Best Zilch Poems

Some days I work so hard to get

my name on a winners' list, yet

it might end up for naught.

Zilch, that is what I got.

But was it still worth it? YOU BET!


Oct. 6, 2017 for 'It's The End Of The Forms Series' Poetry Contest
Thanks, Broken Wings,...

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After watching the news my stomach was in a knot
my brain on a hiatus leaving my creative juices to rot
imitating the thinker wondering why my muse had suddenly left
finding a note from her saying not to feel bereft,

Saying I could find her at the local...

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"Vi træffes der, min Ven!" Solvejgs sang*

once after eons
we'll meet there again my friend -
time's zilch for lovers 

9/3/2019
Maureen McGreavy’s Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Favorite song: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg 
https://youtu.be/n3SyreMN7y8

* (nor.) "We'll meet there again, my friend!" Solveig's Song...

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Mumbo gumbo's

blind faith

deepening cynicism

in metaphorical

meaninglessness

of judicious social

twaddle's protocol,

they ask, “have you

found Jesus yet??”

'I hadn't a figgy scooby doo

he was lost...'

nothing happens

for a reason

aside from the seasons - -

children starving,

wars in the name

of ungodly religions,

poverty

exponentially rising,

mother earth is crying

middle class is dying,

whilst dogmatism

& the nefarious

masses thrive


there...

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the saddest thought -
to have lived for naught...

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sometimes i hear the evening rain
i hear it in the middle of the day

the downtown bus that goes to your town
passes my office window. 
i still haven’t mustered up the nerves
to jump from my building and board it.

i haven’t been able to clean your scent
from...

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Trumps Feeble, Limp, Rox... Zilch State Of Emergency

H.G. Wells..., ah...now there
without dark shadow of a doubt,
in my (myopic brown) eyes,
a prolific writer hooked hood accessorize
the English language, and captivated

populations, sans "The War Of
The Worlds" to realize,
with an assiduous presentation
convinced listeners, how
aliens did cannibalize

innocent Earthlings strictly...

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The Christmas tree was brightly lit
 But the star on top someone forgot
 But that's not all they did omit
 St Nick must have been in on the plot
 Because, zilch, that is what I got
         ...

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 Travel is zero, nil ...
my great journeys have only been in reading books,
it takes skill !

Travel books great ...
zero expense or costly hooks,
frustrate !

Cost free ...
zero for looks,
see !

Travel is zero, nil ...
zero expense expense or costly hooks,
see  !

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April 15, 2022


Poetry/Minichu/Rhyme/Zero, Nil, Zilch
Copyright...

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Oh, Nothing! You sly, elusive spud,  
You’re the star of this poem (though technically dud).  
You haunt empty fridges, blank quizzes, and minds,  
The gap where my keys hide and my weekend plans wind.  

You’re the punchline of vacuums, the muse...

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Tin Man

Stoop shouldered,
head down,
shuffling.
Just “kicking the can”
down the road.
Casting no shadow,
lost in a lie’s
intransigence,
following
the tinny sound
of an empty can.


10/5/2017

submitted to – It’s The End Of The Forms Series – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Broken Wings

theme - ZILCH...

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Believe it or not
The Parson is right
We shall return with zeroes
Many zeroes.  Let’s be Heroes
For and to the world. Let’s not be selfish
Because we shall return with zilch
With nada, mit nichts, perhaps with empty zeroes
Which mean nothing. Let’s pause
To think. Let’s be wise and...

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Annoying brother can't drop explaining,
Fun game helpfully inspiring jokes,
King lends more notice offering people questions,
Reality sets truth,
Understanding varies,
Waning xiz,
Yielding zilch....

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