Short Kilter Poems

Short Kilter Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Kilter by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Kilter by length and keyword.


Premium Member Virus

airborne pathogens
fenced world out of kilter
impulse to Mars brews

















Haiku composed: August 21, 2020
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Mesmorised

out of kilter
passion suspended
creativity
in retreat:
inner feelings
purple
weary
wavering
beyond solace-
living in the singular
Form: Verse

Premium Member Flames Shot Out

Knew this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flames Shot Out

Knew of this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flames Shot Out

Knew of this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Flames Shot Out

Knew of this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flames Shot Out


Knew of this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Little Off Kilter

Jolly old Happy Jack enjoys all the notoriety Adds much spice to life and gives it variety Never once said I have a level head A little off kilter but surely no scourge on society
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flames Shot Out

Knew of this fellow named Wilber His body parts were a little off kilter Whenever he laughed Flames shot out his ass Carried around his own fire extinguisher © Jack Ellison 2015
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Tittily

Wifey-poo accuses me of having no filters “Tittily” agree, see what I mean, something's off-kilter Not like normal dudes Stuff slips out rude Meant to lighten up things when suffering from fissures
Form: Limerick

Teacher

In teaching what I know,
Emotions from frustration to joy will flow,
If the lesson passes through the emotional filter,
The course work will be off kilter,
Each lesson pulled down from above,
Shall be a lesson of love.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Moon above crooked pumpkins

The artistic viewpoint
Slightly skewed
Somewhat short
Just past the “two’s”
Water colors
On a white fridge
A bit a-kilter
Pumpkin heads
A blur of witches
‘Gainst the moon
O’er dripping leaves
‘Neath artist’s eyes
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium Member In the Sway

Listen to poem:
dependent on your every whim
the yoyo of just a single word

moods that sway in ups and downs
compromising an artificial game 

heart off kilter in the balance
pummelled wobbly dazed and woozy



AP: 3rd place 2022

Premium Member Autumn equinox

                      Libra,
              Astrological, Balance.
       Constellation, Delicate, equinox.
Flexibility, Gracious, harmonious, Kilter
       Level, Mythical, Narrative
              Order, Precarious
                     Quality
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Seek Shelter


            You're so safe here
 In my arms, should you seek shelter.
            You're so safe here;
Right here, in my heart. Have no fear!
  Should our world run helter-skelter,
      Or if life knocks you off-kilter
            You're so safe here
Form: Rhyme

Shelter Me

Shelter Me

To defend, harbour, protect, safeguard
Seek refuge, shield, to take in

Gimmie Shelter
Our society is out of kilter

280,000 estimated in England alone
Without even a place to call home

If we work together, come together
We can help change lives forever
© Paul Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Seven Poems

Seven poems in about seven minutes.
My writing hand is laughing to keep up.
I doubt I will be able to read half of this later.
Some of the words look like off kilter hieroglyphics.
We are in glee mode, my muse and I.
Do not stop us by trying to worry us about penmanship now.
We cannot hear you anyway.

Premium Member Wrinkle

Wrinkle

Wending through time's wrinkle
With a wink and a smile
Warped and slightly askew
Wandering rabbit holes
Winds blow just off-kilter
Wardrobe, witch and lion 
Whimsical fantasies

Dedicated to C.S. Lewis, Madeleine L'Engle and Lewis Carroll

5-10-21
Contest Pleiades W
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
Form: Verse

Best Before

Out of kilter and out of time,
Born in the 40's and now in his prime,
Saddened by a world that's passed him by,
Outdated, outmoded and now not so spry,
Looking for comfort but there's none to be had,
Evenings are spent all alone in his 'pad',
Talking to walls that don't answer back,
Eyes, once so lively, now fade to black.
© John Jones  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Au Revoir England

There is the fear. There is the stress.
Life now out of kilter, life before this mess.

Where do we stand, how do we call?
In a different land than ‘‘twas afore.

There is the menace of the right fires burning. The horizon dims as the world keeps turning.

The England I knew of my life before, it’s not that England anymore.

Old

my sweet, slightly off kilter
my odd, confused self
may not fool anyone, anymore
maybe I should grow up?
but it's worked well for me
in the past
The Past
these lines on my face
accidental wise things I say
highlight my sagging ass
I am annoyed with this process
it interferes with my princessness
I can't decide
do I like it?
Form: ABC

Out of Kilter

One day a piper, with stylish intent,
     Wore a tartan kilt, in full regiment.
     But with far too much swagger,
     He sat down on his dagger.
     Now he laments, in a high pitched accent.

     5 / 4 / 2023.
     Sponsor Tania Kitchin.
     A Funny Bawdy Limerick Poetry Contest.

     In full regiment, means, without under garments.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Life With Trump Xii

Trump hates hearing from CIA
Can’t stand the things they have to say
So news he'll filter
To keep us off kilter
By singing, "It's a Perfect Day."


Author's note: The new national anthem lyrics are being changed to "It's a Perfect Day" as sung by Hoku on Youtube.  It was funny for the movie with Witherspoon, but really? Is the world Legally Blonde?
Form: Limerick

Storm


With snow flaking in glass,
My full arms are frozen 
To the orangelight croon off kilter,
As the streetlamp now creaks, moved

My full arms are frozen,
White lies bright,
As the streetlamp now creaks, moved
The ice is not as rabid — 

White lies bright
To the orangelight croon off kilter;
The ice is not as rabid
With snow flaking in glass.
© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Pantoum

Premium Member Mr Tee Striped Small Headed Cat

Striped small headed cat name of Mr. Tee
He does not have any idea how it came to be
But his body is huge, and his head is small
He is fluffy, but looks enormously tall
I am out of kilter, he says, with a wheeze
Hoping his litter mates will not torment or tease.
We love you striped small head! The runt promptly said.
Besides you are not half as ugly as our bro, Mr. Ed.
Form: Rhyme

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