Short Read Between The Lines Poems

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Shifting Paradigms

This text is silly?
I think your mind is chilly...
Read between the lines,
It's less about making rhymes
Than it's shifting paradigms
Form: Tanka


Read Between the Lines

I always tell people, I don't worry much about what you're telling me. I'm more interested in what you're not telling me.

- Teboho Romeo Lekhalo
Form: Bio

Void

Divorce papers
A bereft freedom

Revoking kisses
Erasing vows

Empty contract
Failed love story 
Read between the lines

For Joann’s Shanzi contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member In full view

Frugality with economy of words
hoping you will read between the lines
silence dishing out the obvious


Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Between the Lines

Poets are a special breed
who share their thoughts 
and emotions through rhyme.
Now and then
you can sense their pain
when you read between the lines.
© John Read  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet


Premium Member Deception - One Liners Contest

I was blinded by your words - I wish I’d read between the lines Contest: One Liners Sponsor: Silent One 4th December 2015
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Zen mode

we read between the lines
for we have been and seen
light that lights all lights 
as soul’s luminous sheen

soul merges in God’s heart
no difference remains
illusionary is bondage
there are no chains
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member There Is No Love

Read between the lines, my love
There is no love
just pretend
A good show for all our friends
I'm dying to know
when you fell out love
that's all i need to know
All i wanted was you and 
slowly you write yourself
 out of my life

Premium Member Photo Bomb

The ravages of war take their toll
Soldiers left out stranded on the field
Letters to loved ones half written
Much to read between the lines
Love affairs never to be resumed
Dreams aborted at the cost of peace



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member The Ark

the unicorn walking on the plank the last smile at the wife of noah
with a single horn and told her to relax I am special
and my name is eve and read between the lines alone
marie the virgin what are they writing about dodo
the sacrifice really you

Sexy Sandy

A pretty little thing named Sandy.
Made all of the men feel so randy.
She's quite a nice lass.
So I won't be crass.
But it really is quite a dandy.

P.S. You'll have to connect the dots. Read between the lines. However you want to put it. :) Peace. :)
Form: Limerick

Read Between the Lines

my heart
went slowly
tumbling
down
low
anger and rage filled my heart
I didn't exactly understand
but I didn't question why
I just cried
cried and cried until I had no cry left
I didn't bother to wipe my tears
they where too much to bear
nobody said it'd be easy

In Sync

If you could read between the lines 
My heart holds as my bars 
You'd see that I am trapped
And needing a new start
Can you release me from these chains
So I can be free to love again
I long for you and our heart's new tune
To be in sync and in love with you
Form:

Premium Member If Only

If only women spoke their mystic minds, If only men could read between the lines - Weary walls, bifurcating sexes, would Be more transparent, less misunderstood. No Venus/Mars dichotomy thereof, The only modus operandi - Love! June 14, 2022
Form: Rhyme

I Am a Slave

My message lies not in the sentence
If you learn to read between the lines
You will hear stories in my silence
My life is not about roses and wines

I look strong on the exterior
But I am weak on the interior
I may be smiling on the outside
But I am hurting on the inside
© John Pen  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Between the Lines

Class they call it!
Always an obstruction
As I fly to reach the skies.

Class they call it!
Forbade me from loving
The stars
Because I am a child of the sands.

I would soar high
Till I reach the skies
Even if it means 
A broken wing

For I can read between the lines.
Form:

Premium Member A Little Hint About Me

Here's a little hint about me, 
(Actually regarding my latest M P D).
Listen to me very carefully 
and you'll avoid yourself a sure fire future disaster.
There isn't anything this poet can't Master.

Some may find this a rather odd rhyme,
but others would be wise to read between the lines.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Mind

Invisible, yet shines, Can read between the lines, Transmits faster than light, Though rated grey it's bright, Cannot be sold or bought, But can be changed a lot, When open, it broadens, If closed, it's a burden, Encased, so can't be tossed, But, sadly, can be lost. February 2, 2020
Form: Rhyme

Open Book

Read me devour me with your knowledge if I am description you cannot read between the lines how would you understand me for I am yours to keep comprehension beyond your intentions mention in its own way I'm as open as the seven seas lakes all bodily waters which fall to rocky planes from the mountains that I move
Form: Bio

Premium Member Knocking Down Brick Walls

he uses twitter so few words disguise the truth read between the lies! political aides are sacked for whistle blowing gagged for truth telling the world’s media contaminated by lies read between the lines! Contamination Contest Sponsored By Kai Michael Neumann 4/2/18
Form: Senryu

Read Between the Lines

Deep down in my heart I hold you,
Every breath of you is delightful,
Didn't know that you are the one for me,
Every time I see you,
Every time I think of you,
Peace is inevitable when I am with you,
You can feel my love yet you don't see it,
Amazing it is "LOVE" 'complicated' but that's what makes it sweet.
© Amit Gunda  Create an image from this poem.

Im Not a Poet~ But I Have Things To Say~

Holding on to my words
Forgot to tell you all I had to say
Holding on to my Words
Missed Chances, Chances not taken
Holding on to my words
The sun set with your kiss
Holding on to my words
The sun rose with my dreams of us
Holding on to my words
The need grows deep inside, I get butterflys
Read Between The Lines

Two Faces

My message lies not in the sentence
If you learn to read between the lines
You will hear stories in my silence
My life is not about roses and wines

I'm happy on poetrysoup but sad in real life
My face smiles while I weep with my heart
A good girlfriend just became a bad wife
Maybe it is time to make a fresh start
© John Pen  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Poets and Hope

God has tasked poets,
With keeping Hope alive,
Love in all their labours,
Anger under  control,
Sadness from overflowing,
Romance from slipping off the page,
And most poets can take heart from their effort,
To instill in others what they write in indelible ink,
For all who cross their page,
And read between the lines.
Form: Didactic

Wide Ruled

I write so many words for people who will never read them
I bleed ink to paper
Climbing my way out of a glass box of brokenness
I leave pieces of me in the poems of a half written book
I don't know if I'm trying to understand the pain people feel
or if I'm secretly hoping someone can finally read between the lines of my silence
© Alice Who  Create an image from this poem.

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