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The Short Line (SL)
This forum is for posting short form poetry for comment and critique. You may find resource material on these and other forms in the "Poetic Forms" forum. Please post no more than two (2) poems per day and comment on at least two others for each one you post. (Moderator: Normpo)
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formalist senryu
Mme Holiness
barks out her rules - dogma's a pregnant dog Started Feb 28th, 2011 at 10:17pm by Just_Daniel |
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Mar 3rd, 2011 at 12:05am By: davidf |
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50-billion air (faux-ku)
50-billion air
Bernard made off with peter'd portfolios toupée apaul'd © MLee Dickens’son 17 Dec 2008 Started Dec 17th, 2008 at 6:32pm by Just_Daniel |
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Jan 6th, 2009 at 4:55am By: Merrimuse |
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A Broken Family
The wall had crumbled
The light flickering in pain Homeless angels cry Started Aug 9th, 2009 at 3:01am by Jan |
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Aug 17th, 2009 at 8:22pm By: Just_Daniel |
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a dickens of a cinquain...
detail of two setees: once loud in the Bastille can now not see so far a head to speak © MLee Dickens'son 29 April 2008 Started Apr 29th, 2008 at 3:39pm by Just_Daniel |
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May 2nd, 2008 at 8:17pm By: Lucy |
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a familiar refrayin' [huitain]
a familiar refrayin'
I'm losing myself in writing again though my scribbling so far is but drivel. It's easier now with somewhat less pain while I'm trying to make my fat shrivel.<... Started Apr 11th, 2012 at 4:21pm by Just_Daniel |
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May 10th, 2012 at 1:00am By: Terry |
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A Little Sunshine
Keep a little sunshine in your life
and don't forget to pray give the Lord your utmost thanks that He gave you today. ~Davidf Started Jul 6th, 2009 at 12:56am by davidf |
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Aug 9th, 2009 at 3:19am By: davidf |
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A Perfect World
Lord, grant me a perfect world
Where the sun will always shine I'm sure that you can do it, Lord If you can turn water into wine. ~Davidf Started Sep 25th, 2011 at 2:08pm by davidf |
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Oct 4th, 2011 at 1:56am By: davidf |
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a rose
a rose velvet petals each one softly floating in a slightly warm summer breeze; they dance with untouchable melody... what silent beauty when I watched their dance..... another attempt at rictameter slightly revised, see daniel's suggestions... Started Feb 12th, 2007 at 2:52pm by percephanie (Ex Member) |
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Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am By: percephanie - Ex Member |
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A Silly Poem
Bees buzz around
Butterflies flutter If honeybees make honey Do butterflies make butter? ~Davidf Started Feb 28th, 2009 at 4:28am by davidf |
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Jun 3rd, 2009 at 1:46am By: davidf |
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A tick stuck tween teeth 1. (REVISION 05/15/07)
Trees thick as boulders
wrap around my hiding place. Rapids interject. _________________________________________ (Original) Trees thick as boulders wrap around my hiding... Started Apr 28th, 2007 at 5:45am by dwgpoet (Ex Member) |
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Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am By: dwgpoet - Ex Member |
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Oct 8th, 2008 at 3:07am By: Lin |
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A WRITER WRITES
I seem to have writing on the front burner lately.
A WRITER WRITES A writer writes and hopes that somewhere, sometime, a reader reads. For only with those other eyes, c... Started Jan 18th, 2009 at 7:51am by writer |
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Jan 19th, 2009 at 8:48pm By: writer |
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ABC Poem (Procrastination)
Life
mortal life never stopping for a moment on its relentless move forward punishes those who procrastinate. Started Oct 18th, 2011 at 3:48pm by sunilmathur |
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Mar 25th, 2012 at 11:59am By: WildCityWoman |
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AFC senryu...
Brady Bunch
beaches San Diego Phoenix flight © MLee Dickens'son 20 Jan 2008 Started Mar 21st, 2008 at 8:57pm by Just_Daniel (Ex Member) |
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Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am By: Terry - Ex Member |
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Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member |
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Alcor - Mizar -- A Rictameter
Alcor - Mizar My love, When you’d left me, I'd always reach and grab a slice of moon and hold it close. For all those years, I’d roll the stars like dice, and p... Started Mar 9th, 2007 at 4:04am by Normpo |
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Jan 1st, 1970 at 12:00am By: Just_Daniel - Ex Member |
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All-American 'ku
it isn't the same
storeboght brands just don't compare to Mom's apple pie ~Davidf (I'm sure this could be shortened -- but I'll leave that you'all). Started Apr 19th, 2009 at 2:37am by davidf |
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Apr 19th, 2009 at 3:38pm By: writer |
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Almost Spiritual
Recipient of a gardeners soft touch,
a garden grows with love... to be seen, to provide, to enjoy; itself, is the tenderest tender. Started Mar 12th, 2010 at 9:14pm by Terry |
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May 18th, 2010 at 12:44am By: Amrot |
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AMERICA...Still Free
AMERICA...Still Free
The essence of her aroma...causes me to breathe in uncontrolled gasps reaching out to her so.. she will know that i am part of her spewed from her womb as a... Started Feb 8th, 2009 at 2:40pm by Wordmaster77 |
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Mar 28th, 2009 at 11:30pm By: davidf |
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An Acrostic for David
Moved this one to SONNETS thread ...
Started Mar 25th, 2012 at 12:05pm by WildCityWoman |
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Apr 11th, 2012 at 1:05pm By: Just_Daniel |
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an autumn haiku
A cool autumn breeze
brings a tingle to my skin -- thank you for the kiss Started Sep 23rd, 2009 at 3:16am by randy |
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Sep 25th, 2009 at 7:25pm By: randy |
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Another Cinquain - Moving Forward?
I found this amongst my archives and thought to share. This was before I married again as my last name is now Reinhart. Was feeling philosophical one night and penned the following: ... Thanks for reading, Dolly Started Dec 4th, 2008 at 8:37am by Merrimuse |
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Dec 15th, 2008 at 2:39pm By: Just_Daniel |
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Another Tetractys - Daniel says FOM - Yea!
The Original
Thoughts like rain keep coming if you want them or whether you don't ... can't stop rain, either. ( I live in the rainy, rainy Willamete Valley of Oregon, USA) Thanks for stopping by... Started Dec 4th, 2008 at 8:46am by Merrimuse |
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Dec 15th, 2008 at 2:41pm By: Just_Daniel |
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At the dock
I tried fishing for a poem
But the muse just wasn't biting It's all right, I'll just tell the tale Of the epic that got away. ~Davidf Started Dec 17th, 2009 at 4:52am by davidf |
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Apr 15th, 2010 at 6:51pm By: Constance |
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