Short Compression Poems
Short Compression Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Compression by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Compression by length and keyword.
guttural croak
black as starless night
demonic tales evoke
fear of shifty ravens
it's an 'unkindness'
raven-type joke
"Alas", I sighed.
There, before my eyes,
a shiny bird did bide.
A raven's appetite,
with patience, and time,
is satisfied.
What was its name
and why did it scare
that poet of dark fame
by tap tap taping in
the long spectral night,
was Poe fair game?
Our world of existing contraity
compression,depression,high anxiety
as the complexion changes our society....
Form:
toast with one leg
pink gurus mocking
but don't bother to beg--
their pedestal secret,
such disciplined form
starts from the egg
breaking the ice
of eerie silence
to make its mate entice
jargons on and on from
the shrouded bower
is truly nice
Place: 2 nd
nightingale tune
upon steeple limb
in cool of summer swoon
up, down, up, down dance in
scarlet gauzy light...
lull waxing moon
Black like the night,
he soars and tumbles,
an acrobat in flight.
Keen is his sight, and he’s
a playful mimic.
This bird is bright!
Hiding from rain
Lies a slick raven
That old wisdom retains
Loves shades of loneliness
Traps all stirs of sounds
Bears mounts of pains
Branch-hugging cry,
Ancient, mournful tale,
Underneath the large sky,
Soul-filled singing, brown bird,
Pouring forth its heart,
Never to die.
Orange and black
the sweet Orioles,
return home to unpack
in intricate hung nests _
I leave fruit and seeds
for a nice snack ~~
Yellow in flight~
needle-thin beak sings
notes of sunny delight.
Gold dipped in morning’s glow,
you vanish swiftly~
thief of sunlight.
Stand on longlegs,,
cool shallow water.
Colors are pinks not reds.,
Tourists taking pictures,
as we look away.
Today no eggs.,
Moon mounts up high,
passion bird sings soft.
Stringed love and pain tunes tie
in heart’s nocturnal niche.
Darkness echoes thrill
through silver sky.
wild messenger
signals true passion
mystery presenter
trickster intelligent
casts light into dark
black questioner
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nightingales sing
mostly through the night
many phrases they bring
with long range and power
inspiring tunes
which poets cling
The heavy rain
wipes out the sunshine.
I rub my windowpane,
watching for company.
Visitors won't come
up muddy lane.
Joyce Johnson
9/28/13
written for "Poems of Compression " contest.
Shadows romance
Through fine-laced mantle
Of whirlpool’s river dance,
And a kiss gushes high
Beneath froth of clouds
Where stars advance
Franco Gonza 9/22/2013
Compression Contest
Like butterflies
Tears caress my cheek
My clouded vision cries
The world keeps turning
Tomorrow will come
As all hope dies
Barbara Gorelick
9/23/13
Compression contest.
the widow’s face
so full of sadness
is hidden under lace
her sobbing fills the church
as none could take her
dear husband’s place
Jack Horne, 22nd September, for Nette’s Compression contest
You concealed her
from the prying eyes..
Devotion she did swear
to her Saviour above..
a novice is she
in silent prayer
Contest : Poem of Compression
Penned 21 September 2013 by Seren Roberts
the lonely strains
like a haunted dream,
so many sad refrains
left...to drift in the wind,
now memory-born
tears when it rains...
written March 10/26
for Nette Onclaud's Compression Contest
EXPRESS THROUGH COMPRESSION POETRY Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
3/1/26
Birds in concerts,
wade in unison,
circling the pond's outskirts
in mirrored expressions
of pink sunrises
and lovely spurts.
Mom gave me it.
A last moment thing,
as if I gave a flit
about silly customs.
Yet, for my daughter
it's preserved... ****!
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Nancy Jones
POEM OF COMPRESSION
9/23/13
Compression ingestion
The world to implode
The numbers decreasing
—resistance explodes
From diamond to carbon
Wheels spin in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill
—millennium’s curse
(Brooklyn, New York: March, 2016)