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Dietary Shortcomings

An aardvark went looking for bugs,
but he found, to consume, only slugs:
he pondered his luck,
and soliloquised, “Yuck!
No wonder that people do drugs!”

Categories: shortcomings, food,
Form: Limerick

Ivans Shortcomings

Imperfect indifferent ineffective Ivan Inglebritzen
Was wistfully, wildly, wantonly weird at work.
Not indispensable, but rather despicable, desperate and diabolical.
Cautious co-workers candidly discussed dozens of Ivan’s idiotic decisions.
Determined to alert Alvin, our alluring but not attentive boss.
Bernie, Beaver and Betty bellowed about his shoddy shortcomings.
Providing proof of Ivan’s problematic predictably imperfect performances.
astute assessments failed on prideful, persnickety,

Categories: shortcomings, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Alliteration

Shortcomings

In that moonlit night, 
A nude picture hangout bares
My bemoaning eyes, 
Showing raindrops. 
Soul searching eyes, 
Picking flowers and drinking wines
Haunt me in the valleys of dreams, 
Images that last forever. 
Ripples of beer in thin air, 
I squandered my time. 
Ever the same, 
In that blue horizon
I'll search and wait.

Categories: shortcomings, analogy, beauty, imagination, uplifting,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Shortcomings

If one doesn't like being criticized for his shortcomings in life 

let him find a way to eliminate them and thus end the strife! 









© Demetrios Trifiatis
     12 August 2020

Categories: shortcomings, introspection, judgement,
Form: Couplet

Shortcomings

So I looked at my friends, listed a mile long
And to no one can I sing my sad somber song
You’re the only one that cares about what I say
But who am I to complain, or to feel this way
In the gloomiest night, upon that dark sky
I wished my problems would leave me and fly
Fly, far

Categories: shortcomings, childhood, growing up, growth,
Form: Rhyme

Shortcomings

Spotlight shining on the deficiencies of another,
Only momentarily takes the focus from our own.
If the focal point is forever on a sister or brother,
We've no time to monitor how ours have grown.

Categories: shortcomings, character, self,
Form: Lyric

Shortcomings Defeated

O, how I can irritate some, so many shortcomings.
There's more than one.
Smoking, drinking, my language can be foul.
The cracking of knuckles, at times lazy is found.
Depressive moods, no dishes will be done.
If looks could kill, by now I would of killed no one.

Because with all my flaws, as plenty as they seem.
My compassion and love,

Categories: shortcomings, judgement,
Form: Lay

My Shortcomings

Being made of fragile sensibility 
I relish being lost in my own creativity
Why, I even relish sharing it with the world
Such does make me feel like I am a special girl

But I am in all also made of shortcomings
They do take me to more than causing some disturbing
I do interact with difficulty
With those who do

Categories: shortcomings, identity, introspection,
Form: Narrative

My Shortcomings

MY SHORTCOMINGS ARE OVERWHELMING - HOWEVER MY STRENGTHS ARE DEFEATING THEM - POETRY CONTEST

I stood there,
...slowly...
I removed my clothes...
you could tell that my date who was 
about to see me naked for the first time 
was...was...well...EXCITED!
I was worried she would slide off her seat.

shirt?
gone!
sexy...

pants?
gone!
sexy...

one piece
long underwear?

an obvious crowd pleaser
I did not time it
but it was a long time
for

Categories: shortcomings, humorous,
Form: Narrative

The Shortcomings of Genius

Athletes of intellect ponder difficult questions
Cortex’s quiver to cerebral suggestions
A genius theorises with a deepening frown
Well, how come my toast always lands face down?

Quantum conundrums confoundingly dreary  
Cynical scientists dismiss a new theory
A mastermind clutches his head in distress 
Well, if a crab has no shell, is it naked or homeless?

Wisdom, the child of

Categories: shortcomings, funny, science,
Form: Rhyme