Kids asleep dream dreamy dreams
Swept up in all the christmas hype
Morning will reveal half-eaten cookies
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
Just a few more minutes
Drumroll leading up to a euphoric crescendo
April marathon about to start
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
the morning paper
I read this morning in a left-leaning
newspaper, I'm sure Elon Musk has
intense dislike of, if Hitler had a micro-?
Learned people have written about this
What is known is that Hitler, when a soldier
In the First World War, a fathered child
One would think this was enough to silence
the learned people, but no
Page after page, the fascination with
Herr Hitler's sex life
The more I read about this in the paper
Elon Musk has contempt for, one asks
Why this morbid interest in Hitler?
He has been dead for many years and
The world has changed, but not much
There might be another autocrat whose
Life is more interesting, like Donald Trump!
an energy drink is the
only thing keeping
me on my feet as
i pack away
the little bits of you
still sitting around
my room into
little boxes to
hide them in my
closet as i
pretend my heart
is racing because of the
caffeine
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sunlight
glistening
through maple trees
squirrels search for acorns
brightness
Maybe your February smells the same as my October
Or maybe something tastes the same
Perhaps the beat of our song sounds the same
As your laugh
And the bass tempo is different
And the drum beat is slightly off
I don’t know if I can tell the difference
Between a good change
And a bad change
Maybe you just make me want to experience both
And my jaw hurts
While you become the roman road
To my Egyptian pyramid
And the smell of rain on hot pavement
Sends my senses into overdrive
It lingers
While my memories of February slowly fade
Like steam on the bathroom mirror
While I spit blood into the sink
They dissipate
Like to stay up late
Brutal mornings always roll around too soon
So desperately need more Zzzz's
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
When the open sky breathes out
the softly dancing snowflakes of
a beautiful winter morning,
I find you sitting in a tree
wrapped in flannel
drinking pumpkin tea
with a saucy look in your eyes
that tells me ,
you are in love with wintry skies !
Once again coffee, dark with cream.
Cold Autumn morning creeps in.
First sips only steaming. Dreaming
of my warm bed, not hardly.
Five o clock and all is we-el!
Not ever comfortable in bed,
toss and turn whenever I’m awake.
Can’t wait
to get up and at ‘em
as early as possible.
A few steps ago, I’d sleep in
until 8:30…all was not well.
Taking better care of myself.
Spoke to God before the sun spoke to me.
Start of a great day whatever it might bring.
A quarter-full still of my preferred bean,
Peet’s Major Dickason. Hurry up…
I will be wading through water later.
Reading, writing, the news, then
the ride along with my husband
to the fitness place.
They provide towels, however many I need.
Lots of things to do but I am limited for now.
Perhaps down the line, I can try pickle ball.
Brain doesn’t just hang out in the morning,
it fires up like a jubilant candle, sashaying
in moment to moment, sighing with pleasure.
Hope your day is as bright. Here I’ll light
your candle with mine. Pass it on.
It’s dark enough in the world. Be a friend.
I see a birdie this morning
Outside my window on the line
Birdie I hear you chirping this morning
Singing songs that are divine
A casual november sunday morning
Going to take it easy and relax
Then off to a roar
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Joy jumping out of bed.
Mud in my eye; well,
in my mug.
Click kicking heels together.
The weather is fine;
so am I.
Magnanimously smiling.
A peep at pre-rise;
no delay.
Yes, up before the match
strikes in the horizon;
yellow leaves of sun.
I’m undone by my God
who supplies all His riches
in glory.
Perhaps, you’re still
under the sheets,
buried in sleep.
Pre-rise tomorrow!
Click kick heels &
Joy jump out of bed!
I’ll wave at you
as you pour mud
in your mug.
long, the shadows with morning dew
herringbone clouds like gossamer lace
airbrushed above on the blazing blue
blooming as morn on your angel face
sunrise enchanter with skin, unleaven
tenderly daubed with a kiss ... of heaven.
November 7, 2025
For the “Bite Size Contest Number 127” Poetry Contest
Line Gauthier, Judge & Sponsor
daylight
two birds are beside my window
nature's blessings
November 7, 2025.
It's been a rough night
Troublesome racoons ~ I didn't get a wink...
Black coffee, you're my salvation
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2025
Specific Types of Morning Poems
Definition | What is Morning in Poetry?
Poems Related to Morning
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