Short Word Stress Poems

Down the horizon,

He went and never came back,

Just like the sunset....

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   Assaulted by waves of profanity
     high tides of depravity

   Bestrewn, shards of urbanity
     ~ flotsam of humanity...

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Jab Meri Bechaini Mit Jayegi
Jab Mere Dilko Sukoon Mil Jayega
Yeh Khaalipan Mit Jayega

Do Pal Ki Chandni Ke Liye
Aj Bhi Zinda Hoon Main
Meri Khaamoshi Ke Ageh Aasmaan Bhi Khatam Ho Jayega

Kehne Ke Liye Toh Roz Marta Hoon Main
Thoda Aur Marne Ke Liye
Yeh Deewana Kal Phir Ayega...

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Spare me your dull platitude
I'm really not in the mood
It's time to change your tune
Or eat your steak by spoon
~ Time I give YOU attitude!


7-7-6-6-7  “really” = 2 not 3 syllables

AP: 2nd place 2020

Submitted on July 29, 2019 for contest WHAT’S BUGGING ME sponsored by KIM RODRIGUES...

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My translation of calligraphy by Ven. Master Chin Kung:

Face difficulty with liberality,  
Face hostility with patience, 
Steer through scrambles 
With leisurely grace and pace, 
For peace is found in temperance 
And the love of excess speech
Is the root of every calamity!

All rights released into Public Domain...

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The poet sits
At the lower table
While his wife
Addresses the group.
Suddenly, she directs
Her remarks to him,
Spitting out words like
Bullets, wounding his
Spirit and his pride.
He quickly rises
To leave the room,
Dropping his poetry
Notes to the floor,
Upon reaching the
Foyer, realizes his
Marriage is over--
Just like that.

written August 27, 2021...

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It's not Halloween yet but I have a trich,
No treat. OCD. Since thirteen.
I pluck, I pull, I tweeze, rip, yank.
Hair, lashes, and brows.
Made me once feel so ugly underneath.
A nervous tick, a passerby of boredom. Still unsure.
What causes such a thing, many are unaware.
I am not even sure myself.
All I know is I overcame it after 9 years of struggle.
I feel beautiful again.
I feel like me....

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Vacumns and Garden hoses 
What can I say ….?
Well, they are the bane of my life
With their temperamental ways

Both are stubborn with a mind of their own
Needing to control the situation
They both catch, kink and “just”stop
Heightening annoyance and frustration

No matter how hard i try 
Without success or luck
To not let irritation get the better of me
Preventing me yelling out F**k !!...

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I'm beating my heart against a barbed wire fence.
Pain from all directions.
I don't know what to do..
It's killing me.

I just want this pain to stop,
It's ripping me up inside.
Tearing, gouging, blood letting.
It's killing me.

My lungs are filling with blood,
I can't breathe.
My heart still beats,
But it's losing the fight.

Make it stop!
I don't want to feel any more,
It's killing me....

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When are we going to learn
We need to shut our trap
What is it with you
Your snide tone
Your petty remarks
Everything we say is ignored
Censured or corrected
Cause everything we say is wrong
And you think you're entitled
What the hell
We wish we could spit it out
And tell you off
Just cut you off
As if we need you
Yet...
We continue to put up with you



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on February 10, 2020...

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