Short Wedges Poems

Driving Wedges
Haiku by: Tom
9-10-2021

Divide and conquer,
while unity makes us strong,
division weakens....

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(form 5-7-5 kawanagi)



pineapple wedges
coffee belgian chocolate
luscious mango bites



posted in March, 2018...

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the borrowed time
loaned and complete
duration of one's own
thought process 
to fit the wedges
of a gloating 
truthfulness...

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Sweet
July
Strawberries
Plump and tempting
Bowls of rainbow fruit
Juicy pink triangles
Of watermelon wedges
Peach slices with a dash of salt
Sipping raspberry lemonade on
The front porch in a tangerine evening


07/07/23...

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Sectional life in the boxes or wedges.
Bold colors, mixed up life
Were you evil or prophetic?
Was it all to be noticed?
Art you way, no explainations!
Subjects cross-sectioned, dissected,
Grossly or brilliantly created?
Art observed by the viewer, for the viewer to critique....

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Through the street's cuts and edges
Divided by rolling, speeding wedges,

Rain hastily sears the worn hedges,
As well as dusty, solemn pledges.
A flood comes to consume

Benches melt and lamposts bend into canes
With a flickering end

A city meets it's disintegrating end
Before one can count to ten.
Acid rain strikes again....

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Cherry stem curls,
lost between teeth
made to make bruises
on whiskey bent flesh.
Lime wedges tucked 
between chaos;
Salt soaked aftermath.
Hazy dreams choked
down, chased with 
sugar laced lust. 
I taste you in every shot;
exhale the thoughts
in smoke ringed pitch.
…”Can I buy you another drink?” 
-James Kelley 2013, All rights reserved....

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orange swirls
from dusty footing
hiking up 
to Mars’s mountain
peaks and caps
and canyons crying
out for days
of gravel pounding
edges ledges
handhold wedges
reddish sun
through reddish mist
of burning sand
in drought-filled land
all cracked in lack
of water’s snack
backed and packed
for planeteering
Venus next
tomorrow morning


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a miniscule poem I write 
sitting on my window ledge 
late at night 

the  evening light  falls 
while moonlight bathes my hedge 
my creative thoughts call 

sending word shimmers 
like tiny wedges  
they glimmer 

a miniscule poem I write 
while moonlight bathes my hedge 
they glimmer 

Sponsor	Mohan Chutani
Contest Name	Let's Minichu on fun 
4 /4 / 2022...

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Down among the daisy hedges
eating watermelon wedges.
     Silver spiders weaving laces
casting shadows on our faces.
     Fairies sleeping in your shoe
starlight trembling in the dew.
     Raise the moon along my spine
'til the planets all combine.
     In formations there before us
hear the worlds' eternal chorus
     Sung by every child anew.....
Midnight Poets' Rendezvous....

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It is a work of art 
Really beautiful
That of the heart
When it is full

But when there 
Is no love inside
And no one to care
It’s something to hide

For the broken edges
Are deep and black
Shattered wedges
That peel back

It still beats but
Slowly and loudly
With the groaning gut
It makes it’s plea

To be fed
Like it was once before
But that love is dead
And can feed no more...

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laughter rushes   summer cleanses
                            subverts subsistence 
children ramble  seaside scramble
                scribble sand
            
hamlet beckons   hangout persuades
                         hermits wade
worship freedom
                wooing
emissaries 
                dripping
leisure
                wedges in
                







Poem composed July 8, 2021...

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And there was I,
In a hazy dream world,
Before me -
Reds, blues, blacks and browns,
Suede, leather, other materials,
Heels, flats and wedges.

I departed,
A movement caught my eye,
A turning round,
I glanced up…

You had turned round,
You looked back,
To see me?
To see if I saw you?
I smiled,
A brief exchange of words.

I was almost dazed,
The moment ended,
You walked on, 
And now I ponder…
You looked back....

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No store bought jump starts
Cool creamy dough kneaded by hand
Baked until golden then cooled so slightly
Carefully sliced and slathered in butter
Because margarine would never do
Sun ripened berries diced and stemmed
Tossed gently with sugar forming the glaze
Fresh heavy cream beaten in a chilled bowl
Using a wire whisk until stiff peaks stand
Placing the layers one on top of the next
Then garnish with diamond wedges of fruit...

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hazy pale substance
spreads over stale rye toast
you crunch it
too loudly
your mother says
chew with your mouth closed
paper napkins
in a big black trash bag
smeared with hor d’vers
cocktail parties you weren’t invited to
i laugh when 
you drop food on your lap
your mother scorns
alone on a porch
remolding the moon 
brie cheese wedges
you thought the stars
were too tiny to hold close
it was my party
i pretend not to like you...

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