Short Selected Poems

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Premium Member Tell Me Different

Indifference ineptitude the soul of sorrow
I see here.. In this media led world 
Laughter is bought, sentiment directed
Mankind in limbo with value de-selected.
Form: Rhyme


First Kiss

I spent a dollar at the kissing booth
My very first kiss to tell you the truth
The one that I selected
Wasn't what I expected
For when she smiled she only had one tooth
© Larry Belt  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Deadly Virus

In my long life I never expected To be worried bout a deadly virus infected Millions have been hit So difficult to outwit Hope and pray I won't be selected
Form: Limerick

Premium Member No Body Parts Rejected

Well well well how interesting About to write about things stiffening Like body parts selected No body parts rejected But be careful absolutely no roughening
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Almond Joy

Seems Jacob, a biblical Mendel
Selected for spots, specks and brindle
Nuts, pop’lar with flocks
Produced stronger stocks
But Laban’s herds started to dwindle

(from Genesis 30)
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Seems every year’s the same

August journal entry randomly selected
Another spectacular day of gloriously wonderful sunshine
I'm hoping summer never ends



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member True Story

asking for a sign
       a wild peculiar joy~
    
      with my name on it




*Irving Layton, A Wild Peculiar Joy
  Selected Poems 1945-89
  Signed by the Author, To Maureen
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Blm Reveals How the Democrats Selected Joe Biden

The Party played 'Pin the Tale on the Donkey'
    That's how they came up with a senile honkey


         Reprinted with permission from 
        'Ten Greatest Political Poems Ever'
Form: Couplet

Grandmother Valley Farm

Every summer we go there
So happy calls of memories
Grandmother beautiful valley farm

Saino type of poem. It is not in Poetrysoup list of poems forms, so i selected "I do not know".
Form:

Premium Member Godly Hands

Godly father hands folded in prayer to our Lord example for all


Written: 3-28-2019
Contest:  Monoku Pick a Picture What Cha See
Sponsor: James Edward Lee Sr.
I selected Picture *2
Form: Monoku

Elementary School Teacher

How so lovely to meet him
Elementary school teacher
Same so lovely smile on his nice face

Saino type of poem. It is not in Poetrysoup list of poems forms, so I selected "I do not know".
Form:

Sad Life 19

We are selected by a family
we will finally have a home
we tour the place, and it's amazing
tree house, dollhouse, multi acre yard
We'll give you a call said the "parents"
but they never did
Form:

Premium Member Vacusity

muted
      subordinate
sardonic,rambling
              recollections
envelop the ill-informed-
mislead,
      with selected
         distortions
of the truth...
voicing opinions
as fact
Form: Verse

Premium Member Roots




Roots

Unsheathing the bloody sword
Unearthing many sorrows
Gathering countless pains 
unveiling selected illusions
With roots and roots 
of wails and dreads 
devouring guilty minds
Form: Narrative

Detected and Selected

Detected and Selected

Did understand that an error was detected;
Some other personality should be selected;
Could be at odds;
Created by gods;
Sure hope some day mine can be corrected.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Simply Senryu: Talent is a seed

Talent is a seed
Inspiration makes it grow
Turning seed to fruit 

Take selected words
Wrap them up in craftsmanship
Create a poem

Sensuous alive
Feel the power of the words
Teeming on the page
Form: Senryu

Selected Area Infected

Selected Area Infected

He had selected an area which was infected;
Contains cancer cells that should be corrected;
Searched around;
Source found;
Is something that does seem so complicated.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Select Animosity That Is Abject

Select Animosity That is Abject

Trump selected animosity  that is abject;
On others wondered what was the effect;
Many did bother;
Mother and father;
In his own mind would be always correct.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Happy In 4,3,2,1

The 'crucial' material, superficial and trivial,
Affects subjects in context of perfected defects,
Venial miracles, remedials for the cynical,
Introspect. Project and infect, this selected side-effect.

14/08/17
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Simply Senryu: Talent Is a Seed

I
Talent is a seed
Inspiration makes it grow
Turning seed to fruit 

II
Take selected words
Wrap them up in craftsmanship
Create a poem

III
Sensuous alive
Feel the power of the words
Teeming on the page
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Little Ticked Boxes

little boxes ticked
delete button selected
memories erased

the good and the bad
no longer retrievable
new memories made

forgive and forget
no words left to remind me
will my heart forget?

Eileen Manassian
Form: Senryu

Premium Member FLIGHT OF STEPS-:-

FLIGHT OF STEPS-:-
traditional
 ziggurat
visualised

cultural 
references 
of MIGRATION OF MYTHS
widely
 read
translated

entablature
structures
PERSONALLY SELECTED
common
 criteria 
preserved 

separate
independent
Form: Other

Premium Member Haha, Potd -- Tongue Firmly In Cheek

Here's the 'Poem of the Day'
  If it's not selected, it's not OK

It rhymes in time, truly chimes ~
  Whooshing on down the runway



             April 04, 2021
      'Alternative POTD Contest'
    Sponsor: M.L.E. Dick and Son
Form: Rubai

Green Thumb

With green fingers the gardener worked
Hence the garden thrived and perked,
Ironically when blueberries collected 
Thumbs were stained from fruit selected. 








'Motto Matters Poetry Contest' Sponsored by Natasha L Scragg
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member OPEN-MINDED EXAMPLES -:-

OPEN-MINDED EXAMPLES -:-
different
 profoundedly
awareness

contrasted
analogies
of CAREFULLY SELECTED
identifiable
 spatial
impressions

clearly
surface
in REALISTIC FIDELITY
patose
 improvised
freely

impetuously
freely
Form: Other

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