Short Jitters Poems

dapple grey winter
dark storms brewing blizzard white
she waits with cold feet...

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Angler
Jitters the bug
Atop the placid pond
The darkness obscures his stalk
The strike!...

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Disco Ball
Frenetic feet tap;
Across the room
Shy boys gather,
First dance jitters crawl....

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ginseng
get up and go
with this organic pill,
but don't take too much or you'll get
jitters....

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Oh goodness there’s no coffee;
Nothing but an empty pantry;
Bitter with no sweet 
sleeping on my feet,
my cup’s got jitters going crazy....

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Donald Trump chooses lies and schemes
For clouds are the stuff of daydreams
But he has no plan
To improve lifespan
As he loves to hear voters' screams!...

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Rainfall pounds on the roof,
sounds like it's dropping critters.
can't hear myself think,
and it's giving me the jitters!




Copyright McCuen 2009...

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Victoria's secret lost its glitter
caving into politico triggers
now plain and angry are in vogue
beautiful is now deemed the rogue
Rapinoe gives me the jitters...

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your intense gaze gave me jitters... 
churning the calm ocean of my mind


Date: 05/02/2021
Submitted for: "The Way You Look At Me" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul...

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lotus bloom
corsage in moonlight
~ prom night jitters



Submitted on March 16, 2021 for contest ALL YOURS (MAR 17) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  RANKED 1ST

Originally posted on June 21, 2020...

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nannies
grannies

watchin’
children

mouth stuffed?
cheeks puffed?

bouncy
ball-ee

legos
clown nose

toy cars
gold stars

knickknacks
thumbtacks

foil from
chew gum

day care
au pair

sitters'
jitters...

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Just when you think it's enough 
Incredible flutters fill your stomach;
Time to jump right into the deep end,
Taking your time will not bring peace;
Everything will be ok, use the energy;
Remember to remain calm;
Serenity tames the nervous....

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Anxiety bursts confusion
distraught entanglements frenzies
grappling hysteria indecisiveness
jitters knockings lows
mania noticeable oppression 
panics qualms rigorousness
sufferings torments unhappiness
valuelessness wretchedness xed
yucky zaniness...

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At Christmastide the family felt dread,
As they sat around a fantastic spread,
As dad carved the turkey,
It spoke up quite quirky,
“Do you fancy swopping places instead?”

17/11/22

A Fun Holiday Limerick competition

Tania Kitchin

Syllable counter: howmanysyllables.com...

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Listen to poem:

Danger for the opihi pickers,
It slides on rocks pounded by waves,
When threatened they stuck as stickers,
Danger for the opihi pickers,
Risk in the sudden surge that one braves,
Waves rise suddenly, breed jitters,
Danger for the opihi pickers,
It slides on rocks pounded by waves.


Date: 08/26/2019...

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I see a masked shape
in the trees

when the wind blows
the mask laughs
it's leafed face half hidden

it does not mock
as it is trapped, half exposed

the other half is mingled, attached
to it's roots of birth

when the east sun shines
the mask disappears

with a shadow
it jitters and trembles

succumbing to it's
birthright....

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The Capitol’s a scary place to be.
It’s overrun by noisy, wild-eyed critters.
These hordes are a surreal sight to see,
with actions that give some of us the jitters!

Just thinking of them is so darned depressing.
Their antics recent news reports are stressing.
Compared to them, cicadas are a blessing!


June 11, 2021...

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Spring---

buds opening now
dewdrops sparkle on the grass
lawnmower wont start

Summer---
picnic by the pond
ducks provide entertainment
darn mosquito bite


Fall---
pumpkin patch visits
mild evenings on the porch
back to school jitters

Winter---

snuggle in warm coats
prepare for Santa's visit
empty pocket book


Just for fun.......

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Brand-new backpacks, brand-new shoes;
Headbands topped with flowers.
Parents trying to enthuse
About the coming hours.

Photos taken, kisses swapped;
Pupils all converging.
Quick goodbyes as doors are propped;
Teachers gently urging.

Voices chatter, stairs are climbed;
First day jitters rising.
All of us once likewise primed
Should be sympathizing....

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Icebreaker 
Stomach in a knott
Got the jitters
Got the runs
Anxiety on its high.

Made a choice to recite
Poetry of the night
Heart pounding
Knees shacking
Eyes bulging
Crowd waiting.

MOTHER
This decision isn't right
Crowd staring
Words choking
Got stage fright.

Having doubts
Looking scared
Holding onto the mic
MOTHER
I need to take a quick flight
Got to get out of sight....

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Snow covered hills
In the deep of January
Freezing cold
Jitters make me shake
On the side of the house
Icicles cling high
Overly clear
Unlike the sky
Overcast and gray
Precipitation likely
Heard just now
The winter wind
I'm frozen in place
Can't feel my feet
I wonder why
I'm standing outside
In the dead of winter
Seizing the frozen pride
Soon to participate 
With the dance of the cold

Russell Sivey...

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Christmas reimagined by who…
not Horton nor Whoville
but Doctor Who

A bride vanished from altar
Her reception,
hopped up with Santas and a tree

Ornaments’ revolving, lifting,
evolving into bombs

Jitters, not the groom or bride

A network web
of complexity below
the complex

Racnoss wrapping
sweet gifts

not at all nice

10/29/2022

*For those not familiar, Racnoss are Arachnids...

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Jake

Jake is a snake. 
He is three feet long. 
One day he will be
five more. 

We found him in the barn, 
he was lost among the hay bails, 
trying to find a home to stay for a time. 
He was very thin, so we took him in. 

Jake loved to live with my man and I, 
he got fed critters every day. 
He gives my man's mom the jitters
just as often. 

He is fatter now, and happy. 
We tried to let him go, but he hissed "NO"!....

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Never lose that teenage lust for music;
Never forget the jitters, the shiver of goosebumps; 
Never forget the energy of the curtain rising 
Scream forever when you hear your favorite song;
Keep the radio up so loud 
people try to see through your sunglasses 
As you drive, they want to follow,
Wondering where your rhythm is leading;
The Pied Piper leading his minions; 
The revolution is never too loud,
You are never too old....

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A seed has been planted in the minds of man,
Where comfort's blanket is taken, & no longer the plan.

Confidence, now shaken, seems fragile to the core.
Lengthy marathons are but a memory, not like before.

Schedules & venues, blown to bubbles now, how can it be?
While performing in solitude, less the crowd & family.

While short-lived, there's a residue, leftover & unseen.
As players test those filters, wondering how they're clean....

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