Short Chagrin Poems

striving to win
become sinners
chagrin follows

15-June-2021...

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I was full of chagrin
When love busted in
Had a grin
On my chin
Did not sin
Did I win...

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  Chagrin
  Take the 'ag' out
  and you've got 'chin' ~
    There's 'egg on your chin' for you...

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Bicycle circus
Stolen and broken
Set to cause chagrin
New bikes keep coming

Wednesday, May 11, 2022...

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Peddled up the hill of life
Intent on coasting down

Discovered much to my chagrin
No place to turn around...

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chagrin soothed by sun
inspires exhilarating
spirit dauntlessness
















5-17-2016...

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L-ook at the wall clock, 
Y-ou'll see the hour's slow flight, 
N-o time for chagrin.





Form: Acrostic Haiku...

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The hall of gigolo fame
Lauds men of certain acclaim.
“I’ll never get in,”
Gripes Hal with chagrin:
“I pay when out with a dame.”...

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about the time
i had some wine.
you had some gin.
we burped chagrin,
and we toasted metered
glee of intoxication
by intrusive manners....

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As he watched her sigh so plaintively
a sigh filled with sorrow and chagrin
it made him wonder 
if it isn’t sighs
that initiate the wind....

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Trump's followers act like androids
Hate fills them with his opioids
This does us chagrin
We must quickly bring in 
A flotilla of Sigmund Freuds...

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Thanksgiving?  Oh no!  Not again!
I meet each one with chagrin

Such rejoicing, good fun
For everyone

Well, ‘cept me … I’m the Turkey, you see....

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Long lean limber. sultry, slender,
Pretty pout, neat nails, great grin.
Fatal flaw?
Incredibly clumsy, elbow bumpy,
Tripped twice, shiner. Shucks, chagrin....

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What can be found there inside my soul
Only blackness
For No Light can penetrate

All pieces of Hope
Seem to have been stolen
To all pieces of Love's chagrin...

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Jack's wife looked in the mirror and asked
Does this dress make my ass look too fat?
To her chagrin 
He said Yes with a grin
But at least you’re not blind like a bat...

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Fran said to her milkman one day
Do you fancy a roll in the hay
Much to his chagrin
Fran asked 'is it in?'
You’re not quite as big as folk say!





10th February 2015...

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“such much about nothing”


feck and friggin to my chagrin
while trying to monorhyme like Lin
i find i’m back at square one once again
in a square root of one imaginary unit tailspin...

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I picked up a lovely sweet treat
Unwrapped it, was ready to eat
Much to my chagrin
A grub was within 
I chucked it and stamped with my feet



10th May 2016...

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Cat and canary at odds through the day
A game of chase hunts his delicious prey
But Tweety turns tables
Just like Aesop’s fables 
End game birdy tweets, hubris doesn’t pay!
...

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I watched a surprise win the other night
in states which had the brightest blue in sight,
so while the returns came in
Democrats were in chagrin...
their Hillary called to concede the fight....

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My poor little dickie bird confided in me
He'd give anything if he could only be free
A zipper, to his chagrin
Keeps dear dickie within
So when I look down he's not looking at me...

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Women are like lemons, look delicious to taste
Oh so sweet until they show their real face
Then reality sets in
Much to your chagrin
Chase 'em till they catch you at the end of the race...

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Sunrise


God’s paintings begin.
Smile, have thee, no chagrin.
Let His love shine in.


        Rhymed Senryu
            11/8/2021


Written from Trauma center!
       ... My new residence......

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A great philosopher I think of myself
Know all of life's mysteries, why farts they do smell
Coz stuff that goes in
Much to our chagrin
That which we emit from down there smells like hell...

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Silence is golden is a phrase from the past
Things have changed, need to rant, rave and blast
To be heard above the din
Much to our chagrin
Civility in the world has gone to the dogs fast...

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