Short Askance Poems

Short Askance Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Askance by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Askance by length and keyword.


Premium Member Askance Smirk

bleak night comes to pass
crescent moon smirks a good morn' ~
augury of hope


Date written: 01/21/2023
Form: Haiku


Premium Member The Aabba Form

There was a young man from France
who led his friends a fine dance
Some thought him a prude
others said he was rude
Looking at him quite askance
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Verse Freed To Limerick

There was a young man from France
who led his friends a fine dance
Some thought him a prude
others said he was rude
Looking at him quite askance
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Limerick Form An Example

There was a young man from France
who led his friends a fine dance
Some thought him a prude
others said he was rude
Looking at him quite askance
Form: Limerick

The Askance Chapter 2 Part 1

Incantations
…………………………….
Behind the eye, a story unfolds
Some love beyond ancient dreams
I hear not what I’m told
For nothing is what it seems
……………………………
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


The Askance Chapter 3 Part 1

Broken Dreams
…………………………………….
The moment has come
The moment has gone
Be it reality, be it dreams undone
Yet neither to be, to truly belong
…………………………………….
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Sibling Sensibilities

Sibling Sensibilities


          Looking askance at

 Mom with infant in her arms
 
   Little girl chokes up...

Date Nov 5 2016
Contest Depression is...

Wait, He Said What

When she found out she would be working late
She asked if he could pick her up at eight
Attempted romance
Drew looks askance
When he said, "It'll be hard to bear the wait!"
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

The Askance Chapter 1 Part 1

The Dawning
………………………
A voice from spirits within
A language eludes in ancient tongue
Either to be, neither a dream
Of words a resonance, beyond eternal months
………………………………………
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Doesn't She Remind You of Someone

      At others she looks askance
         time-tested way to offend romance

      Just like the crowd she can’t hang with 
         her ‘search’ for Mr. Right ~ putative myth
Form: Couplet

A Child Smile Boosting War Will

Death terror stood still,
Looked askance warring evil,
From a pile of ruin
Amidst war’s terrible scene,
A child’s smile when lifted will.
__________________________
Tanka |05.03.2022| war
war
Form: Tanka

Sibling Sensibilities

Sibling Sensibilities


          Looking askance at

 Mom with infant in her arms
 
   Little girl chokes up...

Date Nov 5 2016
Form Senryu
Contest Depression is...
SponsorKai Neumann

Premium Member Funeral Home Crasher

Funeral home crasher
observing peoples raw grief
tallies visits up

no one questions her
assume she knew deceased
its rarely the case

over four hundred
I am askance and concerned
at her weird hobby
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Inner Alignment

lower and higher minds entwine resonance preference assigns going where bliss hues souls ensconce looking not at love throbs askance vaporised self becomes divine 15-July-2021
Form: Quintilla

Premium Member Harold Shipman

A mental void, uncaring stance Was it greed or was it askance? Always those that confess To having the answers, Yet he fools all of them The noose his only friend.
© Harry J Horsman 2022

Premium Member what has landed on my head

What has landed on my head? The child asked, askance.
No one replied until a guy named Mr. Fancy Pants.
I believe it is a parakeet, and good luck, so please enjoy.
But I do not like it! Whined the annoyed tiny boy.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member State of Stupor

dream illusions rise and subside though not always, a pleasant ride sleeping state determines response whilst waking, how we look askance our luminous self, veiled inside 17–July-2021
Form: Quintilla

The Askance Chapter 6 Part 1

The Altered Land
………………………………………………
There is another world in my dreams
A dream where only I know to walk alone
Beyond control… beyond my means
Yet the altered land belongs the place I call home
………………………………………………
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Spousal Abuse

He said he would never hit her again
She wanted to believe him of course
Sincere and apologetic
Her children begged her not to
Her parents were askance
She has been killed now 
A child sad 
Abuse is 
Living
Rage
Form: Nonet

The Askance Chapter 5 Part 1

To Embrace The Unknown
…………………………………………………
What tomorrow may bring?
What of yesterday be of reminiscence today?
And of dreams to welcome the unknowing
Is there enough words in the voicing to say?
…………………………………………………
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member No Tears Shed

        Looks askance
           does Western man
         when he sees 
            an African

          Revenge he fears
            for damage done 
          No tears shed ~
            for truth he shuns
Form: Rhyme

Poetic Freedom

What I venture never to dare say,
Humour lets; and there’s no need to pray:
Readers look not askance
And approve it at once,
And as bonus I have it my way.
___________________________________ 
Tongue-in-cheek |10.05.2021|
Form: Limerick

At the Gym

I do not check myself out
in full-length mirrors 

at the gym. 
It's because of Them.

I seldom see a guy pass by
the chance of a glance, 

not even askance, but 
active admire in scanty attire,

tank top and shorts, 
a photo op.
© Nola Perez  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

The Askance Chapter 4 Part 1

A Wanderer’s Path
………………………………………………
The route seems forever path in darkness
No returning and no receiving end
Beyond eternal dreams, blind and sightless
A wanderer’s path to belong the loneliest of a man
………………………………………………
© Joel Lee  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lover's Waltz

In my dreams of love
we always dance a waltz,
matching steps,  eyes in askance.
The answer descretely given.
When the heart is driven,
love must acquiesce.


February 2, 2023
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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

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