Short Whittle Away Poems

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Watch All Other Tv Stations

Watch All Other TV Stations

Except FOX, all other news TV Stations watch,
Because all up things Fox does seem to botch;
Whittle away,
Night and day;
More irritation caused when Fox carved a notch.

Jim Horn
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Form: Limerick


Groovin' On Rondelets

Groovin’ on Rondelets,
I find this short form amusing and intriguing.
Groovin’ on Rondelets,
the hours whittle away, a person forgets
about necessities, like eating and sleeping.
It’s a silly kind of song that I keep singing,
“Groovin’ on Rondelets.”
Form: Verse

A Brand New Day

The beginning of a new day And I have a lot to say But there is no time to play Unfortunately I can not stay I must go away Only to return by the end of day With no delay I pray The time may whittle away But everything will be a-okay On this brand new day
3/17/2017
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Aging

This later time in life
I presume nothing;
no longer await with
joyful anticipation nor
fear – a year’s end
seems further out of 
reach, focused more
on the moment I can
whittle away.  Better
somehow live the present
regardless...reface what 
I can – for death has no 
future; love~ dimming
as memory.

Where I Need To Be

I can pretend, I'm at the beach
cool sea water, around my feet
sand that goes, for miles and miles
as I whittle away the hours

not a thought comes to mind
all my worries left behind
my clipboard left
on a very messy desk
right now it doesn't matter
I'm where I need to be
on the beach, the whispering sea
next to me
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse


Crazy In Rural Ohio

When lamps are lit,
thumb-downed farmers
smoke on their porch's,
whittle away a churning simmer
of angry ghosts.

Some bury the urge
to slip into insanity, some plant it.
Some clean shotguns long unused,
others go to bed fuming.
A few walk into the dark
following a slow burn.

In county towns,
stone asylums are erected
to contain the fires.

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