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Short Derek Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Derek by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Derek by length and keyword.


Jeter's Farewell
Just like Field of Dreams
Derek Jeter's final game
Hello Hall of Fame...

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Categories: derek, baseball,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Clerihew Walcott
Derek Walcott of St Lucia
with Nobel prize for literature
Playwright&poet too
flowing words comeinto view...

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Categories: derek, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Clerihew Hill
Artist Derek Hill
with his jovial creative will
On Tory Island had a painting hut
the door ajar never shut...

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Categories: derek, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
God's Humility
God's humility

God must be humble, as he never signs his name below a sunset.


John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, character, creation, god, identity, sunset,
Form: Monoku
Parents Words Echo
Hatreds echo



Parents words of hatred, will echo in the mouths of  their children.




John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, character, children, growing up, hate, parents,
Form: Monoku



Sport-Gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics and poetry are holding hands, they're falling head over heels in love.


John Derek Hamilton
December 09, 2015...

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Categories: derek, humor, people, poetry, sports,
Form: Monoku
Windows To the Soul
Windows to the soul


The eyes are windows to the soul, I'll open mine, will you open yours?




John Derek Hamilton
August 27,2020...

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Categories: derek, feelings, hope, i love you, longing, love,
Form: Monoku
Not Interested
Why are you coming around again?
Unlike Bo Derek, you are no ten.
Your head’s full of air.
For you, I don’t care.
Go and try your luck with other men....

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Categories: derek, girlfriend-boyfriend
Form: Limerick
Family- Pick Or Pick On
Family...you can't pick them, but...they can pick on you!

John Derek Hamilton
December 07, 2015

For one liner 3
Contest sponsored by Silent One
3rd Place...

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Categories: derek, family, growing up,
Form: Monoku
Anxiety and Prayer
Anxiety and prayer




Prayer has the power to lift us up to higher ground, 
when Tsunami waves of anxiety surround us.



John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, anxiety, encouraging, imagery, meaningful, power, prayer,
Form: Verse
Quadro-Courage Dawns
Courage dawns

Hope rises each day
Challenges try to conquer us
But they cannot win
Courage dawns with gleaming suns rays


John Derek Hamilton
January 12,2017...

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Categories: derek, blessing, faith, hope, strength, sunshine,
Form: Verse
Lies and Truth
Lies and truth



A lie does not become true, because of prolific repetition, 
or simply because it is sincerely believed!




John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, deep, meaningful, simple, truth,
Form: Monoku
The Conscience and the Heart
The conscience and the heart



When evil in the heart, conquers the rational mind, 
the conscience vanishes into space and time.


John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, evil, hate, heart, horror, humanity, sad,
Form: Monoku
Wind-Acrostic
W ind turns in circles violently
I nto the shelter we run
N o one speaks, all pray silently
D on't you wish to see the sun?



John Derek Hamilton

November 26,2015...

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Categories: derek, anxiety, faith, fear, miracle, prayer,
Form: Acrostic
Marital Harmony
Marital Harmony




Compromise and loving consideration for the other person,
is the key that opens the door to marital harmony.





John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, inspirational, marriage, metaphor, peace, relationship,
Form: Monoku
Key To Finding Love
The key to finding love



Finding true love is like surfing, you must put yourself in the right place, be patient and pick the best wave.



John Derek Hamilton
July 19,2016...

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Categories: derek, creation, destiny, imagination, love, true love,
Form: Monoku
Paradise Awaits
Paradise awaits


Gone away too soon
enslaved by master cancer
real mid-life crisis
for death there is an answer
paradise awaits us both




John Derek Hamilton
July 16,2016...

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Categories: derek, bereavement, death of a friend, hope,
Form: Tanka
Expressing Your Individuality and Uniqueness
Expressing your individuality and uniqueness



It's strange to me, how people express their individuality and uniqueness by copying other people! 


John Derek Hamilton
July 27,2016...

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Categories: derek, celebrity, character, growing up, people, self, society,
Form: Monoku
Chivalry Is Not Dead
Chivalry is not dead...




Chivalry is not dead...just in a coma, on life support,
waiting for a woman to come along with the defibrillator!




John Derek Hamilton
July 20,2016...

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Categories: derek, humorous, imagery, men, relationship, women,
Form: Monoku
Broken Hearts Find New Love
Broken hearts find new love

Broken hearts shattered
trampled on by deception
tears falling like rain
eyes dried by new love rising
heart smiles like the shining sun


John Derek Hamilton
July 16, 2016...

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Categories: derek, betrayal, cheer up, encouraging, future, hurt, love,
Form: Tanka
Faith
Faith

Found in God's Holy Word
Forever reminder
Foundation for future
Family and friends share
Fables not basis for
Floundering without it
Fantastic quality



John Derek Hamilton
September 24,2016...

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Categories: derek, bible, deep, devotion, faith,
Form: Verse
Time-Use It Well
Time

Time marches onward
Planet turns day after day
Pace each day wisely
If you don't you will lose time
Yesterdays a step behind.


John Derek Hamilton
December 07,2015

For Tanka contest
sponsored by C.T...

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Categories: derek, lost, meaningful, time,
Form: Tanka
My Gift From On High
My gift from on high


God only knows where you came from, your shining silhouette follows you,
I have been so blessed- I'll never take for granted, my gift from on high



 
January 03,2020
John Derek Hamilton...

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Categories: derek, devotion, giving, god, husband, romantic love, soulmate,
Form: Monoku
Love's Frenetic Energy
Love's frenetic energy


Ensnared by love's frenetic energy
Heart strings strumming to a Calypso beat
We move with syncopated synergy
passions swells rising from two lips in heat



John Derek Hamilton
May 27,2019...

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Categories: derek, desire, love, passion, sensual,
Form: Rhyme
Midnight Blues Epigram
How to turn the always present, midnight blues to red?
Be happy your alive and kicking, and not already dead!



Epigram


For the contest sponsored by Silent One
2nd Place winner

John Derek Hamilton
November 22,2015...

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Categories: derek, humorous,
Form: Epigram

Book: Shattered Sighs