Short Vowel Poems

supercalifra
gilisticexpiali
docioussuperca

5-7-5 Vowel Horn Haiku...

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please think about it
if we took out vowel sounds
live and love are same...

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Bend that reed,
Stretch that chord,
Split that vowel,
 —drive home the word

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2017)...

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I found the word nice 
I wanted to know what it means 
This vowel said add me please  
Then I saw nice becoming a niece...

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Your love letter
came on paper wings
like airplanes.
I'm floating
in lambent ether
with each vowel
and consonant
your hand inscribed....

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The most common sound
in modern English language
we hear constantly.
Short e and a vowel sounds
Found in many English words
...

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Uuuuhhh I know what’s a grook
The first and third lines must rhyme
Its not a bad recipe from a cook book
The second and fourth line too vowel-chime...

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Leaving

slowly 
imperceptibly
at first
a syllable
a vowel
a verb
slips away.

unnoticed
in the flush 
of discovery

each submission 
says goodbye

already you  are gone....

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Wifey asked me to pass her the lip balm
By mistake, handed her Super Glue in her palm
It's been a month now
She hasn't uttered a vowel
It's amazing, things haven't been so calm...

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I am thankfully sitting tight 
In delightful, peltdown sprinkle
Amid crashing, sky blue delight
Waiting now on a sun twinkle 
Ready for the shine to ignite 
While vowel chimes- my brain jingle...

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can owl be a fowl
or a fowl have been an owl
who would like to growl

could owl be on prowl
in search of a beach towel
while using right vowel

on face wore a scowl
hard movement passed through a bowel
we could hear him howl...

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“You play words like an instrument”
someone once said
Each vowel as a whole note
to consonants wed

High praise from a seeker
deftly looking for more
New songs in the making
—words singing du jour

(The New Room: March, 2023)...

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There once was a model named Connie
who wanted her skin to be tawny.
She took the wrong stuff,
so now she’s Miss Tough!
Her arms and her legs became brawny.

Feb. 20, 2016
* The rhyming vowel of COnnie and tAwny are the same in American English...

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There is only one Name.
If we try to name ourselves
laughter shoots up our spine
like a Sanskrit rocket.

Your real name
 is a long birthing vowel.

When He calls
it will be His name He speaks,
it will be your name that answers....

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Smartest Artist Who Had Worked Her Hardest

seemed to be smartest (5)
such a fantastic artist   (7)
had tried her hardest   (5)

Five vowels than seven vowels
followed by five vowels

verified each vowel
he had been a wise old owl
much art work compile...

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Married to the sacred word
Committed to its ideal
Betrothed to sworn fidelity
Divorced from the unreal
My wedding duly prearranged
All children heaven sown
I copulate each solemn vowel
—and spread the verse unknown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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Married to the sacred word
Committed to its ideal
Betrothed to sworn fidelity
Divorced from the unreal
My wedding duly prearranged
With choice not mine to own
I conjugate my solemn vowel
And spread the verse unknown

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2017)...

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I've been penning sentence years,
my blood seems made of ink.
With every vowel and consonant,
my letters true I think.
I dream out loud the alphabet,
paragraphicaly it streams.
How true it is,
its me and pen,
that make the paper scream.
I'm a poet so it seems......

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Haiku is a 5-7-5 Vowel format.
Mine usually rhyme which is
really not necessary. Beginning
letter of each line normally is
a small letter and the end of 
each line has no punctuation.


morning light appeared
great beauty and solitude
did make day complete


Jim Horn...

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God Grew Salmon Fish

God grew salmon fish
Which was a delicious dish
Have some more we wish

This is Horn Haiku with a
5-7-5 vowel rhythm.

Christ Gave Us Chance To Enhance Plants 

Christ gave me a chance
To enhance all of my plants
Free from sin and ants

Jim Horn...

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The moonlight was just right for talking.
You hardly talk, that’s reason enough not to fall in love.
Do you know Morse code? Maybe we can tap it out.
Wait, are you trying to seduce me stealthily?
Can I just buy a vowel?
I'm not insulting you.
I'm describing you.
I’m being candid....

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I is a vowel,
I am a man,
Part of the 
Human alphabet race;
A powerful letter or word,
Searching for other
Consonants and vowels
To combine with,
And tell an everyday story,
Finding form and meaning:
A letter has potential
To become a spoken word
And bring happiness or despair,
Becoming lost in a breath of air....

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The way they come to me
the way that they’re heard
And written in haste
whether rich or absurd
Each vowel from the anthem
of consonant rhymes
Pronouncing arrhythmic   
with hopes to define
Religiously deigning
the blood from my pen
New veins on the parchment
—alive from within

(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)...

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Do words spring forth from you or.. I?
Testing each thought and mindful.. will
To express disdain from poems of.. never,
And create pictures I unfortunately.. do
Could I express a coupling of.. an,
To make a vowel begin and.. end
The words I've written in a structured.. line,
Go to the trash or become a.. poem

contest end line word
7/30/15...

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At the scribble Scrabble table
I'm raising the bar
by adding seven lucky tiles  to your letter R

Vanna please let me buy a vowel or 
can I have a few?
I'll take A, E, I , skip the O and gimme a U

Please allow me three more letters to
fill my desire
I'll take a Q, G, and M to make the word QUAGMIRE



* Written for Nancy Jone's "Scrabble Contest"...

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