Short Helter Skelter Poems

Your farewell made me
deaf for the common sense;
word-blind and love-mute....

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scurries up and down 
nutty squirrel for the nuts
runs helter-skelter



~Haiku contest by Mick Talbot...

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Fat, oblong, rotund, roly poly
elongated, flawed, stubby,
dented, dusty, malformed
oranges globes - scattered
helter skelter - in rows
of farmers' fields......

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Hot and Cold of Year

Even when there were days of old,
Still was a winter  with much cold;
When we would run helter skelter,
Seemed cold and we would swelter.

Jim Horn...

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cross your welter of confusion
i think of you often
in your sadness
questions still standing
a laps wrung of live
i see no clement sky
its the space i'm trying
that courts the day



...

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Horribly, heartlessly horrifying hearty healthy hookworms hasten to 
heat up Henry’s hamburger haven. Here within, harmoniously and happily harbored and headquartered in Henry’s haphazardly helter-skelter heroic stomach....

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There was once a sane Santa, a Viking 
Reindeer driving his sleigh were all sickling 
His ride went helter-skelter 
Two broke their love-locked antler 
Why he donned those as horns he’d no inkling.

December 8, 2020...

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Tornadoes revolving
spinning in circles
helter skelter


Flying through the air
forceful gale
trapeze artist

Whirlwind whips
rotating spiral
tumbleweeds roll

Scattered debris
broken pieces
nature's images...

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our
time
cashed out
way before
the meter expired
sending our dreams somersaulting
helter skelter to the whims of what never was planned
leaving fairy tales breathless, our favorite song, weeping still, in the landfill of love...

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A platypus is living down under
He has a great fear of loud thunder

  When it rains, he takes shelter
  Makes a quick helter-skelter

Beneath a croc' he eyes lightning with wonder


Entry for Deborah Guzzi's limerick contest...

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bright ruby and green
flash dance across the garden.
humming and twirling

sipping from flowers
they zigzag helter-skelter
savoring each drop

chirping their pleasure
as they drink nature’s treasure
suddenly they’re gone
...

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Fail-safe.
Crap-shoot.
Bait-and-switch.
Luck-of-the-draw.
Matter-of-fact.
More-or-less.
Helter-skelter.
Loosey-goosey.
Honky-tonky.
Wacky-taffy.
Lucky-ducky.
Tight-lipped.
Land-locked.
Turn-key.
Safe-and-sound.
Fail-safe.

3/4/22...

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Limerick : Once a fine Fireman on night shift		

Once a fine Fireman on night shift
Called home to check if wife was adrift
Called alarm post number
Rushed home helter-skelter
Found his wife on fire doused in the rift.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2014...

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Mid 60's brother's band
I am a gloved "scab" on bongos and
helter skelter on county fair drums
They play their backyard hearts out
my summer of learning all instruments
Music, playing parties of various venues 
two lifelong brotherly loves.
Thanks Denny....

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The darkness of the night
Seeds a world out of sight
Hiding from us the unknowns
Where danger is secretly sown

Do I wait in darkness still
Savouring each moment’s thrill
Or do I scurry seeking shelter
Amid a world of helter-skelter.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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Beautiful becomes the rain
When it falls on the plain..!
Flying helter-skelter are birds
While I have no words
When eagle flies so high
Up above in the sky
Morning is full of dew
I yearn to play with few
After rain sun gets shine
Wow! Pleasure is all mine....

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L U S T

helter-skelter heat

it boils emotions to peak

carnal rots the flesh
_______________________________
Sponsor	Judy Konos
Contest Name	GET YOUR SENRYU ON 
---Placed 1st---

O.E. Guillermo
8:58 pm, April 08, 2015...

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Some fleas are mischievous 
They should stay where they belong,…...
on the long tail of my dog!
Just leave ME alone!!

Instead, they hopped off my dog,
and bit me, helter-skelter!
I took shelter at my friend's house....
but, was she pleased?
She was not!



4/7/12...

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There was once a Santa Claus, a Viking
Reindeer driving his sleigh were all sickling
His ride went helter-skelter
Two broke their love-locked antler
Why he donned these as horns he’d no inkling.

December 15, 2018.
Syllable count : 10,10,7,7,10
(Checked on howmanysyllables.com)...

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a nest
on fire
burnt in a haste
’tis a huge fire;

the inmates shout
going helter-skelter
even the men shout
running crazy faster;

who ablaze sets
such a new house?
even the goats
in wonder bounce!

’tis this old man
who shouts & shouts
’tis that old man
who gasps & shouts!...

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DEPLANING OF 1964

enigmatic,
four souls
rocking voices,
idol haircuts, a drum,
guitars and a smile…

fainting, waving,
heads bobbing,

despairing boyfriends
and parents

seems like,
yesterday

I wanna hold your hand-
edness

got out of hand,
helter-skelter in view

7/7/2019...

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Why this gentle breeze ravages my soul
Why this moonlit night sets my heart on fire
Why this sweet fragrance renders my wits helter-skelter,
Why my quest for love binds me to a forlorn fate?


~ A Brian strand 3 to14 line contest.
~03/24/19
~Contest: Challenge 5, 4 lines
~Sponsor: Dear Heart...

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Foggy mists engulfed the bright 
When raindrops fell throughout the night 
The lampposts glowed at midnights dark 
When sweethearts kissed at Lover's Park

Under an umbrella, they took shelter
As umbrellas went helter-skelter
Love laced their ambience
With this, there's no pretence


September 6, 2023....

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the Seagulls bluff
his claws full of sentences
Languid beads of still water
with Neptunes panacea
Pirates tip toeing
the helter skelter
of a madman's voix
Yet the gentle way
Autumn wheat chaffing
beckoning the best years of your life
Take your stand sang the seagull
Unwrap your plans
Take your best foot forward...

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Hustle bustle
all the day;
chitter chatter
all the way.

Pitter patter
goes the feet;
credit debit 
watch them fit.

Ponder wonder,
goes the mind;
"holla! did i
make a find?"

Whimmy whammy
swing the gates;
flimmy flammy
"we're in haste!"

Blunder Flounder
through the gates;
helter skelter
what a waste!...

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