Short Balking Poems

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


Cycles

A cool caliginous
night
Crickets in their abode 
talking
A desolate street with no
lights
A doddering man
balking

Soon dusk kisses
dawn
Birds are out
chirping
The sun is shining and the curtain
of night has drawn
The exuberance of girls
playing
Form: Rhyme


We Must Stop the Hate

we can if we band
 we can't miss
we can stop this
 talking and balking
agants our sister and brother
does matter what corlor
 in the lords eyes we're his prides
 if your  poor
there only one door
for all together we can be a brick wall
 if we don't complate
WE CAN STOP THIS HATE
Form:

Premium Member Elation

sunshine
blue skies

thrilled as 
temps rise

thirty-
seven

feels like
Heaven

house-bound
no more

fun plans
in store

stretching
walking

no more
balking,

for the 
weather

holds no
tether

February 3, 2023
written for Brian Strand's Contest 1180  placed 4th
Form: Footle

Premium Member The World Has Changed

Smallpox and polio
Were they as intensely feared
As Covid and Delta?

SARS, ebola, and swine flu
What happened to them?
Are they still lurking around corners?

Remember when everyone was terrified of AIDS?
Remember when people took vaccines without balking?
Remember when we watched out for each other?

Dream Did Find In Field

dream did find in field
to us always had appealed
with much love was sealed

we had been balking
reach point where there is talking
for friend stalking

life was imperil
when we sang christmas carol
screech sounded sterile

issue was skirting
when my back had been hurting
which i was blurting

his name was Cecil
who we heard was a weasel
art work on easel
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu


Damage Control: An Apology Poem

If the Result is Insult:
Rethink that course of thought!
For what can lead to the Heart's revolt
Is not the path I sought...
Wayward walking; trouble stalking
(When one lets loose their tongue!)
I can accept the poets' balking-
At least, when I cease to run,
And stop to take ownership
Of all the mistakes I've made
Vacation for my guilty trip-
As I apologize today

*Submit a Smile Contest Entry

~JustThatArchaicPoet aka Chan :)
Form: Rhyme

Congressional Conserve

Then void the footprints so demur,
wherein once walking, my feet pure
now doomed to stalking, faith as cure
the vise I deemed as caulking, minus stir ~

My country, silence balking
truth to serve
retreat while there is lacking
moment's lure!

What then is counteracting
what reserve
the led are never leaders
pretense verve!

To keep thy promise keeping
        keep your nerve
you backed away my seeking ~
. . . . . with conserve!

View From Above

Look at all the little people
Insignificant lost souls
Hurrying, scurrying below
Like some fast-forward picture show.
Always moving rarely balking
And when walking hardly talking
Tiny animated shadows
Puny dots moving to and fro.
If they were me where I now stand
The whole of them would understand
They’re human lemmings on the run
Behind their leaders one by one.
From high above this bizarre scene
I see folly in their routine.
Form: Couplet

Wise Steps


No rush.

Across the terrain goes the tortoise.

Intently moving toward its destination

Slow but assuredly, it moves without hesitation.

Moving barely, barely moving

But steadfast it remains.

There is no balking as it moves down the line.

Every step taken leaves a lasting imprint.

With each one, purpose shows

No missteps. No rush.

And so goes the tortoise.

No procrastination.

Only wise steps of purpose

Premium Member Heavenly Vessel Flies-

HEAVENLY VESSEL FLIES-
That moment my soul grew vacillating Deep into that darkness balking My, my, my, my I feel the pleads My God today will you help me...Please I remember I was interesting I awoke and flung the vehicle Heavenly vessel racing by clouds By the grave I saw the heavens That moment my soul grew vacillating Deep into that darkness balking My chariot on angels wings I glide No need I'll fly 6/10/19

Premium Member Marlboro Masters-

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2/22/20 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2020

Premium Member Suppress That Cough

One day when the POTUS was talking,
a muffled cough started him balking.
In arrogant boldness
and dismissive coldness,
he sent our poor Chief of Staff walking!




On June 17, when Trump was being interviewed, he
ordered Mick Mulvaney out of the Oval Office for coughing.
Mulvaney, who is the acting White House Chief of Staff,
also fills other positions.  POTUS--President of the United States

Written June 29, 2019, for Tania Kitchin's Limerick Contest
Form: Limerick

The Days Are Long

The days are long and getting longer
So my boredom’s that much stronger.
To complain feels even wronger
Since I am okay.

I read, I write, I do my walking;
On the phone or Zoom, I’m talking.
Still, at travel, I am balking;
Locally, I stay.

Pandemic life has been a trial
And, although it’s been a while,
I can’t say for sure when I’ll
Be comfortable away.

Others plan a nice vacation
Which is little consolation.
Maybe with some motivation,
I’ll go, too, someday.
Form: Rhyme

Uncertainty

I know what I’m doing is right
Not like I’ll be gone every night
The cupboards are bare
No one seems to care
Each time I find work it’s a fight

I wish I could change my life course
Not balking nor having remorse
All methods I try
It still makes me cry
When I ponder my enemy source 

I sort out my problems in vain
Revealed on my face my disdain
It’s not worth the stress
I have to confess
Uncertainty drives me insane

Randy Steele
"Me Against Myself" contest
June 28, 2011
Form: Limerick

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