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Category Archives: Short Poems

Flower – Short Poem

Flower,
perfect pearl blue.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 21, 2020Posted inEveryday Things, Nature Poems, Short PoemsTags:Nature Poems, poem, poetry, short poemLeave a comment on Flower – Short Poem

The Wolf at the Door

The wolf as both live animal and poetic symbol for the dangers in the world.

Ever since the wolf was at the front door,
we’ve build our lives with bricks,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 20, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inAging, Everyday Things, Poems about life, Short PoemsTags:Metaphor, poem, Poem on life, poetryLeave a comment on The Wolf at the Door

The Nature of the Heart

A rolling field with a heart shaped tree is poetry

The heart is a hunter searching
before the dead of winter has melted;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 20, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inLove Poems, Nature Poems, Short PoemsTags:mother poetry, poem, poetry, poetry about the heart, poetry mom, poetry on love3 Comments on The Nature of the Heart

Mother Teresa & The Search for God

Mother Teresa is enjambed with heaven and hell search for god

Mother Teresa sent her message out
in the bent and broken bodies
writhing as fuel to fill her soul

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 19, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inEnigmas, Short PoemsTags:Mother Teresa, poetryLeave a comment on Mother Teresa & The Search for God

The Game of Craps

The poetry of rolling dice against the odds in a descending staircase

The world is a gamble,
In jest we place our bets
and wink at destiny
as hopeful players do
in this the game of craps.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 19, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inEveryday Things, Short PoemsTags:life and death, poems, poetry learningLeave a comment on The Game of Craps

I Looked for You

Blue ford station wagon poem

I looked for you
in places we used to go,
I returned, I had seen,
and was conquered.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 16, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inEveryday Things, Poems about life, Short PoemsTags:Freeverse, love, poems, verseLeave a comment on I Looked for You

The Plunge

Around her I was Icarus
with wings alight and burnt to nubs,
now glowing as embers and garnets
as I slowly descend into the adjust
of knowing there is no longer an us
and longing to submit to the plunge.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 7, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inLove Poems, Short PoemsTags:break up, divorce, on break ups, poem, Uncategorized Poetry, verseLeave a comment on The Plunge

My Sweet English

There are so many languages to love,
but only one English to prize
and take into ones arms with such fondness
as to spark flames of passion high
as angels might fancy to fly, my dear.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 6, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inShort Poems, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on My Sweet English

Children Spinning

In youths youngest hour comes the dawn
and we whirl around at the sky,
and being young and in love

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 6, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inPoems about life, Short Poems, Societal Collapse poemsTags:Childhood, kids spinning, poem, Societal Collapse poems, Uncategorized Poetry, verse, wonderLeave a comment on Children Spinning

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