Short Veering Poems

Loves lesson's loud
Ears echo endlessly
Always after another
Veering vague views
Eons ever empty...

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Very clever, en vogue
vehicles, crank arms, this
variation of bikes
visibly lacking gears
veering through parks in low
velocity...  on the
verge of new inventions!...

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Dorian's headed for the Florida coast
Disaster is predicted, let's hope predictions are toast
Veering off to the north
Totally off-course
Missing Florida and heading northeastern most...

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Dandelions grow for fun;
They just love to pop.
Now late spring days are on the run
They never seem to stop.

Pop pop, pop pop pop!
Wee suns in skies of green----
And we the planets veering 'round,
Drawn by the pops between....

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Verily, verily
Violent truth has come
Vagabond of heaven
Visage of holiness
Veering the world off course
Vindicator of the
Vulnerable - that’s us

5/5/2021
Pleiades V
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
HMS verifies 6 syllables each line...

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Vagrant diamond stars teem,
Various in color.
Veering hued planets whirl-
Velocity dancers!
Vernal and infinite,
Vibrant universe dark.
Vintage colors abound!


Written on May 4, 2021
For: Pleiades V Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Kim Merryman...

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Pressure cooker, atom split
Shoehorn forcing souls to fit
Public takes no prisoners
if your drummer's different.
Veering off the beaten path,
throw my shoes, no ounce of wrath
Although it's easier on the feet,
I would rather have blisters......

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burrow of silence,
empty links worn - crimson flaws;
fearing bare hallow lone tracks-
veering with precision...
             to reveries of persian ore




SECOND EDITION OF WAYRA Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nette OnClaud
Written: August 13, 2019...

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A witch on a broomstick at night
was veering to left and then right,
she soared and she dipped,
then over she flipped
and swept up the Isle of Wight...

Apologies to anyone who lives on the I of W : )

written 9th October for Tania's Halloween contest

Syllables: 8, 8, 5, 5, 8...

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Letting go
could set me free.
I could fly
to the highest point.
Conquer my fears,
base creativity on something new.
If only I could find
what I am searching for.
A straight path
with a veering direction.
Out of the darkness
comes light, 
but reaching the light
requires strength.
Am I strong enough?...

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Make no haste,
your work is restless.

Aeon give me pause--
no more ticking
gears grinding
ever towards the
lonely end.

Live the now.
Even Death took
a holiday,
veering briefly from an
eternity of reaping
solitude.

Take your time
on earth and
mingle--
overindulge in
reverie.
Rest assured,
oblivion can
wait....

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There's something about the air in Fall,
it begets this chill inside
that longs to snuggle up with my pen

Summer is veering left
and I imagine myself rooted to the scenery,
a weeping willow
who sheds her sins
with a quick shake of the wind-
lest I peer down to find my own foliage
has settled with time, 
think of all those secrets left unturned...

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I walked the same path I had always walked,
but the flowers and the bushes were changed
The birds had stopped singing, the woods became dark,
and my memory a tiger untamed
I came to that spot where tomorrow began,
but the gates to its entry were closed
The path veering inward where remembrance escaped
—to wander both free and alone

(St. David’s Pennsylvania: December, 2021)...

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VITALITY
encapsulates
celebrates
  innovation
hurtling
pell-mell
straight towards
an encounter
with
the viewer
veering
 en route
in
movement
  one to another
 between
wrong turns

 a restlessness
some haste
 is
detected
& is
understandable

part
of this
 zest
underwhelming
feels peculiarly
unfamiliar
in
 an encounter
so brief
an
 excursion
disjointedly
  underplayed...

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I’m adjusting fixed positions
On opinions and deductions
From now on breathing other airs
I have a stack of fresh instructions

I let go of once held handle bars
Veering off from straight line steering
Riding curves requiring nerves
Whilst watching stances disappearing

Chancers wait to try it on
Consider risk-maintaining stakes
Ask what can we afford to lose
Whilst still expecting lucky breaks...

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Violence

Lives on
With rapid-fire multipliers in
The tales of two cities which are
Now in our frightening focus..
As divisiveness thrives
In a numbing atmosphere
Plurality declares independence
Here and then there and then often.. 
We are exploring dark extremities 
No longer serving as creative
Expressions of our Whole..
Recognition of our veering
Means of expressing ourselves
Is sharply implored......

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Vivacious veins of hope

       Virus still spreading fear

                       Veering variably

                                               Voices warbled ill-use

                       Vaccination striving

         Vicarious breathing 

Vanquished foe valiantly

3rd place winner

Written : May 5, 2021

Pleiades V Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Kim Merryman

Checked by : howmanysyllables.com...

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And the greatest poems were made
By hearts so tired and blue
To catch a name
From smiles so bright and true

Words from hollowed pieces
Are weaved to fit in
To create bridges
Between the heart and death's curtain

Emotions penned deeply
On parchments and skin
Veering away finally
From minds struck with pins

Someday these words may 
Turn into eternal hymns
That though peril come its way
It'll grant us dreams

t.h....

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Tis' tender heart
Crossroad betwixt
Each soul and body

And conscience thus
The traveler
Upon the road of live's journey

The forks in left or right
Veering off
Becomes the way of progression learning

Sun sets up ahead
Moon each day behind
And the world unstill, is forever spinning

As all are born and some again
The young grow quick
And in old live, unto our dying

Tis' tender heart
Crossroad betwixt
The Lord and my human being...

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She tightens her saddle one last time
She's ready to go, ready to ride
Her palomino mare snorts and paws roaring to run
The buzzer sounds, now its on
Down the middle veering right
She makes the turn, the crowd ignites
On to the second whippin' her hard
The barrel tips but doesn't go far
One more to go, she's clenching her teeth
'Round she goes she can't be beat!
On the home stretch, kickin' up dust
Through the gate she goes
She's the number one...

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A brook cascades daintily extant
~ flowing gayly heart’s incited joy
Meandering, nestles on Peace
~ quivering restraints strain ‘n squirm 
Breaking-bank, careens downwards
~ extols faith’s grim heart-bomb
Undulating, veering waves extrapolate 
~ Yonder’s zooming blue-adieu
Sojourns, so-longs, traversing under veils
~ weathering wry extremes
Heart’s incessant journey keels love’s mainland
~ new opaque's reach... 

(10/7/21 For 'Islands in the Stream' contest)...

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