Short Pawn Poems

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Premium Member At the Pawn Shop

This a place of souls
more precious than all the gold,
payment without sin
to heaven one is promised.
The trap door to hell, busy.

© Harry J Horsman  2013
Form: Tanka


The Pawn

I can see the King cherished, beside his dear Queen he prefers I bow but never do I intend for I only play to win February 16, 2016
Form: Tanka

Premium Member At the Pawn Shop 7x7

Scratch! It's a Jackpot winner!
Running as fast as lightning
His feet can barely keep up;
Had to sell his mother's ring
just to survive and pay rent;
Now to propose to his Love,
the ring's back from the pawn shop.

Premium Member At the Pawn Shop

There's someones trash,
Others rare treasure,
A lost estate,
Someones eviction furniture,
Electronic doo-dads,
Scratched cd's
Colored glass,
X-box games,
Something for everyone
Sometimes a cafe next door 
for those who spend the whole day!
Form: List

At the Pawn Shop

Went with the wife to the pawn shop To earn a little cash I was in quite a hurry Made my poor wife dash I did a bit of haggling But no luck, I made a groan When they only offered me Ten pounds for the wife So I had to take her home.
Form: Rhyme


Pawn To Queen

he's with his prom queen
but what he doesn't know
is that she's the prom queen
that's really just a pawn
she's just a pawn 
that's gotten around more

long live the king
hope he pawns off his queen
when she reaches the other team
and finds herself checkmate
Form:

At the Pawn Shop

Lately my life has been pure hell
So it seems that now I must sell
Sell my belongings, sell my soul
Sell off everything
That is even slightly old
So to the pawn shop I go
For a little quid pro quo
Where my wallet will surely grow
God I hope so!


At The Pawn Shop
6/24/2013
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poisoned Pawn

Poisoned pawn, desire-aversion Observe mind oscillate Worthy lama, chose cessation In tranquil calm sedate God beckons, go in now Fragrance of love follow Vibrant, joyous, mellow Lust we spawn Poisoned pawn 12-December-2021 Quietus
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poisoned Pawn

Poisoned pawn, be wary of lust Taste at your own peril Ego cravings, learn not to trust Choose seeds we sow and till We are not mind-body Discard then thoughts shoddy Negate desires gaudy Life game gone Poisoned pawn 19-September-2021 Quietus
Form: Rhyme

Another Aged Pawn In An Equally Aged Circle

this passage contains coverage 
for the purpose of survival
where to turn next is not known

this sewer contains drainage 
for the purpose of pure release
what to burn next is not yet determined

this heart contains usage
for the purpose of nothing
how to fix what is left is still pending
© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.

Pawn

Just as I read 
in a book of Japanese poems
a snail may look at a sunset

and just as a cat 
may look at a queen
a pawn in a chess game
may still see the play
and be a judge
and make judgement
and be more than a pawn

the chess game, one day
may rely more on the pawn
than it wants to


SBaquie 2000

Premium Member Betrayals

                                your hurt, my hurt
                                   they echo one another~
                                         betrayal spares 
                                          n
                                             o      n
                                                 e
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Pawn

Man's fate lies with the gods
Let no one forget the odds
Lest, he shake hands with death
And sleep without breath.

Ceaselessly, the weavers weave
The very fabric of his life
Through the gate
He'll walk with a little faith

On this path lies his real fate
A thin ice on whose cold brink he skates
He's just a pawn
For the gods move him like a clown

Premium Member PAWN

                                    carved from ivory
                               placed in peril at your whim~
                                     expendable
                                                       p      
                                                        a  
                                                      w  n
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Pluming Porous Pawn

bruised brush bled
oozing, drooling dreg
puked pulpy pledges
wielded wits etches
hankering zeal hoisted
dribbling fiery drills

yearning fingers flickers
dragging moaning meter
delicate gaze glisters 

gaunt grasped gibes 
itching dainty drive
mystic art's aisle

crisp contractions yawns
pluming porous pawn.
     '20:04:21:19:26

Note: Of porous picture.
Form: Sonnet

Just a Pawn

Tortured and destroyed I fall to the floor,
a darkness waits anxiously for more.
It laughs and croaks as blood falls,
more and more as it splatters the walls.
It stands up to enjoy the kill,
I lay still for I have not the will.
Pleading for a hasty end the weapon raises,
one swift blow i see the hazes.
Darkness takes me over I am no more,
just a pawn laying on the floor.
© John Toyne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member At the Pawn Shop

Standing outside the dingy building
peering through the dusty glass
I see something that is glittering
looking closely a lamp of brass

I enter into the pawn shop
It is a lovely snowdrop lamp
made of brass a fancy  prop
it even has a maker's stamp

How much I ask the wizen man
we haggle and barter over the price
he tells me its come from Japan
when I pay him he thanks me twice

contest: At The Pawn Shop  written 06/13/2013
Form: Rhyme

In the Pawn Shop

Diamonds. How many ways can you chip the edges
off desire
so the facets still inflame fire?

Gold: A treasure 
you starve to afford – a minted 
hunger in the hoard.

Rhinestones: Cheap tears
solidified
in the corner of each eye.

Pearls: So many layers
of weeping hardened about a vexed core 
that just keeps growing.

Don’t look behind you at those 
baubles and gems. Why would you want them?
Walk out and shut the door.

At the Pawn Shop- 15 Lines

I see tables, 
I see chairs, 
I see my granny's old underwear,
I see guns,
I see Jewelry,
I see really old books,
cranky old crooks,
I see lots and lots of stuff here at the 'ol pawn shop,
but my favorite thing of all,
is the old dinosaur jaw,
I get to the counter and find an old tattered box,
one that locks!
Now I'm real happy and I'll be comin' back to this old special pawn shop,
and I'll be'a'buyin'me that old box,
the one that locks!
Form:

Premium Member Pawn

P.A.W.N.

In war…

P eople
A re
W orth
N othing

It is the most ludicrous concept imaginable 
The idea itself is antiquated
Killing each other is overrated 
The power of peace is understated 

Yet we continue on 
Power and blood are sadly related 
It’s the knowledge of war I wish faded 
Perhaps you think I sound jaded 

Our hatred of each other is tremendously dated
Because of us I no longer feel elated

Eric (and sometimes not)
© Eric Nolan  Create an image from this poem.

The Pawn

Since I found this plight
bound by unchageable shapes and controls,
it had become my own comfort zone
that sometimes , I feel trapped.	 

Strings on my neck choke 
as repeated patterns bring me back ,
to a never -ending void of selflessness...
life, I yearn for your freedom's touch.

In this circus of life's charade,
I follow the magicians and ringmasters
without a power to access my instincts...
but the the show must go on.


Puppets Contest
© Leon Datu  Create an image from this poem.

At the Pawn Shop

At the pawn shop...

Where treasures go
I have come for it to go
This treasure also
Grandpa passing gift
My body cold lift
Under a cold feet
My hand loose their swift
My heart doubles its pound
I can hear the heavy sound
As the door turns round
Welcomes face will bound
I feel lifeless above the ground.
The gold cuff links
Will do as every other sinks 
I've no choice....speaks
My right eye blinks
As the pawn man shrinks 
My treasure to a dollar.
art
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Pawn Shop

It sat with double doors propped open inviting the poor, the sad, the broken Its dusty shelves stuffed and sated with objects – some fresh, others dated I carried my dreams with heavy arms formerly dazzling magical charms Now in tattered cardboard boxes a life in unresolved paradoxes Prized possessions, cherished memories adored as luxurious shiny accessories Their worth besmirched and unfamiliar traded for coins of gold and silver.
Form: Quatrain

A Love Pawn

Her blue eyes once looked upon
me with an affectionate gleam;
But now that loving glow is gone
vanishing like yesternights dream.
Nothing, it’s said, lasts forever
only fools would think otherwise;
yet we accept this endeavor.
The truth lies exposed in their eyes-
outside windows into the soul
where words needn’t be said by each
to know that love was once ensouled
had now become just out of reach.
Nevertheless, life must press on
Even for a jilted love pawn.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Trump and Some Trumpets

I do feel that Mr Trump's been changed
I'm most aware..of a different range
Of vaccine speed in the weft and warp'
Billions talking in from the  scoros corp
A human queen he finds so amazing
I kid myself not, that he's even hazing.?
I saw some UK pundits view; they say.'
He's changed.. and they're not kidding hey!
Is this just a narrative of more confusion
Will America charge into dissolution?
A sucker punch soon to deck the world.?
Hold on tight, the tide now foams and swirls.'
Form: Rhyme

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