Short Quitters Poems

Falling short is never present,
And giving up can be so pleasant....

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While daydreaming, out of the loop,
I was caught in a long beaked scoop
Go with the flow
He doesn’t know
I’ll exit when he takes a poop


5/11/2021...

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Quit while you are ahead
That's a phrase most winners dread
Keep going if you want to win
To give up now would be a sin
If you are in it to win it, enough said...

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Once a coin in Tullamore 

was to decide the final score

the tosser threw high

the evening came nigh

no quitters they called it a draw


14th May 2021...

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Dialing her unfaithful spouse’ numbers shows she ain’t one of the quitters,
But over the phone heard, “Sorry, the numbers you just dialed were letters”.

Sept 27,2021...

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The quivering quitters, quaking and quacking
In quite a quizzing quagmire, quietly
Quash their qualms. The queer quest they have acquired,
Is a quandry of quantum quantity....

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American Bandstand caused dance explosions
fearful grandparents held investigations
jailed killers loved music 
nothing on plastic
quitters reverse strategies
underlining victories
wishing X 
youngsters’ zest...

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A frog fell in love with a stork shrewd
Suggesting a kiss she wooed her food
Trying to swallow him, how rude!
The frog rung her neck, eyes protrude
He hopped on out, limping like a dude!

06.05.2021
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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Night of long knives

Twitter is going nuclear.
PC rules.

Serene Putin
Camara's smile at him
He winks.

Aleppo is ruined
Captive civilians killed
Rebels have gone.

Mosul and ISIS
Iraqi army of quitters 
Behind sand dunes quiver...

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That  poor  Heron  can't  sing  a  note.
 
The  dawn-chorus  laugh  and  they  gloat.

He  won't  give-up  or  quit

But  the  silly old  git

Is  just  hoarse  with  a frog  in  his  throat.




For Margarita's " Quitters " contest....

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Bird Brain

Now here is a strange pair of folk
If one swallows, the other croaks
Looks quite a tussle 
Bird wants to guzzle 
But the bullfrog hangs on, says nope

Quitters Never Win Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico 
19/5/2021...

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I’m done I say, I’m mad and sad.
The ones that won were rather bad
I won’t try again
Sponsor rigged the win
I always knew he was a cad


Written 5-28-2021
Contest: Limerick 
Theme: Quitters Never Win Poetry Contests
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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Two men were thrown into separate pits
But one was wise enough to use his wits
He built stairs to climb free
And then decreed with glee,
"A winner is the one who never quits!"



May 15, 2021
Quitters Never Win Contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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On the football field young Davy hurt his knee
Lots of excruciating pain, yes-sir-ee,
He is never a quitter
Says he is never fitter
Continuing playing to win is the key.


May 11, 2021
for "Quitters Never Win" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Margarita Lillico...

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When captured in a heron’s beak
An escape plan froggy did seek
Frog croaked I’m no quitter
I’ll strangle this critter
The outcome for heron looked bleak!

Quitters Never Win Poetry Contest


Sponsored by Margarita Lillico

05/10/21...

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Two men were thrown into two pits
Mark builds some stairs, but Martin sits
While Martin kept crying,
Mark quit not, kept trying
And reached the top with his sharp wits



05.21.2021


For Margarita Lillico's "Quitters never win" contest...

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Fear of freedom, blue skies now seem grey 
Phlegmatic pessimism, own hand stays
Whilst cheerful maverick
Fearless to try new tricks
Makes escape to freedom, simple play

06-May-2021

Quitters never win poetry contest
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico

syllable count: 9,9,6,6,9...

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Sweet Sally Sue was not a quitter
She was so much stronger and fitter
Working from dawn to dusk
Despite she smelled of musk
She left the whole world all aglitter







Quitters Never Win poetry contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico
May 4, 2021

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Always salty and usually bitter
help encourage the spitter —
still better than the wonts
and those dreaded donts —
saved by the tolerable quitter.

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Written: 05.08.21
Contest: Quitters Never Win
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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An old man who fell down a shaft
Just sat in a heap looking daft
But his friend persevered
And he soon reappeared
Then looked down the shaft and just laughed

10th May 2021
Quitters Never Win Contest
Sponsor - Margarita Lillico...

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No chicken-egg lore this— not a bit—
Quitters win, nor ever winners quit,
If it fails to convince,
You got to go to Vince,
Win or not in life, face no defeat.
_____________________________
Vince Lombardi, who has a whole book to his credit on the subject 

Tongue-in cheek |11.05.2021|...

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This optimist man falls in pit unseen
To come out of dire trouble he is keen
He doesn’t sit lost in despair
Scrapes stairs to reach the free air
Knows trying hard is the sole way to win. 

May 7, 2021
Syllable count : 10/10/7/7/10 (howmanysyllables.com)
Contest : Quitters Never Win
Sponsor : Margarita Lillico...

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Little Sam wanted to learn ride a bike
     So he could go riding with is friend Mike
                  He would often fall
               And he’d sometime bawl
    When he did learn, told pal to take a hike
               

             





05/5/2021
Contest : Quitters Never Win
Sponsor: Margarita Lillico...

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There was a long beaked deceitful duck
caught a frog from a pond with a pluck
funny frog was very tough
wished to give a fight enough
held arms round its neck and crushed to buck.


Quitters Never Win Poetry Contest
Theme: Never Give Up!
Syllable Count: HS-9, 9, 7,7,9
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico 
Date: 06-05-2021....

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Oh Heck
There's a frog stuck inside my beak, oh heck
And the rascal's has his hands round my neck
The frog is no quitter
Should've been my dinner
I'm now fast becoming a strangled wreck.
23rd May 2021

Quitters Never Win Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Margarita Lillico...

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