Slight Poems - Poems about Slight

I shook my head as I walked away Rebuking my demons, keeping them at bay My mind wandered back to a time before When such a slight would have been cause for war ...

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I was sad today Never gave it away Every smile more fake than the last Every interaction so fast I want to be alone in my depression zone Face aches from muscle strain My search for happy in vain Stop my tears with coughs and giggles Stuck in sad so far from the middle Born to be sad I won’t get mad Nothing good in life I understood No...

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Written: September 25, 2023 No 1244 New Poem Only Contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand ____________________________________________________________ We must follow your rules, all I can say. Every poet is a fool, but I excel someday. No justification needed—view my book Not everyone who writes poetry is a kook. (Only...

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Shakespearean Slight Doth have five children father of three, the other two belong to me. By Josehf Lloyd Murchison...

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Violets rising a garden-friendly placid flower, Purple iris kaleidoscope eyes stain the grass, They bud in fall and spring, but not in summer, Stir in the yarn breaks amid fresh Narcissus. Purple iris kaleidoscope eyes stain the grass, Choir of home fowl peep to the sparkly leaf, Stir in the yarn breaks amid fresh Narcissus, Cerise dahlia swings in the east...

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I have no shoes shall we dance; I don't gamble shall we play a game of chance; I have a pet aardvark should I feed him ants; I have vertigo am I in a trance; 3/4/22 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2022...

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The Slight Light of the Moon David J Walker Everyone is in Everyone is done Everyone under the sun is in the same boat It’s a big boat It’s a tugboat It’s a lifeboat That won’t float On Solipsism’s alone It’s an Oceanliner the color of October with a canoe And an outboard motorboat Lost on an ocean stretching As far...

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The brakes squeak and the car hisses….. a puncture The spare tyre replaced the engine revs again the journey continues. Bite Size Poem #31 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Line Gauthier...

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The Light of Slight Sensibilities David J Walker I see the slight variation of Light illuminating translucent Patterns pressed from the etching Of each and every today Time fades away It is the Mise-en-scène of predictabilities It is the delicate film flying across the jagged Lens lighted by frail fallibilities It is the Alpha and Omega looped in Small chains of...

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I sense it is impossible to rhyme in this journey and that even with a poem searching for words something is lost Is it found in the breath slowly with the slightest force should we name it the Force or is it a lightness that joins with the smallest molecules atoms is that what I am and you and the us anything else if...

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Adversity was thus proven to be unusually anomalous. I went out of my way to watch the stunning sunrise. spirit had not worn, or body had gone to a sarcophagus Adversity was thus proven to be unusually anomalous. I've lost my ability to analyze insights, but I can still visualize. My spirit recognizes that it will yearn for...

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After a downpour a cheerful rainbow After a snowfall nary a snow-bow Snow's slight ~ Nature's oversight...

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ice skating was not his dear wife’s forte, so he bought her membership for birthday, she started with a skid and fall, view of her crotch was free for all, “ dear”, said he, “if you need nickers, please just say!” 10,10,8,8,10 limerick with rhyme of 1,2,5 line and 3,4th line! 2nd placement Sponsor Tania Kitchin Written 28/12/2020...

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He lost her that night. Before- Weeks after school and weekends, weather or not, they had built the fort- strong, Indian proof. Father had provided a tarp. and his father’s High Standard Sport 22 pistol for wild animals. The woods behind the fort were near the old highway used by hunters, vagrants occasionally. Mostly deer. Mother could see the fort’s flag which she had sewn, from her kitchen window. Part...

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Religion splitting hairs, threatens war through friction, Science splitting atoms, stopping fallout using fission. By David Kavanagh DU-O your two line Poetry Contest Sponsored by Brian strand 15/11/20 No placement...

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