Short Traditional Poems

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Premium Member Sweet Shots

Dessert
Hot double fudge
Chocolate, walnut, sweet
Good when shared with a friend or 
Lover

(Cinquain, traditional)
Form: Cinquain


Haiku

Sunkissed leaves gliding 
Breeze cushioning fall gently
Earth greets warm embrace.





( traditional haiku 5/7/5)
© Sam Raj  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Haiku: Traditional 18

autumn’s breath lingers,
witness perfume brushed woodlands
rainbow falls to earth


Brian Johnston
December 20, 2015
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Haiku: Traditional 20

stars felt, hands unseen
farmer brailles spring-drilled furrows
life saving compass

Brian Johnston
December 26, 2015
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Leaves Talking

through the eyes-
the fire whorled sugar maple
       speaks to the soul

    non-traditional haiku
         17 Sep 2016
© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Traditional Sayings

Traditional Sayings

Traditional sayings that are 
widely understood as 
being true clog the 
arteries of 
the strange.

Premium Member Clerihew Derain

Matisse colleague Andre Derain
known as a Fauvist in the main
Developed colour for modern art
but traditional for the best part
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Seconds

Seconds form every day swiftly or slowly pass as a droplet of water drips in time
Traditional Cinquain
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Trustful

Trustful
True reliance
Open invitation
Confidence poured into vessels
Loyal

~*~

For:  Catie's "Traditional Cinquain" Contest
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Mnemonic Alliteration

They
ar
not to
be sneezed at-
in traditional verse
Minday,dalily through Saturday
danger/stranger;letter/better;sorrow/tomorrow.
Form: Fibonacci

Premium Member Mud

mud, first sign of spring
earth's pudding bubbling with life
tiny buds simmer

2/24/2021

Spring Traditional Haiku poetry contest
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Traditional Cinquain One

Sexy
little nightie
hiding special places
revealed within his desire
rising



Non traditional subject written in traditional Cinquain form
Form: Cinquain

Gentle the Air's Hush

gentle the air's hush
undulating through earth's dome
after a raged storm


Traditional Haiku sponsored by Catie Lindsey
Set 20, 2016
© Rhoma Em  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Rainy Day Blues

bricks spent in Spring a scant leftover azure blue surplus 6/5/2017 non-traditional haiku 4/5/5 syllables
Form: Haiku

Masks

Masks cover faces
Hiding smiles we used to share
The world's mood darkens

6-2-20
Contest: Fresh Traditional Haiku
Sponsor : JCB Burl
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Green

green caterpillar pupates.... yellow swallowtail gardener's inner joy
non-traditional
Form: Haiku

Traditional Re Creation

A Chinaman had an "election"
That warranted public inspection
No one was fooled
Some ladies drooled
And promptly applied their affection.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member -first Love-

first love
unexpected
emotionally charged
the outside world an afterthought 
just us


12/04/2011


Contest: Traditional Cinquain 
10th Place
Form: Cinquain

Haiku On Probabilities

Frog leaps into pond
Ripples warp serene thoughts
Reflection of me






Based on a traditional eastern 
Format of  5/7/5  syllables , 3 lines
© Sam Raj  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Life As Seen By a Caterpillar

A simple green life

Thank goodness I don't wear shoes

Soon I'll be air-borne



Sorry, not a traditional haiku,
but I couldnt resist
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Spring Butterflies

fair dandelions
vision swaddle in rain drops
comely butterflies 

3/27/2021
Poetry Contest: Spring Haiku traditional form
  Tania Kitchin
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Spring Habit

plain and naked oaks
white-out-green on ev’ry branch —
neighbors disappear

2/23/2021
Spring Traditional Haiku
Sponsor: Malabika Choudhury
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Scarecrow

golden harvest moon
    illuminates the night sky --
       a scarecrow keeps watch

9/20/16
For Catie Lindsey's Traditional Haiku contest.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Time To Dine

renard slyly skulks in the leafy undergrowth success… dinnertime! Renard - traditional french word for fox 27th May 2015
Form: Haiku

Space Age Junk

Mind in need of fresh air
I took a walk in the park
Littered in space age junk


Sponsor: Shadow Hamilton
Contest Name: Traditional Haiku #2
Form: Haiku

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