Short Cannon Poems

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Premium Member Cannonball

round metal object
placed inside long cylinders
drop shoot cannon ball

3/29/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Clerihew Pachbell

Nuremburg's Johann Pachbell
organist& composer as well
Best known for his cannon in   D I guess
& his influ upon Bach J S
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Fling Me Into the Stratosphere

Fling me into the stratosphere
I will wave when I arrive
Shoot me out of a cannon, Dear.
I promise to give you a big high five!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Final Wishes

Don't shovel a clod upon my head
when I'm dead
or put me inside a cardboard cup
when you burn me up.
Get rid of me at last
with a cannon blast.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Margaret Molly Corbin

Mrs. Margaret 'Molly' Corbin:
A true Revolutionary War heroine. 
When her husband in battle fell dead, 
Though wounded, she fired his cannon instead.
Form: Clerihew


Black Powder

soldier placed powder ready to ignite cannon..... bald is beautiful
penned 6 November 2018 contest black powder..Anthony Slausen
Form: Senryu

The Enemy Found

Screams to their naked advancement,
fire—the truth to resound

Cannon to their darkest intention,
death—to all enemies found

(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2019)

Fireworks

Fuse Ignite Cannon booms Magick ascends Light
Contest Name: Light Up The Lanterne Sponsor's Name: Nette Onclaud Date of Poem: 06/17/2025
© Talia Hill  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lanterne

Haiku On Bob Dylan's

frightened trees
cannon balls fly
where teardrops fall

10.17.16


Title of the songs for each line used
Mr. Tambourine Man
Blowing In the Wind
Where Teardrops Fall
Form: Haiku

The Canons of Love

Love
Be thy
Foster child of
This pain

Love 
Be thy
Cannon shot
Heard around
This world

Love
Be thy
Flower dancing
In this sweet
Blue rain

These are 
The canons of love

Smile For the Camera

Tom went out one night looking for some fun
he brought with him a water-cannon gun,
wet T-shirts were all the rage
the ladies took center stage...
Tom's cellphone videos were a homerun!
© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

A PIRATE'S SHIP

The pirate’s ship
Was about to be roasted
When it came to close
To Florida’s coast
An attack had been planned
The reaper was close
It was one blast from a cannon
And they were toast
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
fun
Form: Rhyme

Shiver Me Timbers

SHIVER ME TIMBERS!

Once a cut-throat and cannon ball dodger
Now a one legged salty old codger
But when ship enters docks he
Will look up an old doxy
And hoist up with a good Jolly Roger
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Battleship

a battleship sits stubbornly in a bottle... fire cannon one_crash
Inspired by A Poet Destroyer Contest: One Solo Epic Senryu or Haiku: In A Bottle Written: July 22, 2014
Form: Senryu

Dumpers

Dumpers
The gal with the **** cannon
Let’s one rip a right good fart
You can smell it from here
It smells of baked beans
And mushy peas plus cabbage
I wonder what it’s like
When she takes a dump?

Dead Poets

Their words. 
Like the softest cannon fire. 
Shrapnel finding every mark. 
In blood and brain and bone
and heart. 
Leaving us to bleed
for more. 
Till fire, now silenced
turns to dark. 

3/30/14

Out of a Cannon

Like being shot out of a cannon,
I charged out of bed,
Took one look around me,
My spirits, they bled,
Jumped back into bed,
Hoping to sleep,
Another twenty-four years,
Before out of bed I again leap.
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Seven Young Men Jumping Into the Ocean Blue- -

Seven Young Men Jumping into the Ocean Blue- -

Cliff notes seven of us jumping out, Over the pier cannon ball falls.
4/29/19 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©

Wherever We Went and Meant

Wherever We Went and Meant

Wherever ever we went were always hesitant,
Wondering what the people may have meant;
A cannon lose;
What is the use?
Bad habits a person has should try to prevent.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Let Nature Bring Her Gold

A burst of red blossoms,
Shooting from
This cannon of morning
In this background of
Bright olive green leaves
Letting nature
Bring her sweet gold
Praying for
This glory
Asking the Lord,
Will you provide
Amen

Underestimation, Unpredictability

Underestimation, unpredictability 
My cannon hauls the weight of the world 
In your direction
And your dodging capabilities are neglecting to serve you
Resources low
Resources lo
Resources l
Resources…
Nonexistent
Form:

New Year

Usad na libot
San bituon sa langit;
Pitbong nagputok

(Minasbate)

Isang pag-ikot
Ng talang nasa langit;
Kanyo'y sumabog

(Filipino)

One revolution
Of a star in the night sky;
Bamboo cannon bursts

(English)
Form: Haiku

Avast Ye Limerick

Adrift in the cannon debris,
Her black flag grinned menacingly
With hull split in two,
Her captain and crew
Now sail on the floor of the sea.

4.10.2019
Written for Tania Kitchin's A Pirate Themed Limerick Poetry Contest
© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
sea
Form: Limerick

Manassas

Split-rail fences, stark and grey
Rim the Bull Run battlefield
Where Confederates that day
Forced the Union line to yield.

Cannon still command the hill
By the chiseled monument
Where some of those who came to kill
Sleep…dank earth their tent.
© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
war
Form:

There the Love

there 
the love 
masterly 
weaves 
the norm of cannon 
inside to outside!

oh the bruise of heart 
won't be cured 
cause outsider love unsafe!

subterranean worlds 
the royal palace of heart 
where love lives with free will!



-18/11/19 CTG, BD

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