Short Zilch Poems

the saddest thought -
to have lived for naught...

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winter or summer,

Nastiness times; costs, one  zilch.'

Millstone eternal you!


Joe Maverick....

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I dance in my house, ballroom, and red floor
I swing, hip hop, fiercely slam…
But I’m good at none, zilch

Russell Sivey...

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the Birds will battle
zilch in Seattle

Red Sox Cubs Dodgers
no Jolly Rodgers

Post Season begins
lets watch see who wins...

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Why is it... the ones who have nothing worth reading
                       are the ones who use the most words 
                       from a Thesaurus to convey zilch?...

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A beggar cannot dare expect fabulous gifts.
His impolite joshing keeps logical men nervous.
Old panhandlers quite regularly start to upbraid virtuous women.
X-rateds yield zilch....

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Annoying brother can't drop explaining,
Fun game helpfully inspiring jokes,
King lends more notice offering people questions,
Reality sets truth,
Understanding varies,
Waning xiz,
Yielding zilch....

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Green leprechauns already know
There's zilch at ends of a rainbow 
So to own and hold
Pots of silver and gold   
Is the way to have lots of dough

Author's note: The color of leprechauns is significant here!...

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Apples
become
cider,
Dragons
emit 
fire,
Ghosts
haunt 
Inns,
Jealousy
kills 
Love,
Moons
naturally
orbit,
Police
question
revelers,
Stars
twinkle
uniquely;
Various
worrisome
Xrays
yield
zilch!...

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All bombs cause destruction exemplifying 
fanatic ghastly heartless infamous
jar, kindling loathe, machination nefarious 
operations pitilessly quashing
rabid sanguineous tyranny, uncivilized violence, 
warlike xenophobia, yielding zilch!...

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Brandee
Writer, loving, sister, friend
Daughter of Hylar and Gladstone
Lover of Jesus, family, and good food
Who feels hope, stress, and blessed
Who fears, zero, zip, and zilch
Who would like to see the Statue of Liberty
Resident of Tucker, Georgia
Augustus...

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Agog 

bemusement careened

dreamed enchantment

first gaze, hoped in jeopardy 

keeling lust made nectarine offer piquant...

quagmire’s ruse stirred 

torturing umber veins

Wife X-tenuations…

Yellow-bellied zilch!

(1/14/2019: '89 Irwin 38; Brisbane)...

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The Christmas tree was brightly lit
 But the star on top someone forgot
 But that's not all they did omit
 St Nick must have been in on the plot
 Because, zilch, that is what I got
                        --
 10/7/17
 Contest: It's the End of the Forms Series
 Sponsor : Broken Wings...

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we shouldn't 
    dread failure;
    it's not death. 

 though humbling;
     stings a tad, 
       it teaches 

     great lesson; 
    we learn zilch 
    from success.


Date written: 02/27/2023...

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Tin Man

Stoop shouldered,
head down,
shuffling.
Just “kicking the can”
down the road.
Casting no shadow,
lost in a lie’s
intransigence,
following
the tinny sound
of an empty can.


10/5/2017

submitted to – It’s The End Of The Forms Series – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Broken Wings

theme - ZILCH...

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Some days I work so hard to get

my name on a winners' list, yet

it might end up for naught.

Zilch, that is what I got.

But was it still worth it? YOU BET!


Oct. 6, 2017 for 'It's The End Of The Forms Series' Poetry Contest
Thanks, Broken Wings, and all the contest sponsors who inspire me to write....

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Mindlessly meandering, lost in a cloud, this creature so pitiful, 
Unto the shell retreating, seeing ghosts though there is none;
Zilch! nothing is truly new to his endless, tiresome monotone
Akin to conversing with his own solitary reflection on the wall;
Kiddo, wake up, there is more to life than constantly whining....

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"Vi træffes der, min Ven!" Solvejgs sang*

once after eons
we'll meet there again my friend -
time's zilch for lovers 

9/3/2019
Maureen McGreavy’s Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Favorite song: Solveig's Song by Edvard Grieg 
https://youtu.be/n3SyreMN7y8

* (nor.) "We'll meet there again, my friend!" Solveig's Song...

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Nothing Is Risk Proof
Miracle man
2/5/2024

“When knowing Zilch, or very little about financial matters,
resist the urge to ask a uninvested family member
for advice. They probably know even less 
than you, and after all, it’s not their
 money, and the consequences 
for bad advice, costs
 them nothing.”
Tom

...

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Boots in air 
an elite brain hangs out
from the tall tears.

It does not search an exit.
Time moves out
with a murder in eyes.

Leading a spartan life
in a lair, in tune
with absolutely zilch.

A sexy mouth mimes 
for a glittering tree.
Parakeets were coming in swarms.

Can you believe, he was
in a hit list
of a gliding moon ?



Satish Verma...

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A vacuum wanders down the stairs. 
I tell some folk, but no one cares.
It staggers by without a thought.
I contemplate its being… not.

It vanishes, leaves ne’er a clue.
While saying zilch, as vacuums do.

Reflecting back upon the scene,
my eyes were sharp, my mind was keen.
I sensed my heart had not a care,
And then surmised, ‘twas nothing there.
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A lifeless life
dawns through my eyes…
with nothing but wrongs
and no birds in flight
the trees are bare
the wind is zilch
there’s a common wisp in the air
that makes the
oceans lie flat
grass won’t grow
diamonds are coal.
Amber is the dust
of the crust
where the gold 
dies and cries…
Fires cremate
but won’t create…
Fables are fibs
and absence…
is our new…
Light....

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Without values life may whop
And you cannot even yawp
As the destiny may strop
A valueless person nonstop.
If your values from life lop
It is zilch and make you fop –
Fop – a man with concern atop
For dress than character prop.
Without values we may drop;
Cannot stand or walk; sit or hop.
So respect values that clearly mop
All bad, illicit or forbidden crop....

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I will go on diet
I’ll purchase products with zilch fats and calories
at markets

Vegies only
Drink coke zero from groceries
Solely!

Less meal
No more pantries
Nil!

I will go on diet
Drink coke zero from groceries
Nil!



April 19,2022 12.24am




Let's Minichu on zero
Contest Judged:  5/8/2022 3:47:00 AM
Sponsored by: Mohan Chutani 
Place 9 (10 w)...

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An aardvark ambling about ate ants
beside bubbling bountiful
cascades churning
down.
Eventually, eating exhausted,
finding ferns
gently grasping
his head, he
just jumped ...
kerplop! killing
little languishing
microbes mating
nearby.
Once, out on
picturesque plains
queerily quiet,
raking roots,
(sometimes standing 
tall to take the
ultimate
view) various
wormy woods were
xamined
yielding ...
zilch....

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