Best Nitpicking Poems
A Gift Forgotten
...We act.
Rationally or irrationally,
logically or at random,
often intuitively.
Wise is he who considers first
the consequences of his actions.
For we do fashion our destiny,
like it or not. T......
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Categories:
nitpicking, anxiety, conflict, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
nitpicking, people,
Form:
Haiku
The Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Three
...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Three
Note: I do hope it’s clear to readers by now that – strictly speaking – in these ruba’iyat, I deviate from the original Persian medieval model, introduc......
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Categories:
nitpicking, allegory,
Form:
Quatrain
Lunchtime At the Nursing Home
...Hungry for munchies, on his way to the lunchroom,
a rambunctious, persnickety,“fuss-budget”, elderly
jittery, fidgety, geezer, named Cassidy…
whose questionable dexterity, aghast by a massive sneeze......
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Categories:
nitpicking, funny, people, old, old,
Form:
Narrative
Jasmines of Love
...Jeopardy of love's jasmines
Attitude threatens the petals
Stable and sweet one moment
Miserable the next
Inner insecurities
Nitpicking on trivialities
Ectacy of passion yet resets
Smoothly ......
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Categories:
nitpicking, art,
Form:
Acrostic
Workshop Poem:Disaster
...Bad evils are flying in my stomach.
Inferno is burning out and reaching its apex in my heart.
My nitpicking mind is calculating the pain of my innocent soul.
The devil is dancing on my head and m......
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Categories:
nitpicking, anger, confusion, depression, identity,
Form:
Workshop Poem:Disaster
...Bad evils are flying in my stomach.
Inferno is burning out and reaching its apex in my heart.
My nitpicking mind is calculating the pain of my innocent soul.
The devil is dancing on my head and m......
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Categories:
nitpicking, anger, confusion, depression, identity,
Form:
Bouts of Apathy
...Have you ever felt like you were wasting your time
Like knowledge doesn't matter
Like understanding is overrated
You have no gold spoon & no silver platter
Going through school is only for the we......
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Categories:
nitpicking, confusion, introspection, sad,
Form:
A Present To Myself
...I wallow in self-hate pitifully often
Nitpicking every single flaw I have
But sometimes when I observe myself
From outside my body
I admire myself
My sturdy vessel that is covered in scars
Ch......
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Categories:
nitpicking, beautiful, beauty, confidence, dark,
Form:
Free verse
Small Talk
...I woke up to the sound of the keyboard clicking
I went ahead and arose and I'm not nitpicking
It wasn't long after that a friend of mine called
I'm glad we have things such as phones installed
......
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Categories:
nitpicking, friendship, perspective, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
Frame Shot
...Anyone can work a camera,
the ability to shoot and click.
It's another thing entirely
to find the shots no one takes.
The angle, to find beauty
in the ordinary.
To look beyond the surface
and see......
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Categories:
nitpicking, love, beauty, beauty,
Form:
Narrative
Take It To the Limit
...Take it to the limit
If you must
Do a dance,
Show your stance,
Make a fuss.
Jump about
Scream and shout
Go ahead
Let it out...
Take it to the limit, if you must.
Hurry Up
We're await......
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Categories:
nitpicking, people, words,
Form:
Rhyme
Rant of the Day
...it’s exasperating and makes my stomach churn
there’s a brand new prejudice at every turn
looking at others out of the corner of our eye
all this nitpicking to try and find fault on the fly
this p......
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Categories:
nitpicking, anger, conflict, judgement, people,
Form:
Rhyme
The Chess Game
...Who will make a move first.
The world of chess is in the courts.
Can we really give an appeal and pay our lawyer for trust.
It’s your move Bobby Fisher, I mean the judge. Which side are you on?
N......
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Categories:
nitpicking, care, christian, evil, games,
Form:
Rhyme
Working
...Working
Don’t like working
‘Cause it’s really such a bore.
Don’t like meeting deadlines,
‘Cause they’re really such a chore.
Don’t like attending meetings all day long,
Since you just sit an......
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Categories:
nitpicking, humor, work,
Form:
Rhyme