Short Shrift Poems - Poems about Short Shrift

...Incomplete metamorphosis of distilled adolescent... therefore he characterizes himself as an anomaly...any idea why? Mortified, petrified, stultified, et cetera sheltered, and mortally wounde......Read the rest...

...Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth... and let yours truly not forget emasculation that prickly emotional immobilization whereby these lovely bones subject courtesy senescence upon......Read the rest...

...Growth should be the ultimate criterion, nucleus and kernel of every annual pledge, for myself and other people who might gain, from a heartfelt commitment such as mine, that monumental new year ......Read the rest...

...HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Some said it was coming, even imminent But it’s actually here now, and for real A New World Order no longer a theory Such that of TV news we should be leery What we think......Read the rest...

...Helianthus annuus, heliotropic slow son dance Stream of photons bathe top heavy fountainhead of sunflower. Analogous to Atlas shrugging, hoisting, grappling... with planet Earth, the heavywe......Read the rest...

...Light and airy summer breezes Make short shrift of springtime sneezes, Warm and thoughtful gentle squeezes Undo ill-tempered moody freezes, A welcomed smile much tension eases If we ......Read the rest...

...SERENITY Swans serenely gliding gracefully Ripples radiating on the still surface Lifelong loyalty faithful friends No need for them to use dazzling displays Rivals risk short......Read the rest...

...If USPS has your gift Delivery will not be swift It seems the Night Shift Just got the short shrift And somewhere your gift went adrift!......Read the rest...

...A new friend is a gift one can keep or reject, how you feel doesn’t matter, a gift is a gift! If a friend can’t get earned, can one be just desserts? If you want to be friends and I don’t, are you......Read the rest...

...Waiting once more for the wonders at dawn, a tired, empty muse paces the lawn struck dumb by notions refusing to spawn. The new day arrives but dark does not lift, an overcast sky now leaves he......Read the rest...

...Am I Vexed? No! Am I vexed to face music? We both are ‘same sex.’ It’s beyond man to fathom the depth of man’s soul though perhaps a computer (imagined) might spin all t......Read the rest...

...This merciless heat smothers the earth with air-less wings It creeps in by degrees stifling life's breeze gives Nature short shrift until it lifts......Read the rest...

...Beat spouse Called louse In funk Got drunk Left bar Drove car Cop stopped Got popped Smelled booze Bad news Tests muffed Handcuffed To jail No bail Court date Learned fat......Read the rest...

...Please try not to lose hope In these difficult times Read some of the other poets' beautiful rhymes These will give your heart a lift Your worries and concerns will take short shrift If you can ......Read the rest...

...Does it mean we are friends if I mirror your thoughts, That we like the same jokes or our politics sing A conventional melody? Does the ground shake (we stand on) when boundaries slip, When emo......Read the rest...