Short Unsullied Poems

An alluring tide,
Kisses the unsullied beach:
Philandering surge....

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majestic mountains
fog hovering in the morn
unsullied waters
hasten to the waterfall
filling the cold deep basin...

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A deal, a transaction
  a trade, an exchange
Whatever you call it
  it's business arranged

Let it forever be free
  unsullied by regulation
So you and I can flourish
  without undue strangulation...

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This
Ornate
Fine silver
Gathering dust.
Hands splayed, overlaid
With golden promises
Caught in persuading rings.
Blood diamond among crystals,
Unsullied with obligations and
Laying in your four chambered treasure chest...

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Dyed-In-the-Wool! 

Stains there in your palms, wallowing, ling'ring, 
Metamorphosed into tears and so drips, 
Tainting where they plunge, and you're unsullied?  
19:03:12:08:52

Ancestor. Ancestral Pen. Ancestral Form. Dyed-in-the-wool...

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unsullied
              by preconceptions
              or prejudice
of atmospherics
again
&
again
         vibrant
           wrought
shimmering
motifs

made manifold
in reflections
with
   fleeting moods

on passing 

        phenomena...

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I was a youth who seldom thought about
the fact that in the midst of life I was,
with each breath, getting closer to its end.		
I viewed life as a beautiful clear stream   
that never would run dry, eternal springtime, 
and lively music written for the young.
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~ Tribute to Kibbutz
       Sde Eliyahu ~


45 years vanished
  my heart yet beats
for the tiny farming village
  my purest, unsullied love

the people mostly gone
  who helped me find myself
their still-life photos sit upright
  on tear-stained worn bookshelves...

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   Snapshots of a gentler time
     rainbows filled my mind
   Freshwater streams, nature unsullied
     Faces helpful, eager, kind  

   Page after page, endearing smiles
     teeth all perfectly aligned 
   No hint of what's to come
     ~ navigating blind
     

...

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She rises from the murky
Depths of the pond;
Unsullied and undiscouraged.

The frog hops on her bosom.
The fish steals a kiss from her cheek.
The rain throws droplets on her

The withered leaves fall on her.
Her quietude is so strong
The pond sits in silence.

-maria corado
8.21.16...

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[Re-posted due to system error that erased it.]

I chanced upon a
swirl of smooth and
polished stones.
And treading in its
sinuous path—
pretense and guile
abandoned—
I met a
peaceful stranger,
my very self,
unsullied,
deep within the labyrinth—
the labyrinth
of my mind.

Fifth Place, Succinctly Free, Andrea Dietrich...

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Unsullied by clouds
  a freshness in the air
As the sun breaks through
  happy faces share
  
That exhilarating tingle
  when Winter loosens its grip
When Spring's promise infuses
  every pair of lovestruck lips  

The forecast may yet again
  call for snow, but for now
    breathe deeply of  
the Sunshine's bright glow...

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Santa has filled the stockings
And now is on his way
Back home to Mrs. Santa
With his big empty sleigh.
We still have one gift coming
Not brought by the reindeer.
We will share it equally,
A new unsullied year.

Wishing a year of gladness
With each day filled with glee,
To all of my dear Soup Friends,
A "Happy New Year" from me.

By: Joyce...

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Seeking

I wandered
the yellowed pages
of prayer
seeking solace
in cold words
devoid of love
unable to become
as they

Silent prayer revealed
an open book’s
unsullied pages
beckoning my soul
to write
upon each passing moment
warm words
of prayerful seeking


3/28/2017

submitted to – The Book Of Love – Poetry Contest...

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A different kind of love

Easy, in and out your breath
lungs unsullied by cigarette smoke
Siesta nap, a lazy Sunday afternoon
when flowers are recklessly nude
Breath, taking
should you stop
I would fall into a chasm 
pale rainbows, a stillborn moon
rusty stars
where words of love go unheard
Do not leave me alone 
in a city park
where old men chew tobacco
and tell passers-by
how old they are 

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A blank sheet of stationary
lays speechless beside a keyboard.
Scores of single letters and marks-
Inert symbols invented years
Lost to man’s recent memory.
Instruments of mental fury
And human eventemperedness.
What does fate hold in store for it?
Will it be a fiery paper
With memorable rhetoric
Or the birthplace of a poem?
Both are conceivable concepts
Yet the unsullied cellulose
Is mute waiting to be unmasked....

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In truth, I have never known
how to deal with 'true love'.
Does it glow or shine
can it spin on a dime?

I truly have known 'love'
in many shapes and forms.
It was never perfect,
never not unsullied by petty deceits.

I saw not angel wings
lifting it upon high
perfection did not wink its godly eye,
but damn it

yes, love in any rough-hewn shape
has for me been true;
love in a far less pristine guise
that will do....

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His psychedelic dream,
Her open canvas.
Passion exploding in colour.

Striving for beauty,
Throwing colour into empty air.
Each stroke on pale unsullied skin,
A masterpiece.

Vivid colours, bleeding souls
No romance, not making love but 
Making art.

Pure raw emotion,
Giving each other everything. 
Exposing their flaws.

For it is colour that is dangerous,
Provocative,
Creating a mural which can 
Never be forgotten....

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With laden heart her feet now tread
down winding paths filled with dread
avoiding the bruises pebbles shed
upon unworldly maidens head

Sticks hurled may not break bones
nor words spoken from sharpness honed
from magazines her appearance un-cloned
her individuality, resigned, walks alone

Piers, self-proclaimed, never understand
avoiding the touch of unsullied  hands
the tune she hears from her own band
with dignity and honor she stands...

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The youthful beauty of an unlined face
Is like the crispness of an unturned page,
Unsullied by the use that lies ahead.
A book to show its worth must have been read.
That glowing youthful beauty so alive
Needs sustenance of virtue to survive.
The trials of life will leave a bitter trail
Where paucity of goodness does prevail.
Lovely the face where beauty dwells within,
Nor time, nor fate, can ere its radiance dim.


won no. 2...

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Sterling silver
Sterling character
Sterling as a last name
Sterling as a football player or movie star
Sterling as the name of a city

Sterling is pure
Sterling is unsullied
Sterling is outstandingly glitzy
Sterling is humble but righteous
Sterling brings a moderate appetite for glamour or fame


Sterling is a silver paint
Sterling is a word on a fork or spoon 
Sterling is a value mark
Sterling is pristine
Sterling is real...

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I'm not the man I thought I was
I'm but a shadow seen because
A soulless light from somewhere shines
Lit by thieves in looted shrines
And kept alive by evil deeds
Done by men with evil needs
So who am I if not this me
What other self could myself be
If lit by light shone from within
Unsullied by this world I'm in
Perhaps a man born of free will
Who did not have the need to kill
In order to maintain the lie
That a shadow does not die...

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They dance and sing a merry tune 
They sparkle with life, death immune 
They shine like the most precious jewel 
They choke my words, commanding and cool. 

My jaw seems locked, lost for speech 
My thoughts are cryptic, impossible to reach 
My heady head bunged with clouds 
My heart so heavy, a beating shroud. 

An unsullied spring of purest blue 
A cascade of beauty obviously true
A blink and a wink the dream has been slain 
Another glimpse and I'm frozen again....

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A Different kind of love

Easily in and out you breathe, with lungs unsullied by cigarette smoke, 
siesta nap a lazy Sunday in the afternoon when flowers and sky are 
recklessly nude
Breathtaking, the silence, if you should stop; I would fall a chasm of 
pale rainbows, stillborn moons, rusty stars were words of love are 
unheard of. 
Inhale and exhale my dear, snore too if you must, but don’t leave me 
alone in city parks where old men sit spit and tell passers-by how old
 they are....

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