Short Carefully Poems

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A Loan

All I have is borrowed

Love and hope tomorrow
Old times and memories
Art mine read carefully
Not the road to follow
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Premium Member Rejigging dis-membered memories

can't re-assemble
what the forgotten has lost
for to re-member,
memories you must firstly
dis-member them carefully
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Key To Her Beauty

Madame Butterfly
   hath taught us well
   the key to her beauty
  
     Incubate it carefully
     Guard it zealously
Form: Rhyme

Heartstrings

Thin ice cracks
Carefully you tread
Tiptoe in silence
Holding inhaled breath
Fear heavy footsteps
Breaking through thin ice.
Form:

Premium Member Sing Your Song

We all sing and dance to our own tunes...

              Choose your melodies carefully.




For    A Couple of Lines...


What Is Love

love is good love is pure
love is kind it can be perfect
if you PICK the right person
CHOOSE carefully and Refuse fake
lovers
Form:

Gorilla Silly Stories

Ugly gorilla tell silly story about his friends, dogs - rabbits.

Big and small lizards carefully listen to the gorilla and smile.
Form: Monoku

An Ounce of Tears

Nette Onclaud,  The Numbers Game, 8/30/2026

single teardrops carefully acknowledged
may signal perplexity
yet engage prevention
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Awakening, From Light Cards Series

Awaken the children
slowly...
carefully...
or they may appear
startled! Feeling
little more than shadows
frantic with light....

Premium Member Behind Closed Doors

Father -- role model
Chooses words so carefully
Nurtures his image...
In back rooms, behind closed doors
Shocks me with vulgarity
Form: Tanka

Breaths For the Seasons

Autumn leaves encase
A ground once caressed by heat
Tread carefully here
Beneath your feet animals
Are hiding from winter’s breath
Form: Tanka

Serenity

A serene spirit,
My sweet soul craves carefully…
A still, solemn self

Entry for silence is golden contest
Sponsored by Rick Parise
Form: Haiku

Buzzing Bee

My ears are buzzing
Carefully I listen
Keep still I say
Entangled is a bee
Napping 
ZAP!
I chuckle to myself
Ending the life of the bee.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Ninette About Leaves

Leaves Whisper secrets in The passing wind; Listen carefully. They will warn you Of danger Or sing Songs.
Form: Ninette

Premium Member Tattoo

she chose the size and pattern carefully 
it's subtle yet speaks volumes
reveals no more than what she wants



AP: 3rd place 2026

Premium Member Adopting My Own Ferdelance

I think that I shall take a chance
Carefully looking among plants
Make a pet of thee
Eight foot two or three
Adopting my own ferdelance
Form: Limerick

03-01-2011

silly silent sheep
merrily munching in march
glittery green grass

slow slugging shepherd
crouches carefully nearby
wistfully wishing
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Come Unto Me

Carefully I hang my spirit on the tree
As trembling of the world
Falls down all around my knees
Almighty Savior
Come unto me

12/23/17

Premium Member Untitled

words always matter
wrong ones set the world ablaze
right ones give comfort
so chose your words carefully
otherwise, you may get burned
Form: Tanka

Falling Leaves

Listen carefully to the sound,
of leaves falling to the ground.

Whisper, whisper, softly please!
Don’t make a sound…
Don’t dare to sneeze!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Before Anyone Was Woke

Allen Ginsberg wrote 'Howl' 65 years ago
  Before almost anyone was woke

Read his poem carefully, my friend
  See America's downfall stoked
Form: Epigram

Check Carefully Your Pathway

Check carefully your pathway.
if you see a goat frowning in front,
behind there is a dog that can laugh.
Their frown, laughter, are they real?

Tea-Cup

Every tea time tea-cup rejoices
she’s carefully washed
sweet milk poured into her belly
lips gently biting her lips 
all smiles as she enjoys
Form: Cinquain

Step Carefully

Six feet under
two steps away
from where you stand
looking into the abyss.
The only thing that makes it so?
You choose to define it as such.
Form:

Duties

carefully folded
she scrubs floors with tattered rags ~
sandalwood smolders

slave to his passions ~ 
beneath her silken sari
burning hatred grows

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