Short Getting Poems

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Be Ready

your corlor my brother
have  nuthin to do
with you 
getting together
make your self better
be steady
and 
BE READY


Premium Member An Odd Little Poem Or Two

getting to that age
where I just may
wake up dead

version 2:

getting to that age
where I just may
wake up death

An Acrostic Poem

Lighting up candles 
And so are you 
Under the christmas trees 
Getting ready for christmas 
Here comes father santa!
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member The Point of It All



Screw perfection; concentrate on...
                       getting the job done right the first time!

Form: Monoku

All the Babies Are From Hell

All the babies are from hell. 
They're assholes who did 
their time and are getting 
another chance. 
Birth is parole.


Premium Member I Am a 4

President Barack Obama
Credited for getting Osama
Now along comes Isis
"Lord help me, another crisis!"


path - 12/1
Form: Clerihew

Smoking Mouth

It's so  cold had soup bold    on the town getting around hard hard to walk and talk.  It  a hard route  its SMOKING MOUTH

Premium Member Getting to Whatever

Will she?  Won't she?  Why?  However...
If and then; and when?
I'm too old for this.
I'm ever...
getting to
whatever.
Form: Rhyme

Haircut

The smell
The feel
The taste
The sound
The sight
These are your five senses
Useful they are,
When getting a haircut

Jurassic Dreams

Walking with giants,
each step getting bigger

The miles—the millennia,
the search beyond

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

Premium Member Take a Drink

Take a drink
  then think
Think, then
  take a drink
Getting confused
  on the brink
One more drink
  ~ doublethink
Form: Monorhyme

Nowhere

I,
Running 
From here                                                                 to there
But getting nowhere.
-PF
Form: Imagism

Read Reverse

Yellow it once was
Today it stands, yet wilting
Beautiful flower




p.s. Just getting ready for the "Reverse Poem" Contest
Form: Haiku

Shampoo

Mummy’s drinking shampoo
Though she normally drinks coffee
I just can’t understand it
Why’s her mouth not getting frothy
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.

The Vital Holy Day

Getting ready for
Passover to shed us might
For joyous future

The significance 
Of God’s holiday is way
More vital than us
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Blink Away Time

Blink
A year is gone

Cough
Your toddler is getting married

Yawn
You are in a nursing home

Yes
It is that fast.

Premium Member Better

It will get better.
It's always getting better.
It will be better.
It's going to get better,
But it will not go faster.
Form: Tanka

Family Get Together

its getting near
the end of year
weather cool
plenty of food
they all come in
good or bad weather
FAMILY
GET TOGETHER

The Cold's Hold

It is very cold
The constant chill is getting old.
I do not like
This winter Reich.
Oh sweet Jesus,
Please unfreeze us.
Form: Rhyme

Hot Spot

do you cumpute or toot
have it in mind 
getting on line
don't set and rot
there's a dot
that say come this way
HOT SPOT

Jazz Against the Machine

Alright ive played this game before
Toss some skittles before you get old
Make a move, save the day
Getting drunk on the funk

Chore Snore

There are many things I need to do 
yet nothing's getting done

I think I'll sit around awhile
pretending my to-do's are done
Form: Rhyme

Rain

dark clouds romp across the sky
crashing thunder when they bump
flirting with a chance of rain
always getting my hopes up!
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.

Head(S) Or Tail(S)

summers’ last prayer

you’re about to lose your head…

while getting some tail


*For the Praying Mantis Haiku Contest
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Sounds Like Gunshots

sounds like gunshots
fireworks getting closer
i feel threatened

i think of the vets
horrible ptsd
my dogs ears hurting
Form: Senryu

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