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The Grumpy Witch

Had a rather shadowy pitch,
she stirred her bubbling pot,
and caused more trouble than you thought!

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Why's That So Short

Why's That So Short

?
The Lazy Way
IS
THE HARD WAY
!

-Gray Squirrel
07-27-2025

Short, Green and Squat

     I once knew a seer, name of Hortense
     Who specialized in ominous portents
        Said I should marry a toad
        Long as he cleaned and he sewed
      I

Stubborn heart

The Stubborn Heart”

Stubborn as stone, he stands his ground,
Words like rivers, he won't let them drown.
Eyes set firm, with fire and pride,
Even truth must wait till he's tried.

He sees threats wherever he may go,
Every word—a weapon poised to throw.
Sharp as knives, his cold replies,
Send chills down spines and truth to lies.

He hides his pain, but

All Of The Little Things Our Little Brains Remember For A Short Little While

Isn’t it odd?
All of the little things
that remain in our
little brains?

One day, you’ll
be walking down the
street, just minding your
own business, when suddenly
you’ll stop.

A sight,
A sound,
A scent,
A memory,

Something you have
never seen, heard, smelt,
or even experienced before
will catch your incomplete attention
so completely.

And send you to
the most magical of
places.

Something from your
childhood,

Something from the
small town you drove through
last autumn.

Something

Big Ben

When asked, 'If the orchestra conductor
had made an effort more concerted
not to miss the concert
and a sordid scene averted,
would he have been less disconcerted?'
"Don’t ask me, I’m only the drummer,"
replied I in chagrin.
And, altho' the name of my favourite band
is the one I am currently in,
I do like the sound of the moniker, 'Big Ben,'
it's

Life is short

Life is short they say
So you better make the most of it
But what happens When that's not the case for everyone 
Where there are some 
Who are constantly changing freedom
Whilst simultaneously hiding in the shadows 
Hoping to see tomorrow 

So how can one live life to the fullest 
When the odds are stacked against you
But

A Short Rain

A practice kiss with her hand
Misses body, heart

The droplets like her fall — 
She amasses their death

Even inside, outside
Let rain go no further.

Dangling Short-Lines Over Water-Falls

Oh, dear reader
of short-line
poems,
are you, like me,
short of breath?

Have you tried
to read
my short-shift stuff,
with ever so
short-lines,
Aloud?

It's sad to say
it sounds
a tad choppy!
Like it's,
ridin' on
bobbin' seas,
sailing into 
a head-wind
over the air-ways.

It rollicks along 
with carriage returns, 
unwinding, 
flowing freely 
from margins
set tight,
to waterfall.

Sad to say,
I'm done with it!
For me personally,
a poem
is just a thought,
a heady 
daydream

Long Story Short: You Survived

long story short, you survived 
all of life's craziness, junk and jive

one day the sun had been shining but the air smelled foul 
for the sea was in turmoil and a lot of the fish had drowned. hope has been suffocating from the lungs of the believers
our communities are being strangled,
our children no longer achievers
but

A Short Story

Hitler was a short man

His horrors committed
atrocious and despicable
with Zionists he colluded
acts of depravity, unspeakable

Netanyansky
a polish man also of horrors fame
loves his genocide like his pierogi
in the dark loves his kotlet schabowy

If they had ever met
they would kiss and rub each others neck
in love with genocide
Golda Meir on her knees for both

A threesome of perversions
rejoicing

Short

Short meet
Yet such profound impact.
No amount of force I impose upon self
Seems enough to forget you.
At the end of the day
When I'm all alone,
One query still bothers me-
Is there still an “us"?

Realizing life is short too late

aborted ambitions
time squandered
dreams abandoned
a life mismanaged

a ship with 
no one at the helm
subject to the currents
and the whim of winds

idle and adrift
we've run out of options
out of time and
out of excuses



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on June 2, 2025 for contest YOUR CHOICE T sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention

Short Rays of Envy

Parity  e y e s, potency  f l i p s!
String bean was asked about his lips,
Stretched out for drink of cool water.
The desert wind, so hot, brought her -
“Long Tall Sally,” with spikes of glass;
With blue skies, standing in the grass.
He strums the strings of Summer sun.
Short rays of envy track the

Life is Short

Do you wonder and worry
only to know futility?
Will you continue to scurry
until you learn humility?
Life is short and often blurry.
Summon your inner tranquility.

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