Short Zips Poems

Sew this thread
into my lips
shut my mouth
like a zipper zips...

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The cold numbs my face
Homeward bound under the moon
Shooting star zips by...

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Why would someone live in the past
                                     ~ when the present zips along so fast...

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joplar jovial juniper jasmines
aspirations astounding answers attack
zany zealous zippy zoos
zachary's zodiac zips zarnia

By Susan Mills...

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weeping willow cries
tears of pure joy in heaven
lamenting a kind soul found
cardinal zips from sky
landing on earthly willow
reminding us of others...

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CYBER SAILOR

When you sailed
across the buzz
that hums

resounding

Keen vibration
Zips through twilight
bumbling bee to tumbling star--

It was 
in that
instant
that
I 
looked 
up...

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As days go, this is eleven out of ten
Invited to luncheon with a dozen good friends
From thirty years in the past
Worked together, sure zips by fast
An emotional time, hope I don't wet my Depends...

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a piece of paper covered with red lips 
promising a night of moving hips 
like a passionate pledge
it drove him close to the edge
a pity they couldn’t undo the zips



Contest: Valentine's Day Limerick
6th Place...

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The barbershop is buzzing;
My guy is running late.
At home, my dinner’s waiting;
I am hungry, which I hate.

The traffic out the window
Zips by quickly, heading home.
I sit and watch the city breathe
And write my daily poem....

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As days go, this is absolutely an eleven out of ten
Invited to a luncheon with two dozen cherished friends
From thirty years in the past
Worked together, sure zips by fast
An emotional time, hope I don't wet my Depends...

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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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Reason fails:
Old rhymes ail,
Odd pulse trails;
Stress now cites!


Outcome shows:
Sad grooves grow,
Wet tears flow;
Strain now bites!


Meaning dips:
Mad feel zips,
Strain funds trip,
Stress now writes!


Feelings art:
Logic parts,
Broken heart;
Regret sites!




Leon Enriquez
12 July 2018
Singapore...

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Lightning flashes
Thunder crashes
Lightning zooms
Thunder booms
Lightning zips
Thunder rips
Lightning zaps
Thunder claps
Lightning flares
Thunder blares
Lightning shocks
Thunder rocks
Lightning gleams
Thunder screams
Lightning glows
Thunder blows
Lightning lightens
Thunder frightens

...

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My heart knows
Just what shows


My soul sips
What wit tips


My mind puns
A strange run


My feel grips
A deep trip


My sense trains
A thought vain


My hurt frames
A prompt blame


My touch zips
A blunt drip


My rhyme knows
A fine flow


My fond feel
A brisk thrill




Leon Enriquez
31 August 2019
Singapore...

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In July mosquitoes fly 
And hummingbirds are humming.
Bees will buzz and all because
They don’t know fall is coming.

Weeks remain so none complain
That summer zips by quickly.
School is out and kids, no doubt,
Don’t mind when skin is prickly.

Folks will schmooze at barbecues
And drink like no tomorrow. 
Through their sweat, they all forget
These days are just to borrow....

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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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A police boat zips past
Followed hard by a tug.
So what, you may ask
With a sneer or a shrug.

But it’s always a thrill
When the river’s in view 
And each time that I sit here,
I see something new.

The flow of the water,
The light of the sky,
The nautical traffic
That chugs or sails by

All paint me a picture
That changes with time,
Which I try to capture 
In words and with rhyme....

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The
metaphysical
of
human scale
   counts

spectral closeness
  centirely
of colour
 flanking form
in
extreme
   asymmetry
lateral
    inflections

continuity
 presence
of verticals
with
unshakable
&unfastened
by
zips
 of
speed &energy
in
areas
&planes
subtly inflected
   monochromatic
 partitions
textured
& with
irregular effect
in
visual tension

 of
  contrasting colors...

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Does he,
when autumn zips the lining in his coat,
still puff pretend cigarettes, 
blow smoke rings at the moon?

And in mid-winter
when angels shed their robes
to dress a shivering earth,
does he still fall back, 
stretching arms and legs, 
to find the perfect fit?

And on those nights 
when Van Gogh wakes
to paint crystal canvas,
does he feel my hot breath
steam from his cup of cider, 
and sipping,
taste my lips?...

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Watch wise wit
Frame fond fit
Bit by bit


Feel fine face
True touch trace
Glimpse good grace


Sculpt scope sure
Prize peak pure
Choice crafts cure


Daze dreams dwell
Work words well
Touch that tells


Apt art ace
Tough times trace
Graft grand grace


Quit quaint quest
Reach ripe rest
Zeal zips zest


Craft creams choice
Pique prize poise
Vote vests voice




Leon Enriquez
27 December 2019
Singapore...

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Highway sliced
Geometrically whispered
Into your eyes
Silks down through your mind
A limpid sighted magic spell
Fibonacci’s stepping repelled

Bilateral storm
Trapped by duty
And boxed voids
That familiar smell:
Skyscraping cylinders
And footnotes

It zips aside
High-toned warning
Like elder numbers rhyming

Prepare for abstract cosmovision
Liquid language gasified into strings
Softly spoken touch
Of the sunset mist
Morphing everything...

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Dream dear dance
Chase crude chance


Weave words well
Thrift tastes tell


Less loud lines
Frame feel fine


Joy juice jets
Sum sure set


Live loud laugh
Spice sleek stuff


Jest joins jokes
Prize plot pokes


Rich rhymes roar
Sketch swift soar


Dance dear doom
Guess grips gloom


Feel fond fest 
Zeal zips zest


Odd oomph old
Trite tale told


Fate floats free
Sign swift spree




Leon Enriquez
27 November 2017
Singapore...

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