Short Whirring Poems

whirring vortex
hypertexts God
retextures soul...

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Tangled mess of wires
Sits, encased in glass whirring
Flickers, why? I ask...

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flamingos run race
whirring scene of flashing pink
speeding to front yards...

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On this fine Earth Day,
Whirring wings of hummingbirds.
First time two at once....

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City in a fog
Morning’s bleary eyes open
Lone soul witness to 
Sixth-floor birds eye view, coffee
Whirring – warm in this moment....

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hush whirring worries
let calm and faith take over
cradled in God's arms...


*** July 27, 2010
for Linda's Soul Speaks senryu :)...

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Outside my window, hark! a tweet
   Alarm clock opens, a whirring twitter

These words' meanings, we depleted
   Their message, away we frittered...

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Lay quiet
Yearning to achieve something
But lay still
Whirring mind
I can write a list
I tire
There's always later
When laying grows old
Or I do...

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I love the way it spins around,
Milkshake mixer's whirring sound,
Lots of milk, chocolate flavour,
What a drink it is to savour,
Better still as it goes down....

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the dawn’s scuttlebutt
dovetails with the dishwasher
whirring and tweeting
the wagging of beaks and wings
movement of a writer’s hands...

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we are waiting
without seeking
content feeling
rapture peaking

toroidal heart
gently purring
nodes in form
begin whirring

bliss is as it is
ever present 
each life breath
moon crescent...

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Holy Crap, going to be fifty degrees today
Can't believe it, something is out of whack, I say
The buds are stirring
Warm winds are whirring
Quite delusional, maybe bumped my head in the night, eh...

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The whirring of the ion drive,
The zig-zig movement of the illuminati,
Across the sky,
A pyramid police force,
And a mind reading eye,
The power to beam realities on people's minds,
And an intricate eye.
They have arrived....

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a fallen blossom
stolen by a whirring breeze ~
sweeps along daybreak



Submitted for...
Hi-Ku(6) Place Promise Poetry Contest.(Winner: 10th Place)
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 01/09/2021...

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the suction force magical
of the guru chakra
draws in the essence of soma
from the whirring third eye
upwards, upwards, through itself
into the crown chakra
that as a seamless whole we be
entwined with universal mind

so be it...

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My team lost – 32-0.
But in my defense
It was just me
Against the whirring windmill
Of a seven year old.
I told her I was
70 years older than her
She laughed and said
“just play the game Papa,
Just play the game”

John G. Lawless
©3/23/2022...

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My Chaos

I am boiling in oil;
My personal catastrophe;
Whirring like a western dirt devil;
The devil’s got hold of me.

I stop – I believe I am called,
To look toward a heavenly face,
I feel a surge of quiet joy,
I rest in this chaos of place....

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Back at the ranch
The 'new normal' 
is a case
of Bud 
in the basement fridge
Meanwhile
A/C grinding away
TV flickering
Clumps of munchies
stuck to the upholstery
Kids glued to devices
whirring away --
Hey, Where'd Hope go?
Conversation-enders
abound...

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My buzzing, humming, whirring gears have stopped. The manual doesn't have a chapter for this. Warm hands brush away my hair, and the circuit boards spark. Wires glow with electricity, and I gladly overheat. 

I'm losing control, and the circuits override,
Error 404...

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pristine forest just behind you
lost where no one else will find you
off across the vast domain
of your childhood you remain
don't reveal your clockwork crystals
whirring,spinning
in the mist all
things will right themselves
in time
never 
consecrate
the crime...

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Angel’s wings beat very softly.
Most people, in fact, do not hear them at all,
When danger comes or sorrows arise in life.

If you listen closely, you will hear them
Softly whirring, majestically sent to minister to you,
When God answers your prayers- as on Him you call....

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In-flight
In pheromone
Honeysuckle perfume
Insect antennae knot freshly
bouquet.

In breeze
I feel your breath
rustle shiny reeds
of my stints' hapless hinterland
you learn.

A vest
of velveteen
gleaming wings that trembled
Turn to a whirring glint beneath
full moon....

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Sitting in the middle of the road
Surrounded by the cyclone of traffic
Whirring in opposite directions
Windows closed, eyes front, minions
Mindful of the presence of one
Misguided middle of the roader
Unable to understand the
Urgency of either side


John G. Lawless
©12/17/2021...

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Something is wrong with the washing machine
It's supposed to save me time
The sound of it chugging and whirring away
Is simply quite divine

I'm not quite sure how it happened
The process need some refining
'Cos when the washer has finished it's job
I'm always left with the Ironing....

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We are waiting

Waiting time

We are awaiting to see what we can find

We are watching the hands go round

We are listing to the sound

Whirring faster as our hearts pound

When the clock stops so does the life we had found 

We are all wandering aimlessly until we are in the ground....

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