Short My Heart Sank Poems

THE SHIP

I was stood on the deck of a ship
When I swallowed a big orange pip
My beating heart sank
And my poor stomach shrank
So I just let a massive one rip...

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Waiting longing
With each sigh
Her heart sank
With every breath
As one at a time
Their lonely death
Each minute wept



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on May 12, 2019...

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Covered with sand and barnacles too
A plastic bottle turning blue
found a treasure in my hand
I cleaned layers of sand
Inside a note hid
unscrewed the lid
out it slid
heart sank
blank...

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Pulled Prank With Ballance in Bank

What they had done was pulled a prank;
Did artificially increased balance in bank;
Then crazed,
And amazed;
Result would be joy while my heart sank.

Jim Horn...

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Greta Thunberg saw President Trump,
felt her shoulders beginning to slump.
’Twas as if a great weight
had come down on her fate.
And her heart sank as well with a flump....

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I heard mourning doves cry
when I said goodbye 
when I last held you in my arms
You were at last five pounds
my heart sank to the ground
as I gave you to your new mother
Now I am at rest
Knowing what I did was best
One day you will thank me for my decision...

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She always found her way home before
but this time was different
“Where have you been” he said
“I don’t know” she answered absent mindedly
as if she hadn’t really meant to answer at all
This time her eyes were empty
His heart sank he knew he had lost everything...

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I said my goodbyes
and my heart sank
a few hours later
it was all butterflies
trying to hold back my smile
I'm on a mission
and hoping for a good result
Everyday's different
but I'll take the ups and downs
Tonight's a new memory
to add to the collection 
before I fly...

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Today I won a Contest to write a novel of 50,000 words.
It was a gruling pace to keep the count going.
There were days when my mind drew a blank.
There were days when my heart sank.
Today I made it to the end.
With all my words counted in.
Winner, winner Chicken Dinner....

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A cook with a good look

Once there was a cook
who had a good look

He had a good look
and took a book from a nook

He took a good look and shook his head no!
he wanted a cook book to look

His heart sank coz he had no cook book
but he was still a cook in the Restaurant Rook....

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The heart sank
Into a tangible pose
Uptight and harbouring
The scantly ripened rose.

She spoke whispers
With lightly fragrant breath
Listening with vacant poise
The mind melts to hear.

Detailing sought emotions
Her words become robust
Writing onto lucid skin 
A novel written with hands....

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His day on the river cutting board 


He pitched his tent on river bank,
when big bears roam near, his heart sank.
On white rapid's rock stood three blacks,
fishing salmon to feed their cubs.
As autumn leaves spilled the forest orange,
sky and water dance blue, his day was red.

connie pachecho

3/3/17...

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Death is what they say. 

To a witch in the dark times. 

She cried when they gave her sentance. 

but they didnt care. 


Her heart sank down low as they broungth the pole. 

The towns people screamed for her to die. 

they thought she was evil but they were wrong. 


A death was sentance to an innocent girl in the dark times...

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You send bolts through my skin 
something I was never to 
accomplish with you, when I 
saw you it's like my heart sank 
to my stomach and I was in 
shock my body still my body 
heavy felt like when I moved I 
was about to fall to my knees 
you make me want to get 
inside my brain pick you up and 
take you out pick you one by 
one like a flower because I do 
love you and love you not....

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life was great,
and movement was unstoppable
until you crossed my path
and you,
well, you were the great standstill
the last move in our life's game

in a dream,
you spoke my name once
your voice echoed,
but i refused to listen
i've lived my life underground
hiding from your Nazi regime

every time i turned to you, you turned away
and my heart sank into the deepest parts of Hell...

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My heart sank into my gut
Leaving an empty, sickening feeling
My body numb from touch
And eyes left tearless
This day was by far 
And beyond any other day
The day I’d never forget
The day I forgot 
What love felt like

I couldn’t remember what it felt like
To be touched
To be held
To have hope
Not for the life of me 
Could I even reminisce
On past love

The day I’d never forget
The day I forgot 
What love felt like...

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You turned your back while facing towards me 
A spin like no other, right out of my life 
Comfort vanquished in a minute of pain
With every moment that passed, my heart sank 
My tears spiked the ground that you dared ti walk on
No amount of conversation could stop this 
Running behind someone that never turned back 
Left in complete loneliness & despair
Mental images playing the same tune 
Some fresh start, a series of old habits...

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I remember we were both lit by the moon
and I asked what I should do.
You said just stand there and look beautiful...

So I tried and tried
but I could only look cute
and you said thats alright
that'll do
that'll do
that'll do...better

My heart sank and soared.
First taste of lips, yours.
Love picked up as the rain poured.
Only word I uttered, 'more'.

I could drown in your breath, love.
Love, I could drown in your breath....

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Yes, my heart sank
When you left me
Yes, I got shattered
When you turned your back
Yes, my world broke down
When you stepped away
Yes, my eyes showered
When you looked away

Is this the end?
My heart trembled
Have I lost it all?
My mind mumbled

But there was some courage
Some bravery, some life
In some corner of me
That shined brighter
Yes, the life is the way it is
I came to know
Yes, I stood up again
When I had a fine sense of my importance......

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A young child loved by many
Hid all the beatings, lashings, and hittings
No one knew what "home" was like
Many could guess but ne'er one was right
Dreading every step that took her near
Her heart sank and filled with fear.
The door creaks as she so quietly walks in 
And seeing what she saw, she knows it's the end
Not a teacher, parent, nor child from afar
Knows how bad these things are
Now a child in heaven silently scorns 
For all the reasons she was ever born....

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