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(20 minute poetry)

#10word Siberia

In permafrost? or
listed as missing,
lost in the
floe.

#10word traveller

I visit this
ancient land
where the sand
meets Ozymandias.

#10word Bard.

Give me the quill
I have the will
to write.
kris evans Jun 2014
Poles apart attract each other......
Just like you and me.......
We fail
only to make
success
taste that much
sweeter.
Making a date
to meet in
Jerusalem
on
Palm Sunday.
Another deadline
headline
it's about time
they
sorted it out.
John Ryles Nov 2011
Great Oak
Acorn ripe
Squirrels harvest
For long
Winter nights
John Ryles Feb 2012
As the icicles cry

Bright spring sun

Wave’s winter goodbye
Brexit
wrecked it
for the ones
who wanted to stay.
feeling so so
is sometimes
as good as
it gets.
With thanks to Sarif Hossain and the conversation which prompted this
John Ryles Nov 2011
Perfumed candle
Laminar flame
Flickering stave
Casting shadows
Puppets misbehave
Waxing lyrical
bargain hunting,
as dangerous as
hunting for socks
that match
There should be an odd sock emporium.
Strip me down
and build
a
Kawasaki
from my
bones.
Troy,
for an ounce of treasure
a pleasure a
Tempest.
Demonized Angels Dec 2014
We'll miss you Andy, Our angel has gained his wings
Some try to save the world but can't save themselves.
Happynessa Oct 2017
Life tethers bodies
Mindfulness soars freely
Blissfully radiating loves light
Wrestling winter

I fall as autumn
into her cold
embrace,
John Ryles Nov 2011
Lies deception
Then you fall
Stay true
Honesty
Conquers all
truth will conquer
Poetic T Jun 2015
Echoes*
            Do
                 Never
                           Fade,
                                   They
                                           Only
                                                    Get
        ­                                                  Harder
    ­                                                                 ­  To
                                                                ­          *Hear..
John Ryles Nov 2011
Umbrella
Keep me dry
Until rain clouds
Pass on bye
10 word poem
Jinxx Dec 2014
This noose is my only friend in the world now
*lays my head in my hands* I'm kinda done with all this
Meghan Nguyen Jul 2012
The ones we trusted the most
                       pushed us far away.
I stop there,
pop
her
the question,
awaiting
the reply.
Up in the
North country
even the
winds
blow frugally
Atlantis,
a place to miss
when
planning a
Summer holiday.
We went everywhere
together
and got nowhere,

life goes on.
If you are
not an
ocean
do not
make
waves.
She
spins stories
like
spiders spin webs
I
am spellbound.
Rock bottom,
not  a
good place
for a
vacation home.
We shatter no illusions
when  breaking through
the looking glass.
Out of shape
I bend slowly
into an old
man.
It's only a
burglar,
I wanted it
to be
Batman.
John Ryles Mar 2012
Understanding
Your own
Weaknesses
Can eventually
Bring forth
Your strengths
Lick a
lick a
stick a
stamp,
my friend
flicka.
About 50 years ago my cousin Ed was known as flicka as he could stamp a book of 500 bingo tickets in less than 90 seconds... he disappeared when he was about 16 and has never been heard of since'
Wishing
I
Had
Something
Kind
To
Write
About
My
Father
John Ryles Dec 2011
Sugar mice
Pink and white
Tree
Log fire
Candle light
John Ryles Feb 2012
Greed can’t share
Jealousy won't trust
Love will always
Forgive
Part one done

adverts on now

waiting for part two
Almost televisual
John Ryles Nov 2011
Rustic leaves
Autumn’s crown
Seasons reign
Will
Bring
Them
Down
The best vintage
red wine,
her lips
drinking in mine.
My finger plucks
a tune from a
blue Monday
morning.

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