Short Zaps Poems

Stay in the pink with Zinc
Zinc Zaps Zits.
Zinc off!!!...

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A
Bird
Cartwheeling
Diligently,
Ever
Frightfully 
Gaining
Height
In
Jumbled 
Knightly 
Loops,
Moaning
Never
Once,
Perhaps 
Queenly 
Reigned
Sky
Took
Unnecessary 
Vices
Wherever 
Xiang
Yankee
Zaps.

06/09/2020...

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stir distant rumbles

  zig zag wink heat lightning's zaps--

    sheets of rain scream down


          
           May 21, 2019
 Entry in Writing Challenge 3, May 2019
        Nature Haiku Contest
         Sponsor: Dear Heart...

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When 
written
words settle
like lightning zaps 
to marrow and bone,
communication blooms.
If metaphor plunks down with
dull thud, or hides behind a dim
screen, the seeker's intellect bangs shut.
Shoot for the goal with sharp lucidity...

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Sense sight
Live light


Taste truth
Prize proof


Charm cheers
Style steers


High hopes
Sculpt scope


Frame fine
Love lines


Zest zaps
Sweet sap


Kind keep
Words weep


Laughs leap
Dream deep


Mood moves
Grand grooves



Leon Enriquez
15 May 2017
Singapore...

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Caught you in my reflection,
It zaps
My insides 
Like a sting from a bee.
It is not the wisdom you exhibit in your eyes.

It exerts the rawness of our connection.
Trying to wrap
My head around the way we collide,
The way you bring the best out of me.
The way all that was lost, when you died....

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oh, how the fast Fly taunts the Snail.
he flaunts his speed with 
boastful wail.

he zips and zaps now low, now high.
gets trapped in spider's 
web to die.


to each his time, to each his pace.
there really is no 
rigid race.

you sprint your way and i crawl mine.
yeah, to each his own 
finish line!...

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Summer heat zaps my get-up-and-go,
so I’m resting and taking things slow,
loving cold drinks, TV,
comfy couch, and AC! 
I’m too wise to invite heatstroke woe!



written June 4, 2020
for Mohan Chutani's Summer Heat Laziness Poetry Contest


August 20, 2021
Entered in the Bite Size Poem no. 18 Contest
Sponsor: Line Gautier...

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Sweltering heat from all around 
Zaps my energy sweat dripping to the ground
Heavy breathing lungs seem to fail
Oxygen low to no avail
Summers’ heat unbearable to some
To the beach to have a little bit o’ fun
Salty ocean cools my soul
Mind and body now a whole
Seagulls high within the sky
Dropping clams to watch them die
Sandy granules upon my feet
Ocean water is just so sweet...

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the slow snail the fast fly now taunts,
          his flight speed he boastfully flaunts,

                 so he zips and zaps low and high,
                 in a spider's web doomed to die.

          to each his time, to each his pace,
          there really is no rigid race,

                 you sprint your way and I crawl mine,
                 there really is no finish line !...

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Muse meets mind
Feel fond finds


Joy joins jest
Zeal zaps zest


Time treats thrill
Wake wise will


Spark soul sire
Flame fine fire


Heart heals hurts
Dust dry dirt


Wise words wing
Sense soul sing


Rich ripe rhymes
Cheer crafts chimes


Calm charm cheers
High hopes here


Love lines lift
Glimpse grand gift




Leon Enriquez
01 March 2018
Singapore...

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ouch! ouch! ouch!
pesky wasps
mosquito’s
and bugs
have eaten me alive

scratch scratch
itch itch
I'll treat my skin
with soothing lotion
then seek revenge!

my electric
fly swatter
zaps them
soon they’re doing
the dying fly!

17 syllables per stanza, checked with ps soup counter

A Buggy Tanka Contest Poetry Contest


Sponsored by ML Kiser

09/01/21...

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