Short Rat Race Poems

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Premium Member Happy Place

In my happy place:
Island that is my birthplace.
Joining the rat race
As a temporary face
In my store at my own pace.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Rats Racing Roaches

Rats Racing Roaches


If it's a rat race
Why are all the roaches here
And How many laps

10/17/17
by James Edward Lee Sr.
Form: Haiku

Haste

Haste pick up your pace,
devour fast food for a taste,
trip over shoelace,
try not to make a mistake,
in our labyrinth rat race.



4-11-17
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Greatest Fear

Fear of fear itself 
Stopping from make decisions
Help improve your life
Running in endless rat race 
Until finally wake up




October 1, 2016
Form: Tanka

Tickets

going on a plane
or a train
no matter if it rain
getting to this place
is a rat race
if it of taste
you have to fixs it
so you can get your
FAST
TICKETS


Premium Member haves and have nots

it is easy to speak of love, light and bliss
when one has somehow imbibed grace
but have we so soon already forgotten 
erst days of darkness in life’s rat race
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Eternal Race

  
               Erase vs. Deface
               Disgrace vs. Debase               

               Inner vs. Outer Space
            Dog-eat-dog vs. Rat-race
Form: Monorhyme

Free and Clear

Withdrawing from the Rat Race,
  my fortune reappeared

The fog now gone, all clouds pulled back
  —direction free and clear

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2018)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Rat Race

Angst
        Pressure
     Tension Builds
  Nerves Tautly Wound
Stomach's Knot Tightens
   Imminent Deadline
     Boss's Threats
        Pressure
          Angst
Form: Ninette

Premium Member Lived My Whole Life Trying To Fit In

I am done with the modern age's version of the rat race.
I'm done forcing myself to fit in just to feel so out of place.
I am choosing to live life at my own specific pace.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member Hide and Seek

A dilemma we are forced to face
I may say, by Mr. Corona's grace
wants us to play hide and seek
Yet it's more wealth we bespeak
It seems so hard to shun the rat race.

24.4.2020
Form: Limerick

Premium Member After the Breakdown On Rat Race Road

Use at your own risk!
Recommend durable tires
and a durable psychology. 
I know, I know, I know
that I can't live 
through it again.
That's why I'm walking, 
watching my feet
in my red-rubber shoes.

One More Face In Rat Race

Not knowing why 
We still join rat race,
In wanderlust 
We add one more face,
Post many births 
Gained we’d a good house,
Left it foul oh 
With our wicked grace!
_______________________
Free verse |03.05.2022|

Rat Race

Today’s world keeps moving at such a fast pace,
Is it surprising that life has become nothing more than a rat race.

Most days seem to be a struggle to survive,
But there really is something more than just nine to five.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member A Sloth's Life

A Sloth's Life

I'm your lil sloth hanging on a prayer
The bump on the log without any flair
Hail Mary full of grace
Leave me from this rat race
Indifferent I suspend of any care

connie pachecho

12/27/17

word play
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Couldn'T Walk

couldn't walk
or stand in place
how could I win
in this rat race
if I ran I
think that I
could not keep up
no miracle mile
or lead for awhile
its just this sadness
that keeps me here
can't walk or stand
just need a beer
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

London Hurried

The delayed train rolled into the train station
A single coach would carry their consternation!
The London underground maze
Hurried into the rat race craze
The engineer forgot the rest of his locomotion!

L&H Limericks - Contest
Form: Limerick

A Day In May

Seated in its ambience,
Longed for this dalliance,
I'm in nature's embrace,
Away from life’s rat race,
Surrounded by colours,
Mix of different flavours,
Permeate the entire realm,
I’m laced on nature’s hem.



May 10, 2022.
Form: Rhyme

Little More In Your Embrace

Waking up early morning daily and join life's rat race, wish I could sleep a little more in your embrace. ========================================== Placement:2nd; (Sept.2011) Contest:Couplet Challenge Sponsor:Susan Burch
© Kash Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Our Struggles End At Death

Life isn't a fair haven. 
It is an intrigue roller coaster, 
an amusing rat race, 
an unending struggle until death. 
But one by one, 
we shall lay down our tools.
All earth's labour shall come to a close.
And our struggles shall end at last.

A Heart Now Free

there for you
here for me
on the level
it needs to be

going slow
an easy pace
there’s no hurry
no rat race

connecting hearts
a bond that grows
learning all
we need to know

there for you
here for me
a heart unlocked
a heart now free
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Running the Beaten Path--

Running the BEATEN PATH

ran, run ran
across the summer beaten tracks
I stand firm

a rat race running
summer runs
in a hot day run 



6/14/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020
Lune poetry type
3/5/3 Words Count
5/3/5 Syllable Count

Cat Chase

Work done,
tired ton,

Drive home,
street zone,

Cat chase,
rat race,

Pull up, 
hit bump,

Dead cat?
No rat,

Cat gone,
not long,

Cat hides,
on side,

Cat waits,
for bait,

Pass bush,
ambush!

Thump, thump,
heart pumps!


3-21-17
Form: Footle

Premium Member Downtown Blues

Scalding hot
The melting pot
City slickers
With knotted knickers
Traffic jams
Slaughter of lambs
Put up a fight
Speed of light
Amidst the rat race
Within reach a can of mace
Keeping up
Got bumped up
Then retired
Just got too tired



AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Bliss Squall

Bliss squall, benediction divine All is grace, all is grace With pulse of love, gently align Exiting life's rat race On choosing to begin Silencing thought flow din God's love exhumes erst sin His call Bliss squall 21-November-2022 Quietus
Form: Rhyme

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