Short Wakens Poems

Fruit bowl in display
           papaya among all fruits
            wakens gluttony...

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God is dead
your Divinity wakens
the Word incarnate
—each breath fortells 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)...

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Sunlight

Wakens the damp

Wings of my faerie friend's

Journey to my bean-pole blossom's

Magic


12/05/16...

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crowing of the cock
wakens robust summer sun
a pompous rooster


~Haiku contest by Rick Parise...

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earth's splendor wakens
aurora borealis 
empty vessels filled.



entry for Nathan D.... Instant Telegram haiku contest....

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woeful wanting world wages war,
wait, woodland wakens, wondrous wind instruments,
wafting whimsically,
wood nymphs waltz,
whooping cranes whish wherever,
woodpeckers woolgathering,
woebegone withers,
worldwide peace...

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Swanling
called Ugly
she weeps each day
wakens this morn a swan…
dazzling

Written 11th May 2019

THIRD PLACE
Contest Name: Writing Challenge 1, May 2019 –Cinqku
Sponsor: Dear Heart


Contest May 2019 Premier 5 max 5
Sponsor Brian Strand...

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Clouds encircle
sage colored dreams,
ice crystals block the sky

Today in shadows,
yesterday’s warning,
 memories start to cry

The stratus thickens,
impending doom,
prophesy to remind

Aeolus has woken,
his rain of tears
—ablution most unkind

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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spring wakens my tree -
a bejeweled perfumed bride. . . .
love birds make their nest

summer’s yellowed lawn
beneath my tree’s sombrero. . . . 
grass breathes sweet relief

fall’s quick change artist -
from green to gold to crimson. . . . 
disrobed, my tree naps...

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Somewhere, stark in lunar light,
A werewolf wakens from a wight,
And creeps throughout the sleepy night
To give his fellow creatures fright.

Somewhere, hapless sot alone
Through forest stumbles toward home,
Types panicked text on shaking phone...

Somewhere, werewolf gnaws on flesh-ripped bone....

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Affection begets caring devotion.
Enlivening faithful, generous, helpfulness.
Inexplicable joyfulness keenly liberates.
Merriment, nuptials, opulent passions –
Quenching, revering, satisfying, tenderly.
Ultimately venerates, 
‘Wakens Xanadu, youthfully, zealously.

© July 22, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen...

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Soft falling snow in the night
Wakens the senses in darkness
Everything wears a coat of white
But the beauty it brings is no less

Sprinkles sparkle in light through air
Melting upon the touch of my skin
All I can do is stop, stand and stare
Releasing needless battles I can’t win

Heidi Sands

12/6/19...

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Sunrise
Warm amber rays
Greet me with morning light
Softly peeking through my window
A welcome voyeur is this peeping Tom
Who wakens me in time to hear
sweet trilling of songbirds
Plaudits to the
Sunrise


July 17, 2022
Radical Rictameter Contest
Sponsored by Caren Krutsinger...

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How every move you make
sensitizes my sensibilities?

How every breath you take
heightens my abilities?

How every word you write
wakens my internalities?

How every smile you share
lengthens my eternality?

How ever tenderness you show
makes me grow and grow and grow
beyond my inborn need to know
if you really love me?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

curiouser and curiouser...

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Wistful dreams
— like frost flowers
dainty  
formed in Fall’s brisk —
melt like wishful tears 
as dawn’s glow 
wakens 
sweet mirage 
of us
twined in love’s 
filigree-

abandoned... but still 
adorned with blue romance 
and 
gold-band emotions.


Susan Ashley 
September 21, 2019


Yalto Poetry Form
Poetry Soup Syllable Counter: 3 4 2 4 5 3 2 3 2 3 3 5 6 1 5...

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Wounded, bleeding, dying in utter anguish
Downcast, burdened, constantly second guessing
Seraph’s heartbeat rhythmically wakens visions
Longing for heaven

Sunshine, laughter, beautiful running fountains
Nature, beaming, showing her outer garment
Children, lovers, cherubs and seraphs singing
Heavenly splendor

Eileen Manassian Ghali
For Craig Cornish's Sapphic Stanza Contest
20/10/03...

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moonlight 
 wakens 
 ancient yearnings 
 in 
 my 
 soul 

 setting free my spirit 
 to 
 challenge 
 destiny 

 dreaming 
 arc's of infinity 

 fueled by the light 
 coursing the sky 

 searching  
 the 
 glimmer 
 that bends time 
 and 
 whispers 
 what lies
 behind, ahead 
 or 
 inspires 
 bursting atoms 

 shaping 
 strings of life 


 .....shifting 
 my 
 evolution...

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Cool droplets on petals 
from the melting frost
glistening like diamonds
so soon to be lost

As the sun casts it's light 
shadows lingering there
mingle with the rising mist
dancing in the air

And so the world wakens
each day bright and new
 with golden rays of sunshine
 and fresh morning dew

O that my heart
like the dawning world
could awaken bright and new
as it was on that day
when I first kissed you...

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The sunrise is a golden, peachy delight,
replacing the treacle blackness,
of the kingdom of the night.
The brightening wakens me
from my deep insensible slumber,
and outside of my window
the songbirds grow in number,
to sing their dawn chorus,
competing to be heard,
each trying to sing much louder,
than any other bird.
So the conspiracy of our star,
and my feathered friends,
means that it is certain,
this is where my dozing ends!...

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The day wakens smiling
Showering all with warmth
Freely given as flowers
Fragrance, fire to flames

United in questing,
Answer of brothers
Survivors sacred sharing,
Uniting hands, hearts.

Blessings of the spirit
What can be, will be
Describe the sacrifice
Signifying a gift of life.

Inheritance of earth, water
Sharing bodies, being
With all brethren united,
For those who would be free.
Who those, God rest, are freed....

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Dawn wakens with peach tassels in her hair
Adorning trees with embroidered splendor,
While daylight circles through gold flakes mid-air
That I wonder if such charm is just a dream;
Like a lush tableau, an October theme
Glorious yet soft as Mother Nature’s lore.

O how can this  brief pageant make me gleam?
So I lift my arms in holy prayer.



One Specific Rhyme Scheme
Contest of Laura Loo   11/7/2016...

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As the morning softly wakens
to the birds sweet early call
she graces me with beauty
as she lights upon my wall

My gaze draws to my window sill
as sleep falls from my eyes
my blessing is the joy I feel
to see the morning rise

Looking toward the heavens
thankful for this day of days
my joy is turning golden
with the dawns first splendid rays





Thought I'd give you a little sunshine to balance out the dark!  Love Robin...

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Wakens a sleeping big cat
Whose coat boasts the best colors
For a panther to wear under cover,
At the nightly feasting he cleans
Claws and tail, no spots missed,
His snores thereafter unheard through mists
Of the nights spent in this cold cave
Wherein his sweet scent brings more critters
And now he bellows with delight,
As creatures enter a legendary domain
In the King of Panthers sight,
Little fight ensues, as enraptured they remain....

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Each season comes with unique challenges
and blessings that affect me countless ways.
I’ve found that autumn woos my pensive side
the most. I seek an isolated place
where only nature makes a welcome sound—
the rustle of the boldly colored leaves 
as they descend, embellishing the path;
the breeze that wakens meditative thoughts,
the woodland creatures, unaware of me
but livening the setting that inspires
the inkling of a poem yet to be....

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Fresh morning wakens,
Overflows with soft light.
Distant aurora, splashing waves,
Soft azure, wisps of floating white.

Part and see the pale horizon,
Blending images to far and near.
An eternal expanse that time begat,
The light giver shifts her gaze.

Illuminating with a golden haze.
Soft breezes stir harmonious hues.
Pale pastels envelop views,
Half lit scenery, streaming sights.

My heart and soul do thake this blend,
And to my spirit doth attend....

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