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Short-Lived

Cast him not in bronze,
Nor sculpt in pottery clay,
Lay down the chisel
Where the marble bust holds sway.

Better to fold paper
In the Origami play,
So when fame has died,
He can quickly blow away.

Categories: short lived, celebrity,
Form: Rhyme

Short-Lived

In the quiet of early morning,
a dewdrop clings to the edge of a leaf,
a fragile globe reflecting the first light.
It trembles, a breath away from falling,
a brief testament to the night's embrace.

So too, our joys, gathered like rain
in the cups of our hands,
slipping through fingers no matter how tightly closed.
The laughter of children fades into

Categories: short lived, death, life,
Form: Free verse

Short-Lived Joy

She pumped the air and whooped,
'The holidays are through!'
She danced a jig, she spun,
and did a moonie too.
The grinning mother yelled,
'They're back to school again!'
But then her laughter died,
she groaned in awful pain
and mopped her furrowed brow,
for she's a teacher now...

written 20th August for Francine's Back to School contest

Categories: short lived, parents,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Short Lived Thoughts

Short Lived Thoughts
Written: by Miracle man
July 15, 2021

Sometimes like comets thoughts rush by,
as dust bunnies from a troubled mind.
Concerning some moment I might decry,
leaving me, in anguish, questioning why?

These thoughts arrive at an early hour,
and continue not for a time that’s long.
Some, on arrival, from a higher power,
have stirred my voice into virtual song.

Categories: short lived, anxiety, god,
Form: Rhyme

Bees Short Lived Boo Boo

B rewing her potions one Halloween eve, Witch Hazel
R eceived a sting from a bee;
E liciting the response of a flyswatter smack.
V ulnerable bee, he lay upon the dark, dank floor.
I nstead of sweeping away, little bee, Witch Hazel
T hrew him into her brew and laughed with glee,
Y a, haha, ha, I’ve got you now,

Categories: short lived, animal, fun, insect, nature,
Form: Acrostic

Short Lived

The night was brief, its black tent
threatened to fly away from the sunset,
stars gleamed naked, then hid in a half-light.
Between the glimmer, night ran as if hunted.
No one thought this a good sign.
No one blessed the fleeting dark,
no one praised the lingering and early light.
We saw the cornered eyes of backyard critters,
how they backed up

Categories: short lived, poverty,
Form: Blank verse

Short-Lived Love

You think you’re the best
Your mind is at rest
You love with trust and zest 
Believing that deep down he feels the same.

But now I’m afraid
His love could abate
It looks like it's too late
Already in his dreams he calls her name.  



[I have to point out that this is not the usual tailed rhyme poem,

Categories: short lived, love, relationship,
Form: Tail-rhyme

Short Lived

I laughed today,
in impetuous fits of giggles
that clenches the belly
and ignites every sense
as though it were kindling
with a spark big enough
for my heart to catch aflame

I felt alive, pretty, like a wildflower bloomed
in the wasteland of my soul,
but then I thought of you
and immediately wilted

Categories: short lived, life, self, senses,
Form: Free verse

Words Are Short-Lived

Words are dying everyday
As short-lived as when imagined
A plead be a beseeching dismay
Yet as lived... where have I been?

Perhaps a little guidance for despair
A foothold for the disappearing grounds
To once more walk with a solemn flare
And nevermore with fear to turn simply around

Yet the more to will, I am not to see
Of words begging a

Categories: short lived, imagination, words, world,
Form: Rhyme

A Rose Short-Lived

In the early days of March, at the very start of spring
I saw people plant roses, and praise the love they would bring
Well, at that point I had been saving a special sort of seed
And that spring I would plant it, even though there where warnings, I did not heed
And now loves rose is dead,

Categories: short lived, depression, lovedeath, me, rose,
Form: Narrative

Short Lived

Fine
beauty
why so sad-
the art nouveau
dream

SOIS BELLE ET SOIS TRISTE Baudelaire ideal that features in much Aret Nouveau

eg Alphonse  Mucha Bronze Bust
http://www.cigala-art.co.uk/mucha-lady-bust-bronze-nouveau-sculpture-p-250.html

Categories: short lived, art, philosophy
Form: Ekphrasis

Monoku-Short-Lived

A summer romantic perfume -

Categories: short lived, nature, sea, seasons
Form: Monoku

Short Lived

'neath
weeping
willow oaks-
drifts of bluebells
bide.

Categories: short lived, nature, seasons,
Form: Lanterne