Short Zags Poems

Forceful, unforgiving claws, deep in the earth they dig
Upwards, upwards, breaking more than simply twigs
Cracking crevices, zags, zigs
A roar, a shake, a crick, crig...

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ACROSTIC PLAY EXAMPLE 1 for contest 11/8/2020

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Ignite with zigs and zags, touch the earth.
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I reach up high, bend, recall my birth.
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Kim’s Acrostic Play Contest
Couplet...

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So it is :
          life doesn't always move
          in straight lines...
          equal to the world runs
          almost always in zig-zags.
          crooked lines... but
         unlike us, always rightly...!...

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intense
       desire
so transparent
surge
with
agitated
        gestures..
a
    dream
             fever
becomes
       apparent
zig-zags
          back
          &forth
as 
   emotions
   flood
the moment...

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all time
different kind
same time
not all mine
illustrating sublime
sounds of chime
no more time
it's a sign
wouldn't pay a dime
warn out overtime
should be a crime
smells of daytime
-ugly piece
you left here when you decided to leave!...

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butterfly zig zags
its delicate wings flutter
bright colors float in the breeze

searching for nectar
sweet serum from flower's soul
that flows forth from life to life

butterfly pauses
it's thin wings close and open
then gently it flies away




Written on 7/18/2016
Choka...

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My skies darken a forboding grey 
When shadows overtake my day

A strong breeze carries dark gloom
To give the feeling of a pending doom

Lightning zig zags throughout the sky
Piercing heavy clouds so they can cry



Date written:9/1/2019
Writing Challenge 4, August 2019 - Six Lines
Sponsor, Dear Heart- Wiishkobi Ode


5th place...

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It is snowing out
The wind is blowing
Spreading on the ground
The wind is blowing 
While the snow  zigs zags

The wind is still blowing 
With the snow fallen
Falling to the ground
In a deep[ pile
Spreading evenly 

All the trees boughs white
No longer bare and cold
They are dre3ssed up warm
With the cover of snow
Like a white blanket...

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The Queens Bed 

There's a certain symmetry in mis-shapes 
A Correlation of zig zags
A pyramid of Mish mashery 
Of Golden haberdashery 

A prism geometry forgot 
Disfunctional patterns
Of a Diamanté Zodiac
A Tessellating Mosaic

A crazy jigsaw of zany gems
Adorned the Queens four poster bed
A Crystalised Diadem 
The perfect fit for her head...

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How does life go?
  Does it go straight ahead?
Full throttle? Ever onward and
  upward?  All systems go
all of the time? For some it may
  But not for me
           ~ That's not the way 

I say that life zigs and zags
  that it wiggles and wobbles
and waddles. It goes up;
  it comes down. It spins
around; it cries and falls down
        ~ It gets up again too...

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I am the master of my fate - William Ernest Henley


Bill zags, don't tell him to zig.
The architect of his fate;
truly an iconoclast,
a nonconformist


Famous Poetic Lines 2 Poetry Contest (Winner: 3rd Place)
Sponsored by Silent One
Date written: 02/08/2020...

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Apparitions behind every mottled rock.
Shaded countenance surreptitious like shadows.
Fractured slivers and fragments boast -
On wall, ceiling and floor.
Splattered drop cloth - reflective dread.

Fun house of Zeus,
The zigs and zags -
Thundering fakes, illuminated lies.
She claws her face.

Crags of wilderness.
Deep etched drama.
Whirlwind’s not glue.

One face.
One mirror.

Truth
...

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Had a thought that was after
not sure if it was after definitely not before noon
the effect that came after was witnessed
every where
the sight of the eye
the ache of the ear
the bird that was mocking
the frog that leaps
full of forget
joy never stuck
struck was the moon
set was the sun
all the kill was over
forward never straight
scaled every time
the writer of type
that zags with a zig...

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I see the wake 
of what I look at
objects casting ripples
through the sea 
of visual fields
like a boat or Nessy
cutting water
in zig zags
its trail allowing 
secrets, coloured 
kaleidoscope waves
rips and tears
peep holes no less
an honoured glimpse
into the mechanics
of reality, I hope
nobody up there
gets into trouble
for showing me
things they shouldn’t
how things are working
behind the scenes...

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Eyes teleporting in zig zags
Spamming like daggers
Humanoid skull
Veins expanding out
Skeleton hand orbiting
Soul screaming
Love burning
Shrouded in darkness



It's hard to frame it in a picture
It's hard to add it in a mixture
Abstract emotions are swelling behind the light of my
retinas

Demonic angels i guess
A challenge to a game of chess
I'll chant a curse and I'll bless it
Abstractually speaking

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There is a truth I've come to comprehend,
Life is full of twists and turns,
And outs and ins,
And ups and downs,
And zigs and zags,
And curves and bends,
And though it sometimes seems to follow guides,
Blind fate alone decides how long it lasts
Or where it wends.
Another truth I've learned of late,
One not controlled by Fate or trends,
Is that Time follows a different line,
One that just goes straight…
And never ends.
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Its siren is annoying;
Its flashing light disturbs.
Its speed propels pedestrians
To back up to the curbs.

It zigs and zags on city streets
Ignoring lights turned red,
Determined to respond, no matter
What might lie ahead.

A heart attack or vertigo,
An accident or fall;
A suicide or murder – 
The attendant’s seen it all.

To passersby, its presence
Is forgotten in a minute
Except, perhaps to thank their stars
They’re not the patient in it....

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