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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
This choice reveals your ability to use poetry and speech effectively. Write faster, the space is limited! Teg me!
Ended February 16, 2020 • 16 Entries • Created by Sherzod
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
This choice reveals your ability to use poetry and speech effectively. Write faster, the space is limited! Teg me!
• 70 reads
poet, reaching middle age
everything became
metaphors to write
so he was either
incredibly alive
or stone fucking dead
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 92 reads
Dusk
Evening
in shades of pink
fluorescing the hint of night
bidding its farewell to the daylight.
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 65 reads
For Max, London, & All That Was
I miss the you
who bought me
yellow scarves
and coffee
but not the you after.
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 36 reads
traffic.
saw my time slip,
felt my sweat drip.
tapped my feet twice,
sighed impatiently thrice.
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• 45 reads
Live Free or Die
I'm no longer free
Not the girl I used to be
Death sounds like freedom
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 36 reads
100 stories down the drain
You loved me
You wanted me
And I’m so sorry baby
But I, I didn’t
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 23 reads
Thinking About a Taurus
The Jimmy Choo
whispering around your neck
makes the dark of the living room
like chocolate.
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 50 reads
Adrift.
And so I float on,
unmoored and alone,
hoping to anchor,
with that special someone,
anyone.
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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• 35 reads
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your side of the bed lays vacant still
i was cut in half when you left
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Welcome to the short poems competition XVI!
Write a small poem of sixteen words! Remember that no more than sixteen words, but not less than fifteen
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Until we meet again-
As God left the building,
I’m tipsy.
In my ears
last night’s decadence is still singing.