Short Last Minute Poems

last minute feeding
frenzy - hummingbird buzzing
sundown...

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If you are going to spring last minute changes on me,
let me know well in advance please....

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roses are red
violets are not
got off work late
that’s all they’ve got
...

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Last Minute Halloween Costume
Toilet paper wraps;
Costs less to dress as mummy,
Mom thinks it’s funny!...

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In the last minute of this midnight madness
I said to you the one thing,
The very thing which is the essence
Of fulfillment and emptiness....

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When I got 17 I realized how fool I was when I was 7, now I am realizing how fool was I, when I was 17, what if in the last minute of my life, I realize how fool I was, my entire life?...

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Getting to the store quick on the double,
their faces look anxious and troubled,
minutes to spare,
pulling out their hair,
caffeine the hustle in their bustle.








12-22-16...

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Carolers singing "Rudolph the red nose reindeer"
as sounds of jingling bells float through the air
It was Christmas Eve and she felt the crush
While last minute shopping in the Yuletide rush...

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arrested proceedings; timid groom pulls plug on wedding last minute.



When Plans Don't Go To Plan Poetry Contest (Winner: 2nd Place)
Sponsored by Silent One
Date written: 08/25/2020...

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Sassi draws even
captain Kane's last-minute brace-
Three Lions sneak past






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "2018 World Cup Senryu" via wattpad.com...

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They have the look, the farcical
Over-fanciful stamp
Of last minute additions; in
Squirrel; cone it clutches.
Or in world-sized expositions
Of a display's re-vamp
Lily-ponded, frog-jumped, for those
Charming little touches....

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the bin by the door

overflows with umbrellas -

till’s steady ka-ching 


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Date written 14th December 2019
Writing Challenge, December - Winter Haiku or Senryu
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode...

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WORK WOES OF TODAY

last minute meeting, rolled

out of bed, in underwear.

with blurry eyes staggering,

down the split-level stairs.

rolling eyes meeting

cancelled. grumbling.

Kim Rodrigues © 2017

*poor spouses of poets - always fodder for poetry...

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Covering The Mall
Hopping 
Shopping

Last Minute Quest

Time gone
Fast Flown

Wrapping Gifts At Midnight

Spilled drink
Heart sinks

Christmas Presents Opened, Paper Strown

Unwrapped
Feel trapped

Guest All Gone

Riot
Quiet  ...

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Worry is...
  the thing that will be
  everywhere you see
  By the time it's gone
  you will be on your lawn
  worrying about much
  but believe in such
  as everything is last-minute
  like this so sit it
  and forget everything to think
  and sit down for one second and blink....

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AT THE CONCERT

the magic moment
in that silence just before
the maestro’s down beat

when the tympani 
begins a soft roll
and the trumpets rise

just before contact
his bow about to touch down
this awesome silence

the last minute cough
those surrounding very still
la traviata...

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I am popular at holiday time
    a gift folks keep on giving
  So many varieties and colors of me
    stores stock me to make a living

  Once cigars were real competition
    though today they face fierce opposition
  I'm the last-minute gift that hits the spot
    My lot's everlasting ~ tied up in my knot...

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My front door opens to a load of speed,
of chases, deals, last-minute runs to get supplies
the sun sends baking pushing heat
to hasten what occurs

my back door opens to a yard of blooming weeds
a sneaking rabbit with its bunny eyes
nibbles cautiously, but nibbles, eats
what I think of as mine: she knows it’s hers...

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"Hereafter, unidentified"
 
Unidentified
a whole world 
submerged 

in a dream 

Mysterion 
in solitary seas
messages 

stolen 
from a heart
last minute 

in another’s 
dream 
meaning seized

siren
calls 
from the seabed

identified,

unidentified
here
after

(LadyLabyrinth / 2022)
...

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First kiss from my mother

A three year old gets hug from her father

Amazing to learn the first letter 

Playing with my brother looks great

Good looking in a graduation cap

A dimple on my cheeks on the sight of my prince

Running through every incident of my life

opened my eyes,saw me bleed

I lost my breath

The memories will always last...

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Steam from fresh ground coffee
Mixes with smoke from cigarettes.
Syrup mixes with butter.
Eggs mix with toast.
Clinks of forks on plates
Mix with clanks of spatulas on the grill.
Last minute bar stragglers
Mix with early morning risers.
Morning crew coming in
Mixes with night crew getting off.
It's shift change at the diner.
Time for me to mix with my bed....

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Christmas and weddings 
let all the Bells and whistles blow 
dinner Bell /school Bell /break Bell 
everyone saved by the Bell 
dumbBells /barBells 
it's all gas to hells Bells 
in the gym 
sleigh Bells/ silver Bells 
melancholy warm feeling 
anxiously awaiting doorBell 
last minute Christmas gifts 
dinner time has arrived 
anyone for Taco Bell or 
TinkerBell's?...

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Christ!
You let a life be priced?
However this thing goes,
Whichever way the wind blows,
This chap has begun to lose!

A mocking last- minute booze
For a throat in a noose
Far from loose:
A booze through a neck
They would soon wreck…

With people asking “Whose”
And whether the neck did this choose?

And soon it shall be on the news
A chap “Practical Roast Goose”...

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Where can all these people be going?
Thousands in this one huge terminal
Scurrying along like ants in single file
Growing impatient with any distraction
A last minute gate change or delay
Brings no holiday traveler satisfaction
One must look closely for the rare smile
Long lines waiting for next vacant urinal
In a full Airbus or Seattle's 737 Boeing.

written November 23, 2021...

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Not sure if
Inspiration’s a consequence
Of boredom, frustration, talent,
But strikes like lightning.
Sitting at my office, drinking cold Zephyrhills…12:26PM
I began to write this down
 Strip the emotion
 Dust the word,
Nervous this laidback instant
Will soon transform to enumerable last minute
Script adaptation requests and late night voice over sessions.
Best I check my emails…...

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