Short Unsheathed Poems

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Premium Member They Fade Away

They fade away
Cold poems
Yellowed pages
Unread

Old warriors
Cold souls
Unsheathed
Blades dulled

Forgotten
Words
Buried
In tomes


Soothsayer

sight... 
a prophet's mark unsheathed
radiant, quell the shadow's scream
her lips were never meant for me
in auguries 
... blood uncharted

Premium Member Calla Lily

green leaves, foreshadow, of sword-like regalia… lily buds unsheathed - dainty pastels of yellow, purple, pink and lavender
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Calm and Cool

Far-off dreams
     down distant streams
   The heart pumps blood
     imagination floods

   Calm and cool
     musical
   wake up and breathe ~
     soul unsheathed
Form: Couplet

Wild Run

Turbulent emotions,
Disparate thoughts,
Like a troubled sea,
They cease to be assuaged,
Raging tempest,
Unsheathed swords.



February 17, 2022
Bite Size Poem no. 36 Poetry Contest


On Bended Knee

Sword of  
the noble
With fury
unsheathed
Trumping
dishonor
And knaves
unreprieved   

Knighted in 
armor
Endowed
from on high
Legend
heraldic
 With duty
— reprised

(The New Room: September, 2024)
Form: Rhyme

Crystal Prison

I gasp to breathe,
within this glass prison I've conceived.
An expansion of memories drifting,
across this mansion of crystal walls.
May they fall,
with the rest of this mess beneath.
Leaving me free,
with a mind unsheathed.
Form: Rhyme

Qapla Success

The Klingon king arose from his throne
A bird of prey  that flew from the east
Gutterly screaming my name

Riding swiftly on currents of air
His talons unsheathed in preperation
Intent on taking no prisoners

I awaited  with throat exposed

Of The Tiger; And For You!

Gloomy-green, forested
Man, these are the haunts
Of what even now is
Leaping, while unsheathed, at
But strange food to it!

No less, for a creature
Friend, snorting, grunting
Wild; for the sound it makes.
Vain; in hoofing away.
Trying to outwit!
Form: Rhyme

The Wolf Unleashed

I don’t have to slay the dark,
my verse—the wolf unleashed

I don’t have to court the devil,
my words a sword unsheathed

I can live beneath the sun,
or in hurricanes of fright

To sleep beneath a crescent moon
—my poetry to fight

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Form: Rhyme

The Wolf Unleashed

I don’t have to slay the dark,
  my verse, the wolf unleashed

I don’t have to court the devil,
  my words a sword unsheathed

I can live beneath the sun,
  with days both clear and bright

Or sleep beneath the crescent moon
 —my poetry to fight 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Count Cat You Lah Was Scary

Count Cat You Lah was the talk of the alley
We called her Mrs. Liberwith, you called her Sally.
We were scared of her ways, especially her sharp teeth.
A force to be feared, her knife usually unsheathed.
She did not hesitate to draw blood, this wild cat.
A scary anomaly, so fluffy, furious and formidably fat.
Form: Rhyme

Water

Water, is the condensation of creations vapor 
and it's aspiring witness, 
it's embrionic fluid, placenta and child. 
Perspiring to be as valiant, as it
wields its unsheathed.
Bares it's teeth and streaks,
runs to and fro,
goes where it pleases,
taking a leak.
I guess it goes to show,
clearly, there's disclosures dew
to subject matter.

Unsheathed

Coaxed from its vile sheath
To appease the voices from beneath

An instrument of unruly malice
A weapon as wise as it is callous

No fool shall get past it
Only those with wit

Only Those who are wise
Who Learn not by their eyes

Only they stand a chance
They who hold their stance

Do not flinch do not waver
Unless its death you savor
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Day At the Beach

beach day
I play

no turf
go surf

offshore
no oar

ocean
motion

I took
a look

I saw
a maw

sharp teeth
unsheathed

bright white
large bite

shark bait
my fate

I swam
I scrammed

faster
faster

faster
passed her

freestyle
sea mile

achieve
reprieve

ashore
before

dispensed
past tense

some fun
I'm done
Form: Footle

Premium Member Captain Crook

CAPTAIN CROOK

The telescope-kid eyed old Captain Crook.
Underneath the waves, tic toc croc, a-shook.

His sword unsheathed, Peter Pan... A roar of seas hits the fan...
The croc did bequeath him a hapless Hook. 7/1/2019 Tania Kitchin’s Humorous Limerick Contest hits the fan - to have a dramatic, usually negative effect
Form: Limerick

Days

Days we spend are lovely Dances we do pretty Daggers unsheathed sometimes Downpour intervenes then Distress becomes eustress Dews come on silken leaves Delightful days come back ________________________________________________ 28/8/2016:For Pleiades D Poetry Contest Sponsored by Kim Merryman: Syllables checked with www.howmanysyllables.com
Form: Verse

Aesthetic Warrior

Like an iris in soil 
You brought me from deep under 
As I rose with your nurture 
I embraced the warmth of this mundane realm 
Like a sword to a samurai 
You clasped me in your affectionate grip
As you unsheathed me 
Staining me with nature's blood
Forging me into a hardened warrior 
One of winsome strength 
My war would be fought on two fronts 
One of love 
The other euphoria

The Eyes of Venus

Hot raptor breath
Push goosebumps to life
On the golden-honey flesh
Of a most desired sight.

Deeply tanned and rubenesque,
Unsheathed, scented shoulders.
Arms that distill without cause to beckon
The wills of the penile-brained knights.

Wallow in her moist pink flower.
Defend with your armor that nymphet tower.
But beware, Dear Sir, should your eye slip up
Two orbs of Venus power.
© Tom Arnone  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Hell Upon Earth

The livery on fire
  its horses set free

Misery beckons
  the future to bleed

The gates are broke open
  all streets painted red

Death has awakened
  life dragged from its bed

One bugle is left
  blowing perdition’s melee

All swords are unsheathed,
  terror sharpens dismay

Tomorrow unpromised
  today but a curse

The monster has cometh
  —a hell upon earth

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

Hell Upon Earth

The livery on fire,
  its horses set free

Misery beckons,
  the future to bleed

The gates are broke open,
  all streets painted red

Death has awakened,
  life dragged from its bed

One bugle is left,
  blowing perdition’s melee

All swords are unsheathed,
  terror sharpens dismay

Tomorrow unpromised,
  today but a curse

The monster has cometh
   —a hell upon earth

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)
war
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Words- Oro

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Words



It sometimes comes
as a whisper
flashing slyly
like an unsheathed sword

effortless in its escape 

stainless in its will
It sometimes roars

fuming with malicious intent

like a glistening guillotine

hovering over many heads

It sometimes flows

with a steamy passion

entrenched with cunning roots


quietly silhouette

Stealthily amidst the quiet shadows


Subtly enforcing 

tiring the feeble minds
Form: Narrative

Mirror Mirror On the Wall

Thinking perhaps that I was in love with myself ?
Mommy's precious baby daddy's little boy; bravely
Marching down their hallway tiny sword unsheathed
As swirling through the air; past her photographs these
Memories when I thought I saw a puddy kat disappearing
Beyound this blue door ? Holding my Bobby tight whispering
Into his furry eager ears; Sssssh, while tiptoing to her magical..
Mirrors where a thousand tales we have told ? Tis not I she cried.
Form:

Silence Speaks

Dark grey are the skies,
Hot tears scald my eyes,

Emotions simmer underneath,
I stand gritting my angered teeth,

Grief hid in those unshed tears, 
A bit more than unsaid fears,

Layer by layer fury is unsheathed,
Little by little my restlessness breathed, 

Spoken words reveal their violent sharpness, 
Unspoken words pierce through the silent darkness, 

Silence has a language of its own, 
It stifles me and chills every bone.





02/22/19
Form: Couplet

En Garde

our swords unsheathed
it is our time to spar
sparing no blows
no matter
how hard

flesh feels the wounds
with love and lust filled
thrusts trusting
to make a mark
scar the heart

pain changes to bliss
torturing each other
with touch just so
then i give in
taking

your sword in hand
guiding it towards
a hole made
many months
ago showing

you where i want
you to take me
even if 
a little
death

is all i get
please
kill me
every
day

merci
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