Short Untrod Poems

michael kissed me
he pulled the love from me
beneath a thousand shing eyes
our audience agreed
of our first love
two hearts emerging
from untrod paths...

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large feathery snowflakes gently fall...
a panoramic overlay conceals blurred landmarks...

young lovers walk holding hands
explore untrod virginal snowy paths
beneath a faint watchful moonlight chaperon...



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on October 14, 2017 for contest MINIMALIST sponsored by NETTE ONCLAUD  -  RANKED 4TH...

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Every day I went away
  Near fifty years of work
Pleasantly I spent the day
  Midst temptation's lurk

Pretty women all around
  Everywhere I turned
Dazzling smiles, alluring frowns
  For so many my heart yearned

Alas, I was a married man
  A trooper, faithful to his wife
But now she's gone, the field I scan ~
  Ponder paths untrod in life




~ This, of course, is pure fiction ~...

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We walk down paths
         previously untrod
Dancing lightly on the earth
   we come to the conclusion 
that the dark angel 
        has decided to leave 
us in peace
So, for a little while 
     we'll beat back 
the savage winds of winter
By moving towards warmer ground
    Like flocks of migrating 
bird  
    We seek peace
     We also seek 
Something called JOY -We have not forgotten that 
  And we never will...

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True faith is never taught, it dwells inside-
from time of birth, expands within each soul;
a grant from God- that part of him to guide
our mind and heart- his gift defines us whole.

And it is true- most humans here on earth-
whatever culture, race, or creed- find God.
For by itself- faith spreads its sacred worth;
paved pathways to our soul- are not untrod.
 

June 16, 2020

Contest: Let The Pens Flow - Rhyme
Sponsor: Jenish Somadas...

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Take the lifeless, 
use their parts
to make a wretch and
declare it art—
Frankenstein, Frankenstein!
You are to blame
for the deadness
in your heart.

Great scientists
applaud you.
Does it feel lonely,
playing God?
Frankenstein, Frankenstein!
Dark paths
are better
left untrod.

Look in the mirror!
Look at the beast!
Are you the nightmare
stealing your sleep?
Oh, Frankenstein;
Our selves are the
monsters that haunt
you, haunt me....

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