Short Watered Down Poems

human life
juxtapositions galore~
watered down juice...

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Ice melts in the glass
Coffee becomes watered down
As I wait for her....

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I tear myself away
my tears wash away the pain
I'm torn in two
watered down
devilishly drowned...

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watered-down
yet toxic 
shadows shout

jarring notes
discordant
deafens soul

the witness 
eternal
is immune

09-March-2023
Tricube...

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Words just watered down.
Thoughts falling like sparkly tears.
Feelings soak through page.
Sentences flowing like streams.
Letters showering like rain....

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I am so tired of things that are fake; 
How much more do I have to take? 
Filters and trends strike again 
reminding me to abstain, 
watered down world give me a break....

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There was a pub called the Cross Keys
Well known for its pork pie and peas.
But the watered down beer
Gave drinkers no cheer.
And the seats were crawling with fleas.

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From the crack of dawn to hours of late
She worked tirelessly for her brood of eight
Sweaty and exhausted, waited till everyone ate
Then watered down the curry for her plate

Written on:04/17/2017
Contest: Form M Monorhyme by Broken Wings...

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Can you imagine Trump actually grieving
On others himself he is always relieving
Have heard is a watered down version
Of people who sex have a perversion
While telling lies that are deceiving.

Jim Horn

http://www.poetrysoup.com/poets/top_100_poets_most_poems_all_time.aspx...

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~ The ship has sailed 
Casting seas
This the sentimental voyage
Those the waves engulfing me 
Watered down withered tattered and torn 
Swiss and swashed washed and decked these waves 
So are compassionate so blows the winds
From the east to the west
Alas now I find myself shipwrecked~ ...

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Why try to write like somebody else,
by others passion driven

A watered down copy, trespassing free,
to alien words you’re smitten

A copycat artist who mimics the sounds,
your voice a toast unbidden

While somebody’s pain and somebody’s joy
—the stolen horse you’ve ridden

(Rosemont Pennsylvania: April, 2020)...

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egg yolk
watered down
lost taste through the words you
spoke. classic;
same thing so long
like breathing, strength never
known to the strong-
alone- confusion concerning
blood within the bone.
as time crawls over skin,
irritation interrupts,
disrupts the slinking passage,
coercing acknowledgement
out of sentiment....

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a million thoughts in my head
none of them constructive or so it seems 
even though it keeps me awake 
peace needs to find me again, 
just in case my coordinates are flawed 
just in case my compass lost direction 
I need to embrace my space 

slip back into me 

not some watered down version of what people need me to be

©103010012012...

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COLLIDE

feeling like the cheerful child
so why does everything seem 
blue
smiling while the rain pours down
I wrench open my sunshine box
review

watered down diminished barely 
burning
taught to walk but ran away
discerning

perceiving an elusive state of
mind
I COLLIDE-- as cognizance is
declined



© Kim van Breda—March 2014...

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watered down soup has lost its flavor ~ the broth is not one to savor

it's over peppered and there's too much garlic ~ sometimes vitriolic

nothing wrong with a little pinch of salt ~ but don't use words to assault

those who post AI should be put in detention ~ maybe suspension

don't ladle me a bowl of soup ~ if it's been tainted, and that's the scoop
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"Americano"

filter-dripped
watered down
weak coffee

artificial

the mood 
steaming diluted
swings lower, unfilling;

the wanting
lusciously dark
hot to the tongue

more rapid 
complex in richness 
animated 

scalding and sharp

Expresso
piercing arrow 
shoots straight to the heart.



Candide Diderot. ‘25
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Whole political picture proved to be pathetic;
Did need watered down version for diuretic,
For fluid to form,
Way above norm,
To be treated by Trump who once was a medic.

Trump lies about everything so he might as
well lie about this also.

What we wondered about was reaction,
We would find within a certain faction;
Stirred up pot;
Even when hot,
Hope it should draw much satisfaction.

Jim Horn...

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What can it mean to a new generation,
  when lessons in history 
     —fail to inspire

What can it mean to a new generation,
  when watered down values 
     —keep dousing the fire

What can it mean to a new generation,
  as men hunt each other
     —their food sources gone

What can it mean to a new generation,
  when the lyrics are distant 
     —and they’ve stolen your song

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)...

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Do you spend twenty percent of your time
  acquiring your beliefs

And eighty percent of your time
   in defense

Do you have blinders on
  about what you conceive

In fear of the critics
  pretense 

Are your views narrow focused
  and then watered down

As the truth disavowed
  slips away

Is your memory tainted
  in times left to waste

As your efforts
  —retreat in dismay

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)...

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Escapism
Not possible 
Now, and half a 
Lifetime over. 

Your hauntings 
Cannot be eradicated 
Until I get what
I want. 

Eyes brown, 
Watered down. 
As you continue
to hide from me. 

Tail between
your legs, something
I've seen before. 

Mirroring you
is a misguided
priority until 
I release you. 

I refuse to 
Undo this knot
And your tongue 
tied and twisted

I continue this
futile quest
for restoration....

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The sheep all feast on milk and honey
it's empty and it's meaningless but it's packaged up just right

Words of legends go ignored 
in the shadow of this fraud
while the flock will head toward what they've been told to

Today everything seems watered down
the fakes have climbed the tree
it's all about who wears the crown
and runs from dignity

It seems the further back I go
the more treasure I find
treasure for the soul
treasure for the mind...

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having to have eye injections each month,
i make her favorites for dinner
i remember when we could only afford watered down kix
she came with hot plates and shared her blessings and miracles
i put the plate in front of her
i then listen to a funny story (to her) about the "mud in my diaper"
she then asks me if i smoke
i tell her no way and i put that on display
she laughs slightly and says well good
i drive her to her monthly eye injection tomorrow...

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WHERE ARE THE VOICES

Where are the voices, 
against the swelling inflammations, 

upon the watered down truths,
against God's Word in our nation, 

Shall we continue in silence, 
in the face of the demoralization,

Attacking freedom of speech,
We should be filled with righteous indignation! 

Pastors, Preachers, and Righteous Leaders, 
bring forth Holy Convocation, 
to guide God's people back to His Word, 
and our voices to the nations! 

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My parents gave me answers
that arced and formed a dome.
Outside seemed beyond my grasp,
inside I would roam.
So even while I freely played
-in some ways I was wild,
my parents watered down the facts
to facts you’d tell a child.
A rebel would-be lawyer,
I’d try to build a case
against the facts they fed me,
to keep me in my place.
I screamed, I cried, I argued hard
to prove that I was right.
My parents shook their heads in vain,
til I would sleep at night.
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The Muse is a poem without words,
so much better to bleed tangerine;
Cover a page with its scent and verse,
squirt it all into watered down eyes;

So much better to bleed tangerine,
acidic bated breath will always burn;
Prose’s scar left behind for all time;

Cover a page with its scent and verse,
that’s enough to inspire a calling;
To cultivate the next is timeless;

Squirt it all into watered down eyes,
invigorating a dormant phrase;
Style re-spun to infuse a new one....

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