Short Vicariously Poems

blind man was once asked how he views the world ~ like you vicariously 

By David Kavanagh...

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tv addicts
happy living
vicariously



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 25, 2018...

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Identifying with characters on screen ~
We vicariously live the life they’ve seen

29-March-2023...

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"In harmony, simultaneously, we live vicariously for our monogamy."


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~Written: December 4, 2015~...

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My head is growing light bulbs
the illuminance is very low
I ape the cries of crows
in their gilded cages
I am a coward to myself
vicariously living only half my life
climbing preverbal fences and hedges
I've never known my age...

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Attractive boys came devouring every frozen gulp.
Heavenly ices jubilant kaleidoscopic light.
Marvelous opulence, picturesque reoccurring –
Sustenance tasted universally.
Vicariously winterizing xenophobic youth,
Zestfully –

12/27/2016...

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~

breathlessly bold

I vacillate vicariously  

the depths of desire desecrate

taunting and teasing 

my poem pretty princess poised perfect

sumptuous stimulating and steamy

my seven second seduction starts........ 

~



 

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She shared her love

He gave her his blessings

And she respected him for this

Released not Imprisoning

Escape not needed

Love he knew, she needed more

Open heart and mind he had,

Vicariously he felt her passion

Everything she shared with him....

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The golden is pulling her down the street
She is flying behind him, but is still not fast enough.
Her feet lightly hit the ground every once in a while.
I watch them go, feeling their joy.
Wishing I was one of them today.
Remembering what being young and thin felt like....

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we

expected

more

of

you

because

you

spoke

to

us

once

&

then

you

let

us

down---

we

feel,

eh em

(clearing throat),

that

we

have

the

right

to

assert

our

own

lack

of

talent

by

living

vicariously

through

you

&

when

it

all

went

sour---

well, we just didn’t know what to do....

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Patio furniture dotting the curvature of Gaia's voluptuous breast
She smiles as it rusts while we war and we fuss
Clambering for what trinkets are left
She hums, coos and sings with each moment she brings
Selected from a chaotic choir
When she misses a beat
We all squirm in our seats
Vicariously feeding the fire...

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Dramatically daring disarmingly dapper
So soflty serene so subtly sublime
Enigmaticly entrancing enthusiastically enjoyable
Vividly vibrant vicariously viewing
Caringly caressing charismatically cosmic
Admittedly alluring amid amicable azure
Unforgettably unabashedly undemanding
Irrisistably Ignitingly Insync...

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He feigns the astute overture which solemnly reigns oppressing. His head clouded 
from mars to infinity, a perpetual black power convolutes through metaphysical 
peripheries. Infinite is the torture granted from this being. Interdimensional 
branding lays hollow in vein of mind control. Such is the vicariously voracious...

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The notion to do right
in the face of danger,
like those who went
to the manger.
To put aside all that you value,
to ensure the longevity
of total strangers.
That buzzing feeling
that pushes you onward.
To those who
live vicariously
through satisfaction of,
a job well done.
They define what it is to be courageous...

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how to live alone

late night , the big chill
plays quietly, scenes flicker
kevin kline
glenn close
meg tilly 
suicide 
reunion
old school chums
jeremiah was a bullfrog.

there in the middle of it all
rapt in that old house
wrapped in the night
living vicariously in film
me 
daisy
a few dreams
but no music....

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Internal children
Condemned for existence
Blazon desires for love--
Purgatory within emotional walls of fury—

Sweet sacred adoration cracks my golden crypt--
Your depth soothes my tormented heart--
Vicariously accepting the worlds bleeding demons—

~Through your fiery eyes EVIL has banished~

Your passion is my kingdom…...

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we love you
and salute
your spirit freed
to roam
celestial heights

it must be true
we feel it
in our heart

souls of 
loved ones
who have
passed away
enjoy living
vicariously
through our
accomplishments

write on
sweet friends ~


AP: 3rd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2021

Original version posted November 12, 2017...

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I believe it's the inner child in me
that lives through my kids vicariously.

When they settle down for a cartoon
I eagerly anticipate the lead buffoon.

From Patrick to Dee Dee to Cosmo the fairy
the ensuing silliness makes me quite merry.

So, here's to all the sweet, colorful twits
that send me off to joyful, endless laughing fits....

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Scandalous governments

Inflicting misery,

Genocidal tendencies

Nuclear threat,

Our humanity next

For extinction,

This malicious legion

Harnessing hate and greed,

Extermination of other species,

Trespassers on nature

Insanity is their policy,

Murder and maiming vicariously,

End of days from climate change

Shows the ignorance of humanity.

24/4/2018...

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A Bobolink came whistling strong
Proclaiming boundless joy
Vicariously my soul was filled
What a golden ploy

Deliberately he sauntered near
My heart he touched supreme
All other stimuli counterfeit
Simplicity now my theme

Wrung dry the hills and grooves of gray
My orchard now adorned
With music from Redbreast settled
Upon the summer's lawn  

Inspired by Emily Dickinson...

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Her day bled
into a crimson sky
of mourning.
A moon overcast
with laments vision,
its reflection 
echoed in the surface
of borrowed time.
Now, quietly,
the long hours drew
nearer to the hush
of evenings passing---
sleep bidding
another farewell,
as the grave 
gives up its spirit
to enter into
a different realm---
vicariously
on the threshold
of dreamscapes view
and another
good-bye is said.
  

© 2013 Debra Squyres...

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beautiful gerber daisies
dancing in their pretty white dresses
Their yellow bodices twirling in joy
As the wind surrounds and nurtures

delicate gerber daisies
enthusiastically prancing 
And twisting innocently 
in the glorious sun of summer
Having no idea how pretty they are

darling gerber daisies
sharing the meadow 
with other flowers who smile
remembering their own youth
vicariously delighting in their dance...

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Years ago, there was an instrumental hit so terrific.
Composer Eddie Heywood wrote the music
Performed by Hugo Winterhalter and his Orchestra,
the music vicariously sent us to a winter in Canada.
Singer Andy Williams added lyrics to the melody.
With Andy’s voice, the song sounds heavenly.
I would love to be up there even though I don’t ski.
A sunset in Canadian mountains is what I want to see.

July 22, 2012
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Wiggling with pure happy
Enjoying a mud puddle more than ever before
Squealing and barking 
Prancing and stamping
Light hearts making merry like puppies can
Uninhibited, untethered, unrestrained.
I watch from my window spot
Hidden behind a lace curtain
Vicariously enjoying the experience
She has not forgotten, she will never forget
Being six, and loving her puppy like this
She watches with mirth in her heart, glad to give them this....

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We've begun to live, spare apart vicariously.
To actively probe and grasp aggressively.  
Existentialism and ethics are linked inextricably. 
Individual liberty is a wonderful property. 
Nonetheless, it is frequently not taken seriously.
We may convey our concerns and difficulty. 
We all fathom the same solution to life's mystery 
Regardless of our specification, assiduously. 


Written: August 11, 2021...

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