Short Creaked Poems

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My Aunt Joan Was a Madcap

My aunt Joan was a madcap 
And she sat down on my lap 
When I creaked 
She was freaked 
Honored me with slime and slap
fun
Form: Limerick


Lessons

Old Man Bianco his vocal voice
stripped of all it’s octave choice
creaked and crowed in age and vice
“Liquor, tobacco, you pay the price!”
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Age Creeping Up

yesterday laughed
my bones creaked so
my age creeping
I was shocked; when did this happen?
moreover, who is this old one?
my age creeping
age

Fiddlesticks

There was a young man bought a pangolin
but thought it was a mandolin
to be played like a violin
he tipped its scales 'til they creaked
tweaked its tail so it squeaked 
and named the bow Anne Bowleyn
Form: Rhyme

Why You No Work

…Money…in a voice that rustled.
No sir, I do not have any money.
How about getting a job?
…Change…in a voice that creaked.
Sorry sir, I don’t make the rules.
How about running a campaign?
…Help…in a voice that trailed.
Sir, how do I do that?
© Pang Xiong  Create an image from this poem.
Form: ABC


Premium Member Down the Block from Prosperity

   silverware tarnished
     forks absent some teeth
   plates chipped at the edges
     set of cups incomplete

   the table wobbled and creaked
     like them, sad and bleak...
   down the block from prosperity
     of which they hadn't a peek
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member MISSOURI DAYS

Days
drifted,
dust-gold bright,
bare feet skimming
the warm summer roads.

Fireflies stitched twilight’s hem,
porch swings creaked their lullabies,
and Grandma’s voice—soft as corn silk~
called us home through the hush of evening,
where childhood kept its lantern lit for years.
Form: Etheree

Premium Member Staircase

Bare wood creaked
a hand polished rail glistened
the texture of the risers
caressed her feet
each step
a staircase stanza
an elegant entrance
ballet-like
balancing
cold ground
a short dance
and relief

©4/8/2023

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First Time Nanna

my first seduction 
was with a bowl of stale feta, 
a tragic affair with a refrigerator 
that wouldn't shut. 
crumbs scattered like apology, 
i whispered sweet nothings, 
"eat me, make me whole”
the hinge creaked, 
and i poured out, 
wanderlust in the cheap cheese, 
another unloved abandon, me.

Snow

A blanket of morning snow engulfed the town
like a luminous south sea pearl
stretched out
mirroring its watery home,
as the villagers slept,
tight in the warmth of the mattress
that creaked like an ancient schooner,
and they awoke to see with faceless dreams
that winter within themselves,
kindled by December lights.

Three Toed Jack

Tall pine
log line

Big Jack's 
long axe

Swung hard
no guard

Thick trunk
housed skunk

Tree creaked
skunk freaked

Skunk sprayed
Jack paid

Axe head
blood red

Jack's cost
toes lost

Tale goes
two toes

Jack's fame
new name!



Poetry contest:   Your Footle Poem
Sponsor:              Judy Konos
© Kim Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Footle

Christmas Eve

When Simon fell asleep on Christmas Eve.  
Dreaming of presents that Santa would leave.
He soon stirred, when his door squeaked.
Open- eyed, as floorboards creaked.
Now he knows Santa, is not make-believe.

    12 / 12 / 2022.
    Sponsor  Tania Kitchin.
    A Funny Santa Limerick Poetry Contest.
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Form: Limerick

Premium Member Try-metrical '

A tireme was set to sail
Yet wind failed; to blow
Deploy oars it never fails

Once far enough out
Again they raised the canvas.'
The wind came as a !shout

The ship creaked and drove
The sails bellied so freely
Twas as when sins are shrove'

The cox'n sounded the bell
All the crew yelled and cheered
Music to a capt'ns ears i hear tell.?
Form: Tercet

Premium Member The Neighborhood Haunted House

Accepting my costumed friends dare, I cautiously pushed through the weeds to the unlit dilapidate porch.  Before I could knock, the door creaked open.

"Come     on in.

      We've              been wait-        ing for            

you."       Croaked the emaciated little girl with the basso profundo voice.

Something pushed me from behind ...
Form: Prose

Heat Wave

It's ninety eight degrees
in Jersey,
your hug felt limp, 
sweaty,
and forced,
like the old air conditioner
that creaked to life
when you made us coffee,
looking into my eyes,
just to show
you could be sober,
at least for a New York minute,
letting me know
a happy future wasn't an option
and love was only real in movies,
but at least
you made me laugh.

Premium Member where are the lights

it was the creepiest place I had ever seen
When did we go there? On Halloween
I did not think I would be scared but I was terrified
When the door creaked open, I wanted to hide

No one said come in, but I felt a presence there
A lingering danger hovered near me, in the air
Where are the lights? I asked my friend Jen.
But she was so scared, she ran off when I came in.
Form: Rhyme

Reflection

Vacant eyes
of wandering mind
Crooked neck
of broken road
I found myself
lost at home

Stained by glass
Splintered by bone
The wood creaked 
My face stone

Mocked by self
Driven by pain
Pity was fate
Solace in vain 

Echoes of life
Remnants of death
The stale air spoke
My last breath

Mirror, mirror
On my wall
Tell me
Who will miss me
When you’re gone
Form: Elegy

Premium Member Thicker Than Water

I pushed at the open door,there was no sound,no noise,just darkness all around.Dust filtered my nostrils,a mustiness of lost years inhabited my senses.A loose floorboard creaked as I headed for the stairwell,the aroma of her Chanel provoked memories of my living hell.A tear of self-pity congealed in the dirt as I switched on the light."Hello son,...I knew you'd be back...He's gone..."

Shh

Shh…
Shuttered the stifling air
Confining her innocence
Clinging to a teddy bear

Shh…
Ruffled the blanket of lies
Concealing her trembling
The lids to her cries

Shh…
Echoed the corners of the room
Beneath the glowing ceiling
Of a neon moon

Shh…
Creaked the rays of flight
Unlocking morning
Pardoning night

Jesus, she whispered
Lowering her weary head
Do you know why my father
Comes to my bed
Form: Narrative

Premium Member MY LAST N-A

I pushed at the open door
no sound
just darkness inside. 
Dust filtered my
nostrils, 
    a mustiness of lost years
inhabited my senses. 

A loose floorboard
creaked in the stairwell, 
the aroma 
of her Chanel provoked memories 
of my
living hell. 
A tear of self-pity congealed
in the dirt at my feet

I switched on the light
"Hello son
     I knew you'd be back;
He's gone..."

Meeting

Moon peeped through the treetops, tiptoed to a window, knocked softly and hushed to keep his promise. ‘Chuck, chuck, chuck, ' a gecko wished; a bat dropped an oozing mango and flapped from the backyard; a curlew screamed a welcome note; a door creaked open, and they shadowed the moon.
Robert Browning's "Meeting at Night" inspired me when writing this piece.

Premium Member The Visitor

He pushed at the open door
no sound
just darkness inside. 
Dust filtered his
nostrils, 
    a mustiness of lost years
inhabited his senses. 

A loose floorboard
creaked in the stairwell, 
the aroma 
of her Chanel provoked memories 
of his
living hell. 
A tear of self-pity congealed
in the dirt at his feet

He switched on the light
"Hello son
     I knew you'd be back;
He's gone..."

Premium Member And Then

I pushed at the open door,there was no sound,no noise,just darkness all around.Dust filtered my nostrils,a mustiness of lost years inhabited my senses.A loose floorboard creaked as I headed for the stairwell,the aroma of her Chanel provoked memories of my living hell.A tear of self-pity congealed in the dirt as I switched on the light."Hello son,...I knew you'd be back...He's gone..."

...and then...

Premium Member Squeaky Wheel

There was a wheel that squeaked Not a sound in the world like it My senses were surely peaked Drove me crazy, gave me a fit The air in the tires leaked No piece of it worked, not a bit The whole bike when moved creaked I could do nothing but come sit Sound of the wheel sure freaked So I got off my bike and quit
Entrant into Suzette Crous's "A GROOK FOR ALL OCCASIONS" contest 3/2/2013
Form: Grook

Premium Member WPC AUG 31

The Visitor

He pushed at the open door
no sound
just darkness inside. 
Dust filtered his
nostrils, 
    a mustiness of lost years
inhabited his senses. 

A loose floorboard
creaked in the stairwell, 
the aroma 
of her Chanel provoked memories 
of his
living hell. 
A tear of self-pity congealed
in the dirt at his feet

He switched on the light
"Hello son
     I knew you'd be back;
He's gone..."

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