Short Verbiage Poems

Words flee

from me



Inspired by Brian Strand's April Footle contest...

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Unspoken verbiage
so much still unspoken
even more to express
this is life, all life......

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A tight-lipped President, Calvin Coolidge
Never prone to very much verbiage
   He kept his interviews brief
   Causing reporters much grief
Now we pine for his kind ~ That's a truage...

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Despite living
supplying myself with cement
, steel and disgust...
Despite building me
daily verbiage walls,
I'm in a light spirit...
always ready to burst
in songs and laughter...!...

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Avoid needless
complexity
Say it
straight out

Frost and
then Hemingway
Set the rules
down

Between meaning
and verbiage
The idea
is king

Sharpen 
the point
The message
— the thing

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: January, 2024) 
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What good is a poem,
if not to incent or inspire

Just flowering verbiage,
growing out of the mire

What comes from our verse,
if not truth yet released

Each word to enlighten
—in beacons of speech

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2019)...

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Mere anarchical obstinacy
Is their sad anthem all over;
Stubbornness steeped in lunacy
Is their sole claim to fame. 

Who can stand their inane guises,
Their thoughtless mouthings tolerate?
Verbiage for verbiage’s sake is their vibe;
Sheer affection for baseless hate.

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Some Poets use big words
  to try and go 
  where they’ve been banned

And wander esoteric
  into notions 
  barred to them

They layer on the verbiage,
  hoping to become 
  what they are not

And bastardize the language,
  running cold 
  and never hot

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)...

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This is verbiage
It is not a poem
And I'm not going to use 
the word like, love, desire, entice, 
tempt, enlighten, spirit, or soul
because this is NOT a poem
This is merely some verbiage
So, I'm going to use the words
however, therefore, I think, I 
believe ( well maybe not); 
the time is at...timeout..
Remember this is verbiage...

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Molehills To Mountains
Tom’s Thoughts
3/2/2020

When Politicians dare to interpolate,
Using verbiage to change how we relate.

All are drinking from a polluted fountain,
Trying to produce a “meadow muffin” mountain. 

Without their utilizing a single steer,
They're causing our country's landscape to look drear.
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Butterfly interrupted.
Fear grips the flowers
eaten by the winds.

I seek the guilt for
not walking on the dunes
to build a sky.

The cracked roof
lets in the rain. I 
drench my driftwood.

One day a god will sit
on my altar to speak
to ailing mother-

earth hauling away
the burden of waste
of human verbiage.


Satish Verma...

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V vaunts verbiage vociferously.
Visage viewed very vacuous                            			
Vacillates varyingly,
Venting valentine versus violence

Vast, versatile, variant,
Vehement vituperations volunteered: 
Voices voice virtuously
Voices voice vulgarly

V very veracious,
Versal vortices visualized,
Versal volages visualized,
V’s  valedictory....

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undress--
render to me those fault clothing;
those appeasers that hinder your pours;

unshackle--
unloose those harness;
mental verbiage from your past;

lock up the presents
past being the future tense;

unveil the crossings over;
over cross the veil;
un...
-RENDERING

7/2/19
Written words by James Edward Lee. Sr. © 2019...

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An elusive virtue drives the urge
for a bard’s excessive verbiage purge
The obscure phrase one seems to splurge
begins clear meaning to submerge
and song becomes a funeral dirge
as lovely phrases each diverge

One strives to make them all converge
by adding words to coax the merge
and blend them so they may emerge as
“Wow! Look at that beautiful sunset!”...

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Inspiration strikes,
Perspiration rife,
Takes a hold,
Yearning for footing.

Unexpected muse,
Self reflective tools,
She helps bring,
Healing and focus.

Charismatic tongue,
An automatic lunge,
From my minds eye,
To her purt lips.

I forgot a part of her,
Yet,
She knows a part of me,
Connected,
More so now than ever.

Thank you is,
Wasted verbiage,
I owe you though,
Gartered lineage....

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I shared my florid words 
about our torrid love 
with an ardent lover, 
who exclaimed propitiously 
that they were astonishing;
then solicitously, 
she asked me to elucidate,
how did this prestidigitation occur;  
from whence did I extricate
these words of exultation,
these harmonic chords of verbiage,
that resonated so intimately
with her psyche.

When the real question is:
how did they find me?...

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I must face the dark Winter days ahead
I will try not to view them with dread

I wonder how many tears will be shed
how many ugly words must be said

I dig deep within for my soul to be fed
My spirit thrives and will never be dead

My mind is my own and I'll not be led
simply by what verbiage is said or read

My goal is to move forward without shaking my head
and to rest comfortably in slumber upon my bed...

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side by side
thick and thin
loquacious verbiage 
spun from within 

fighting a serpent
bastard hearted
mother's shame
venomous cretin

defending honor
battling for all
where are the troops?
why are we alone?

weathering this storm
typhoon tyranny
all the while
standing strong

heads high
chins up
eyes forward
middle fingers extended

I bash fist to chest
in much respect
as chivalry's alive
only one man left

My Word Warrior...

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Racist
By: Miracle Man
7/17/2019

Vocabularies store this word,
Which often inflames.
It’s become widely used verbiage,
In our political games.
It’s spewed each time,
It benefits a sensed need.
To propel their message, 
Onto a liberal news feed.

“To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality
because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow”
William Faulkner
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Quicksilver flashback
frantic frontal lobe attack
thru the looking glass I find
shattered pieces of your mind
start stopping
stop starting
close your eyes
your lips are parting
say the verbiage
write it read it
you don't want it
you may need it
older heroes cringe before you
somehow children can't ignore you
golden marbles rolling rolling
go home now your bell is tolling
lost and found you
found and lost you
never know what love will cost you....

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We much beleaguered gullible
With thoughts profound ubiquitous
Pretending verse self-culpable
Deliver sounds superfluous

With empathy spectacular
Depression filled material
We carve our soul’s vernacular
Into eureka serial

In pungent deep buffoonery
Displaying our naivety 
Of verbiage extraordinary
(but don’t forget our bravery)

We enter contests frequently
Entreat unseeing providence
And brave constructive cruelty
To bolster our self-confidence 

May 25, 2018...

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                Song for Simplicity 
                      9/1/2023


I am impressed by a poem’s sweet simplicity,
Add to that…your inherent,extraordinary humility.

Humungus words that most cannot comprehend.
Leave me lost. in a verbiage that never ends!

The last thing I ever want is to be distressed.
I want the poet, not his words meant to impress.

Clarity and vision…glow gold, on my poetry dial.
The true sense of you, is what makes my soul smile!



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