Short Take Turns Poems

Two red light take turns
Quivering in the sunset
On cold railroad tracks...

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Sharing is friendship.
Moon and sun are best of friends.
They take turns to shine....

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One cup of happy

Two cups of kisses and hugs

Each take turns stirring

Keep wishes and dreams set high

Bake and take a slice of life......

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Graeae Witches of foul prophecy
share one oculus between three,

they take turns consigning
their eye of divining,

dreaded spinsters of destiny!...

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I looked at Life and Death
take turns in those weary eyes;
I felt the warmth of one
slowly change into shivering
then in the cold embrace of the other.
I looked at Life and Death:
I narrowed my eyelids and I cried.

Marco...

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We could still hear you purring…

Until a veil between us appears. 

We take turns getting close. 

But we all understand. 

That her body has turned to shards. 

So that her soft fur hurts us. 

But we hug her anyway....

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I work with this girl that is not to bright. But that is aright because the more she works 
the more she learns. On our jobs we take turns we use alcohol any cut’s it will burn. But 
just for awhile we take turns so watch out for the alcohol it really burns....

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When time reaches autumn,
leaves turn bloody and blow away
snow creeps in to create misery for a while
winter freezes all in place, numbing all bliss
spring takes over and sadness melts
peace sits on the throne, but won't forever
as each season take turns
playing king for generations to come...

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exuding hope and love
sprinkling joy on ordinariness of the day

they take turns following
communing in a telepathic way
cats, dogs, bunnies, lambs, deer, squirrel,

finding each other
giving each other hope
sharing optimism and joy

in every meadow, barnyard and woods
not able to help themselves...

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fall preparations
for cold winter days and nights
chores shared made easier
stacking firewood in the shed
take turns at the cider press

hanging herbs to dry
help pick and can tomatoes
turn the garden plot
clean the chicken house, run...hide!
having more fun than working



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A life that starts unknown,
Rests in a womb for long

Heaven & earth waits for the one,
A star that's fallen from skies

Roses & lilies, to pave the path,
For her tiny feet to tap

Sun & moon , to take turns,
Rains for lullaby ,when she sleeps

Yet,that star never shone,
A life killed inside that womb.


By Abie
Dated 29/01/2014...

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Our pets got old.
We all acted surprised.
When we had puppies and kittens…
They were playful and unstoppable.
So were we.
As they settled down-
We graduated high school.
As they got weak and scraggly-
We graduated collage.
Now we take turns sending our condolences.
Our friendships changed.
Our pets loved us all the way home....

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me, myself and I
take turns doing many tasks -
afterwards, we play!


For the  Senryu on Your Own Existence Poetry contest of marvin celetial

(Based on the idiomatic expression: wearing many hats; for me, life is full when there is much to do, but it's interesting, and also, there is much fun to look forward to!)...

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for Sam

We take turns stabbing 
with our shovel at rocky clay dirt
until the cut's deep 
enough for what little remains 
of our family dog.
Warm wet salt drops--
on my tongue as
I sip wine from a fragile glass
Stare through to hawks 
swimming in October winds
circling hills full of Diablo
full of still, 
old oaks--
small, 
petrified, bony....

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Each day becomes an afterthought for a while. 

Trying to remember those last days of us.

When we were feasting on our time left. 

We would take turns closing our eyes to go to sleep. 

With you almost touching my toes. 

Tears that would invade too early. 

Watching you to see your breathing. 

And that would make me cry even more....

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The doctors would always take turns
And Hawkeye would have his concerns
The nurse with hot lips
Was swinging her hips
Enticing the lonely Frank Burns


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Entry:  "On a Lim" Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by  Joseph May
April 30, 2022
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World wide poverty for us all please
We groan. We march. We kick. We stomp and wheeze.
World wide fairness for all of us please.
We shrivel. We shake. We taunt and we tease.

World wide humor for you and me both.
Let us take the pledge.  Let us swear the oath.
Life has to be fair.  We need to take turns.
We better each other.  We crash and we burn....

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VERDICT

Is it from a past memory that one learns
The thing that someone once did, or said to you
It is as if one’s heart and brain each take turns
To reconcile recollections that accrue

After all this time, that angry flame still burns
And I still wonder what really can be true
That word that affects me to this very day
Guilty is a verdict that I took away...

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Queen of my dreams, oh! my love,
Up in the sky and the world above.
Instant touch of winds make me feel,
Caresses of you, again, I appeal.
Knower of unknown, send her back,
Watching from above, to fill my sack.
Ice-cold have I turned without you,
Take off the veil, from the blue.
Take turns backward or else I’ll die
End up my life, no more sighs.
Death completes all, no more cries....

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The narrow old bridge
A short-cut to town
To and fro traffics
Have to take turns
No pushing and rushing
But patience and tolerance
On this bottle-necked old bridge
People stopped to greet
Even to strangers they meet
But a friendly smile is lost
Since the old bridge is rebuilt
For cars to speed
For traffic to be fluent
For oldies' hearts to be separated
To be dragged further apart...

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Pristine white
Blank canvas
If walls could talk
Mute lifeless frames
Boxed decor
Where random players take turns
Unfolding their drama
Living their realities
Their joys their tragedies
Occupy their time
Without leaving a trace
There then gone
Back to a blank canvas
For the next set of players
One sequence then another
And another then another



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on January 25, 2019...

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Lines start to intersect.

In just the right way…

Because my scribbles are now words!

Because I’m writing somehow!

This is real! I promise that they are real words!

That’s the process, it’s a process.

Scribbles become more and more real,

The paper just sort of…

Absorbs my power.

The paper and I take turns creating.

When the paper sleeps, I take over.

And over and over…

And that’s how I’m a famous writer....

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This beauty is too big for me;
it feels like a dream.
I desperately need
you by my side
so these wonders can spill
into both our eyes.
Which way should I turn?
I need us to take turns
to drink the whole scene in.
On this poor lonely page,
these picture-perfect palm trees
have now overflowed
into hyperbole.
This beauty is too big for me.
I want you to smell the salt with me,
I wish you could walk through waves with me,
I need you to make it real....

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bubble gurgle bubble gurgle bubble bubble bubble bubble
he is as relaxed as a puppy, tiny bubbles on his mouth
worn out from today’s stroller ride; April air does this to him.
my husband and I take turns peeking at him, to see if he is breathing.

he gurgles and bubbles, unconcerned, dreaming baby dreams.
four months old, and we cannot remember life without him
have we ever been more in love in our lives?
Just one other time, when our daughter was a baby....

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Life’s pitiless pathetic ploy -  
There is more sad than there’s of joy. 

For hearty laughs and happy cheers 
Here comes a penalty of tears. 

I gleaned from what life got me through 
To navigate between the two. 

I pledged a compromising pact -
My funnybone to counteract. 

These two take turns, sadness and joy - 
Life’s pitiless pathetic ploy. 

I can’t do both at once - thereby -
I gotta laugh so I don’t
cry.  

November 20, 2022...

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