Short Tempted Poems

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Premium Member My Un-Salty Psalter

Grr! I don't want to apply to work 
anywhere with high-sodium food;
I'd feel tempted, and my kidney stones 
might come back-- no good!
Form: Quatrain


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She longs to be touched
Lusting over every man around her
Useless it is to try to change her ways
Tempted is she to lose herself tonight
© Jessica K  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Prayer

When trials press us on every side,
And we are tempted to despair,
We must remember to talk to Jesus.
He is the answer… and He is always there.
Form: Rhyme

Jesus Is Lord

When problems overwhelm me,
And I am tempted to despair,
I remember that Jesus is Lord over EVERYTHING,
And I take my problems to Him in prayer.
Form: Rhyme

I'm back

Tempted into wrong way,
Diverse team held sway,
Keen fan did sag,
Boys had lost the flag,
Old team won, glory beamed,
Traitor was back, it seemed!
Form: Rhyme


A Monkey, During the Mating Season

A monkey, during the mating season,
Not will be tempted by a finest food.
The same as me, if I were teased on,
By banana, in the similar mating mood!
Form: Quatrain

Oh, Beautiful Stranger

Oh, beautiful stranger
Mesmerize me with 
Your mystery
And seduce me with
Your secrecy
Tempted by the fact
That I know not of you,
I still want you
Form:

The First Time

Of course I remember my first date! 
She was a girl I still love to hate
Her breasts were so perky
Her character quirky
Nevertheless we still tempted fate!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Persephone

Persephone
Queen of the Underworld
Wife of Hades
Surrounded by demons
Greek Goddess of spring
Easily tempted
A tiny bit cursed
Full of innocence
Persephone

Premium Member The Not So Original Monoku Challenge

Blue water, blue sky, with trusted wings, tempted to fly.



April 4, 2016.
The Not So Original Monoku Challenge - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Timothy Hicks
Form: Monoku

Once Tempted

laying
looking
for a rainbow

in Eden's garden
my snake finds
a forked tree

standing before me
sap running down
her branch

tempting me
to take
a taste
Form:

Practically Insane

I'm practically insane...


Sipping on an empty hope

Swallowing an empty dream

Wandering in an empty thought

Tempted in an empty lust


I'm practically insane

If Death Was Your........

If death was your lover,
Would you be tempted to kiss its lips?
Would you pursue its potent turmoil of bliss,
Pursue its kiss into its unknown,
Beating, listless,
Heart.

Premium Member Cheering from Webcam Town

spider rode the waterfall all the way down
there was lots of cheering from webcam town
no one else was tempted to follow this clown
especially after we all watched him drown.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Observing the Koi

A koi pond brings meditation into vogue
She slows your heartbeats as you become one
With the gorgeous gold and black fish
One of the few you are not tempted to eat
or are you?

Soup With a Fork

There once was a woman from York who used just a knife and a fork. She tried to eat soup, but forks do not scoop. I’m tempted to call her a dork.
Form: Limerick

Never Resist a Long List

Never Resist a Long List

Were tempted and could never resist,
After having to read down a long list,
We had adored,
And not afford;
Then on table would pound our fist.

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

Heat Rises

Answer with Poetry…
tempted by Prose
Passions arousing,
feelings exposed

Silence your dialog,
 parry in verse
Now more than ever
—quenching your thirst

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)
Form: Rhyme

Realized Trump Had Tantalized

Realized Trump Had Tantalized

What about Trump,  we had realized,
Women tempted and then tantalized,
And was a crab;
Bodies did grab;
Like moron found him to be disguised

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

The Razor

The razor has left you with scars that remind you
Of how you had wanted to end in the bathroom
And now they talk softly and tiptoe around you
So you won’t be tempted again by the past gloom

Premium Member Regretting Cake

Pineapple cake tempted my taste buds
Sliced in the lunch hour of the work
Single slice was not ample
To satisfy cravings
Tasting two slices
Without thinking
In high blood 
Glucose 
Test
Form: Nonet

Premium Member The Roads Behind Me

     The roads behind me veer
         off onto disappointments
            and dead-ends  

      Dare I revisit them
          tempted by the neon flash 
            of welcome signs

Annoyed By An Opioid

Avoid Being Annoyed By An Opioid

What we should do is try to avoid,
Becoming angry and also annoyed,
Destroyed for sure,
Not have to endure,
Or being tempted by another opioid.

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

Elevated Upon the Lowest Land

Elevated upon the lowest land
You raise me up
When valleys peak at nothingness
And the resonance of
My beating heart
Tempted into pulsating power
Echoes endlessly throughout 
Your remote mind
Form:

Regrets

Registered voices polled
election tide Red 
getting their collective way.
Reaping, now what they sowed. 
Excited delirium mandated
targets, tariff topping. Tempted
serendipity. Look at you now
Form: Acrostic

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