Short Vol Poems

Memories fade, worn threads holding back tears.

©7/29/2021

This or That Vol 5 Poetry contest...

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when i am alone 
are where i rome
or at home
i listen to my sounds
turn vol down
lay around 
and sugs
i where 
EAR PLUGS...

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sunday night
with ed sullivan
~ old flannel pj's



Published in Haiku Canada Review vol.14 no.2, October 2020

Posted on June 2, 2018...

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8
Let’s
Just
Wait
Till
We’re
Both 
Dead


(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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six old potatoes
soft and dusty in darkness ... 
bottom of the sack


22 February 2023 
This or That, Vol 16 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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remembrances -
poppies swaying
against somber skies





Published in Haiku Canada Review #40 Vol.12 No.2 October 2018

Posted on July 19, 2018...

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26
Idk
What
To write
So close
To going home
I just need
Some help

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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You rise up so high
one day you might find that choice
becomes your last sigh

date: 9/3/21
Poetry contest: This or That, vol. 6
sponsor: Edward Ibeh
title: Last Sigh...

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Sanctum
Within the soul
Bedchamber once hidden
Curtain torn from top to bottom
Heaven

Date: 02/02/2024
Pick-A-Title, Vol. 41 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
...

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APHORISMS OF Q (VOL. 1/viii)

I found a most enchanting place
Where all is pure, wonderful  and safe
And then I dared to look around
And  found my self in the mind of a child...

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46
Is this 
The end?
Is this my
New beginning?
Is this where
I start winning?

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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43
So today
I wrote a song
And I don’t know
How to play it 
In my head
Or that guitar

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So what’s 
Going on
Oh yeah
Just listening
To a song
Have to 
Think clear
Or I’ll end up…


So yeah


(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)...

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9
On the
Radio
Calls
Like 
Cats
Taped
To 
The 
Wall
In the vent
We breed
Resentment

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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eve eyed adam’s unsure what to think ~ seems we’re all proof it did not shrink 


This or That, Vol 11 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh 
Fig leaf 
How many syllables (17)
04/16/22...

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34
Just one
Cigarette
And I’ll 
Be fine
And with
A vape of
Weed oil
I’d be 
So,
So 
Fine

(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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reflect on earth before they die ~ winked the sun to the moon passing by



Pick-A-Title, Vol 31 Poetry Contest
3.) Unblinking Third Eye
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
how many syllables (17)
07/08/22...

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replacing our well built piles of trash ~ with all new online pop-up tat


This or That, Vol 14 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh 
Renascence prompt chosen 
How many syllables (17)
10/17/22...

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There is no end to
number lines their linear
path leads to eternity.

Every number 
has an ever and ever
seeking to end in never.

4/11/20

Pick-A-Title, Vol 15 - Sedoka -' 
Edward Ibeh, Sponsor...

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well aimed words mean what they say ~ but shot from the hip an outburst of spray 


Pick-A-Title, Vol 30 - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Edward Ibeh
#2 (open the floodgates)
How many syllables (17)
18/05/2022...

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Infinity is
That concept which
At best we have
A vague understanding
And at worst
The realization
Of how much
We'll never know

11/14/21
Of Infinity This or That Vol 8 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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He felt so cocksure
his Midas Touch was proctor.
Vegas pulled him down.
Now his Midas touch is brown.
His failure was a shocker.

NB: Inspired by, but not entered in, Edward Ibeh’s This of That, Vol 15 Contest...

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The older you get,
 the lighter your shadow becomes

Daylight, constantly giving birth
 to new, and ever increasing promise

(Valley Forge Pennsylvania: September, 1976)
 From 'An Anthology Of Perception' Vol. #1...

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31
So I don’t
Miss
The good
Old days
Had some
Fun made
‘Em play
But yeah
Ya’ know
It was
Just on
The way 
To here

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11
So mom said
You call that
Head normal
Sur-reality
Surrounds
In slight
Sounds foot
Crushes leaf
And my feet I leave


(Excerpt from the ebook "Jail Poetry Vol. 1" Available !!NOW!! @ Amazon.com)
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