Short Undertones Poems

harbinger

amber undertones
 ruffles summer petticoats ~
  autumn starts to breathe

8-13-22
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Contest: Nature Theme Haiku...

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screaming undertones eagle be born flown from throne to steeple flowers grown to people
exploited noises once kept whisper held on face black eyed blister...

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gentle undertones 
parting brown leaves from trees 
picturesque scene







Contest: A Leaf In The Wind (Autumn)
Sponsor: Rick Parise...

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vague indefinite 
future outcomes 
filled with undertones 
of indistinctive
rules and regulations 
that must be followed 
in an attempt to draw out 
the inevitable condition 
of a future lost in indifference...

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Waves of euphoric undertones caress my soul,
   I let go and surrendered to its ultimate glow. 
    Now my whole being is in a state of pure bliss,
    It's a wonderful feeling that started with a kiss.













05/01/2021
Alexis Y....

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Carried by the sights and smells, he waxed quixotic,
with sounds of vendors hawking wares, quite hypnotic,
a smorgasbord from mundane to the exotic,
yet all the while, undertones verged on chaotic.

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An Awit: 12a:12a:12a:12a, as a single sentence narrative...

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A spark conceived
by way of the wind's undertones
Assertive they rest their eyes
a scope of passion
was comatose but a century ago
The face of anonymity,
yet a dream to turn up gold
Only love's curiosity
overtook navigation

By Glenn McCrary

© 2012 Glenn McCrary (All rights reserved)...

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Listen to poem:

insinuations, veiled intentions
subtleties and undertones
whispers and innuendos
half truths and hidden meanings

in the convoluted meanderings
in the midst of the charade
i've lost sight of what we had
and i fear i’ve lost my voice



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on March 30, 2022...

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Heartbreak hotel
Feelings unobliged
Fortuitous flailings
Unbridled undertones
Benign beginnings
Stalwart sensations
One step forward
Conscious awareness
Forgotten sublimes
New roads reclaimed
A better man arises
Love roads renewed
Composite bliss blessings
Ready and waiting
Summer bossa brewed
Finder's keepers....

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Undertones
Underpinned
My 9/11
was his
introduction
into the world
we live in.
Mass shootings
Overtones
Overly enumerated 
a shoulder shrug
Life goes on
But, does it really?
We want cures for
cancer
but won't
excise
the tumors
of our thinking
He's gone
I'm still here
undertow
with overflow
of life's deeper
meaning...

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CONJURER.

Conjuring up all the memories
Of past and future into present
Washing eyes with saline waters
To see clarity among the mists
Vista of tragedy in land stranded
Where downy fears ever abounded.

Give mind rest, some space
To breathe out suffocations
Celebrating birth of a heart
In misty silvery undertones
A courage of projections to start....

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CONJURER.

Conjuring up all the memories
Of past and future into present
Washing eyes with saline waters
To see clarity among the mists
Vista of tragedy in land stranded
Where downy fears ever abounded.

Give mind a rest, some space
To breathe out suffocations
Celebrating birth of a heart
In misty silvery undertones
A courage in projections to start....

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I see the pastel colors,
Brightening the horizon of the morn.
I see the strokes of genius,
As broad undertones adorn.

There’s something about painting,
That seems to catch the eye.
From the magic of the art,
When the paint becomes dry.

Monet sketched out his vision,
And on a frame it shall dwell.
For he painted it to canvas,
Entitled sunrise in pastels....

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My palette bleeds in colors
of vibrant energy, electrifying
the senses.

Heavenly blues
that are married to 
psychedelic pinwheels.
a kaleidoscope is birthed 
on a canvas sea.

Explosion of cosmic hues
in solstice dance.

Tertiary overtones
bleed into 
pastel undertones,
searching my imagination
for new stories to tell; 
a mandala of enlightenment.

...

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Existentially you think
you know me 
having eaten a slice 
of my mind 
delicious you think
the bubbling froth 
of this poetry
peppered with sprinkles
of rising undertones 
the sugar depth charged
unstirred, yet 
touch the lip of my cup
you’d feel the burn 
the tongue means to speak
unhoneyed
the kiss stings 
the pain 
swollen 
and 
sweet







Candide Diderot. '24...

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A Happy Ending


I want to set foundation
In lands of myth and dream
I dream in lands of myth
The myth of dreaming lands


By grace of subtleties
I curse my life
As It limps by again
My faces are keys
To more than a few maps


Who can find home with a broken compass?
Discovering only what is lost
Now the mistakes line up
And smile with undertones
Overflowing the staff
Serendipitous sacrifice
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Words are three dimensional
Coloured
Textured
Flavoured

Three dimensions and more

Bright notes
Undertones
And hidden accents
Savoured
As over my tongue they roll

Poems like ice cream
Melt in my mouth
As idea bouquets unfurl

And why I have trouble
Reading long pieces
The larger and harder they're served

I get an ice cream headache
Taking too big a bite
Or they melt faster
Than I can taste every word...

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The silence of underlying tension
A meaning of love?
A meaning of hate?
Unlike blood emotions flow in different directions 
Dark undertones grow

The silence of underlying tension
The meaning of love
The meaning of hate
What happens when love fights for direction?
Hates temperature grows?

The silence of underlying tension
Screaming loud from the soul
Love burns with each hate injection
Is a mind now set to explode?...

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In the cool of the early morning
when the sun just begins to rise
Mystical layers suddenly appear.
Of soft, serene gray colored dew
with speckles of blue
Flowing gently like a sparkling river
Of colorful crystals
that twinkles against the lush green
and dark undertones of tall blades
of overgrown grasses
dripping drops of splashing dew
that supernaturally, magically turns
into soft serene gray colored crystals
with a speckle of blue....

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Melting in 
the deepest chambers 
dreamily awakening 
Sweet like 
cotton candy 
a gentle strumming 
of one soul 

Wishing away 
With the fairies 
On the scent of 
Her heavenly musk 
floating feelings 


Sweet vanilla 
undertones dance 
With the top coats 
of his charm 
warm in 
breaths depth 

Dreaming away 
With the blazon one 
skipping heartbeats 
drowning within emotion 
On the trail of 
His heavenly pine 
paradise dreams


Written by: Liam * Mystic...

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Music measures four dimensions
and speaks to one who has
quietly relieved his tensions
appreciating jazz.

The heroes who abandoned thrones
search for rhythms in the dark
and, lost among the undertones,
beauty is a wandering spark.

Moaning from her rigid lips
to get what she deserves,
monotonous, the drummer grips
the trigger in her nerves.

With acoustics seeking shelter,
she's seen too much too soon,
and a melody could melt her
but jazz abstracts the tune....

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