I've been missing the poetry threads, so I thought I'd go ahead and make a new one This time around, I wanted to see if anyone had favorite poems to share that are on the shorter side (1-8 lines). If you do... share them here!
I'll share a few short ones to start:
The Sickness Unto Death Jerry Newman
Death's emissary came And said, "Why not?" I hesitated a fateful second -- and was caught.
a total stranger one black day e.e. cummings
a total stranger one black day knocked living the hell out of me
who found forgiveness hard because my(as it happened)self he was
--but now that fiend and i are such immortal friends the other's each
A little more kindness, a little less creed, A little more giving, a little less greed.
I clicked other. I enjoy writing poetry. I don't do it often, and I have nothing currently that fits into this thread (length wise). But I like to write poetry that is has visual emphasis on what it says. (For example, I have a poem that goes from emotional high, to low, to high again that is written in a V shape.) I don't have the technical knowledge to put something like that in a format like this.
General Review of the Sex Situation By Dorothy Parker
Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman's moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but in her lord; Count to ten, and man is bored. With this the gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it?
@Mmart Nice! Thanks for balancing out my darker poems with a more optimistic one
@creedhands Very cool! You're right, though, only 8 lines + forum markdown limitations would be kind of a pain to work with for that style. I like writing poems too, but mine are kinda craptastic so I wouldn't share them here.
If you ever see a Sasquatch, Don’t run! Just watch.
A funny bird, the Pelican. Who’s beak can hold more, than his belly can.
Observation By Dorothy Parker
If I don't drive around the park, I'm pretty sure to make my mark. If I'm in bed each night by ten, I may get back my looks again, If I abstain from fun and such, I'll probably amount to much, But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
@admirer97_ These are really bloody cute!! I love em.
You know what, let me just balance out my darker poems with a few more light ones. I feel like I shouldn't have gone into this all doom and gloom.
Use Jerry Newman
What is the use of use when we would be children playing for pointless joy?
I Did Think, Let’s Go About This Slowly Mary Oliver (from her elegy to her partner)
I did think, let’s go about this slowly. This is important. This should take some really deep thought. We should take small thoughtful steps.
But, bless us, we didn’t.
In a Station of the Metro By Ezra Pound
The apparition of these faces in the crowd; petals on a wet, black bough.
Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes By Strickland Gillian
Adam Had 'em.
The one L lama, he’s a priest. The two L llama, he’s a beast. And I will bet a pair of silk pajamas, There’s no such thing as a three L lllama.
Daddy Moses shot the skunk. Mama Moses baked the skunk. And Holy Moses, how it stunk!
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
by Robert W. Service The Sceptic
My Father Christmas passed away When I was barely seven. At twenty-one, alack-a-day, I lost my hope of heaven. Yet not in either lies the curse: The hell of it's because I don't know which loss hurt the worse -- My God or Santa Claus.
Risk By Anais Nin
And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
I don't see the point in poetry. I don't think I'm clever enough to understand it, and that stops me from being able to enjoy it.
@FunCartel You're knocking it out of the park for me.
All night I could not sleep because of the moonlight on my bed. I kept on hearing a voice calling: Out of Nowhere, Nothing answered "yes."
~Zi Ye
The Madness of Love
The madness of love Is a blessed fate; And if we understood this We would seek no other: It brings into unity What was divided, And this is the truth: Bitterness it makes sweet, It makes the stranger a neighbor, And what was lowly it raises on high.
~Hadewijch of Antwerp
The morning glory! It has taken the well bucket, I must ask elsewhere for water.
~Chiyo-ni
@BuggleBear LOL you're definitely not alone - I see that the "I HATE POETRY" option on the poll is in the lead, at 37.50% I'm glad I included that one!
Reading it to myself or another, being read to, writing, teaching, so many joys from poetry - I couldn't choose just one.
@C_u_d_d_l_e_r Agreed! It's all wonderful. Sorry, for some reason I didn't think of the option "all of the above"
@pmvines
(Spoiler: mildly NSFW, dirty language)
The roses are wilted The violets are dead There be d*ck in the sugar And also, this thread
@pmvines @squeakytoy You guys crack me up.
Oh my gosh, one of my favorite topics. Soooooo many by the love of my life, Emily Dickinson. Too many to name here.
And I picked other because I equally enjoy the first three options on the poll.
A timely one by “unknown”
Spring is sprung, the grass is riz I wonder where the boidies is They say the boid is on the wing But that's absoid, the wing is on the boid!
@TheMidnightOwl I love Emily Dickinson! PLS SHARE
@Mmart Glad we can entertain
@CTCuddleGuy I recognize that one. I think I've hoid it before! Thanks, it made me smile.
There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he one day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died.
Author unknown
@Mmart Aw
Crowded Tub
There are too many kids in this tub There are too many elbows to scrub I just washed a behind that I'm sure wasn't mine There are too many kids in this tub.
This time around, I wanted to see if anyone had favorite poems to share that are on the shorter side (1-8 lines). If you do... share them here!