Two Liner Poems | Examples


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Giving Up On Poetry

I can’t seem to find the right key
To write this poetry
Love is good and hate is bad
Which one should I choose

One liner or two liner
How do you choose
Rim Rhyme or chime
To many choices to choose

10 Syllables and Punctuation
What is it and where do they go
I don’t know
This poetry is to confusing to me

Words I spell look good to me
But it always seems to have 
The wrong meaning for me
Poetry or Me which one do I choose

Inspired by: One of Chris Poems

Premium Member Spread Your Wings

Spread your wings and take a chance,
fully partake of life's ephemeral dance.

Don't give in to doubts and fears,
or you'll be left with regrets and tears.

3/19/17
For Brian Strand's March 2017 any theme two liner contest.

Premium Member Tales of Tiddles

Tiddles didn’t really like the new cat food

Fussy 
Pussy

The result of the new cat food

Tiddles
Piddles 

BUT THEN ….

Squitty
Kitty

Tiddles returns from a long walk in the rain

Soggy 
Moggy


Contented Cat when towel dried

Purry
Furry


Any theme two liner – March 2017 Standard Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand

03~18~17


Empty Tadpoles

Thoughts drown an innocuous man, found pondering about an empty tide pool.
And 
Tad poles think about life above all else when thee light shows its radiant rays of ascertained enumeration.

3/18/16
Two-liner contest entry

Wisdom

Yesteryear's tears unshed
       emerge as pearls 

Standard contest March 2017 any form any theme two liner

Premium Member Adamina and Everitt

Adamina and Everitt 

Her rib it was before the Master lost the plot in evil Eden
when Bella Donna Adamina handed the fruit to her man

Deadly nightshade Everitt sensed he did not take God’s bate
‘I know my place she fights for women’s equal chances here’

Hell came first before the hedonistic pastures but the story
was fake narrative propaganda misconstrued representation

Wishbones candy apples fortune cookies when she climbed
his mountain unperturbed by twisted concubine conceptions

No blasphemous satanic verse but pages turned the roller coaster
and history of world ensued with passion’s flowers blooming large


18 March 2017

Narrative Two-liner Quintet from the Ministry of Truth


Two-Liner

Guy walks into a bar 'n' says to the tender
"I'm thirsting for repartee...gimme a
double entendre 'n' make it quick"

"I won't...my mind's made up"
came the instant reply.

Guy's eyes go blank for a moment,
he swallows slowly, finally he spurts
"WOW! that was great...
really refreshing, thanks friend"
as he put coin on the bar and 
turned to walk out.

© Goode Guy 2013-09-06

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