Short Wingspan Poems

yellow butterfly
wingspan dramatic in sun -
a flattened raccoon...

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angelic wingspan
of the night
somehow soothing



posted on September 19, 2018...

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Wingspan spread open 
hiding sun's rays 
as the hawk flies high 
scoping out the area 
looking for his next meal...

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no clouds impede my light, but the eclipse
 ~ ~ ~ the totality wingspan ~ ~ ~
i’m under its shadow

5/10/2018...

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glass wingspan flier 
blue sky migrant skims springtide…,
they shun green meadows

Posted ; 11th April 2022

How Many Syllables verified...

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Down comes rain,
Beating of the wingspan,
On angry tree umbrellas,
The overwhelming turbulence,
The natural chaos that balances everything in it's hand....

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blue heron's wingspan
sundown
heading home



Published in The Trillium Haiku Group Anthology 2022 "-to hang my hat"

AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on July 22, 2018...

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I used to be a pebble. 
Now I’m the frigate-bird 
weaving wide wings with sky.
I trim my feathers,
search the wind and waves
where silver-fish dive.

I used to be old 
as earth-bones
but I hold a quick 
in the hollow
of my eye....

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The best that one could ever be in life

cannot be achieved by imitating another man

But

By developing his God-given talents 

that would help unfold his dream's wingspan!








© Demetrios Trifiatis
       26 June 2020...

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I saw a large shadow in the water
Something ominous coming from up high
She hit the water with a large splash
There was a bit of a battle but not much
Horned owl took off holding her catch
Her wingspan was enormous
The catfish stopped squirming...

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Hawk Hawk 
Loud you squawk
Squawking squawking
While you’re hawking
Circling, circling 
Large wingspan
Hawking squawking
With a plan

Hawk Hawk
Loud you squawk
Squawking squawking
While your hawking
Circling circling
I have a hunch
You are hawking
For your lunch...

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A courageous wave,
unfurls it's massive,
turbulent-white wingspan,
charges the beachhead, 
and flings itself, determinately,
against a rocky cliff wall:
metamorphosing into a fine mist,
floating languidly in the soft breeze,
then landing upon the face of a child,
becoming a smile....

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lost in the freedom
     ~up there in the endless sky~
              feathered giant flies

              above the oceans
   ~his large wingspan allows him
                        to dance a long time

                        on an open stage
              ~the elegance takes slowly
an albatross shape...

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upon
the 
airship wingspan
where
the yellow beak 
herring gulls
drift 
in nautical miles
and
touch the fingertips of
ocean waves
without
fear or doubt
but
rejoice in it
with
constant jubilee
where
they dwell
in 
peace harmony
and 
kinship
above water
above land
oh
heavenly father
praise God...

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It’s where the schizophrenic is socially accepted, 
Where he can show every man,
It’s where he can all come out and fly, 
Opening his whole wingspan.

And you can see who he is with what he will write, 
It’s all of him you will know,
In the poems created using beautiful words,
Where his legion of thoughts are on show....

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my muse 
springs awake 
from slumber;
in overdrive 
at the crack of dawn.
my mind's eye
wide open; 
my imagination,
a bird spreading
it's elephantine wingspan,
taking dizzying flight.
poetic inspirations
are breadcrumbs
scattering
here and there.
my ink-filled pen 
gracefully skates 
across a blank page; 
a poem was born 
with a faint gust of wind....

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Written: September 08, 2023
Pleiades Poetry Contest                                    Sponsored by: Joseph May          
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Albatross with deft shape
Aptly walz with wingspan
Across wild oceans soars
Abstract sway and power
As stars beam with delight
Apostle verve and scop
Always burden bearer ...

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From the ashes, arose the Phoenix unlike any other 
Destined for damnation and destruction 
Abruptly, the ground trembled 
A bird like creature shot from the ground leaving the onlookers petrified 
With an enormous wingspan, the creature began to pillage 
Not a word was said but action became the verb 
Eyes wide open but belief is a distant vision 
Forever oppressed by gouls and goblins...

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Swooping down to grab some meat,
A wingspan of five feet?
Me, oh, my, what could it be?
A Great Gray Owl, I think I see!

Shaking up the animals a bit,
Sharp, black talons, ready to strike
Grabs up a bunny, who is trying to kick.
A Great Gray Owl, I see to like

A wingspan of five feet,
Flying off, to eat her meat.
There is something really keen
About a Great Gray Owl, rarely seen...

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I run and hide from my shadow,
The murderous wingspan of crow -
Of flight, not fight.

My curdled dendrites long since spent.
Like the greening hulk, my skin rent.
So dim - the light.

I’ve shallow breaths and molten fear’d.
My former life, like a steak seared -
With poor eyesight.

I fold my hands and bend my knees
And hope for insight - what He sees.
Spur me upright!

1/9/2019...

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Returning,
We came into this lifetime,
Just another long hallway of learning.....
Yet this time 
I saw the Southern cross,
Lying on my back
In the midnight hour
On a wooden ship of dreams,
Carried off
Into the trade winds 
Like a rogue eagle with a wingspan 
As big as the universe
Across the pacific....
Unraveling
The tight strings of a heart 
That chipped the 
Iceberg
Of a loving intention....

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 The great white egret
       Silhouettes against the sky
It's massive wingspan, outstretched

            With it's spear-like bill
         It skims the water surface
        Searching for a prey to stab



Best Sedoka - 577-577 Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Lu Loo 
Date written and posted: 05/03/2019...

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Love is the wind beneath my wings 
Given enough air, I will soar to unspeakable heights 
Looking down on the lonely and miserable 
I feel their pain within my soul, for I know the agony of lonely nights

My wingspan is elongated and stretching in the direction of bliss 
For once in my life, my mind is clear 
From here on out, I choose to be happy 
Coming out of the shadows, leaving my lonely past in the rear...

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The unicorn was soaring high;
I watched it fly across the sky.
A regal beast of snowy white,
Its horn was like a stalagmite;
Its wingspan took my breath away.
I smiled with joy to hear it neigh -
But then I spotted on its back,
A grinning rider, dressed in black:
PD was out with her new pet;
She waved and zoomed off like a jet.
And as they flew towards the sun,
I knew her birthday would be fun.

Jack Horne, with love to PD on her birthday xxx...

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birds of the same feather
   don't always flock together;
     while most prefer safety in numbers,
       a few just want to be hermits on towers;
         there are others which opt to flap farther
            where the wingspan room is much wider;
         among them, too, are anti-social loners,
       and a noisy bunch of social climbers;
     most of the birds that flock together,
  especially during fair weather,
are not of the same feather!...

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