Short Counters Poems

I sit alone in my focus
I'm spacing, 
Mind a glazing
The counters of verse 
I lock myself in rehearse...

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Pill bottles
Line kitchen counters
A daily
Ritual
Some things are much different now
Someday I’ll be fine...

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I don’t remember you ever saying counters were off limits ~



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Originally posted on February 20, 2021...

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He’s allowed the CoVID-19
To run amuck and obscene
    But Biden is here
    He’ll win never fear
When vote counters finally convene...

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There’s value bean counters can’t grant
Supplant not old models they chant!
They rant that life forms’	
Cells must fit spreadsheet norms
As accountants’ brains are quite scant...

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I no longer have any need nor want, my love cannot be bought.
I found the mesmerizing god of love my soul had once long sought.
I find through telepathy he counters every bad thought....

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I could clean while I listen to TV
I do not
I could wipe the counters
I do not
I could sweep the floor
I do not
cleaning does not interest me
I do not do things that are boring and redundant...

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Kettle boils - it's tea time!
Kindly pour us a cup.
Keep the counters clean to
knead bread for supper, then
kick back and relax 'til
kids arrive home from school.
Kisses, hugs, then homework.


Kim Merryman
7/27/17...

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charm(ed) bracelets 
and bangles
and books on 
strange science
in fogs
of whatever
all sold 
by the locks

as sellers 
in cellars
with culture 
on counters
sell lifestyles 
as street food
and vinyl
as clocks....

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Things parade around 
on my counters....

thoughts
good ones
bad ones
ugly ones

I spy dragons under my couches
others may not see them
but they are there for my taking 

Can I help it 
that I have thoughts of a poet?...

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Once a person has reached the limits
of his or her capacity for tolerance
where does it go?

Hell?
Strip joints?
Makeup counters?
Politics?

Clingy stuff that needs only a dryer sheet
for ad believers

otherwise it's kinda ohm-ish...

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The mind always knows the reasons and whys you are no longer here,
The heart counters, but I feel a longing and void, because you are not near,
The spirit, which produces the laughter, silliness, and smiles,
now needs some time to recover,
from the absence of one so dear....

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empirical evidence - what supports or counters this proposition,
 or experimental procedure or admission...
a body of facts that are true...
fingerprints & footprints at a place admitted to...
those telltale signs one has to admit too...
well; that's how you can be so sure; True...

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C's
Clumsy chubby chimpanzee counts cherry cheesecake cases covering corner combined clear ceramic counters.

Canny cat catches canary 

Cunning cat chases crazy chattering chipmunk clumsily can't close chubby cheeks 'cause chaotically  cramming chocolate covered cordial cherries...

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A Manager Can Tenderly Hold Her Staff

Determined that sense will hold structure and be,
Diffusing grace for many to see,
The counters and pillars bold,
Of the firm so cold:
Personal?
Hold
Your mural,
Not your sins all told;
Trust and with affection mould,
Your place in the company and tree,
Determined that sense will hold, structure and be,
...

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After thirty stares, he walks to the lady to impress, being a hip hop guy
he has recently not seen one this beautiful, confident, calm but not shy.
She counters his marvelous lines with: "I'm fifty-one years old."
and comforts him immediately with: "you're too young to be this bold."

YOUR BEST QUATRAIN Poetry Contest
by  L MILTON HANKINS
Published on the 8th. August. 2021...

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Determined that rationality will be,
Diffusing grace for many to see,
The counters and pillars bold,
Of the firm so cold:
Personal?
Hold
Your mural,
Not your sins all told;
Trust and with affection mould,
Your place in the company and tree,
Such that yourself and your colleagues you will free....

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Nostalgia draped the counters and walls
The smell of bacon sizzled in the air.
Diners in baseball caps and ponytails
noisily chattered there.

The grill popped
to the teakettle’s screams
To harmonize with the babies cries
sitting on their Daddies knees.

Time drizzled by on the Chevy Belair clock
like the syrup on my Johnny cakes
while the waitress kept a pouring coffee
to the bikers, their cravings to abate....

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We tossed gifts onto her desk until she was surrounded by them.
They were soon on the floors, because there was no space left
On her counters, her shelves, her chairs, her couch, her bookcase.
She is the boss; and I am sure would like us to stop.
However, we all want to get something in there,
incase she is one of those bosses that likes us accordingly.
Surely she isn’t I think as I lug in a giant gift bag of stuff....

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Bob holds his tattered Travis to his chest.
He was Bob's pet. Now--stuffed--he's still the best!
Bob’s parents, at wit’s end, make this request:
“He’s old. Let him retire!” but Bob’s obsessed.

He counters, “I start soon at my new school.
I’ll take him too. They’ll all think he’s WAY cool!”
“They won’t!” said Mom. “They’ll think you are a fool.
Since you’re the principal, some might be cruel.”


January 25, 2022...

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Contest
I wrack my brains
trying to please William
and gain a coveted trophy
but when I read all the other entries
I know that my paltry effort
just has not got a chance ...
Should I enter
Contest?

A Red-Letter Day Rictameter Poetry Contest
William Kekaula


Checked with soup counter and How many syllables - William counted as 2 syllables has per the counters (but to my ear it is three)

12/28/19...

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she hums an endless tune as she lovingly folds his shirt
each crease and fold perfectly placed in synchronous harmony
knowing that ten minutes of work will hide all her effort

Sijo is the classic form of unrhymed poetry in Korea. Sijo have three long lines. Each line varies between 14 and 16 syllables, with the middle line often the longest. The first line states a theme, the second line counters it, and the third line resolves the poem....

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If life will daunt my 
steps,I will crawl.If 
stones will stumble my 
knees,I will walk. If 
obstacles will cripple my 
feet,I will run. If lines 
will stop my legs,I will 
leap. If the ground will 
ground me,I will fly. If 
the sky will limit me,I 
will soar. I will soar like 
the eagle and ride on 
the wings of the wind. I 
will mount the 
mountain and from the 
top,count the counters 
of the trophies I have 
won on my way to the 
top....

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In fear of not hurting anyone,
I suffer the most in my life.
All those who have come, have gone on their time;
and here I'm and my poetry trying to survive.
After all the day's desires and dilemmas when I find mine,
I hear a sob asking, "is that all you deserve?"
a dysphoric counters me each time.
Like a speechless victim of trauma, I try to find the answer on the wall
gazing for a long long time.
that even eternity forgets to be immortal
and I forget to feel sublime....

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When Henry asks a question,
If it's "I don't know" I voice,
He counters with, "No, tell me,"
For he's sure I have a choice.

But yesterday, his query 
I could answer right away.
"Nana, why do you make up
A poem every day?"

"It makes me feel good," I replied.
"It's something I do well."
He thought about it, understanding 
(Far as I can tell).

"When you grow up," I told him,
"You will find what you can do."
"What is it, Nana? Tell me!"
Oh, I really wish I knew....

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