Short By Design Poems

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Premium Member Portholes Plugged Snug

portholes round by design in sides of ships and planes encircle scenes of sky and sea plugged snug
Form: Cinquain


Premium Member Haiku: By Design

apple blossom clouds -
spring’s fragrant snow, fall’s gold but
no seed births home tree

Brian Johnston
December 17, 2015
Form: Haiku

dangled spangles

a lot of ratatat when you hammer 
but ill-fated by design
you nail the buffeting clamour 
but slow news filler not main headline
Form: Grook

A Fine Structure

"... and the lines all rhyme..."

137.4

is by Design.



"... how many days are in a week..."

Fourteen

Two... Sun days.
© Izzy Gumbo  Create an image from this poem.

Poo-Pourri

As you see we have no Febreze
Butt cover your smell if you please
Just spritz three or four times
Then release by design 
and the next person won't say "Jeeze!"
© Ijm Seven  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick


Premium Member By design

Time slips away
Use it wisely

Set lofty goals
Reach for your dreams
Live your best life

There's no second chance
So get it right !



AP: 3rd place 2026

Premium Member Echoes

Moments shared.

Flawed by design.

Now just memories.

Scattered across time.

Fleeting recalls.

Renewed disdain.

Karma aborted love.

For our past due pain.
© Indigo Sky  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

My Quatrains By Design 2k12

Four-lined Stanzas - my Quatrains by design. Interwoven A-B-A-B- the rhymes. Ten syllabically are read per line. Written -- nature, sullen, and benign times.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Where The Sun Don't Shine

  Put it where you think they'll be fine-
  A place where the sun doesn't shine.
  Dark and moist, for a start
  So roots feed to their heart--
  Devil's Ivy thrives by design!
Form: Limerick

A Woman

A Woman
      ------  
Is a Woman
   And there-by
Unique by design
      - Fore -
She is the Arbor
        Of Man
       - And -
   Here-by
      Attainable
In the Opuses'
         Of God

            GF

Premium Member A fan of the lens

photography is an obsession of mine
love taking snaps by design
the capturing of moments that align
my passion for chasing sunshine
and seeing how its beauty imitates the divine



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member A: Five

Chapbooks
by design-
arty posters
with illustrations so
sublimeWiliam H Bradley (1868-1962) of US Art Nouveau fame

http://www.willbradley.com

http://www.willbradley.comhttp://www.nga.gov/feature/nouveau/thanks_a.htm
Form: Ekphrasis

I'm lovely in and out

My glory each of my days will shine. I'm lovely in and out by design. Mirrors only reflect my beauty. But being good, my innate duty. Milk of kindness flows from me always. While deep in hearts my real love stays.
Form: Rhyme

Death by Design

Down dusty lanes we quietly stroll  
Fallen' leaves , red and brown decorate the ground
memories covered with smoke and haze
fill simpler days of choices made
coming close to playful pursuit
death by design leads to life in the twilight
© Jim Joyce  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Vignette-A Cornerstone

His only painting still to remain
Queen Quenevere of Round Table fame-
For William's talents were by design
Beaux arts,furniture,all things fine
Fabrics,stained glass divine.

William Morris(1834-1896)-a founder of the Arts& Crafts movement in Uk
Form: Narrative

Tricked

Silently he moves,
secretive by nature,
cautious by design,
startled by sudden movement,
dashes to safety,
watchful in his burrow,
tricked by skeletal shadows
of overgrown grass,
hunger pangs his insides,
ignored,
greater his will to survive.

Love on the Run

A touch too close and a gaze too sincere,
Was the Jenga player about to pull an upset loss? 
Faulty by design, promise and execution 

Does a good love need time to catch its breath? 
Or does it weave long exhales into conversational counterparts?

Premium Member Eclipsed By Design

Eclipsed by design,
husky mist enclosed.
It’s quiet in here,
far far too quiet.
Every star silenced. 

Why are we here?
Why open doors? 
Do the curtains
provide riches?

Attraction, 
aggression,
will entice. 

Tugging
stiffly

‘Come.’

Premium Member A Flash in Time

What is this thing called life?

Just a brief flash in time?

A rising dawn and then it's gone

With no more hills to climb

What does my heart believe?

Do I still have a chance?

Maybe I'll find here by design

Or just mere happenstance
Form: Rhyme

Foolish Pursuit

In a Winter's Loft; Complete,
with Midnight Eyes.

Maturing Curiosity,
Echoing with Laughter;
Sparkling, by Design.

Scintillating Whispers,
Fruitful, and Confident.
Longing to be Understood.

Eagerly Anticipating the Last Page.
Always Wanting More.
Form: Lyric

Incognito

Death breaks heart
People live
Life goes on.

Waste of youth
Waste of time
Waste of life.

Scratch to staff
Rugs to riches
Fate by design.

Whatever cost
Hope and dreams
Aspire excellence.

Need no permission
No laws require
For love, joy and peace.
Form: Other

The Veil

The Veil

On decrepit pathways hobbling
Life soul and world a wash of grayscale

Dark wings in shadows sing
By design the spirit to impale

An artist’s palette of black and white
Bright hues in daylight pale

Adrift in oceans of ravens night
Accursed walk beyond the veil

Stephen Allen.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Eyes Have It

The eyes do have it Seeing into the great depths Feelings of vastness Wonderful eyes shine through me A platitude of desire By design there’s love Open hearted peace of heart Shown upon my eyes A wild show being as made Timeless lives flow on inside
Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Your Lips

I can see on your lips
you have clumps of earth
from rubbish golfers
and the fact you celebrate dawn
as a thing that happens by design
only adds to your concoction 

just go over and tell them
what you think of their ineptness 
so we can leave and find other
reasons for your lips

Premium Member One Tear

One tear slides down a slanted cheek
A silver line, the only sign

Of anguish which she does not speak
Insistent smiles, bright by design

Thin fortitude, her whitewashed shrine
Gilded answers rain, lily meek

She lies and says that she is fine
When truth is too fearsome to seek

2/1/20
Form: Lay

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