Short Checker Poems

Don't Use Special Characters


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Take that Soup Title Checker!

You could at least say please....

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They say I have covid,
Well, isn't that special.
So, they gave me Paxlovid,
And an oxygen checker.
Yet, I'm told it's better,
Than the pox or a poker!...

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melodious birds
    awaken the dawn with song --
         spring is in the air

3/27/21
For Tania Kitchin's Spring Haiku contest
used PS Syllable checker...

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its old but gold
a pass time thing
thats hadn't change
been around  from
town they put checker down
and get set to you can bet
better yet
its a
GAME OF CHESS...

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I'm heaven sent if sofa bound
For my darling snuggly little hound

A New Crystalline - Any Theme Poetry Contest
1st March 2023
Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin

Syllable Checker 17...

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Jewellery, stylish pens, paper hearts, nostalgic figurines,
Memories of holidays spent in my grandmother's place,
Cherishing purple checker box with snowflakes, praying for same things....

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Red holly berries
    bring joy to snow-covered smiles
         hearts warm in love's glow
         
November 15,2021
Fall or Winter Holiday Haiku Poetry Contest
by Tania Kitchin
PS syllable checker, 11/15/2021...

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It is many months since I fell,
Going down hard on the sidewalk
Unable to rise unaided
The bruises on my face become
A topic of conversation for strangers.
The checker at the grocery store asks
"Well, who beat you up?"...

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Burgeoning storm clouds
quickly envelope
the fiery red sky.
Lightning forks to ground
shattering the night
as thunder rumbles.

3/27/21
Picture #6
For Joseph May's Tableau 2 contest
Syllables checked with PS syllable checker...

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A witch on a  journey at night
was gripping her broomstick in fright -
the batteries low,
a distance to go,
she wished that she'd traveled by kite!

written 21st October for Tania's Halloween limerick contest (used Soup's syllable checker)...

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I have a shameful secret to tell

I never really learnt how to spell

Tho’ try as I might 

It seldom comes right

But my checker, SHE does very well




Contest: Challenge—Max 8 Lines
Sponsor: Russell Sivey
Margaret Foster Oct 10th 2011...

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The porch is waiting
dare you go?
with chairs so comfy cozy…

The porch is waiting 
don’t you know?
with checker boards and pages….

Patterned puzzles
gory books
needle point and bikes

The porch is waiting
can you go?
Or must you stay inside?...

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In a checker board pattern of red and grey
make a small patio near a tree for shade
Enough for two chairs and a short walkway
feeling some pride for the stones you laid
Simple but solid you sit as dogs play
patio stones for a small rest area to relax away....

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A poor old man
	on tottering cane
in checkout line
	did stand

did watch the checker
	young and fair
be amused at
	the young men

as they gathered
	about her there
drawn by her
	sweet charms

he did think
	of younger days
when he would
	be there too...

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I will never win a spelling be-
but that’s all rite you sea-
I have this grate spell checker 
that came with my PC.
It plainly marks for my revue
any spelling errs for me.
I’ve checked this pome
and others to, and its letter
perfect now I no, because
my checker tolled me sew...

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Romance
    Is in the air 
         Let's dance

Among 
     Cherry blossoms
          So young

Willow
     Branches shelter
           Love's glow

4/1/21
For Joseph May's Finding Your Muse 2 contest
Picture #3
Syllables checked by PS syllable checker
2,4,2,2,4,2,2,4,2...

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Watching like a protector
Lighting my pathway so bright
Moonbeams illuminate trails
I have chosen to take this dark night.

Feb. 28, 2022
For Lind30NR Poetry Contest
7/7/7/9 syllable count
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Grammar and Syllables verified on Poetry Soup Checker/Counter...

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I could write a masterpiece
but i just can't find the words
so instead
is tea
try to up keep
Playing Checker with word
Abs solve the absurd
West turns to stew
Drip ping on my shoo
makeasentence save some time
never correctly spelt ryhme
Turned north and stepped upon a thorn
Born to be wrnog...

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Malta 
Sweet romance 
Sizzling sunshine
Darling, I want to stay - 
With you

Journey 
Flying home
Suntan fading
Photographs… memories 
Heartbreak


11~07~14
Contest: Cinqku Poem
Sponsor: Dr.Ram Mehta

Syllable checker used – ‘How Many Syllables’ 2,3,4,6,2
~awarded 3rd place~...

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Tears flow in torrents, I shiver and gulp, weeping loudly by the window at my dead cousin’s fleeting ghostly figure.


Date posted : January 16th 2021

Contest : 20 Words Max - Do It With Feeling Poetry Contest

Sponsor : Line Gauthier

Twenty Words verified by Poetry Soup Syllable Counter And Grammar Checker...

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TIME

Take time to talk or be
together with loved ones.
Try to be thoughtful too.
Take a moment to be
thankful each day and take
the time to be kind to
touch someone with your smile.


4/25/21    Pleiades T Poetry
                Kim Merryman

Checked:  How Many Syllables
                PS Grammar Checker...

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They use to say and even today
that, poetry is useless.

If that be true then Psalms,
would have never been written.

If that be true then music,
would be silent,
Chubby Checker,
would have never twisted.

Elvis would not be missed
and the shower,
would have no singing.
without poetry,

Life would be a mess...

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Listen to poem:

Lugosi lays, Chaney scares, creeps the dusk,
Price fades, Karloff, clomps, all ashes and dust,
Past-timed preferred actors all,
Scary times, hair raised, jaws fall,
Greats, long unseen, memories hold, hearts crush.


2019 October 16


PS  Grammar Checker
RhymeZone
howmanysyllables;
10,10,7,7,10...

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COME ON

Hello,
genius! break time,
lets go.

Don’t be
so absorbed, look
at me.

Come on!
Get up right now.
Get on.


4/1/21      Finding Your Musette 2 Poetry
Photo #4   Joseph May


Checked: PS Grammar Checker
               and Syllable Counter

               How Many Syllables
               and RhymeZone...

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When an uptick in violet crimes
Made the front page of the New York Times,
Seems the cause of the botch
Was the proof of the scotch;
Now the checker hawks greeting card rhymes.


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SECOND PLACE WINNER
For the “Valentine Challenge” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Form: Limerick
2/6/2022
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