Short Deadline Poems

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Premium Member What Becomes of a Poem

What becomes of a poem
       squeezed, wrung out
       to beat a deadline...
  
       Just like the poet
     ~ It's all washed-out
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Thirteen Syllables Or Less

At noon time
two squirrels on lawn chair
awaiting lunch.




Sponsor: Tim Hicks
Contest Name: "Thirteen Syllables or Less"
Deadline: 4/29/16
Form: Haiku

Premium Member No Time for a Banana

Monkeys - start on your typewriters now.
I need you to work fast - and how. 
There is nothing more pressing than a
contest deadline - no time for a banana.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Seal

Seal was written for S words contest sadly I missed deadline.


hot red wax drips down parchment charter awaits seal gold ring descending
Form: Haiku

Three Chords And Her Truth

(Entered in Line Gauthier Contest, BiteSize Contest No 103, Deadline April 2025)

six string honesty,
three chords of country guitar,
this microphone's hers.
Form: Haiku


Premium Member The Rat Race

Angst
        Pressure
     Tension Builds
  Nerves Tautly Wound
Stomach's Knot Tightens
   Imminent Deadline
     Boss's Threats
        Pressure
          Angst
Form: Ninette

Premium Member Where Freedom Finds the Fire

Recovery reigned

beyond lure and fire and ice

then

to baptismal pool.


Sponsor: Jusin Bordner
Contest Name:  "Where Freedom Finds The Fire"
Deadline: 4/26/16
Form: Haiku

Premium Member - Hope -

If a thought could be understood and given its own voice - everyone would think






15.11.2013
A-L  Andresen :)



Sponsor :Yasmin Khan
Contest Name:Hope
Deadline :12/15/2013
Form: Monoku

Summer Beauty

Belly laughs and thrills
Water park fun temptations
Lasting summer sun
The beauty of family
Together screams of delight!

**Tanka for the A memory of beauty contest/missed the deadline
Form: Tanka

Premium Member - Half Price -

Material - human greed
          In January sales half price
          Not for - you need





25.01.2014



Sponsor //	Black Eyed Susan
Contest Name //1 senryu 
Deadline //2/9/2014 12:00:00 AM
Form: Senryu

Premium Member - Attention -

Some love the spotlight --- when the power goes out they panic




Sponsor Broken Wings
Contest Name Monoku Form
Deadline 4/1/2014 12:00:00 AM

(4th in the contest)


08.12.2013
A-L  Andresen :)
Form: Monoku

Premium Member April and Mother Earth

April is thirty

and fierce as Niagara 

she wets our pallet 

for spring fling with nature

she shows us, we are one.

*


(Written for Andrea Dietrich Tanka poem contest, April 16th deadline)
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Hickory, Dickory, Dock Parady

Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck nine,
It was past the deadline!
He missed an interview,
the job fell through.
He fell sadly to his knees,
no paycheck – no cheese.
Form: Rhyme

Relentless Love

Love abounds in nature's relentless calm.
Lovers rapture to heights unknown,
Where foliage blanket below the heaven in prime.



Haiku Poetry Contest.

Sponsored by:  Rick Parise

Deadline: May 14th 2017.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Affaire of the Heart

A summer affaire Gone with the whims of autumn Where is the magic? Revived, warm winter embrace Poetry Contest Bite Size Poem no14 Sponsored by Line Gauthier Deadline 20/08/2021

Life and Death

Life is ideal view
 Intelligent state
 Fact of divine grace
 Effectively blown by God

 Definitive step for future
 Erasing of conscience
 Ancient ruling of
 Terminal situation 
 Hour, deadline in human course
Form: Acrostic

Not One Stone Left Unturned

i've trapesed many cemeteries all once wildlife sanctuaries now rows and rows of houses nature spurned, again thwarted not one stone left unturned.
Missed the deadline for the 'Two Word Challenge - One Stone' :(

Premium Member Haikus 54

Haikus 54
	
	parking lot romance
	soaking wet smoochy kisses
	far too many clothes
	
	a wet asphalt bed
	not in the Kama Sutra
	do it anyway


These were written for photo #1 in PD’s “Kissing in the Rain”
contest, but I missed the deadline. Oh well...
Form: Haiku

Daily Afternoon

Coming up on deadline,
with the sun
chasing me down,
I sit idle
surrounded by toys.
It's my fault
but the summer is harsh.

 Bits of sparkly stuff
flick through the hours.
I smile as I pass them
and my arms
swing into action.
The rest of it is
pressured sleep.

Save Our Souls

About 10 years, that’s all we’ve got.
With all the pollution, the world’s getting hot.
Non believers will say we’re fine.
But there’s no turning back, after the deadline.
Climate change is real, that I know.
We need to help the Earth, or we’ll have to go.
© Lee Hore  Create an image from this poem.

Hobbies

I caught the disease before the deadline
	before my mid-life crisis
the reinvention
Who can wait for the epiphany of self-discovery?
I’ll force myself to find my passion, and I’ll be great at it,
	the best
and it will be entirely willpower
Maybe
Ask me tomorrow
© Megan Long  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Failing Forward

Thoughts in turmoil 
Make the mind meek
Drought in rainfall 
Flooding the night

The scent of success
Slays in solitude 
Let sentient stand
To see beyond sentiment 

The brain you water grows greener
Like a toddler toddling
No deadline to making headlines

Premium Member Breakfast

My morning ritual cannot be called complete
Without cereal & coconut milk --unsweet! :-)







Oct. 8, 2023
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coconuts Poetry Contest
Poetry Contest Deadline: Sunday, November 5, 2023
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori
Form: Couplet

You Should Not Fear Roundelet

You should not fear,

though their brawls are so unyielding.

You should not fear,

though the deadline is very near.

Congress will raise the debt ceiling,

despite your skeptical feeling.

You should not fear.


**Roundelet contest (CORRECTED WITH NEW RULES)
Form: Roundel

Instant Telegram

View the mountain peaks,
So majestic in the sky.
Climbing a great feat.







Poetry Title: Instant Telegram

Poetry Contest Deadline: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at  12:00:00 AM
 
 Sponsored by: Nathan D. 

Contest Description:

 Haiku poetry form : 5, 7, 5.
Form: Haiku

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