Short Yardstick Poems

Short Yardstick Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Yardstick by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Yardstick by length and keyword.


Intelligence

Let intelligence be your currency, your wealth and your ambition,
Elect reasoning to be your yardstick, your goal and your religion.
© Bade Khunt  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member reality check

what is the way we look at other forms
do we feel God’s presence in each soul
or is gender, colour or age the yardstick
have we imbibed agape love scriptures extol
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member walrus tusks

Walrus tusks are longer than I thought
Length of a yardstick, new and store bought
Females' tusks are much longer; they serve as teeth
Sharper than a copper dagger in a leather sheaf
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member TOUCH OF THE MYSTERIOUS-:-

TOUCH OF THE MYSTERIOUS-:-
absurdly
  anonymous
attributes

realistically
rearranged
as a YARDSTICK
choosing
  effect
purely

implicitly
worked
in FASCINATING OPTICAL
superficial
 placed
pleasured

iconic
afterthought
Form: Other

Premium Member INSPIRATION CONFIRMED-:-

INSPIRATION CONFIRMED-:-
seeing
 feeling
understanding

integral
conceptions
of BEAUTY AS A YARDSTICK 
authentic
 integral
displaying

distinguished
motifs
in FIRST & THE FOREMOST
characteristic 
 vigour
formulated

civil
critiques
Form: Other


A Plate of Dreams

Nature offers me plates of dreams
The aromatic fragrance teases my appetite
I take with much gusto and hope, perhaps
They are my present yardstick
To the depths of tomorrow!

But how much do I take, for in the sun like
A mountain of ice away the dreams're melt?

Thank You for Your Attention to this Matter

The Russian sheep are sleazier,
the Greenland sheep are fatter:
Trump therefore finds it easier
to carry off the latter.

Do nations have existence,
or do they count for nada?
The yardstick – size, or distance,
or the biggest enchilada?

The standard – be the victim spent,
complaisant, even skittish,
suggests that, by your argument,
America’s still British!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Double Standard

Double Standard? Tom’s Opinion 4/29/2020 She makes charges, He denies. Fair minded people report the facts, but the national media is disingenuous, spinning everything to fit a narrative that often portrays their own viewpoint. Listening to the accuser has now become dependent upon what network is asking the question. Each person should be measured with the same yardstick!
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Judgement Day

If I'm to judge my own character,
    What do I use as a just yardstick ?
Can I rely on simple reflection, 
    Or use another gauge, that's just as quick ?

Will this evaluation be considered fair,
    If the answer returns with only praise ?
Or does it prove to be detrimental,
    Leaving my self-esteem to a foggy haze ?

This introspection is necessary,
    And even common among those to care.
Only to realize that others must weigh-in,
    For the scales to compare.
Form: Rhyme

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