Short Pan Out Poems

here's to best intentions that don't always pan out ~



AP: 1st place 2025

Posted on November 6, 2019...

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To walk 
Alone 
Feels like 
My heart 
Is gone 
And my  
Simple sayings 
Don’t pan out 
And lost am I  
Within what's 
Planned or 
All been done...

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I have a chance
(if things pan out)
to climb the local ladder.
Assistant to a Laureate
in poetic matters. 

Wish me luck,
at least a fall that
leaves me writing better;
but if I fly,
cheer me on
earning all my letters....

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Sunday did not pan out,
an iron faith faltered.
It was a wane wobble.
it was cellular rust,
it was not enough iron.

Iron pills rattle in me like BB pellets,
my stools are obsidian artifacts.
More red wine, less whine.

The day got no better,
anemic confusions swirled.
I sucked upon nuts and bolts,
listened to Metallica,
had to iron-out yet more
non-ferrous unpleasantness....

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Hail, languish in the quietude of youth innocence,

Forward the moment set for a future ponderance,

Greeting the unmeasured stare of memories call,

Tendering spirits its fortitude of life's forward haul,

Early scenes pan out the absence of rational reels,

Patterns that pave the assured their gallant feels,

                                ...to be alive then and now.



Date: 09/03/2019...

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To last dots if man
Plans, and life not that way pans
Out, what avail plans?
Life’s most moving moments race,
Pass by like breeze, not a trace!
_______________________________  
Reflections |13.12.2022| Tanka, life

Poet’s note: This Tanka is born of some unease on how to live life. Of late it seems that man tends to plan too much, and when things do not that way pan out, he finds faults with life. This poem wonders if one should go with the breeze....

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Sometimes when things seem so bleak
Oblivion’s all that you seek
A small ray of hope
Allows you to cope
And at sunny skies gives you a peek.

It may not pan out, but at least
When anxiety’s slightly decreased
The knots in your gut
May unloosen somewhat 
So despair and distress are released.

We all manage in different ways
So one’s rainbows are somebody’s grays
But the tiniest light
In the tunnel just might
Be enough to wipe out one’s malaise....

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Timing is the key to whether
Many things pan out.
We wait too long, we’ve missed the boat;
We know what that’s about.

Procrastination may cause
Opportunities to fade
And then regret kicks in
For the decisions we’ve not made.

The timing of a venture
May determine its success.
Too soon or late may wreck it,
Thereby adding lots of stress.

Comedians are criticized
If they can’t nail their timing,
Like rhythmless musicians
(Or a poet bad at rhyming)....

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