Short Usher In Poems

Dusk

of June’s

lightning bugs

usher in the

night

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Clouds like fat sponges
Hiding sun, promising rain
Usher in new life



For Raul's picture contest
"I didn't know it would be so fierce!"...

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Usher in a new day;
endless with possibilities

Usher in a new beginning;
endless in possibilities

Yarn not the yawn,
for it is dawn;
the dawn of a new era...

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So colorful amongst, the gods of air
Enchanting breathness, below timber lair
Crying, awakening in mere
Dispel tears on sun shine day
O' usher in the day! I want to fly away...

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Sun recedes earlier each day as fall gives way to winter.
Vibrant colors of my favorite trees recede in sympathy.
Death of light and color usher in the cold grays of darkness....

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In the church hall, as they sung to pray
To usher in Pastor Nyari, for spiritual food
The tile that crack, ushered in water
The swamp stationed hall, sucked litres of water
Only three boys, were seen floating...

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Ring the bells of Christmas cheer; let them dance and sing.

They’ll usher in such joy and fun; gifts and songs galore.

Remember though to share it all; cheer is best when spread liberally....

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It rose above the canyon rim
As if a child's kite;
And glowed as if a candle dim
To usher in the night.

And gently did it touch the sky
With a golden beam of light;
Who knew the moon could fly so high...
And so peacefully delight?

~Mel...

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unfreeze now, oh hermit
umbilical cords bind
unkempt is lower mind
unshackle innocence 
usher in bliss upsurge
under divine guidance
until the end of time

30-April-2021

Pleiades U poetry contest
Sponsor: Kim Merryman

7 lines @ 6 syllables each...

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A world of sunshine 
Awaits the silver chirpy 
skylark perched on grey  scale branch 
as golden mornings 
usher in their spectral hue
that filter through the seamless 
mesh or float of rafts 
on green leaf bird house chant flock 
whose silken strain enchants me...

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Under dim sky of doubt
umpteen times I’ve wondered,
unkind world would ever
usher in empathy. 
Utopian thought this,
unless the base instincts
usurp us forever.

April 30, 2021
Syllable count : 6 per line (howmanysyllables.com)
Contest : Pleiades U
Sponsor : Kim Merryman...

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Another year has hit the dust,
So celebrate – of course you must,
With champagne toast in fancy clothes
Or couch-bound home, in sweet repose.

The brand-new year will come to pass
No matter where you raise your glass.
So here’s to all who’ll make the scene
To usher in 2 - 0 - 16!...

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storm clouds sail away
but winds usher in changes…
     bright arc kisses sky

colors lure creatures
honey bees and hummingbirds…
     sip fragrant petals

I stare mesmerized
gray day makes way for light, joy…
     a blessing to count


*Entry for Carol’s “Haiku Weekend” contest on rainbows...

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White chevron squadrons usher in spring
With squawking and honking and flapping of wings.
Their return brings a weekend to revel in fun.
The locals all love it, and hundreds more come!
But the poor migrant snow goose must be sorely perplexed;
Revered on one weekend, then slaughtered the next!...

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humpf zap zarathustra honks
jingle jangle splash 
                            shiin

doki doki 
             pada pada

clunk clank crash

snore snore

                 .......snore

tick tock tick


            bang bang bang 
                                   ROAR

shiin silence...

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One song can spark a moment,
One flower can awaken a dream,
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can usher in spring.

One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can ring out true,
One life can make a difference,
And it only takes one child,
To teach the whole world 
Something it never knew....

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A faint and fading filigree
adorned the fairy flute.
Forbidden at the funeral,
forever to transmute.

No fugue to usher in the Fates,
flying from frozen lands;
No notes their memories to erase:
mere footprints in the sand.

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the 10 'F' words from the writing challenge caught my eye......

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Running backwards,
Her fleetfooted messenger
Approaches his lady, Beauty
Bearing secrets.

Of a sudden,
Darkness falls upon them
And they shine together
Profound, mysterious
Before all the court.

And all the more so, 
As the secrets in their silences
Yet hang between them,
Awaiting revelations
Born to usher in an Age....

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Gods of Men

Uniquely crafted
with the world in focus 
Altered scripts
broken-off ancients scrolls
Erecting structures  
in a malleable world 
Setting hearts on fire
testing souls with trials
Romancing the sundial 
allotting time, as we
usher in a new era
With each revolving door
usurping gods as men
Selling lives for less




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A time for peace
     a time for war
   A time for darkness
     relentless horror... yet
  
   in its midst, a time for prayer
     A time for Hope
   A time to cleanse our hearts
     of hate-filled tropes

   A time to build a house for God
     to dwell here on earth
   To shine His light in darkest corners
     to usher in the great Rebirth...

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Above I hear the raindrops ding
Yet higher still the storm clouds ring
Now I feel the thunder sing

I see the monsoon rage outside
My cat runs up my shirt to hide
Running from it's hollow pride

The spring rains rarely come so soon
To usher in the first full moon
Children born as this years boon

The rising sun will melt the snow
As raindrops help the seeds to grow
Grass shoots push out from below...

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After the hustle and bustle of a hectic day,
The sun slowly fades from the sky,
Twilight stands ready to usher in the night,
Getting ready to unveil itself
Into another starry array,
Solitude drifts in on the evening wind,
And lingers until the morning sun
And the start of a new day,
And in the stillness of the hour,
You can feel the presence of Gods power,
As you look toward heaven
And the awesome starry display....

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Wanton acts of terror cease
Love and kindness both increase
No need for militias or police
Usher in an Age of Peace

You say that this is just a dream
Life flows not gently down a stream 
Can't we make our planet gleam
Usher in an Age of Peace

War and fighting everywhere
Quiet places all-too-rare
Bold our vision, we must dare
To usher in an Age of Peace

It's up to us; let's not delay
Peace on Earth: Why not today...

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Sunken to the bottom in the snap of blue delight
to simply bathe in glittering and crystal slushing ice
Silt and streaks of sunlight blowing through the gills of fish
sneak their skin upon my lips to usher in a kiss
Winter wilts and stutters as I shine my surface eyes
bubbles slipping upward toward the warmth of summer skies
Hold my breath to silver while I listen to the flow
Giltter lake alive my pulse until I start to glow...

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Uprooting dreams
of yesterday,
time sows the seeds
of tomorrow.

Grey clouds shed tears
in April rains,
as winter wanes
and warmth abounds.

Fleeing far-flung
sanctuaries,
migrating birds
start heading home.

And on the winds
of open sky,
caterpillars
try newfound wings.

Wild trillium
and daffodil,
usher in the
first days of spring.

And tulips flaunt
their waxen bells
atop stems of
emerald green....

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