Short Also Ran Poems
Short Also Ran Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Also Ran by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Also Ran by length and keyword.
The body houses the soul
that is its primary role
But with all of the body's demands
the poor soul is an also-ran
Categories:
also ran, body, caregiving, irony,
Form:
Couplet
Donald Trump is a flimflam man
Trump and Pence have an healthcare plan
Its in a nutshell
So Nancy can't tell
The thumbnail is an also-ran
Categories:
also ran, health, political,
Form:
Limerick
The measure of a man?
Does his heart expand?
Is he a man who can,
Or simply, 'An also ran?'
Is he able to understand?
Is his head above the sand?
Categories:
also ran, men,
Form:
Rhyme
Tin can pan alley cat man
Nickel and dime No money blues
Also-ran derelict on the run no shoes
Categories:
also ran, culture, depression, environment, loneliness, sad, solitude,
Form:
Haiku
Ever since the world began
there were those who 'also ran.'
Not for them the highest grades,
not for them great accolades.
Mediocrity rarely shatter.
That they ran is what most matters.
Categories:
also ran, discrimination, education, life,
Form:
Epigram
The earth remembers
every September
The dawn of Time
fateful, sublime
Six days of Creation
singular innovations
Last is Man
land's also-ran
Lips part, mortality
whispers the earth
Categories:
also ran, creation, death, earth, humanity, silence, time,
Form:
Couplet
flop,failing fiasco
where to go,how to cope
failure impacts us all
in life's revolving call
up against the wall
can we cope,is there hope
failure impacts us all
in life's revolving call
carrying the can
champ or also ran
how we handle the mess
the measure of our success
failure impacts all
in life's revolving call
Categories:
also ran, life, philosophy,
Form:
Kyrielle
Where fire’s rage
no flame unfanned
The cinch retightened
no also ran
As horns go silent
the gate is dropped
On victory’s path
his legend cropped
Unbridled passion
distraction flees
A trophy hails
as reins go free
The end in sight
where roses wait
Ablaze in glory
— outrunning fate
(Paris Kentucky: June, 1986)
Categories:
also ran, horse,
Form:
Rhyme
I’m as pragmatic as a lemming
The most important day I missed
Stayed in my hole cause it was raining
Didn’t want my destiny to meet
And probably she thought the same
Had mixed me for another one
Who craved to get his lemming fame
Like other lemmings also ran
Towards the beauties of blue sea
Each tried to keep up with a horde
But they’re no different from me
As from the other beasts I heard.
Categories:
also ran, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Am I but the stirring of a seasoned stew
The madness of a game that summer threw
Hard edge of a canyon wall at dawn
Towering above a trembling, speckled fawn
Must I be a raging lion or timid lamb
Contending for the prize of also ran
As I must outduel Winter’s feigned chagrin
Until it screams OK, all right, you win
So bear with me and kiss me as I go
And take with me the curse of bearded snow
Categories:
also ran, seasons,
Form:
List
I have always been an Almost
Almost handsome almost ugly
almost a genius almost a fool
almost very good almost very bad
almost successful almost a failure
often an ‘also ran’
I guess most of us can tick all those boxes
I figure it’s not so bad to be an ‘almost’
better than being something you can never live up to
better to be free of someone else’s label
much better to make a goofy grin in a 2-way mirror
and wink
Categories:
also ran, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
I have given up on the divinity of man
For in fulfillment’s race I’m an also ran
I’ve suited up, prepared to play
Sat on the bench many a day
Driven by the insanity
There was hope in sanctity
As the horsemen of my soul
Rode in search of being whole
Thundering hooves and flowing manes
Pursue their shadows in cold rains
As I sit and percolate
Struggling to meditate
1/2/2023
An Existential Curiosity
Edward Ibeh
Categories:
also ran, inspiration, motivation,
Form:
Couplet
Of all the demons I do face
the greatest foe is more than me.
Self-deception's been hard to trace,
my delusion I can not see.
Ever chasing windmills to and fro,
noble blades have a part to play.
Whirling around issues I will go
but faced with risk, I turn away.
I've been spinning so many years
all puffed up with my grand plan.
A consuming vortex of fears,
glad to settle as also-ran.
Tried to be big, more of a man;
this my truth, as small as I am.
7/11/19
Categories:
also ran, fear, introspection, me, men, truth,
Form:
Sonnet
RACE
Ant, rat, crab ran, also ran sparrow.
Road was full of bricks, long and narrow.
Sparrow, rat, ant, crawling crab
had to rush for shoes to grab.
No option but all had to borrow.
Shoes needed by them varied in number
Rat took two pairs, just remember.
Pair needed by crab were four
Just three pairs clever ant wore.
Sparrow picked one pair on last December.
01/28/17
'Make me actually Lol' Contest by Nina Parameter.
Categories:
also ran, animal,
Form:
Limerick