Short Invoked Poems

Philip Larkin
an English poet to whom we hearken
invoked his Mum and Dad
in words now famous, funny but some consider bad....

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The Pact!
True love intact
headstone unravels all,
their land infertile took them both.
Invoked.

© Harry J Horsman  2012...

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Tough times have fallen on the North Pole
   COVID-19's shrunk employer payrolls

So, the good Lord's invoked the grandfather clause
   To increase the pension due Santa Claus...

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…and those in the race
Continued running
And the gap widened
Between they and us
Who stayed behind
And invoked native ingenuity
To give value to our lives.

For us the race was run:
To beg their aid is taboo!...

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in a bubble of unknowing
stupor we chose to celebrate
doing nothing gently flowing
feeling in-form chakras gyrate

renouncing thought of loss or gain
we invoked power of zero
thus breaking free of ego chain
in God’s eyes became a hero...

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The black magician
Invoked the demons
Encircling victim
Piercing his aura
Playing on his fears

Healing simple
Oppose not force
Abandon fear
Leaving no niche

Empty now
Void like space
Immortal

Phoenix
Thus does

Rise

26-March-2021...

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the epiphany that arose
invoked by pristine presence 
caused a sublime fragrance to linger
as after burns of teasing bliss effervescence 
holding promise of a permanent shift
as an embodiment of our being
surging forth from our core...

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The marquee's silhouetting neon heart's rejoicing as she sequined
Dracaena whom had merely dreamnt this dream; a fathom to be..
Bustling city streets her trouvere`in morphed vibrant vivid scenes
Translucent wings cable cars pedestals invoked her, highrise stars....

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the world is vast and we are small
but if we choose we can expand
birthing a magnetic bliss squall
that deeper truths we understand

to enable this just be still
that divine grace be thus invoked
and by surrendering our will
soul presence is with God’s light yolked...

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The accumulative miles could astonish,
All those tongues, with nary a story uttered.
All those eyes that never "saw" a thing.
All those soles, the antithesis of "only".
All those heels, still attempting to lift in silent dignity.

From a still shot, a dynamic response is invoked!!...

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We toss our treasures into the fire,
To satiate our antiqued desires.
Kneeling before glowing embers, 
When smoke is silent,does blood remember?

We wave our hand across the smoke,
Praying some great thing will be invoked.
We sacrificed our earthly treasures,
In vain, asking the ashes to remember....

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a beautiful koel once lost its melodious voice
thus was unable to make a mating call
so it invoked divine magnetism 
manifesting a bliss squall

birds from far and wide came
to be blessed by this silent sage
whose luminous aura radiated delight
‘twas clear its soul had turned a new page...

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There is nothing more to be realised 
When God’s Grace is invoked and 
His mercy doth flush and cleanse
A carcass so parched that
 Its once beating heart stops
Dormant Broken Empty Nothing
To be replenished just in time
Malicious ego deadened
Fear of its return a dread.
Please God never leave me.





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given that what we seek
will in time consume us

we chose to be consumed 
by the flame of love and light

to this end we invoked
power of pure intent
resting in the vibrant void
of silence and stillness 

the false fell away
but what died never was

who we were, are and will be
manifested as living light...

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Our memory recalled an enchanting scent,
that once delighted and enlivened our soul,
so we invoked grace, according joy consent,
to manifest once again that we feel whole
and thus with the bugle sounded for ascent,
we rekindled the fragrance sages extol.
Such are subtle desires, which we indulge in,
feeling in stillness, bliss ignition begin....

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To wreak havoc on her enemy
She invoked a fiery wind
But she was engulfed in the storm
Which she could not now rescind

Swirling leaves pointed like knives
Became a tornado of great force
Oh, she died of a thousand cuts
Yet without feeling remorse

29-October-2022

Painting prompted Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Lisa YY

Image#2

Word count: 48...

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My old, inconsolable past. 

Until all my worries toppled. 

And then there was nothing in the way of the vastness. 

For a while, I felt guilty for not recognizing my abilities-

Which I was guarding. 

Until they could no longer be invoked. 

And now my capacity is permanently damaged. 

And now there is no way to recover that promise within....

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Instinctively following scent of delight,
in as that pulsation that does not abate,
in staid stillness, soul attained zenith like height,
teleported by love straight to heaven’s gate,
suffused in bliss mists thus by day and by night,
invoked by yearnings of our childlike heart chaste.
As we can see there is nothing to be done,
save recognising that God and soul are one....

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Short are journeys when, in the thralls of passion,
Lovers climb the mountains of boundless pleasure,
Reaching lofty peaks in unbridled fashion,
    Free of all measure. 

Then, a force invoked by the blissful senses
Swells the boiling spring of creation nearing
Swift eruption. Suddenly, fire advances
    Fast and unfearing. 

Find my poems and published poetry volumes at www.eton-langford.com...

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He lured her there,
Enticing her spirit.
The dance had its own rhythm.
Its movement followed the scent
of animal instinct.
The energy invoked was primitive.
She had memorized the dance.
This ancient ritual had its own language.
It took on a force of its own.
The urge possessed them both.
The heat from the sun,
she possessed.
The moon he owned.
When both their worlds merged,
a new one was born....

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Waters splashed in steady flow   
heated fast under throbbing glows   
salted streams steam, about to blow   
stiffend strokes are soon invoked   
as a bubbling froth begins to show   

vigorous excitement is counted down   
as ever morsel has become unwound   
and when all is said and done   
it's softly limp before it's drained 
  
mouths water as lasting tastes   
deliciously remain...

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By fingers
in fist 
firmly constricted
you managed to 
form me in Yesterday

under the shower
scratched skin
invoked up to the surface
mine Today

Yesterday 
put a frame for life on Today
Today
buried Yesterday
in graveyard a birth was given for
Tomorrow

Terrified word
deranged stares at
reflection in a mirror

we'll never be able to
store in silence
that sound
of their blood
inside of us....

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The magic that is beyond grasp of mind,
is soma nectar that transmutes our form,
surreal azoth to which most are blind,
propelled by bliss currents both cool and warm,
invoked when with laws of God we conform.
This healing elixir cleanses soul’s stains
and frees us from ego attachment chains
but only the pure of heart can imbibe
divine magnetism that reigns and sustains
love’s sublime vibe mere words cannot describe....

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Let me return to past, let me recall tonight
With me cries, each corner and wall tonight

What let flowers to slit throat in my garden
Who has invoked the curse to fall tonight

My screams have awoken people from sleep
Separation to be mourned in rainfall tonight?

He might be Abbas-e-Ali collecting tears
Mourners have sighted him tall tonight

Mirza, your phone is ringing since evening
Who told you to deny her call tonight?...

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Wooden guardians part reluctantly,
Their threats feeble against my entry.
The gloom adjusts itself in the warm light from outside.

Cold steam billows
Where incense rose and inspired.
Wooden benches,
Unseated,
Apprehend the emptiness.

Old blessings echo off the walls and fall on to cracked tiles.
All around the cracked altar swirl spirits
Invoked in need.
The long empty table,
Unconsecrated,
Uncelebrated,
Unblessed,
Stands mostly
Unused....

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