Short Yelps Poems

Baby kitten cry
yelps ring out
dog gone...

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Deject jejune muck
Underarm hollow tax cows
Nods lone land per hoof
Grasshopper a widower 
Yelps fable ape logy bog...

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The war-dogs chew at the throat of Man,
Killing as canines can,
With drooling jowls and fetor that fouls
The air, with harrowing warrior-howls--
They herald the End with their yelps and yowls....

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What makes a pest one?

When the sun is gone,

The mighty song of nocturnal begins

night is alive with their chorus

Of screams and yelps and bleeps

Do they really, truly, want to

Kill?...

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monolith wrapped
with blackish aura
now old lion has
lost it's strength 
wiggles under the
iron gossamer
sometimes yelps
yawns and sighs 
waiting in labyrinth
for macabre end




For P.D'S contest...

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autumnal colors
close neighboring planet skies
equinox sunsets

red hue leaves tussle
woodchuck pops from its burrow
dog sniff, yelps in pain

quiver across limbs
perching mockingbird's mimic
nightly shooting stars

9/18/2024...

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Gasping for a thought like a deep breath exhaled into a pillow tightly smothered wondering when will I take the next.

Muffled screams no one to hear, yelps with no intention of fixing me.

Intention was the reason for sanity now its the reason for pain....

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a monologe I write
as I hear voices at night
and no cure for a soft heart
I dream a life of no return
the purr silencing the tweets
the yelps and whats not on face book
open table I invite you to a meal 
screen silent to look in glow of eyes
and a shared time for few hours with laughs...

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Halloween is time to go scaring.
In costumes, you go about wearing;
then knock on some doors,
with yelps, hoots, and roars;
sweet candies reward for your daring!

If candies aren’t coming your way,
then you tell them that they’re going to pay!
It’s trick or a treat
once more, you entreat;
don’t make yourself one of our prey!...

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Listen to poem:

Written: September 22, 2023
Pleiades 6 Poetry Contest                         Sponsored by: Joseph May     
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Yaupon, mighty stands veiled
Yarn-like branches waving
Yaud of caffeine green source
Yowl, drink that holds wisdom
Yelps of knowledge unwind,
Yoke armor to illness
Your pearl steeped in legends...

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In the beginning the earth began
But now it just can’t stand
The weight of the world
And why the people never understand

The trash and the junk that hearts my body
Says the world to me
Why can’t these people see
See what they are doing to me 

The dirt yells in pain 
Why do they dig me up and put a black rock on me
Do they know how it hurts

But no one knows
How the trees, dirt, or earth feels
It yelps in pain to deaf ears...

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you have to collaborate
you are a team
a family
you must work together

I cannot work with him! a fourth-grader yelps.
Or her or him or them or you or anyone.
I will do this group project by myself.

That is not a group project, I tell him.
But he refuses.
Flat out.
Because he is smarter than anyone else.

Twenty-five years later I discover
that he has had many jobs
but has not kept any of them for more than a week....

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You stole my far away kingdom
didn't say what for?
Said I didn't have the jurisdiction 
to grapple my own crown

The ice resurrects steely bacteria 
will our antibiotics endure?


I feel all elephantine
the piper is never paid 
My foot prints are all asunder
on ancient sanded dunes

My ship is sinking
The troubadour sings
The innkeeper perilously on the cliff yelps
some erratum does he detect 















...

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Sally!
You should have raised the price
back a year ago.
Back when I had told you.
When you were saying no.

Coffee for a nickel more
would surely buy you more.
...but you weren't listening to me
and I was just a bore.

Now you say that I was right
and I am feeling blessed.
If not for knowing that you lie
and you have only jest.

So take my money in a tip
and hope it surely helps.
And know that I won't make you rich
despite my many yelps....

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Screaming to be free
Detesting all of me
Wishing you were here
Drowning in my fears
Crying to be whole
Loathing your new goals
Fighting to survive
Longing to feel alive
Struggling with this fate
Trying not to hate
Smothering all this pain
Explosive once again
Combating this new plot
Hoping I’ll get caught
Probing feelings naught
Tasting hateful lots
Pleading for your help
Banish hurtful yelps
Dejecting the unknown
I’m tired of being alone...

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Physical pain,
Arms slain,
Drunk haze,
Music faze,
Drug use, 
Grab the noose,
Put it back,
Back track,
Seek advice, 
Friends are nice,
Whoever helps,
But never yelps,
Do this, do that,
Or you'll be back where you sat,
Wanting no life, 
No strife,
No pain,
Scars stain,
Feel the love,
White dove,
Symbol of peace,
Pain will cease,
We will help, try,
Don't cry,
Just try this way,
No price to pay,
Relaxe,
No tax,
Small shove,
To feel the love....

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The place where I used to stay,
I used to learn and eat and play,
My so many friends and toys
The shared sorrows and joys
The childish quarrels we had
Hitting each other like mad
The teachers' great helps
Our unnecessary yelps
The care and love and courage
Preparing us for the future age
The fun we got
The fights we fought
All these are the memories I weave
My school, I will one day leave...


(A very old piece of writing retrieved from my school diary..)...

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I think about eating a cookie
It’s not mine; it is theirs.
But I had no breakfast, so lookie….
It's up for grabs on the top of the stairs.

Old dog yelps, “don’t do it, Pup!”
This aged geezer never fills up my confidence cup.
I leave the cookie and army of ants move in.
Now may I have it? I yelp with a grin.

Mama of the house picks it up in a dustpan.
I will never listen again to this old man.
It’s gone now, in the garbage can.
I howl the night away, annoying this old man....

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watching the water flow
little puppy does the head thing
laughing at her funny faces
laughing more at her ill timed yelps
flirting with an older lady
older lady flirts back
moving on with a sigh
little puppy goofily at the newness
older lady flirts again
flirting back only right
little puppy disagrees
little puppy wins again
more laughter occurs
moving on happily
will flirt with older lady more tomorrow
little puppy dog knows and rolls her eyes
home we go with a joyful trot...

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