Best Eke Poems

there was a girl who said "Eek!"
a limerick she just couldn't eke
she was so obsessed,
to write one for Moses
so there in her chair took her...

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Do not let the ray of his meek sun fa me shines alone So 
Seek O, the favor of the Creator on his templed throne,...

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One stifling hot day an empty sky tries to eke -  out  - tears, but can – not

all of a sudden
gray clouds gather...

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There you go again, you “Cyber Brat”!
There is “no such website”? What is that?

First you lead me through a wild web maze;
I Google, then succumb...

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Autumn presents its scheduled deed
     as it ends summer with a wow
and sees the chance to fill a need
  ...

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~ Papa ~


Dawn broke uneasy o'er damp, dreary lane
Fish markets open, the merchant a-bustle
Hawking his fresh catch to eke out a gain
Daily routine, one of...

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on a sweltering day, I watch the sky
as it tries to eke out tears. . . . 
but it simp ly   can ...

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Blessed art thou that believes, kneel before Thee
  Morn and night our eynes unfolded on Thee
Lest we stagger or plop by the wile trap
...

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There is no completeness.
Just a conjoined two-parter,
both morose and merry,
poured in equal measure.

Doubled and divided.
A personality duel
both losing and winning.
Enjoyed and loathed the same.

The stars...

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This is a land of metronome duality.
We’re cowed by sun, then huddle in the dark.
Here shrubs and lizards eke, with bleak frugality,
a living that’s both...

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She wakes up before dawn. Mounts 
her cardbox cubicle on the pavement
at a street corner. It is chilly and windy.

Without delay she pours cooking oil...

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Here lies papa, the bravest warrior

Who turned the cats back to the ground.

Whose mighty sword slain thousand soldiers at a sight

And his presence calmed the...

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Take a listen to the laughter of the stars 
As their twinkling brighten into daylight 
After a night of braving a dark veil 
It's the...

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Genealogy
                 —The beginning of a family tree—

For my great,...

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illanelle: Whose voice so insistent and so early to whine

(I have just found a poem I wrote three days before I was tossed up
and knocked...

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