Short Ounce Poems
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I've used up every last ounce
of energy I've got...
Comes a gentle knock on my ego
'No, you have not'
not enough to soak my dark night’s pillows
with volume of regret’s salt
pledge is flooding my bed
A pound of silver
will only rent today
What an ounce of hope
—can buy tomorrow
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
A glint of light
Slicing through every
Ounce of forest
What delicate
Hands of God
Light still
Pouring through
This bastion
Nette Onclaud, The Numbers Game, 8/30/2026
single teardrops carefully acknowledged
may signal perplexity
yet engage prevention
If we could schedule
Wake-up calls with the Front Desk,
We would still hit snooze
When we hang up and sleep in
With pounds of the cures we love.
An ounce,
Of compassion in practice,
Rates more than a ton of love
In theory, in God's eyes!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
04 APRIL 2020
A chemist weighs each bitter tear of grief,
a month to yield a lone ounce,
time refuses to heal.
THE NUMBERS GAME Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
2nd September 2026
Contest: The Numbers Game
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Poem written: 08/30/26, 5:14 PMCT
Yes, I do know the looks of a sad face
covered in an ounce of tears.
My mirror told me so.
Cup runneth over; chalice of sorrow
Drowning in each sip I take,
Fighting for one last breath.
* 'The Numbers Game' Poetry Contest
* Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud
* Submitted/Written on: 9/5/2026
Ounce
When Weighing
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An Quantum Ounce
Iz Quack Moire
Than: Allot.
A. LOT.
B. Fine.
-Gray Squirrel
07-27-2025
The Number's Game Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
8/31/2026
An Ounce Of Tears —
as breakfast comes out, strain eye-disaster.
disappear, once oval girl,
to rose on china cup.
A cup of courage
Would not be enough
A gallon of courage?
Not even a start
We need a room full of courage
So we enlist our friends, relatives and church family
Because cancer takes every ounce of strength we have
The lady robot doesn’t take
Her birth controlling pill,
She knows it could be one mistake…
Untested drugs can kill.
She doesn’t want a deformed child,
With gears and wheels all out of place,
Or with three metal mouths that smiled
Upon its baby face.
The lady robot doesn’t take
Her birth controlling pill,
She knows it could be one mistake…
Untested drugs can kill.
She doesn’t want a deformed child,
With gears and wheels all out of place,
Or with three metal mouths that smiled
Upon its baby face.
The lady robot doesn’t take
Her birth controlling pill,
She knows it could be one mistake…
Untested drugs can kill.
She doesn’t want a deformed child,
With gears and wheels all out of place,
Or with three metal mouths that smiled
Upon its baby face.
Does wearing a mask make you ill?
Are you a social distancing hater?
Then imagine how you'd feel
Being put on a ventilator
6/23/2020
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." ~Benjamin Franklin
Click on the pic to see more.
Written: September 04, 2026, for a contest sponsored by Nette Onclaud
Verified by H.M.S.COM / 10~7~6 syllables
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Lanterns cavort amidst the sodden stone
orchids fade like brief embers
blossoms return as rain
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A healing Heart will now depart to seek anew
the chance of start to make it right come
what may or might, but be well prepared if
you are smart! For you never know what Fate
bestows which can hit so hard with heavy
blows, lift you up, throw you down, or bless
you sweetly if it so chose...
– no rain falls from a melancholic sky –
beneath the willow’s tresses
in vain the widow grieves
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The Numbers Game Poetry Contest Sponsored by Nette Onclaud
05/09/2026
< Betty Boop bought boyfriend Bimbo some basketballs to bounce
But being blind her boyfriend Bimbo bounced Betty Boop
Boy Betty Boop did boldly bounce bad
This Little Lady Is After My Own Heart
For No matter What She Does Wrong
Her Eyes Seem To Capture The One She Loves LOL
And Also One Of My Favorite Cartoons
His retirement the champion announced,
After he was in their fight trounced,
And like a tennis ball bounced…
On him had his challenger pounced,
His strength not letting him use an ounce,
And forcing him to hit the canvas, not once!
Soon, the press,
To painfully address,
And meekly renounce,
All that he did archly pronounce…
The cruelest punch finally goes to rest,
For being no longer The Best.
Just soul of 3 quarters of an ounce:
Exist in earthly body,
Accomplish planned tasks,
Generate energy and leave;
Endure pain and joy,
During all my life;
Negative and positive both prevail,
React to ambiance surrounding mine,
Life was full of joy and sorrow,
Until I relinquished the body;
Caring friends and kins,
All accompanied up to burial,
Tears in eyes, gesturing bye;
But none knows I still exist,
Perch in hearts and ambiance;
Why and who am I?
Sadashivan.nair