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The Lions Roar ~ A Poem by JP

The lions roar is very loud–
He voices his power just like a god,
And none would ever doubt
The terror as it strikes them down,
But lions know little of courageous things.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpApril 8, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:Courage, personification, poem, poems, poetryLeave a comment on The Lions Roar ~ A Poem by JP

The Depths ~ A Poem by JP

I’ve seen enough creation,
And gazed long at the depths
Of fathomless oceans,
And deeper still into the stars

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Posted byThepoetryofjpApril 6, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inPoems About Death, Short PoemsTags:on death, on loss, poem, poetryLeave a comment on The Depths ~ A Poem by JP

Symbolic of Femininity ~ A Poem by JP

She is the source:
the matriarch, and the material,
the mad spring, and it’s ever renewal,
the pregnant valley that blooms en masse

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Posted byThepoetryofjpApril 4, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:femininity, poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on Symbolic of Femininity ~ A Poem by JP

The Machine’s Operation – A Poem by Jp

The Poet At The Gates of Hell

The terror storm is not yet here for us
so children’s lullabies can still be sung;
aboard bodies are pressed against the gears.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpFebruary 26, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Short PoemsTags:free verse, poem, poetry, Societal Collapse poems, verseLeave a comment on The Machine’s Operation – A Poem by Jp

On Trudeau and the Freedom Convoy – A Poem by JP

Today the sun is outAnd the world’s no darker,It’s just the veil has liftedAnd the shelter once takenNo longer prevents youFrom knowing the darknessIs always at the endOf the warmth of the day.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpFebruary 24, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort Poems, UncategorizedTags:Freedom Convoy, poem, poet, poetry, TrudeauLeave a comment on On Trudeau and the Freedom Convoy – A Poem by JP

Gifts – A Poem by JP

If all I had were words,
and we were naked in the woods,
I’d give to you the fruit

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Posted byThepoetryofjpFebruary 20, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:desire, poem, poet, poetry, Poetry about lifeLeave a comment on Gifts – A Poem by JP

Words – A Poem by JP

Words will say nothing of the world–
words only wish to speak in tongues
and tie themselves in knots to hearts,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpFebruary 4, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:lost in translation, poem, poet, poetry, understandingLeave a comment on Words – A Poem by JP

Wetiko – A Poem by JP

I’d like to think the natives had it right,
that perhaps we’re really all diseased
and infected with the Wetiko virus.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJanuary 6, 2022April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:covid 19, poem, poet, poetry, virusLeave a comment on Wetiko – A Poem by JP

The Cost – A Poem by JP

Sometimes love is not enough,
sometimes all the rainbow doesn’t lift
the heart from the basement of us,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpSeptember 18, 2021April 12, 2022Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Short PoemsTags:freedom is not free, poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on The Cost – A Poem by JP

The Shut-in’s Regrets – A Poem by JP

Go now and build your grave
against your life’s pitiful cries,
and when the end is drawing near

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Posted byThepoetryofjpAugust 23, 2021April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:poem, poet, poetryLeave a comment on The Shut-in’s Regrets – A Poem by JP

New Beasts – A Poem by JP

Unlike all the beasts we have known,
murders, thieves, and miscreants
there now arises a wickedness
that cannot be measured in neat units
or fit into convenient little molds.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpAugust 21, 2021April 12, 2022Posted inShort PoemsTags:poem, poet, poetry, politicians, politicsLeave a comment on New Beasts – A Poem by JP

Attempting as many types of line breaks as I can in as short of poem as possible.

The poem breaks
with rhyme or makes
it’s way across the page

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Posted byThepoetryofjpAugust 5, 2021Posted inShort PoemsTags:poetryLeave a comment on Attempting as many types of line breaks as I can in as short of poem as possible.

Poets Bend Your Lines

We poets do not live
within the confines of margins;
poetry itself lives

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Posted byThepoetryofjpAugust 4, 2021August 4, 2021Posted inPoetic Devices, Poetic Learning, Short PoemsTags:free verse, Freeverse, poems, poetry, poetry learning2 Comments on Poets Bend Your Lines

Easter Eggs

I want you to carry my eggs;
I trust you and the care that you take,
yet I know that you are afraid,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 31, 2021Posted inLove Poems, Poems about life, Short PoemsTags:poem, poetry, Poetry about lifeLeave a comment on Easter Eggs

Hellhounds

Standing at the crossroads
I heard the devil sing his song
and he tuned my guitar,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 30, 2021Posted inShort PoemsTags:poem, poetry1 Comment on Hellhounds

No More Gold Gods

No more porcelain gods,
or the prejudice for the painted gods,
or the gods of plastic and oil;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021Posted inShort Poems, Societal Collapse poemsTags:free verse, poetry, Societal Collapse poems2 Comments on No More Gold Gods

In Summer We Stand Up

Now that the summer’s gone
and the Station Wagon is rusted
into the American lexicon,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 23, 2021Posted inShort PoemsTags:poetry, short poemLeave a comment on In Summer We Stand Up

Artificial Intelligence

A.I. is the genie,
and we are the question;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 18, 2021Posted inShort PoemsTags:poem, poems, poetryLeave a comment on Artificial Intelligence

On a Bad Marriage

Everyday was exactly the same,
and the night did nothing,
and staying weighed me like an elephant

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 18, 2021Posted inShort PoemsTags:poem, poems, poetry, Poetry about lifeLeave a comment on On a Bad Marriage

Some Say (On Phidias’s Zeus)

Some say that time consumes all,
but Phidias’s statue’s beauty
did not disappear with a thousand falls;

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 13, 2021July 13, 2021Posted inShort PoemsLeave a comment on Some Say (On Phidias’s Zeus)

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