fear
and the future bites me again....

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On the cusp of the crescent moon
I'll wait for you
dauntless
I'll incase the falling star
flaring out behind  your head
filligree the lacy work of fire
sequins sizzle
snip snap
strum the whiskey from your
fingers
who so ever  turns the hourglass
uncoils the skein
smothers the fire
smoldering embers
ignite no more
I am  now just 
a smudge on your cheek...

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Listen to poem:

Birds herald Spring's awakening
    with alarm clock 
    din rung.
Scents from flower buds leak 
    gossamer trails 
    into the air.
The sky at dawn has a brighter, redder blush
   as life uncoils 
   out of hibernation's suspension
   in surge of energy, 
   unwound discharged,
   by unrelenting, unstoppable 
   hint of Spring in air.
Spring revealed, burst,
   is sprung, done....

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The war game begins.
You hide the sex behind
the hedge. The power

has gone for sale. Bury 
your face in colloquies
for an internal search.

A native pain invades the
mannequins. The fine dust
of lies covers the nudity.

Do you need a war stimulant
to dehumanize the killer ? He
dragged the kid by hair and

shot point-blank. The saliva
uncoils. You start spitting
everywhere and on the face of god.


Satish Verma...

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Turtle cruises the reef,
turquoise warm in the sun;
tendrils of coral stretch to
sup filtered light.

Butterflyfish and Tang
intermingle amid coral polyps,
that are plentiful appetizers
for this party.

As sponges get their rays,
a seahorse uncoils and jettisons itself
just overhead of a yawning mussel.

I giggle to myself as an angelfish kisses
my goggles and swim beneath the belly of turtle;
awed at the Crayola chroma essence
that delights my spirit.
...

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