Short Unwrapped Poems

The best present I ever had is the gift of my life!...

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and my gift to you
sits unwrapped upon the shelf
ribbons still perfect...

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the tree is now bare
gifts unwrapped and put away
except the ones inside...

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autumn full-moon-night

desperate pink shiny beach 

unwrapped by back tide...

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Pipes wake mountain glen
Unwrapped claymores driving men
Peace scatters shattered...

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the gift of morning 
     unwrapped by the rising sun... 
            fading prairie mist 

                08 Sep 2021...

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Unwrapped in autumn is a potpourri of imagery.

It's nature's gift and sparks the harvesting of poetry!...

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buds become blossoms
newborn vegetation sings 
breeze in dreamy moods 
unwrapped in rainbow colors 
universe in sage-like search
...

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my favorite time

just sitting and watching you

prepare for your day

a routine that's never old

outfit on , unwrapped for night...

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I picked up a lovely sweet treat
Unwrapped it, was ready to eat
Much to my chagrin
A grub was within 
I chucked it and stamped with my feet



10th May 2016...

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He
Could not
Wait until
Morning sunshine
Barefoot and in his pajamas, ruffled 
Hair, eyes shining brilliantly, laid before
Unwrapped train set
Under the
Christmas
Tree.


11/29/2020...

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Susan Burch came bubble-wrapped
Not ready, but waiting, to be sent back
A reject toy
Till she met a boy
Who unwrapped her with happy claps


9/22/11

Received 2nd place in "Slick Limerick" contest...

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Wrapped gifts show great value and importance
Prepared with love to receivers and loved ones
Small and big gifts shared unwrapped or no ribbons
Are done with haste like cakes without icings' boon

...

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Each new Poem a gift
  as yet unwrapped

Its secrets lay hidden,
  its flow untapped

Waiting for the author
  to feel the pain

To seal the memory
  —to wear the stain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)...

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Cedars line ancient Tuscan roads.
Vines reach distant hills.
Bent couple slowly walks.
Hills pose no barrier.
Pear lovingly peeled.
Cheese and figs unwrapped.
Wine poured.
Words unspoken.
Time stopped.
Sixty seven years....

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A potpourri of imagery
Is nature's gift unwrapped by fall.
Bright colors burst from every tree!
A potpourri of imagery
sparks harvesting of poetry
ere winter shows her chilling pall.
A potpourri of imagery
Is nature's gift unwrapped by fall...

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Makes the perfect Christmas gift 

She asked me what I wanted for Christmas
I answered, “You.”

She said, “You already have me.”
I replied, “I want you again!”

She smiled as I unwrapped her

                 :)...

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To touch a thought
Is to feel a raindrop
To hear your voice
Is to make me rejoice
To see your smile
Is eternity
To gether our thoughts
Is to be as one
To smell the broken rose
Is what makes you the only one

Words unwrapped, can never be undone...

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Rain in the night

Rain in the night brings peace
A primal thirst quenched
As the earth is quenched
The patter of raindrops on the roof
Is the sound of a gift being unwrapped 
The frogs sing their pleasure
As I settle in anticipation
Of a clear bright dawn...

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It's been a mild winter;
grateful for this
in a light jacket
I feel unwrapped early
less encumbered
sniffing the air
like a bear
leaving her den

no cubs though
too old for that,
and have grown
far too wise
not to fear
the responsibility
of loving.......

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Covering The Mall
Hopping 
Shopping

Last Minute Quest

Time gone
Fast Flown

Wrapping Gifts At Midnight

Spilled drink
Heart sinks

Christmas Presents Opened, Paper Strown

Unwrapped
Feel trapped

Guest All Gone

Riot
Quiet  ...

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septic
nightfall scroll,
languishing bed...
indecent snores of kin
...restless

2/3/2020

Before Charlie unwrapped the golden ticket,
all 4 grandparents rested in a slow death bed.
Willie Wonka of Chocolate Factory fame saved
their life (Author Roald Dahl)...

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So this is Christmas, 
Noel, Noel -
So this is Christmas, 
blessing of God. 
So this is Christmas, 
the shinning lights.
So this is Christmas, 
the gifts unwrapped.
So this is Christmas, 
figures puffed up.
So this is Christmas -
born baby is God.
So this is Christmas - 
Emmanuel....

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We give the gift of believing in another,
when we love enough.
I give this gift to you from a distance, unwrapped,
but felt when I think of you, and write.
Hoping it inspires additional confidence,
like when someone believes in me.
To pursue whatever you feel is right in your life,
without looking back....

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The Gift

Long days gather
like clouds on the horizon,
empty as popped balloons
Sucked dry of any
little it of morrow
To frail to thread
upon a string
Brittle as a
taste of death
Bleak as unread words
on a blank page
A gift unwished for...
unwrapped to reveal
a hopeless
entanglement of growing old...

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