Short Skimming Poems
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the sun threw a sidearm ray
that bounced off the surface many-times~
sank before making the bay
7-9-7 syllable count
Categories:
skimming, sun,
Form:
Haiku
Planes like dragonflies
skimming over the pond*
~Pearl Harbor
*Japanese torpedo aviator remembering December 7, 1941
Categories:
skimming, war,
Form:
Senryu
The lagoon water
ripples silver under the
skimming breeze and the
moonbeam blazes a hot trail on
their quivering bare bodies.
Categories:
skimming, metaphor, moon,
Form:
Tanka
grifters and grafters,
hang like bats in the rafters,
feasting on the moths—
they charm while skimming their schemes,
build loophole ladders of graft
Categories:
skimming, corruption,
Form:
Tanka
quicksilver
he chases the squirrel
into the icy field
snapping
branches trap him
until they break
keen
eyes on the chase
skimming over snowbanks
he wins
Categories:
skimming, animals
Form:
Free verse
quicksilver
he chases the squirrel
into the icy field
snapping
branches trap him
until they break
keen
eyes on the chase
skimming over snowbanks
he wins
Categories:
skimming, animals
Form:
Free verse
fingers skimming the ivories as if playing my heart
Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~SUNLIT RIPPLES~ 2019
AP: 3rd place 2020
Posted March 18, 2018
Categories:
skimming, emotions, longing, music, passion, romantic love, senses,
Form:
Monoku
Skimming the backyard lake water with eyes bent on adventure
while knowing that alligator eyes are skimming shore just for me
I decide on a mint julep and a good book instead...
Categories:
skimming, adventure, animals, happiness, life, places,
Form:
Sijo
skimming stones on lake
they dance across the water
splish splash, now silence
05~03~17
Open Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Charlotte Jade Puddifoot
Categories:
skimming, nature, water,
Form:
Haiku
skimming stones on lake
splish splash splish splash plop
rainbow arcs blue sky
Bite Size 8 poetry contest
sponsored by Line Gauthier
06/19/21
Categories:
skimming, nature, water,
Form:
Haiku
You fling words
with the same concern
as skimming stones
offhandedly
and
unenlightened
not once
recognizing
the escalating consequences
upon the delicate ecosystems
of the human psyche
Categories:
skimming, hurt, society, vanity,
Form:
Free verse
no sun can rise
when a lonely sky cries
this road’s collecting leaves
like mind collects dreams
i hear the echoes
of tires skimming puddles
as i slide in thoughts of you
unsettled
in october’s rain
Categories:
skimming, lonely,
Form:
Free verse
fingers skilfully skimming
over the piano keys
akin to bliss magnetism
renewing rapture with ease
betrothed to God, love distils
vibrations unbecoming
succumb to slow seduction
bliss strobes in our heart drumming
Categories:
skimming, joy, sensual, spiritual,
Form:
Quatrain
wings of gossamer
gently pulsating the air
butterflies in flight
tail of dragonfly
skimming the water's surface
while taking a drink
bark of an old tree
weather-beaten and furrowed
a home for insects
Categories:
skimming, butterfly, drink, home, insect, nature, old, tree,
Form:
Haiku
waves
going up
and down.
soft
footsteps on
the ground.
unfamiliar
empty
space.
ocean
spray on
my face.
water
skimming
my bare feet.
two
lovers
never meet.
broken
shards of
my heart.
all my
life is this
of part.
Categories:
skimming, introspection
Form:
Free verse
I am the water flowing
under the oar rowing
I am the wind breeze
skimming aged oak trees
I am the earth growing
beneath the sunlight flowing
I am the fire burning
in destruction, Man never learning.
I am all these and more
and less and everything else.
Categories:
skimming, art, death,
Form:
I do not know?
The book that I read
is blank indeed.
For the words I see
is mist from the sea.
The pictures that stare
just fate in the air.
Of people and places
only shadows and traces.
Pages upon pages
skimming through ages
Your message sublime
found etched in time.
Categories:
skimming, feelings, meaningful, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Of my tiny
little pond,
I have grown
quite very fond.
Skimming stones
and watching frogs,
Wading through
or walking logs.
Collecting ferns
and butterflies,
This is where
true beauty lies.
Written by,
Sheri Lynne Evans
February 24, 2006
Categories:
skimming, appreciation, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
a motionless pond
reflects an unblemished sky
where war once swallowed the sun -
blossoms drift like tears
skimming over ancient wounds
while doves fly against the wind
===================
For Brian Strand's Contest: #218
Categories:
skimming, war,
Form:
Sedoka
Rival Players in Dangerous Rough Waters
brimming
swimming
skimming
trimming
Champ rivals are brimming, swimming prize,
stunned watching the skimming, trimming lies.
1-19-2018
Poetry Contest: WRITE ME A TYBURN
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues
Categories:
skimming, water,
Form:
Tyburn
The skimming winter day
Becomes flushed angrily
Pushing with licentious revelry
And scowling delicately astray
The day vanishes into the night eye
And dread ascents with a feeling scream
The night flickers in cherishing gleam
As life proceeds--a brilliant dusk settles over sky
Categories:
skimming, winter,
Form:
Quatrain
SKIMMING
surface like glass
tight thin ice
below a
whirlpool pulls
in too deep
an elapsed
Soul
skimming the face
of words left
in neutral
swirl vortex
shallow low
down beneath
Scroll
throwaway
pointless
empty
Hollow
© Kim van Breda—17 January 2016
Categories:
skimming, analogy,
Form:
Rhyme
New River waters skimming jagged rocks
Drenched rafters paddle madly
Are we having fun yet?
THIRD PLACE WINNER
written July 12, 2021
for "Bite Size No. 12" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Line Gauthier
FIRST PLACE WINNER
Brian Strand's Poetry Contest
July 17, 2021
Categories:
skimming, adventure, fun, nature, river,
Form:
Kimo
I'm shopping for Santa.
He's not good with money.
He'll us up my credit
and laugh like it's funny.
He says he's not perfect
but what can he do.
With Christmas time coming
we'll all need to woo.
So spend what you have to
and say it's for him.
And know in your spirit
a Saint comes to skim.
Categories:
skimming, 5th grade, 9th grade, analogy, appreciation, character,
Form:
Quatrain
words hurled
from a bitter tongue
deftly flung
across a tranquil pool
cruel and biting
pebbles ricochet
leaving rippling scars
across a heart
throes of pain
from glancing blows
verbal stones
you chose to toss
skimming emotions
eyes swimming
with caromed tears
echoing of loss
Categories:
skimming, emotions, sad,
Form:
Free verse