Short Words Fail Poems

even when words fail ~ the muted influence of persuasion screams on...

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--- the beast's nature --- :

pantheistic pony:

one-trick or no, the tide buoys drop

by drop....

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Times may come when words will fail ~~
          Emotions will run high, and tears prevail.

written December 21, 2021...

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A clumsy encounter

Where words fail

Keeping a distance

With those present

Abetting a slow

Riveting

Demise of dignity...

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Platitudes are so convenient;
ready-made, impersonal, and stale.
They’re perfect when true words fail
and honesty is deemed impertinent....

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Sad
Does not
Begin to
Express my thoughts
Words fail to explain the emotion felt

The abject disappointment when the last 
Pistachio
Is but an 
Empty
Shell...

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Words fail to dictate
                                            the feeling of thirst for love
                                              loved one's no response...

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When words fail Jan
                                    Jan writes poems with sword










A tribute to Jan Allison
Inspired by her "WHEN SIMPLY NO OTHER WORD WILL DO"...

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Words fail
Dark sails


Blind chance
Deep trance


Blur sight
Sure plight


Nude knave
Faith saves


Dusk sets
Loss vets




Leon Enriquez
15 November 2016
Singapore...

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Words fail to explain her
Without doubt, sinister
Wearisome, she’s dreaded
Washed in blackest shadows
Wearing death like a cape
Wrathful as hell’s fury
Wishing for Halloween
...

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Words fail
Cheer sails


End finds
Pain grinds


Too late
Grim fate


Last look
Close book


Fast hurl
Death curls


Rhymes break
Last stake




Leon Enriquez
17 December 2916
Singapore...

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JOURNEY MIND MAP (9/25) — SLIPPING


Style spurs smile
Prime peak pile

When words fail
Still time sails

Do not weep
For lost sleep

Deem sure win
Deep within

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
18 January 2021
Singapore...

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crying is deep pain
unstammering orater
needs no translator

when our words fail us
our tears are understood for
tears are liquid prayers

eloquent tears flow
no interpreter needed
prayers flow from thine eyes...

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Intense Words
By: Tom
2-6-2020

Intense words obliterate silence.
When we utter words so profound they require explaining,
perhaps they’re best left unsaid.

"where words fail, music speaks"
Hans Christian Anderson
...

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I hide behind the combination of letters I put on paper
Unable to speak when I am close to you, near you in person
When I see you I lose all train of thought
I am silenced, words fail me, cease to exist
I am enamored, enchanted, without speech...

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if words fail to find me, and silence calms the sea, 
harmony, somehow becomes lost in the wind,
not able to create a tender symphony- ever again
- there will always be, music in me
with its soft soothing melody



* simple moments *...

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It would be like a Cessna hitting a mountain;
Weltschmerz; rain falling on a tin roof.
So let me work my garden with burnt hands,
Thoughtless as a spade in cold loam.
Let all words fail as the day reduces.
We all love the holes in which we put our heads....

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Words fail
To describe
This sensation,
That keeps me smiling,

A stupid little smile,
That makes everyone
About me
Think I’ve gone mad

What I smile for,
Giggle even, 
That sensation,
Its my little secret,

Though it’s probably
Just an
Infatuation
Right?
...

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once impulsive        now

deserted   forsaken
                  cast aside
jilted
stranded
              rejected
dumped
ditched
                 unused

neglected
             idle
                unoccupied
uninhabited

I stand empty

      words fail me...

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For the love of words


Deep in love with words,
I keep digging through the day,
Although words fail me,
Still can't help reverberate,
I am a structured poem !


Tanka- 5/7/5/7/7
Written September 29th, 2014
For contest 'For the love of words' by Pendleton Arkwright...

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A melody to lift the heart
Let it soar in every part.

Wraps around you and
enfolds you in it's
complex web of sensations.

To lull you and ease your spirit.
Notes like cascading falls,
That surround you with
a life of their own.

A way to say things
When words fail....

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When words fail me
When sleep escapes me
When troubles torment me
I cling to the Almighty

Though words fail me
Though she forsakes me
Though memories maim me
I cling to the Almighty

When words fail me
When grief besets me
When trials torment me
I cling to the Almighty...

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thoughts of you release my light 
tonight light draws your beauty out 
but a fool was birthed this night
thoughts of you release my light 
words keep me from your present sight
why can’t I find a word to shout
thoughts of you release my light 
tonight light draws your beauty out...

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How does one convey
a past not meant to last?
How does one explain
a numbed brain?
How can emotions
simply disappear?
Why do we turn against
those we hold dear?
When will our life
as we knew resume?
Back to normal
can we assume?
End the desire
oneself to impale?
Words fail....

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Ask me again,
Let me tell you:
Mind speaks in vain,
Observe the cues;
Sales talk promise:
Touch on empty.
Expound vain gist,
Messy story;
Paint on ugly,
Tension soaks stress;
Yes sincerely,
Note sad progress;
Offer to dwell,
Words fail to sell.




Leon Enriquez
10 October 2014
Singapore...

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