Small Poems

[SmilingLez]

His empty chair waits.
Food grows cold on the table.
He will not return.

 

[VoraciousValue]

Interview​

By Dorothy Parker

The ladies men admire, I’ve heard,
Would shudder at a wicked word.
Their candle gives a single light;
They’d rather stay at home at night.
They do not keep awake till three,
Nor read erotic poetry.
They never sanction the impure,
Nor recognize an overture.
They shrink from powders and from paints.
So far, I’ve had no complaints.

Love Dorothy Parker! I'm more a fan of her wisecracks.

Answering the phone "What fresh hell is this?" is one of the most hysterical lines ever.

 

[Dave2206]

Seven

Seven deadly sins arranged upon the convent floor
Seven ways to come apart and then be nevermore
Gather round dear Ladies and quite carefully choose your vice
And when it’s done we’ll see if you are sugar or are spice.

 

[SmilingLez]

Autumn

leaves fall like skin shed
 i watch the maples undress
 into crimson heat
 my body aches with the weight
of all this beauty dying slow

 

[tristantrotsky]

today I watched an old slow man
walking an old slow dog,
both of them trying to walk
more slowly than the other...

 

[sirhugs]

today I watched an old slow man
walking an old slow dog,
both of them trying to walk
more slowly than the other...

each trying to walk the other

 

[tristantrotsky]

each trying to walk the other

HaHa! These are little vignettes, poignant and amusing at the same time...

 

[sirhugs]

HaHa! These are little vignettes, poignant and amusing at the same time...

there are no small poems, just small words.

 

[tristantrotsky]

there are no small poems, just small words.

and digging in the dirt
unearths strange bones...

 

[sirhugs]

and digging in the dirt
unearths strange bones...

those strange bones
nearly rhyme with tomes

 

[tristantrotsky]

those strange bones
nearly rhyme with tomes

it's not necessary to stick with rhyme-schemes any more...

 

[sirhugs]

it's not necessary to stick with rhyme-schemes any more...

poems large or small
of any size at all
are free to be verse
is rhyming a curse?

 

[SmilingLez]

The GateKeeper isn't outside.
It lives in the pause,
in the part that says wait,
look again,
don’t wreck this
just because you can.

 

[sirhugs]

Form follows function
Or function is a function of form?
But what is the function of this form?
Should all verse be free?

 

[melimelissa]

Form follows function
Or function is a function of form?
But what is the function of this form?
Should all verse be free?

Perhaps all verse should be charged
With meanings, sentiments, distractions -
That way it could be free to enlarge
On functions too minor to mention

*moustique*

 

[Dave1010101]

Haiku-literation

Soft susurrations.
Gentle groans gifted gladly.
Manipulated....

#16

 

[butters]

October 5th, somewhere in America

a dry, slantwise rain
smatters the grass

70 and sunny
the perfect fall day

made even moreso
by sips of English Breakfast tea

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

A Simple Question.


Why?


Why am I here?


Why was I there?


Why have I been anywhere?


Ever.


Why?


Why am I?


Why?


A simple question.

 

[Dave1010101]

Driving Miss Daisy

The first time was rushed, and experience lacking
The second time was better. Gentle. Relaxing
The third time was slow, exquisitely gorgeous
The fourth time was easy, soft but less cautious

The last time familiar, comfortable, mutual
The next time we'll certainly get out of neutral....

#17

 

[melimelissa]

HaHa! These are little vignettes, poignant and amusing at the same time...

Is a little vignette cute and coquette
To amuse, poignantly, in this way?
Should she regret each loving sucette
That is, of course, part of her play?

*moustique*

 

[butters]

ideas

a black cat grows grey
slipping into fog

an orange leaf cartwheels
across the sky

fresh cookies on a plate
only crumbs remain