Short Walk Softly Poems

walk softly please
streetlights are making 
diamonds in the snow...

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walk softly on the Earth,
 					  we are all connected;
 					     words impact like feet....

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I smile serenely and sit
waiting as my mentor taught
to please weary gentlemen
massaging egos.





Penned 11 August 2013...

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Cold gray-sky morning
The sun remains cloud hidden
An extended dawn
A shadow among shadows
I walk softly through the house...

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Come bridal beauty,
Walk softly down red carpet 
Crafted with much care
Thread by thread in sly design.
It is a conspiracy....

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I admire the geisha girl’s
jet black hair, pretty white face
and embroidered pink silk robe
as we sip our tea

For Deb’s Walk Softly contest...

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Walking softly across room
skin the color of daisies
brown eyes listen intently
he waits for her smile.



Debbie Guzzi's "Walk Softly" contest...

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Walk softly the pass
Your feet meet our mother earth
Breathing from the grass

Take in the affection
Of your own natural walk
Reaching perfection...

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Walk softly through a summer meadow
Quietly singing a gospel hymn,
The grass won't pay no mind.*


*Lyric from "And the Grass Won't Pay No Mind" by Neil Diamond....

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There are too many people whose favorite trick,
Is to preach, "Walk softly and carry a big stick." 
But, in practice, they arrogantly sing Yankee Doodle
And stomp around loudly, but carry a wet noodle...

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Mist of Time

Do not spill my blood 
On wasteland
Do not bury my last scream
In a grave.
I will walk softly 
Across the screen leave no trace 
Just a whisper… and 
In years to come you will hear 
An echo, recalling my name....

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The time gone

Do not spill my blood.
On wasteland 
Do not bury my last scream
In a grave.
I will walk softly
Across the screen
Leave no trace.
Only a whisper.
In the years to come
You will hear an echo
Recalling my name....

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Balls of fire fall from the sky
nowhere to hide,but few lived,
peace came to wipe tears away,
The world celebrates.

Displaced hunters can now feed,
Hakkaido is their abode,
Doves are set free as symbol
of freedom and peace.


*About Japan...*

CONTEST:"Walk Softly" sponsored by Debbie Guzzi....

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Follow me down the honey trail 
Where the flowers always bloom
With a golden  pink moon 
 and  beautiful rainbows 

Follow me down to the honey trail
Where the sweetest scents
Clear your air.

Follow me down to the honey trail 
Where there's never a kiss of farewell.
Walk softly upon your feet

Like angels tipping toes.
Listen to the song in your soul
As you walk upon the path of gold....

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come back to me,
my love, come back
 
walk softly
  so to not disturb
our hallowed  tombs 
  of past.

let my fingers  soothe and smooth
  deep furrows  carved  
  upon your brow
let my gentle  hands
  massage 
life's weary flesh
  of burden
let me reach  beneath
  to crawl  between
  the you  and  the sad.

come  back to me,
my love   come back 
  to my step
across  my threshold
  over here
I wait....

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Wishes and day dreams I place at your feet.
Where the raged and tranquil frequently meet.
Walk softly my soul, I'm burning with fire,
beauty and wisdom fuel and inspire.
Growing slowly, embers glowing, knowing.

Like a candle flame absorbing its wick.
Lost in puffs of smoke that flutter and flick.
Burning bleakly in accepted defeat.
Glowing light flickers in passionless heat.
Slowing transforming, slowly consuming....

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Walk softly and watch
The rite of Tanabata
taking away nebuta.

People write wishes
On paper strips tied to tree
Mostly to a bamboo tree

          ********

Dt. 27-8-2013
This was my first poem after my comeback on the soup. 

Contest: New Poem 
9th place win

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*Tanabata (???, meaning "Evening of the seventh moon") is a Japanese star festival, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival
** Nebuta meaning sleepiness...

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Ollie, Ollie, the reddish sun is coming up,
Mother's in the kitchen filling the teacup,
Teddy bear awaits fantastic adventure today,
Walk softly little Ollie, 'til shadows go away.

Ollie, Ollie, green grassy fields are calling,
Frogs are croaking, and rooster is bawling,
Time is swift, but the days are growing long,
Making way for the frenzied summer throng!


Written on 3/10/2021
Nursery Rhyme Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper...

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Neat rows of shocked grain in fields
Just sounds of sickle's blade sweep
Laborers walk swiftly in teams
Meooow~~cat's tail squeezed  

Meooow~~meoow cat's tail squeezed
As workers lift those bundles 
Tie the wheat into neat shocks
The setting sun slides

As that sun sets behind hills
Laborer and cat head home 
Warm hearth, warm meal, rocking chair
Meoooo~~cat's tail squeezed


Sponsor: Debbie Guzzi
Contest: Walk Softly...

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Walk softly through this quiet place
And let the shadows touch your face.
Out here beneath the ancient trees
Let life slip into memories.

Don’t think about a sad good-bye
As time breathes out his final sigh.
Each moment will be precious now,
Each dream a field beneath time’s plow.

Reach out and slowly gather in
The dreams though they seem frail and thin.
Each one will shine and warm your soul.
Take back what fear and pain control....

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The Young and the Still 22/7-2011


Walk softly now 
on the green lawn of sorrow. 
Too many tears shed
may turn it into a maudlin
Hollywood quagmire;
and make grief a way of life. 
Open wounds fester and turn
into an anger against oneself.
First the blame game,
then demand for compensations.
But there is not enough
money in the world which 
can heal broken hearts 
So let go now and let millions 
of roses celebrate survivors
as we remember the dead fondly....

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Rainstorm as the ocean waves form 

Form and roars warm in my heart as you walk

Walk into pitch black room and lock

Lock and transform the silence of the room in essence 

Essence of your smell of lilacs 

Lilacs light scent as you walk softly and rise on your toes

Your toes dancing       Breathtaking


12/22/2015


Poetry Contest: Combination of Three Words -  
Smell of lilacs, Pitch black room, Dancing
Sponsored by: Laura Loo...

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I love the way you walk in your stilettos
The clickety click sound of your heels 
The seductive sway of your hips 
And the luring gaze that appeals

But when you walk softy
That is what I love the best
As your stilettos cover new territories 
Across my bony chest

Oh the view my Soupies the view
Of man’s weakness I do stare
But never trust a woman in stilettos
As your bit lay unattended and bare.

Uhhhhhhhh!


 I am the Mad Poet. For Debbie Guzzi.  (I never enter contests to win.)...

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Crisp lemon colored leaves
kamikaze off branches
Diving and dying
Glorious unconcerned dance

Squirrels chatter
Scold each other over nuts
flip their curly tails
with sassy attitudes

Deer walk softly,
fearing November, understanding
Many will be laying down their lives in November
Their hoofs smash multi-colored leaves into the forest floor.

October cool.
Sweaters and sweatshirts precede scarves and mittens
Songbirds sing their joy as trees go bare.
Announcing winter early...

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