Short Wielded Poems

malevolent words
like swords expertly wielded
irreparable damage...

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Sir Lancelot
didn't smoke pot
   He wielded a shield and a mask
   ~ A wineskin and a flask...

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He wielded power like a machete, ends up beheading himself



Date written: 01/21/2020...

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wielded wooden spoon
laughing kids ran like crazy~
screen time reduction

Senryu on Mother 
Sponsor - Jenish Somadas...

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There is bounty to be amassed,
wealth to be wrenched from the earth,
power to be wielded over nations.
Go forth.

24th March 2005...

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Tempered be thy heart 

Strengthened in the forge of life 

Love is double edged 

When wielded one must use care 

Not to cut on the back swing...

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The once was an octopus named Seymour
who lived in a cliff by the sea shore.
Each of his eight arms
wielded various charms
so the ladypusses all sought out Seymour....

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There once was a mad barber named Max
Instead of scissors, he wielded an axe
   He chopped off your hair
   And shaved your head bare
Then he rubbed on depilatory wax...

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Michael McGregor wielded a wild flyswatter
he used it in places he not aughter.
Each swat made a mess
causing wife distress 
so he up and ran off with their daughter....

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He loved to flaunt his longevity
and wielded it with great levity
yet in the race
couldn't keep pace
and was known for the length of his brevity


John G. Lawless
6/6/2020...

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The sword of a King

Like a bird on the wing

As the light of dawn

Is here then it's gone

The power that's wielded

Is used then it's yielded

With no justice around

Till a new King is crowned...

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Shears, indifferent where the fibers led,
She wielded innocent of dread,
Cutting what her sisters fed.
Slicing each fragile thread,
Thickened puddles spread,
steaming and red,
As he bled,
In bed.
Dead.





Rhymed Nonet...

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or...Where's the SPCA when you need 'em?

A farmer's wife who was not very nice
Mutilated a trio of disabled mice.
Each squeaked for its life
As she wielded her knife
And disencumbered them all of their tails in a trice....

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19.12.2020

Even if I wielded a rod
I'm glad
I'm not God
Because I'd mad always be mad
Listening all day
When you confess
Listening all day when you pray
Asking for forgiveness
I wouldn't take it sitting at my throne
All alone...

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I live to love a little book
Each line and every page
The words transcend
My head is bent
In shapes of little stains

Controlled I hold the Wielded Well
My scepter of the mind
My little torch to wave at night
I'm awake and I'm alive...

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Carrie Nation was renown for her scorn

For the havoc caused by john barleycorn

She wielded her axe causing dire consternation

Wrecking bars with what she termed a "hatchitation"

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved...

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In spite of all your riches
you eschew what prophets do
Basilicas you build to self
with time but empty pews

Wealth deadly suicidal
when wielded as a gun
Whose target sits between your eyes
with one shot zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)
...

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I prefer utopia,
wielded word
as a flag...
than ideology,
preached word
by the hammer...
What to have the
will cut
by the sickle...
Don't adore the market
where i just am
merchandise...
I don't love profit,
where i am only
the currency,
and someone's 
loose change..!...

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All writing is art, but poetry is the highest form. In prose, words are wielded to serve a purpose. But in poetry, words are the purpose. Michelangelo believed sculpture was the highest art form, and saw himself as a sculptor (not a painter). 			                    

Poetry is the sculpture of writing....

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JOAN OF ARC

She earned the name
this woman
this welder
full leathers
shield in place
stinger
wielded with precision
smooth, molten slashes
melding cold iron
into heated union.

Joan of Arc!!
Don’t look directly at her
you may be smitten
by her welders flash.



John G. Lawless
8/29/2015...

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unhappy with the reflection
mirror a double edged weapon
wielded with an arm of hate
disappointment cuts like a blade
curse that mirror
she stabs in my heart
not me
that's not me
image reflecting is not mine
her mistakes are her own
bless this child
i must
must protect this life
growing within
her mistakes are her own...

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lips like waves
wielded wounds wave
callous curls hewn
by dark dews
taunted torrent puke
per punctured prune

crazed coziness cluster
felon fondlings fostered
rustic reels registered

heaven's eyes seeped
dripping damped weaves
locked liquid lease

such sassy trend
carved emotions' crest.
     '20:02:27:14:15...

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punctured pleasure pulsing
bounty beats blushing
hoisted horizons hankering
damping dark dances
on tainted torrent
cupping callous crest

wielded waves whooshing
heaving vying hymns
with felon verses

Ironbounds mystic move
swaying stray mood
feeble fishes chew

on and on
punctured pleasure's pawn.
     19:12:30:07:23...

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Blacksmith's massive hands
delivering powerful hammer blows,
beating glowing red steel 
into submission.
Sparks illuminating
magnificent artistry.
Fiercely wielded
in the name of Odin.
Tales heralded it's glory.
Unearthed, virtually unscathed.                                         
Instrument of death,
1,200 years at peace....

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like leering torrent
seeped'n saucy vest
wielded waves worn
tuning traces torn
voluptuous surges shrunk
cupping callous lust

hoisted horizon's spell
bewitching bounty pleck
fostering felon dread

winter's call whooshes
tuning tactic traces
through ocean's capillaries

same spell knit
my fostered feelings.
'20:02:12:15:56...

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