Short Zipping Poems

anticipation
zipping upwards splendidly --
explosions galore...

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zing of waxwing
         zipping silence

        ~air tight flyby...

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Hunting to and fro
Zipping between marigolds
Low flying sparrow

By Robb A. Kopp...

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Feel the need to climb a tree
Zipping upwards like a bee
Turn yourself into a monkey!...

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hot convertible
zipping down highway
sun to the breeze



posted on April 19, 2019...

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Basketball - watch them go!
Zipping around to and fro
See the basketball meet net
K.U.'s going to win I bet!...

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in a flash
zipping and darting
skittish dragonfly




AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on September 8, 2019...

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Swiftly zipping,

Quickly driving,

Fast-breaking,

~RACECAR~

Breaking fast,

Driving quickly,

Zipping swiftly!...

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Traveling
zipping backwards;
history’s expanding...

parallels
radiated blurs;
eclipsing centuries.

...

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I am a comet.
Zipping by
Burning bright

but only for a moment.

Then I am gone.
Off to another planet
Another galaxy
Another universe....

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A drive into the city
Reminds me of my morbidity --
Traffic zipping every which way
Makes for a most stressful day 

Written April 21, 2022...

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You can unzip all my zippers
Until only one is left
In my body bag
Coming back from some kind of war
Ordered by my government
It’s a zippy world
Don’t expect more from a government...

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delight wafted in the forest
zipping in and out of shadows
faerie like and pretty

moon smiled with appreciation
enjoying the delicate light and lively moth
feeling honored she shared his name...

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in the cosmos, communication is constantly zipping and zinging
on fiber optic wavelengths only evolved aliens can decipher and see
imagine them as firefly rhinestones in lavender, coral and turquoise....

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I'm a flawed fixer listener
I hear then fix and fawn
I'm zipping my mouth shut
Agony aunting switching off
I can hear and see you
(Not right now I'm not a stalker)
But let me help you too
If you ever need to be the talker...

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Zipping along toward the zoo that day
Zealot Zebra started to play.
He should have been watching the right-of-way.

Zoom. Zoom. Zoom. We began to pray.
A zealous cop made us pull over and stay.
Not a great start to our outing that day....

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The Soothing Voice of the babbling brook
The Albino deer hiding in a forest knook
The Humming bird zipping from flower to flower
The colorful change of nature from hour to hour
The Beauty of Sunrise, melting mountain dew
The Beauty of Sunset, with Rainbows of hue...

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weasel
whiplashing past my boots

flash of tan and cream
zipping
out of sight

chasing a rabbit - maybe

no death scream

no sound
of anything being torn to pieces

walk on a pace

a fleet rustle in the grass

it is hunting again

walking on eggshells


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The silence is music to my ears.
      With only the chirping of birds,
The constant humming of the air conditioner,
And the sporadic buzzing of a bee zipping past.
    Oh the wonderful silence of being home,
                       alone,
                 in the back yard....

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spooky sleep staggering
with wills wielding
hoisted hands hankering
lurching, fiddling lids
sumptuous state stuttering
eerie end enveloping

Zeus zipping zeals
pricking pulsing peels
moaning mists munching

summoned sundry saps
gaunt gods grasped
pruning punctured pats 

"Leave for Earth,
damp desirous death."
      19:12:06:07:49...

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Wind is whipping, boats are zipping
On this lovely day.
Kids are skipping, trees are dipping;
Doesn’t feel like May.

It’s inviting, though, for writing;
Sunshine’s on display.
Bugs aren’t biting, no one’s fighting;
Stress remains at bay.

As I’m sitting, it seems fitting
Thoughts I can convey.
Time permitting, I’ll stay flitting 
All my cares away....

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Life Is A Brothel


Life is a brothel she says
Zipping ten centimetres up the crotch of her
Diesel jeans

How many jobs do you have to take to remove your nose
from the rotten-egg stench;  how many chances do you have to give
the adjustable lighting
to sweep away for you the connections
to breath-gaps?




translated from Hebrew:
Alexa Christopher-Daniels...

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Don’t be afraid of shooting stars 
When they light up the night 
But you can wonder what they are
Or wish you may or might

Don’t be afraid of shooting stars
They cannot hurt you, dear
They’re zipping, zooming way too far
To ever reach you here

Don’t be afraid of shooting stars 
When you’re shooting for the moon
For even if you miss your mark 
You’ll be among them soon....

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The white bird is a fish, diving and rising and diving again.      
     
The grey bird is a lazy frog, sitting on the lamp post.      
    
The blue bird is a boomerang, circling back to where she's started.       
    
The red bird is a needle, heading her way into the thicket.      
    
The green bird is a dart, zipping her way through the sky on a fine, narrow path.

2018...

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Cadence calls collective clans
ricochet katydid
not crackle her crocodile skin.

Crazy kids combine their fares
for riding rickety RinTinTins,
out zipping their yipping files.

Corny crackers crash their lines
lickety slippety splat
finishing race far much too soon
before fine ladies grow fat.

Cadence cries corrective crams
flippety frying flies
falling their crowns upside down
while mothers cry for their sins....

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