Short Last Straw Poems

The person's patience has run out 
For he is overcome by doubt....

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Hay! Coming, Going
Bring in Crops before Winter
That is the Last Straw
...

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When the final act of courage
is gone
—all you have left is hope

(30th Street Station: May, 2021)...

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Beyond a shadow of a doubt,
There’s much to be outraged about.
But what gets my craw,
The final, last straw:
Chaco Tacos have been phased out....

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After age has it’s grip on us all,

Death is right around the bend,

The world is on it’s last straw,

At that moment, at that place,

I was content,

She was Beautiful...

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stress   defined   by   strain  
the  last  straw  on  camel's  back  
Hooke's  law   in   action  
spirit   broken   at   yield   point 
as   with  physics,  so   with   life...

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Last Straw Trump Possessed

For a while now we stood aghast;
Trump had a tendency to procrast;
He is imperil;
Bottom of barrel,
And straw in possession is his last.

Jim Horn...

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The couple were upset at divorce court,
Chock Full of Nuts or Tasters Choice,
wife started to bawl,
this was the last straw,
fighting over coffee grounds for divorce.








12-17-16...

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We saw his boots behind a barn door,
his hat on a peg gathering cobwebs,
the dust of his skin in a dustbin.
He was a last straw in a hay stack.
Yet we all said we remembered him
while we drank beer to 'what's his name....

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Just paid a visit to my 92 year old bother-in-law
Tells me he's still playing golf, now that's the last straw
Surely one-of-a-kind
Mind boggling I find
Won't tell me his secret, Mr. Smarty Pants... pshaw!...

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A quirky young farmer named Ted
Used haystacks instead of a bed.
His wife in due course
Applied for divorce
'For that was the last straw!' she said.



31.08.19


 'Make Me Laugh Limerick Contest Poetry Contest' sponsored by Tania Kitchin

syllable count  : 88558...

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Dedicated to a fine poet on soup Gershon Wolf.





In an old cowboy town in Wichita 
Staying alive meant being quick on the draw
The Straws and Jones shoot out
Was bloody without doubt
All killed except one he was' The Last Straw'.


Written 18th July 2019....

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These last few years have put our world to test:
Pandemic threat, political unrest,
Divisive strife, we hoped, our past forgot
As lives that mattered were, in cold blood, shot...
But nothing impacted and shocked us more
Than unjustified and uncalled war.

March 6, 2022


10 syllables per line...

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adult tamper tantrum
last straw explosions 
of pent up emotions 
that could no longer 
be contained underneath 
the surface anymore 
had to be released 
could not stay burred 
any further 
emotional cleansing 
emotional clarity 
emotional closure 
every once in a while 
even the adult soul 
needs to vent...

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My  hope is blowing in the wind
The sting of battle is beginning to sink in 
I pray into the emptiness of a clear blue sky 
The  sounds of  Reveille and Retreat enters my mind
The Red White and Blue the Stars and Stripes
A final salute the quietness of the evening sky 
Will be my  last  straw of hope until I die...

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Such happy tears rooted in nostalgia 
locked in the past you can’t see the future;
Mistakingly think you drew your last straw,
such happy tears rooted in nostalgia;
There’s never an end to luck of the draw,
every sunrise a new pearl and oyster; 
Such happy tears rooted in nostalgia.
locked in the past you can’t see the future....

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BUTCHERERS OF BUCHA
Russians, the butcherers of BachaZelensky, his face weary from warSays; I'm so sick of Putin's RussiaIrpin and Bucha are the last straw
Indiana Shaw . . ....

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not going to fly 
not having it 
not backing off
if this goes a stray 
will not take it 
will not step down 
will not give up 
will fight for territory
this is last straw 
this is straw that broke 
this camels back 
this turf 
this territory 
is already inhabited 
not going to leave ever
nothing can push out 
existing inhabitants...

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Response Poem To Lost Youth

Young yet dead inside
hardened like steel
through fire
no dreamy eyes
love’s first surprise
dead
with camellias on the grave
walk the streets a curse
cursing god
praying to him
from a mouth of hate
believing
as a last straw
connected to the child
before bedtime prayers were
please hide me from

and “him” became damnation....

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This is my only solution,
I bow down on my knees,
With tears streaming down my face,
I cry, "Lord, help me please!"
Lord, it's not enough,
That I've tried it my way,
So now I turn to You,
To hear what You have to say.
I've just about given up,
This is my last straw,
The other things I've tried,
Haven't helped at all.
What else can I do,
What more can I say?
Everyone's left me,
Lord, please stay....

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With a badge its just
Without cause sure its wrong
But for revenge it seems just

He brought tears to her eye
Its the last straw
I want to crush his spine

She is my lighthouse on the sea
She guided me for years
Now he'll beg hand and knee

I won't keep my cool
I would torture him for hours
Watch his blood start to pool

Murder isn't right
Id still commit
And turn myself in that night...

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She said she had stopped loving me long ago
Now, her goal was to make me miserable,
Not the least of kind affections does she show
And her villainy is far more than considerable,
It seemed to start after our first year of bliss
Which is something I will surely always miss.

Enough! Enough, I say, of this utter travesty
For it is clear enough, she is worthless to me!

written December 15, 2021...

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mother earth crawls
with parasites
sucking her dry
'they don't know any better'
last straw too much get out- 
but it's cold- don't forget
your sweater. about time,
we're getting old (our wings
withered, we wept our souls
out, into the sky) too
late to learn how to fly
how to die with style- just
a little while, we'll stand &
form a single file, sudden
flicked domino effect, one
two three go-...

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Of all the magic in this world
Humanity does find the flaw
Morality twisted and curled
Living tale of a monkey paw
We'll never learn
More bridges burn

Wishes of more wants than needs hurled
Destroying the very last straw
Upside down now, right and wrong swirled
Rinse, repeat, to the top we claw
Never middle
Human riddle


June 14, 2022
Posie Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet...

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One has pass, the last straw,
went over the limit, with your heart.
Now you are very much, angry,
not knowing, when you will, ever start.

To give another chance,
to whom ever, did the wrong.
Who then took your mere kindness,
for someone. who didn't seem, so strong.

Advantage the culprit has taken, 
with the trust severe, in many a piece.
Only way to heal from the pain,
is to learn, to recall, and to release....

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