Short In The Limelight Poems

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Premium Member red rose from heaven

Her husband was a concert pianist,
always in the limelight
When he passed, she was inconsolable and miserable
Until she found a flower on his piano
Red rose from heaven


The Responsibility To Please

At last here I sit 
Squarely in the limelight 
The gallery is at peace
With a tad bit tension
Longing for ease
And it falls upon my shoulders
The responsibility to please

Premium Member Failure Was Just a Steppingstone

    Failure was just a steppingstone to success
    Every loss brought you a step closer

      Now your picture’s on that poster
      In the limelight you effloresced
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Too Soon To Play Taps For Trump

Biden-lovers wish Trump would slink away
But his agenda's not finished, so he will stay

   in the limelight, whether they like it or not
   cheered on by his supporters, a hearty lot
Form: Clerihew

Heads Or Tails

Only
a coin toss
standing 
between them
Fame 
the divider
with fans
to embrace
Caught
in the essence
as twins
symbiotic
One 
in the limelight
the other
— ungraced

(Dreamsleep: July, 2025)
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Limelight Huitain

Lie to me but only on stage,
believe me I need to trust you.
I will be riding a rampage
if I have a reason not to.
Entertaining the payment due
is not a show you would enjoy. 
Prior to speaking catch a clue.
Leave it in the limelight, Playboy.
Form: Other

Premium Member Sunrise

Sunrise illuminates clear blue skies, solid frost lightly glaciated birdbath where a sparrow pecks, tries to get a sip in the limelight upon the ground baltimore oriole revealed at Sunrise
Date written: January 15, 2023

Premium Member Memory of Youth


Stood in the limelight
In grand throes of ladyhood
A debut laced with roses

Dancing with father,
Tears mirrored end of young play
An age of innocence, done






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Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud

Poem written: Oct. 2, 2025    22.25
© Len Gasun  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Other

Premium Member In the Limelight

By the dim glow of candlelight 

Flick-flick-flickering on the wall

By the soft glow of moonlight 

Tip-tip-tiptoeing down the hall

By the harsh glow of neon light 

Blink-blink-blinking over the door 

By the warm glow of sunlight 

Skip-skip-skipping across the floor
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lovers At Midnight

For each picked lily there are paper flowers that wish to come alive.
By Author


the moon's light
sparks the night
love takes flight
lilies unite
lilies delight
lilies sway right
and hold tight
Faces are bright
at their height
Two blooms excite
in the limelight

1/31/25
connie pachecho
Form: Monorhyme

Cruel Intentions

An angel in disguise, they can't see through her eyes.
Butter woul'nt melt in her mouth.  She's cruel.
Conciving,evil and manipulative.  You can't see what i can see.

She likes to be in the limelight.  Tares people apart.  Breaks every mans heart. She had it 
planned from the start.  Cruel intentions they came from her heart.
Form:

Premium Member Dandelions

Always in the limelight
Cheerful and bright

I find you as wonderful
As you are bountiful

Yellow dots swaggered
Here and there scattered 

Like a child’s laughter
You epitomize summer

Dandelions wild and free
You are beautiful to me



AP:  3rd place, 3rd place 2020

Submitted on October 27, 2018 for contest OVERLOOKED BEAUTY sponsored by JESSE ROWE  -  RANKED 8TH
Form: Rhyme

At the Wrestling Match

Rough n Tumble
At the Royal Rumble! 

Sparkly tights
Some funny sights!

The excited kid's face
Their new favourite place! 

Young upcoming acts 
Jumping around like acrobats! 

Behind the scenes though 
Its not all for-show.. 

The veteran with taped up wrists
Sore back, busted nose
Watching as their career goes... 

Their time in the limelight is running out
But for now, they'll enjoy the fans' shout
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Counterfeit heart

Staring down inside -
Seeing worms around me
Couldn’t see -
What you lost in me
My heart Isn’t counterfeit 

I’m laying still now
Beneath the ground now
Trapped inside my mind 
Can’t seem to crawl out
Beneath the ground
My heart isn’t counterfeit 

Take me away now 
Where sunshine shines
Under the moonlight
Staring up in the limelight
Catching fireflies 
Until I die

My heart isn’t counterfeit 
It’s not plastic -
It’s real
Something to heal
My heart 
To heal

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