Shorthand Poems - Poems about Shorthand

Missing You

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Will you miss me Lord ,when I’ve gone my sweet Jesus?
Will you miss me Lord when I’m gone? I believe I pray mostly for others, but I might be wrong! 

I have given you all of my best ,until I ex...

Alphabet Soup

...Alphabet Soup

Everywhere I look, I see acronyms…

A language all of its own for each category.

A shorthand of sorts.

Outsiders confused and aggravated. 

They requested clarification. 
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Christ's Christmas Chiasm

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X marks the Gospel spot
He’s the chiasm of B.C. to A.D.
Like the Chi-rho symbol or ichthus fish
There’s no disrespect, says R.C.
X reminds us of Christ,
[The Star that’s shining bright]
It’...

I am Such a Gemini

...some people type right into the computer
I never thought I would be one of them, but I am
At this second I am sitting my car, writing on a clipboard
As the words appear, I realize how Gemini I am
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Gray May

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This gray sky
Of May does lie
In lackluster color
A futile eye
With birds too shy
To sing, or fly

Through April's chill
March lingered still
Soaking in chains
Of rain's domain
Why this ...

David Cherry

...His dad was a Commercial Traveller
Who went to work in a suit and tie
Didn’t have that weathered complexion
From daily working under open sky.
They lived last house in Mill Row
The village schoo...

The Letter X

...What's with this 'X' perplex?
It marks the spot to dig for treasure
It marks a crossing out
A signature for the illiterate
A cheeky peck on lips
An addendum end to a letter penned
Its shorthand...

Start the Day

...Lisa and I were watching one of our favorite series last night, a Japanese manga called “The Way of the Househusband” and I could barely keep my eyes open. I went to bed at a decent hour (11:30) but ...

Old Pulp

...It comes wrapped up in clear mylar,
like the ones comic people use,
insides faded, creased and yellow,
big red letters boast of the west,
small rips and tears from ancient hands,
and the collect...

My Poet

...Looseleaf thoughts trailed behind me as I moved between moments.
Onto the next will little regard for the last.
Carelessly discarded attention to detail left a world crafted by outline, but devoid ...

Phoenix Dreams In the Realm of Crows

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“Phoenix Dreams in the Realm of Crows” 

wake up 
shake up 
kaleidoscope girl

jigsaw
see saw 
fit the pieces

she 
another world
away 

the in-betweeen
flows eas...

Circa February 12th, 2122 10:30 Pm

...Circa February 12th, 2122 ~ 10:30 PM

Equals twenty one thirty 22:30 military time
future time traveler looks back one century ago,
oceanic waterways overladen with green slime,
yours truly atte...

La Madone Noire

...In my family, a convent in Lucerne, Switzerland loomed legend large. 
It’s name is “La Madone Noire” (the Black Madonna) and according to my mom, it is a “finishing school” where captious girls, who...

Paternal Grandmothers Headstone Beth David Elmont Long Island

...Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island

Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris
died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled
alphanumeric characters legibly engraved
se...

The Croquis

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"The Croquis"



I draw what is required
from the Russian Doll
embracing my mind

Heart-shaped,
a planchette to guide
the necrophonic void

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