Short Doorknobs Poems

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Premium Member The Kosher Dill Pickle

There once was a man who loved garlic dill
Holding them in his hand gave him a thrill
Doorknobs are fermented
With garlic tormented
His wallet and all of his precious bills  
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Choices I make

There are arches and doorknobs
i feel with my hands but,
instead of pushing through,
around and round
i meander clueless,
my head in a cloud
caught up in the darkness
coddling to the point
of despair and delusion.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Freemantle

The doorknobs were rusty
My hopes ran dry
Where does the time go
When we're all alone

Doorbells and permissables
A dent of occasion 
Dentures and talking
Come easy along


Miss you nights
when tadpoles go swimming
Lust and egos
are the height of fashion

On Hold

I have been waiting without knowing,
my breath curled like a child
in the wardrobe of my lungs.
I have been waiting,
my hands resting idly on doorknobs, windowsills,
on the blankets of a bed still made,
staring at the bright, young globe of the sun,
staring without hope.
© Sam Mayhue  Create an image from this poem.

The Door

Behind the door, 
Lay your shattered tears in seafloor, 

Pardon my betrayal outdoor,
My heart wandered away indoor,
Through the trap door, 

Never let this guy indoor,
She recalled his spoor,
Washing the floor, 

Broken doorknobs,
A love stopped to a hidden doorsill, 
He laments in the dooryard. 

Doorways dispersed the doorstops... 

Crying her heart, a home withoutdoors,
Dead as a doornail...


Me, a harness horse

For long I worked in varied jobs,
Fending from bosses their dead lobs.
Retired, I find it tough
Getting not a day off 
From new boss-- no more like doorknobs
Who demands, better learn
Your daily bread to earn,
Stern, she chases, all my peace robs.
But too late to regret
For having lost the bet,
Me, a harness horse oft called cobs.
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Happenings | 20.08.2025 | humour, husband, horse
Form: Limerick

Virus

Like orbs from other galaxies 
They float 
Clutching at air to scout out
Another host 
An unwelcome visit
Vulture like 
And unforgiving,
Photos etched into memories 
Appear moment by moment,
The internet engraves
The virus 
Into the minds of all...
And now we ponder 
Supreme inevitability 
As we wipe the grocery stores clean,
Buffering 
Against what is to come
Waiting behind Lysol scrubbed doorknobs 
As yesterday’s hum of humanity 
Becomes a new sound of silence.

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