Celestial Reflections-Hiku
...sunlight sauntered through
the dark edge of dawn ~
amber horizon
brilliant diamonds
stippled upon black velvet ~
glittering stars
silver ornament
hung in ebon skies ~
moonlight through th...
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Categories:
brevity contest, moon, stars, sun,
Form: Haiku
Thoughts On Inevitability
...Inevitability looms like the imminent sunset
Beyond an unchanging bleak western horizon,
Oft illustrated by those “death and taxes”
More certain than next blood moon a’risin’.
The lottery ...
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Categories:
brevity contest, feelings, philosophy, self, western,
Form: Quatrain
Brevity Contest 6
...Short is what you will get
Six is this poems exit
Brevity I had to look up
The Dictionary was my key
One more line and I am done
Six is the end for me
Contest: Brevity
Sponsored by: Caren Kr...
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Categories:
brevity contest, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Imagine All Your Memories
...Imagine all your memories
little birds
like
away
flying
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Categories:
brevity contest, memory,
Form: Free verse
Job Burnout: Brevity Contest
...This BREVITY poem I wrote was for Casarah Nance's
contest. Closed already! So printing my poem anyway
I love my job,
I really do.
Even though my hours are long
and the benefits are sometimes ...
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Categories:
brevity contest, family, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Meal Ordeal Brevity
...As I approached the doorway my heart went rat-a-tat-tat,
Just thinking about stepping onto the old welcome mat.
Because recently I ate way too much, and became too fat
Which, unfortunately meant t...
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Categories:
brevity contest, anxiety, funny,
Form: Monorhyme
The Final Push - Brevity Contest
...I lay on the bed puffing and panting
Couldn’t get comfortable no matter how hard I tried
I twisted and turned, oh how my stomach ached
When will this pain be over - I can hardly take any...
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Categories:
brevity contest, body, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Love's Brevity
...In the blink of an eye,
and the kink of a stye,
or the filibustering sigh
of a speaker,
the clock rolls its hands
to the sounds of big bands,
as the hand of time grows weaker
Levity/ brevit...
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Categories:
brevity contest, fun, sexy,
Form: Verse