Short Ten Lines Poems

SO
SORT of
TRICkY
TO get ten lines.
COS
I
CUT 
TO
the chase most of the times.
SO.

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CRUSTY as I've felt in a long while!!!...

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Hurry up
We are on our way
Follow me
Holy peace
Follow the divine pathway
Heaven waits for us

Russell Sivey

Form: Shadorma
Entrant into Brian Strand's "Up To Ten Lines" contest...

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get in line

blood lines
phone lines
chow lines
fine lines
fence lines
crossed lines
dotted lines
drawn lines
clothes lines
family lines

©10/1/2019


Story of my life in ten lines Poetry Contest
Silent One sponsor...

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The maw of the whorl
The myth of the whore
The mouth of the world
The moth of the wind
The mother of the wolf
The monster of the wild
The mountain of the white
The measure of the wise
The memory of the wicked
The making of the whole...

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A five word line rhyme.
No more than ten lines.
This may take some time,
but it will be fine,
the winner won't be mine.
This rhyme is a crime,
not one that is sublime,
the lemon without the lime,
I'm already on line nine,
the bell can now chime....

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As fog shrouds the house
Raindrops pitapaters
From roof onto ground
Rain lingers on the tip
Of French Tarragon
So my tears cling to
Cheek this early morn
On the porch quiet
Opens door to sorrow
But soon sun will shine



(Five syllables, ten lines, unrhymed)...

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Ten Lines of Poetry
by jon gutmacher    (for a contest requiring no more than ten lines)

Ten lines of poetry
to die if you must
pick up a pen 
don’t make a fuss

I didn’t join this site
to fight with a sword
but I entered this contest
because I was bored 

Live by it
or die by it...

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Sapling apple stems,
once pushed into warm earth,
root with excitement...
their graceful naked branches
reach high into autumn's sky

Willowy offshoots
are pointing upwards
to drink in the sun...
a legacy of knowing  
what nature has intended




In honor Of Brian's Contest: "Up To Ten Lines"...

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Beauty of a woman must be seen  
only from in her lovely eyes    
because that is the doorway    
leading up to her heart         
the place that is soft    
sanctuary,
the place where        
resides
love

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July 10, 2014
Form; Nonet
Dr. Ram mehta
Contest: Any Poem under ten lines by Irma...

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They said you have three minutes to write a me poem.
Each line started with I am, and there were ten lines.
I needed less than a minute.
I am creative.
I am an artist.
I am a poet.
I am a cartoonist.
I am a dog-lover.
I am a grandmother of ten.
I am fun.
I am happy to be alive today.
I am grateful to my friends.
I am me....

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On the twelfth day of Christmas, 
My true love penned for me:
Twelve odes quatrain-ing
Eleven haiku chain-ing
Ten lines dizain-ing

Nine rhymes a'riddling
Eight tongues a’twisting
Seven tyburns burning
Six trifalls falling
Five etherees

Four appalling puns
Three French songs
Two terza rima
And a pantoum
as a parody....

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TEN LINES - FIVE WORDS

Your smile is so bright
It lights up my night

The radiance of your face
Causes my heart to race

Your kisses are like honey
They make my life sunny

You're one of a kind
You make my life shine

God made you so divine
And I'm glad you're mine


31 March 2019
For the contest sponsored by Lu Loo...

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I
trickled
quietly,
a fresh sweet stream,
then gushed with glee through
my youth; meeting my mate,
I joined with him to become
a parent river. Steadily
we flow, sometimes over rocks, rushing
to our finality - the endless sea.

Sept. 28, 2019 for Silent One's Story Of My Life In Ten Lines Poetry Contest...

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Enough to give the pupil
a harsh lesson – and he will,

enough to yield forever 
to a craving that will kill.

Enough to turn a blank page
into a work of Art,

enough to draft in words, 
true loves’ expression 
from the heart.

written and posted October 13th 2015
for the ‘Ten Lines Or Less’ contest
Sponsored by Rob Carmack...

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Ten short lines: a mite succinct
To get a poem writ and inked.
It takes a certain type of mind
To get one’s thoughts in space confined.

For one who likes to write in verse
And isn’t used to being terse,
Such limits serve to strike a dare – 
Compose concisely, or despair!

Despite some stress, I found relief:
For here’s my poem - it’s ten lines brief!...

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Drawn to her chants
we run to her
rhythmic is her mood

in all her glory
we walk with her
fluid is her grace 

her steely blues
are dreamy today 
sharing spheres of giving light ~

meditative is our spirit and haunting is her song.


Susan Ashley  
August 16, 2018


~Second Place ~
Contest: April 2019 Premier 4, Max Ten Lines
Sponsor: Brian Strand...

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Breeze
Makes her
Feel well when
Drapery swell in
Air.
Soft touch
She a blush
He an ocean
Breeze


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N.B.The contest Poetic Palindrome requires to write two Lanternes  with the last word of
Lanterne one and first word of the second Lanterne should be one. That's why there are nine lines instead of ten lines

Dr. Ram Mehta
19-10-13...

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Work,
Trying
to succeed
in life's grand scheme.
Bills always out-weigh,
leaving me close to none.
I work hard for what I have,
electronics, toys for grown men.
Work is tolerable;.......... but mini
vacations help maintain my sanity..........

Etheree:
A poetry form that consists of ten lines of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 syllables.....

Jared Pickett
9/05/2009
Asavvy1...

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This is a modified Tritina to meet the requirements of the contest:Ten Lines Five Words.

We were pushing our luck
Thinking we could make Adelaide
The wind was hard abeam
Making a full hellish scream
New course need be struck
Fast decision must be made
For my ship the SeaMaid
Hard to port doth seem
The right thing now struck
Luck, make Adelaide hard abeam

12-26-17...

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your smile entranced me
as a spontaneous moment alights
to a rapport on first sight

in our daily stroll,our
words became a promise
embedded in our hearts-

mouths join,impassioned
soft sensuous lips,seek
in whispered words of love

my need of you




Ten lines Ten poems mostly
 from American Cinquain Collection/&Arrested moments/
&Grounding in love...

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In thickets of the heart
 Thorns with tears to impart
 Will make the willow weep
 Where pain is buried deep
 
 When moonlight frames love's dream
 By a gently flowing stream
 Winds with tears of sorrow
 Will leave heartache for tomorrow
 And beneath the starry sky
 The willow tree will cry
                    --
 1-13-18
 Contest: Ten Lines Five Words- Rhyme II
 Sponsor: Laura Loo...

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A picturesque bed of flowers
but you shined the most
Strong, beautiful, vivid and zestful
A golden soul so restful
The envious angels picked you.
Sad tears glowed like raindrops
The garden became a corpse
Snatched abruptly from this life
Alone as an abandoned beehive
Only comforted with memories alive
17-03-2018

~2ND Place~
Contest: Ten Lines, Five Words III
Sponsor: Laura Loo
Judged: 03/21/2018...

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Love,
Magic,
That is what 
Is in the air.
Tonight, while the bride
Walks down the isle to her
Awaiting groom. Her lips twist
upwards into a smile so sweet.
How could he be so lucky, as to
get a bride as beautiful as she is.

Note:
The Etheree form consists of ten lines. The first line has one syllable, The second has two, 
and so on and so forth. The poem will in end will have fifty-five syllables....

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I walk in the garden with the Lord alone
and feel his great love, everlasting and true
with compassion and grace, He calls me His own
my Savior, my Refuge, in Him I am new

I admire the garden, the beauty within
the hope of eternity, freedom from sin
the birds fall silent, hearing His song of love
my time in the garden, like hope from a dove

TEN lines max,any theme/form contest (Brian Strand)
Honorable Mention...

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We’d come back from the airport
And as she walked through the door, she inhaled deeply
Then she took a few breaths more
With a sparkle in her eye, she turned around and smiled
“Oh, Mama…this is what we smell like!”

I looked at her in confusion
Daddy didn’t know what to say
She just twirled around and said, 
“This is the smell of home.”

For Skat's Home Sweet Home Contest
A reworked older write to fit under ten lines...

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