Timer Poems | Examples

Sand Timer

If I held all of the world in the palm of my hand
and it was in my gift to give or to take, or share
I would give it all to halt the trickle of the sand,
indeed, myself, for without you, life is hard to bear.

Good Timer

Ant
Growing
In the line
Of Discipline
To earn the life's goal
Hard work in time
Judge the worth
Of each
Stitch


©Mahtab Bangalee

Sand Timer

Complacency is like a sand timer,
each grain a moment slipping 
through, a slow trickle of 
potential, filling the void 
of inaction, until the last 
grain falls, and we 
find ourselves in 
the stillness, 
staring at the 
empty glass,
haunted by 
the echoes 
of time gone,
wondering 
where our 
dreams 
have 
fad
ed

THREE MINUTES OF WHIMSY

Three minutes to let the words take flight,
I set the timer, heart racing with delight.
Thoughts scatter like seeds on the breeze,
Each one a whisper, aiming to please.

Tick, tick, the seconds pulse in my mind,
Ideas tumble and whirl, a treasure to find.
A mountain of dreams, a river of fears,
Words pouring like rain, washing the years.

What if I wrote about sunsets ablaze,
Or whispered sweet nothings in an endless gaze?
What if I painted the echoes of laughter,
Or chased after shadows, just what comes after?

The timer is ticking, my heart starts to race,
Each word that I write, a step in this chase.
Emotions unwrapped like gifts on a stand,
In this fleeting moment, I take a bold stand.

Natural Lifetime Timer

time on the wall
ruthlessly marks my life
device sans  advance or delay my attains

I'm Sick of Life On a Timer

I'm sick of living my life on a timer
It restarts daily, but it ticks forevermore
There's only one solution to the timer
But it's not available to me

They can't see why I hate the timer
They think the time on it is enough

Sometimes they ask why I need the time
They say, "If the timer bothers you, stop taking the time!"
"We don't take the time. So we don't have a timer. Look at us!"
Oh how I wish it were that simple
They have no timer, but they have all the time
They don't need to take it
They were born with it

I hate my timer

A Hip Old Timer

A hip old-timer in Bowling Green
somehow thinks he’s still seventeen
His hair’s Brill Cream slick
He thinks Gidget’s his chic
And he’s sure he’s the next James Dean

2/10/22

Kitchen Timer Inspiration

i set the kitchen timer
and attempt to beat the clock
it is the only way i can do things mundane

weirdly when the timer goes off
i reset it and begin the next banal task
in the throes of it, I glare at the timer

However, I have to reset it a third, fourth, and maybe a tenth time
to keep going
If there is one thing I despise it is
cleaning, dusting, washing clothes, and paperwork.

The timer is my only inspiration.

Two-Timer

There was once a two-timer named Drew
  He got caught by his bride to be Sue
         Greeted him with a whack
          Turning his left eye black
Then she eloped with his best mate Stew




















Alexis Y.
01/14/2021

Two Timer

Can we say once as in once upon a time
or do we now say one
I am no longer speaking
I'm busy learning how to mime.

I find it so confusing
and taxing to my brain
I don't think it's amusing
The fact is it's insane

Why have things changed so
It isn't very nice
We are now to say two times
What was wrong with twice

Egg Timer Poem

This teacher demanded i write on cue..
put art through an egg timer
 she forgot about the soul
how inspiration comes in star bursts
not pulled through the throat..

the egg timer is tipped over
the pencil sleeps in the slot
nothing but sand and egg on paper
what did she expect
Michelangelo or Seurat!

A Magic Timer Please

I would like a magic timer please
To turn all the fairy tale frogs back into princes.
And a sparkly gold and silver money tree
To plant in the backyard and share with the neighbors.

I would like a pink pony with a unicorn horn,
Ribbons in her main, with a smart red carriage.
Decorated with roses and sunflowers.
You can sit in it while I roar past in my fire engine clanging the horn.

Once Upon a Timer

If we had fifty seconds to live
what would you tell me?

Would you use me as a vessel of confessions
or would you tell me things you once wished only I knew
Would you cry to your aunt,
apologizing for not kissing her last Thanksgiving?
Or would you apologize to me,
for crushing my heart a million years ago?

Would you scream and beg for more time
Or would you hold my hand
convince me that you are happy to die by my side?
Would you kiss me for lust in your final moments 
or would you give me time to empty my soul

Would you lie
and say you always have loved me?

I guess I'll never know
I have much more 
than fifty seconds.
I have the rest of my life
to fight the memory of you.

Walk With Me Always - the Egg Timer Style

~ Walk With Me Always ~
( Egg Timer )



Come with me Darling
And hold my hand
Walk  always 
With me
Love
Love
With me
Walk  always 
And hold my hand
Come with me Darling

~0~

And hold me so tight
Give me a kiss
Two three four
I want
More
More
I want
Two three four
Give me a kiss 
And hold me so tight

~0~

Come with me my love
We'll dance love kiss
Neath the moon
All night
Long
Long
All night
Neath the moon
We'll dance love kiss
Come with me my love



Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2017




December.10.2018





“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” 
- Mark Twain 




~ Author's Notes:

The 'Egg Timer' is a poetry form or style created by Erich J. Goller.

Come With Me Darling - the Egg Timer Style

~ Come  With  Me  Darling ~
( Egg Timer )




Come with me Darling
And hold my hand
Walk always 
With me
Love
Love
With me
Walk always 
And hold my hand
Come with me Darling

~0~

And hold me so tight
Give me a kiss
Two three four
I want
More
More
I want
Two three four
Give me a kiss 
And hold me so tight

~0~

Come with me my  Love
We'll dance love kiss
Neath the moon
All night
Long
Long
All night
Neath the moon
We'll dance love kiss
Come with me my  Love.




Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
copyright@2017




September.07.2018





“Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” 
- Mark Twain 





~ Author's Notes:

The 'Egg Timer' is a poetry form or style created by Erich J. Goller.

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