Short 10 Lines Poems

brightly turning leaves
autumn sweeps both hill and dell. . . 
imagery’s harvest 


For Brian Strand's Contest: A POESY any theme/form max 10 lines...

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Without paper and pen
Thoughts through my head
Like raindrops falling
Never to be seen again


Written 10/13/2015
Contest: 10 lines or less
Sponsor: Rob Carmack...

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she holds to her eyes

two lovely white daisies

window dressings

that conceal

a sullied soul


For PD's Photograph #1 -under 10 lines- Contest...

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midnight bell...
the short hand of my wall clock
is missing


© kash poet 2012
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Placement:1st;(Feb.2012)

Contest:Short Verse maxm. 10 lines

Sponsor:Brian Strand...

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No color
No numbers
No heaven
No hell
No God
No wants
No tense
No sense?
Know presence
Know happiness






20 words 10 lines  free verse
Cultural insights from remote Piraha Amazon tribe...

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double tetractys

We've Only Just Begun, wedding staple,
like brides and grooms
musicians, 
poets
bond.

Add
brilliant
performers,
the Carpenters,
and a simple tune becomes a classic. 


written May 19, 2017
10 lines...

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Fair dawn calls

touching pale flesh, that

reminds me

to wake sparks

doused by threadbare night’s  lament--

till rays sun-dance eyes




Any Poem Under 10 Lines
Sponsor: SKAT
by nette onclaud
Poetic Form: shadorma...

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New Contest: New or Old poems, Beautiful, 10 lines or less 1st

the paths we take,
the thirsts we slake,
the crimson flush desire,
thoughts sometimes do inward make,
the embers fan the fire...


Don Johnson



thanks p d...

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I lost my job today
Because my boss couldn't pay
He thought it was okay
And I'd work another day
Without being paid no way
Was all I could say
Pick up keys he may
Tuesday I'll fix your pay
What more could he say
The waiting game I play!

26/12/2017...

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In sexuality, let us release the wearing
Let us not bear our sexuality like it is a burden to be borne
In sexuality, let us cease from the bearing
Let us all wear our sexuality as a testimony to be worn

07202017FBPSContest, One To 10 Lines Old Or New,
Rick Parise...

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when the moon is hot
and the sun a cooling
the stars lose their shine
when the clouds a fooling.

when one is in love
the whole world’s a grooving
her frame fits the glove
when her body’s a moving.

in a moment of muse
she sure lit my fuse.

© Harry J Horsman 2017...

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Vowed
To love
Each other
Jealousy wailed
Shattered trust, broken heart, sleepless nights, us. 
Brew for woe, estranged us despair, perchance
Cupid finds one
Reignite	
Smoking
Love
...............


Format:
10 lines
1,2,3,4,10,10,4,3,2,1 Syllable format

Double Tetractys...

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He loves me 
He loves me not …

He loves me 
He loves me not …

When the rose tinted petals fell from my eyes
I was no longer blinded -
finally I could see his deception

Photograph #No 1 Under 10 lines Contest. Sponsored by Poet Destroyer A.

04~16~16...

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Words,  dumbstruck
Hushed, stuck
Seething, soundless
Tongue tied, speechless
Still, in a stupefied daze
Lashed by roaring waves
Of silence, pin drop
Strummed a mute song
With echoes across
The  entire cosmos

Date Sept14 2016
Name of contest 
Contest no201
any theme any form
Max 10 lines...

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The smell of dead flowers,
Life dances at "zero hour"-s,
No wonder man is doomed,
when you sit there, deplumed.

Move away, you peasant mongrel,
I'm not to be held,
accountable or to any sense.

Lime-a-way,my sins, oh darling,
even after I washed hands,
they still feel so damning.

12.29.2017...

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Birds flutter in autumn breeze 
Kids playing in the sun 
The dog scratch its fleas
As the orange sky shun

Bonfires blaze at the beachside
And the party heats up
Surfers catch a high tide 
Couples in the corner makeup

Settling in for the night 
Dreaming of autumn’s bright light

December 28, 2017....

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She has deepest blue eyes
With golden hair to match
Tight fittin' jeans her size
With a little knee patch

I'm in love no doubt
There's nothing else to say
She's all I think about -
On my mind all day

I am a simple man
Doin' the best I can

12/26/2017
For contest 10 Lines, 5 Words Rhyme for Laura Loo...

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I would write for you
   a poem simple and true,
where the words fall short
   due to another's ill report
of this love for you.

Here is my open heart
  waiting for you to chart
ins and outs of deepest love
  unspoken lines and rhymes thereof
the gift I freely impart.




12/27/17 for Laura Loo's 10 and 5...

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A
thorn you
are in my
side; contempt for
you I must struggle
to hide; my confidence
in you will not abide; you
confer with my foes like the in
and outgoing tide; though, I wish you
well as long as your distance becomes wide.

             (P.S.--just in case 10 lines or under was intended, if not disregard the poem P.D.)...

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Is there a master-plan?
I try hard to understand
this trouble with a man
as none in the land
have asked for my hand.

Is the problem within me?
I just do not see
at least not all completely.
Perfect love can only be
born from the Holy Trinity.

12/28/17

10 LINES 5 WORDS by Laura Loo...

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Cosmos.
Trapped behind glass
I stare through blinkered eyes.
The world beyond, in rain and shine,
Bewitchingly beckons beyond the frame.
A frivolous moment in time,
Snapped in surreal flash,
Framed forever!
Flowers?



14 Apr 2016

Photograph #1 -under 10 lines- - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Poet Destroyer A...

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Raindrops falling on my head and all over me;
Or is it shower drops falling and cleansing me?
O, not to worry, because sunflowers befriend me;
And I am protected from soap getting into my eyes.
I’m neither glad nor sad, but I’m clean and wet all over.
04142016 PS Contest, Photograph #1-under 10 lines,
By Poet Destroyer A...

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Promises I haven’t kept yet
Float in day’s dusty dusk,
I tell old sun wait
Don’t set until I ask.

Memories enter year’s last night
Lie somewhere in domain unknown
My dawn new sun lights
Dreams dazzle in uplifted horizon.

Music of life I’ll hear
I promise the New Year.

December 29, 2017....

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Wild 
sea cry
tsunami
wave of sorrow
in response to the harrowing exit
of a human lantern who cast spells on 
ghetto street waifs
homeward bound
in her 
wings 

Date submitted : 3rd January 2021

Contest : Podium Placing Promise(4)

Sponsor : Brian Strand 

This work is a double tetractys with 10 lines in total....

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I
Obsess
Over you.
Thoughts are like knives
Stabbing at my brain,
Killing me; thought by thought,
My consuming mania!
I need to crawl out of my skin
To get away from the cutting edge
Before switchblade thoughts of you do me in.


Susan Ashley
July 23, 2017


N/A
Contest: 1-10 Lines Old or New
Sponsor: Rick Parise...

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