List: Quickies/short poems;

short poems
either with a word limit, line limit
or they're just.. short

• Numb

  haiku

  3 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 9 3:38 PM 2008
• Deep Inside

  Ghostly visions haunt me
  Day after day

  15 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 9 8:38 PM 2008
• Happiness

  Sand between my toes, sea salt in my hair
  This is where I go, to get away from it all.

  5 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 9 8:50 PM 2008
• Pondering Your Love

  All quiet
  Except the scratching,

  6 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 9 9:29 PM 2008
• Mistaken Identity

  Everlasting pain
  That’s all you ever will be

  11 lines, 8 comments, on May 5 8:13 PM 2008
• Shattered

  The midnight bell chimes softly
  I look out my window,

  5 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 1 9:30 PM 2008
• Ceramic

  Breakable face
  Stares at the mirror

  8 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 2 8:25 PM 2008
• Illusion

  Spinelessly I crawl
  Towards the glowing, warm light

  3 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 2 8:53 PM 2008
• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

  Mirror, mirror on the wall
  Who is the loveliest of them all?

  13 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 10 10:16 AM 2008
• Hope

  0 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 23 3:14 PM 2008
• Iridescence

  Behind the sunglasses she does hide,
  all the sadness in her eyes.

  7 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 27 9:28 PM 2008
• frightened

  5 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 6 8:57 PM 2008
• hopeless

  hearts
  h o l d i n g

  2 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 12 8:25 PM 2008
• slow me down

  Drowning in the ocean
  only your air saves me.

  6 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 15 8:49 PM 2008
• your mess is irreversible; you can't escape your past.

  I’m just one of the many things that fit in your closet.
  & baby you should get a bigger room because your skeletons are escaping.

  3 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 16 10:22 PM 2008
• you hold the key

  Memories remain
  when all is gone.

  8 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 17 1:15 PM 2008
• Eclectic Surprise.

  Overwhelming frustration,
  breaking apart every part of my body.

  3 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 18 3:28 PM 2008
• winding streets lead to bright lights

  For now I lurk in shadows
  watching you, needing you.

  7 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 18 8:11 PM 2008
• caught, in the trap of betrayal.

  your hold tightens
  upon my mind.

  6 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 18 8:18 PM 2008
• fly away into my dreamland.

  carousels are just god's way of showing you that life never ends
  just hells way of proving that you forever spin in circles

  10 lines, 8 comments, on Aug 10 9:26 PM 2008
• chasing time.

  faulty connections
  cracked minds.

  14 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 18 3:39 PM 2008
• give me a reason.

  contemplating life
  I begin to wonder if

  3 lines, 9 comments, on Aug 19 1:07 PM 2008
• I'm just a leaf on a tree.

  leaves rustle on trees
  hoping they won't have to fall

  3 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 19 1:10 PM 2008
• depth

  window frames,
  painted in shades

  5 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 4 4:48 PM 2008
• earthquake

  we ran
  like lava fleeing from the cavern;

  6 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 4 4:53 PM 2008
• behind closed doors.

  feather-tipped quills
  and music notes engrave words

  3 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 9 5:28 PM 2008
• innocent to guilty

  from distraught fireflies
  into flame-throwing devils

  3 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 9 5:30 PM 2008
• cliff diving.

  when I fall asleep
  my wings fail to keep me safe

  3 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 9 5:31 PM 2008
• choking on air.

  fading into air
  I begin to breathe you in,

  2 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 10 5:31 PM 2008
• tangled tempo.

  as I transitioned
  from breathing in oxygen

  6 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 13 7:55 AM 2008
• window to the soul.

  promises meant nothing;
  broken more easily than breathing.

  12 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 1 8:02 PM 2008
• complications and connotations

  just for you big sisterrr

  12 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 2 8:04 PM 2008
• raindrops.

  my eyes glaze over
  and the fog shrouds me in fear;

  12 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 2 9:27 PM 2008
• rythmic confusion.

  megaphone voices create black and white notes
  in the atmosphere;

  12 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 3 9:11 PM 2008
• searching for an excuse.

  you slipped,
  and I ran.

  8 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 4 5:34 PM 2008
• disguise

  a woven intricacy mix of fabric and plastic
  creates an invisible armor

  8 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 5 11:33 AM 2008
• more than words.

  mysterious reflection
  masking the true thoughts

  11 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 2:08 PM 2008
• paralyzed in place.

  the gravity
  that held you positioned

  8 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 4:49 PM 2008
• through the looking glass.

  staring at the moon with stars in their palms
  hoping for some recognition;

  5 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 5 7:04 PM 2008
• dissonant symphony.

  I sing my heart out
  -with melodies from A to Z.

  10 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 5 7:13 PM 2008
• past-tense.

  a misguided comet
  shone a light

  7 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 22 6:25 PM 2008
• immobile.

  polluted and stained
  echoing the glass-eyed look

  3 lines, 10 comments, on Oct 25 9:44 PM 2008
• wishes and tears.

  attraction is just your negatives
  pulling at my positives,

  10 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 1 9:42 PM 2008
• prisoners in coffins.

  try to wake me up;
  

  15 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 2 3:47 PM 2008
• caution

  observant and cautious of the future
  I wait, with outstretched arms

  14 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 6 10:58 AM 2008
• the edge of life.

  running,
  from the red

  16 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 6 8:51 PM 2008
• uncertain.

  I lie at least twice a day.
  

  7 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 7 9:43 AM 2008
• I'm not sure.

  snapshots
  of liar liars

  21 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 7 8:37 PM 2008
• all hope is lost.

  slipping into insanity,
  and abandoned by gravity.

  8 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 9 3:28 PM 2008
• opposites attract

  he was,
  he was mine.

  12 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 9 3:30 PM 2008
• snippets.

  poem that's never been finished.. just a few lines..

  3 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 11 9:13 PM 2008
• callous.

  callous; 10 lines or less.

  9 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 23 5:28 PM 2008
• shattered.

  I’ve split under the pressure
  into tiny crystals,

  11 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 25 9:22 PM 2008
• fragile.

  I moved to the sound
  of your heartbeat.

  11 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 28 6:52 PM 2008
• fractured.

  all I knew was that
  I could no longer see

  11 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 1 6:10 PM 2008
• vibrations.

  do you hear
  cymbals crashing

  7 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 12 9:50 PM 2008
• beneath the surface.

  microscopic,
  tested for stains

  6 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 12 9:55 PM 2008
• fade.

  I’m not sure if I like purple so much
  because you told me violets

  17 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 13 10:48 AM 2008
• hypocrisy.

  staring at the neon
  ‘no vacancy’ sign;

  19 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 14 2:04 PM 2008
• pastel picture-frames.

  you held me just beyond arms reach
  and always took two steps back

  10 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 14 4:28 PM 2008
• damaged.

  melted;
  into a cold

  9 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 15 10:11 AM 2008
• stolen lives.

  buried under cracked dust,
  I remain unsound,

  16 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 15 10:49 AM 2008
• fog.

  smoggy breaths
  and nicotine patches

  19 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 15 2:58 PM 2008
• confetti.

  chipped away porcelain
  falling apart like wet cotton fibers

  12 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 15 8:52 PM 2008
• vanilla ice.

  sweet and tender with a scent that’s almost haunting.
  

  12 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 15 9:02 PM 2008
• shooting pain.

  seams broken apart,
  my heart unzipped from it's strings;

  2 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 16 9:27 AM 2008
• escape.

  each step forward creates a little crack
  in the cement behind her, she doesn't notice

  10 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 16 2:15 PM 2008
• solitude.

  I am more alone
  in this black abyss

  8 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 16 2:22 PM 2008
• melting.

  6 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 17 1:13 PM 2008
• covered.

  light.
  anti-misery in liquid form keeps the pain away

  15 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 17 1:16 PM 2008
• victoria.

  -otherwise known as the ice queen and heartbreaker.
  my mother, who at times is less affectionate than a worm.

  12 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 28 10:28 PM 2008
• meteorite.

  free falling;
  colliding and reforming.

  11 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 29 11:49 AM 2008
• woven.

  10 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 30 8:49 PM 2008
• faint.

  25 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 6 8:44 PM
• crooked glass.

  5 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 19 9:30 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• truth.

  closing my eyes in this moment of stillness, I see...
  

  11 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 1 8:43 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• lovesick.

  I love the way our fingers
  entwine together

  12 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 5 8:24 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, blue eyes~
• I want to know my fate.

  your ships anchor
  collided with my sunset eyes

  15 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 16 6:09 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• counting straws.

  crumbling facades
  and broken metaphors

  26 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 19 9:31 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• burst.

  crimson falling
  into hues of navy-

  5 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 27 5:27 PM. In noguest, haiku~
• breaking the mold.

  19 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 28 3:45 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• why do I still trust in you?

  13 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 28 3:46 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, blue eyes~, quickies~
• faltering.

  11 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 28 7:23 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• crushed daisies.

  14 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 28 8:15 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• losing my sense of self.

  subjective to lies
  objectively I'm searching--

  15 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 2 10:00 PM. In noguest, haiku~, deities~
• constant.

  only thing
  that’s structured,

  12 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 5 8:45 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• blood tastes like metal.

  mechanical windup dolls
  were my childhood friends.

  20 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 18 10:38 PM
• bold.

  16 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 19 12:15 PM
• stop lying.

  these quickies make me SO nervous..

  20 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 19 1:47 PM
• rustic.

  I began to cave--
  flimsy bones that weren’t

  20 lines, 19 comments, on Mar 21 8:34 PM
• stand up straight.

  I remember
  a little round-eyed

  14 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 27 9:58 PM
• if you can.

  give me protection
  dustbins are waiting for me --

  13 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 3 4:35 PM
• tangerine.

  sunspots used to be beautiful;
  

  11 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 7 8:27 PM
• curdled.

  collarbones
  splitting skin.

  11 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 7 9:08 PM
• stabilizing.

  smitten by survival techniques
  and poached existence

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 8 9:52 PM
• it's been three whole days since I've had sleep.

  origami stars littered the hardwood floor.
  the tiles covered with ripped sheets

  13 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 9 9:40 AM
• aluminum foil.

  the leaky faucet drips acid
  

  7 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 9 2:40 PM
• swallowed by the sea.

  waves gripped
  scrawny ankles

  16 lines, 18 comments, on Apr 10 2:40 PM
• brace yourself for tragedy.

  in the blink of an eye
  doorways slammed shut

  14 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 11 11:22 AM
• destruction.

  bamboo shuddered
  when pounding combat boots

  11 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 16 8:31 PM
• liberation.

  13 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 18 11:22 AM
• evaporation; what you and water have in common.

  17 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 25 5:04 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• slum-child.

  lips quivered
  forming

  17 lines, 13 comments, on May 1 12:56 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, slumchild~, quickies~
• seismic activity.

  sea urchins
  lowered their spines

  16 lines, 5 comments, on May 1 1:48 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~
• prolonged decomposition.

  ivory keys were a tool
  for little girls who hoped

  13 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 29 9:42 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, mother father~, quickies~
• heliotropes.

  incinerated
  by pesticide

  12 lines, 7 comments, on May 3 7:11 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• her body worked against her.

  chemical signals
  were emitted

  12 lines, 7 comments, on May 4 8:58 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• her masochistic lifestyle included.

  eyelids fluttered
  in attempt

  14 lines, 5 comments, on May 6 7:25 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• empyreal.

  he threatened the sun
  with nuclear warfare -

  14 lines, 4 comments, on May 9 7:17 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• restrictive, like the looks she gives me.

  the ants crawled;
  towing their lives

  26 lines, 8 comments, on May 9 9:38 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, mother father~, quickies~
• human nature.

  it was implicit;
  

  14 lines, 9 comments, on May 11 6:41 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• dragged behind.

  imperfections
  shine upon her face.

  20 lines, 10 comments, on May 16 12:22 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• ostentatious.

  rhinestones plastered
  on top her artificial face.

  9 lines, 12 comments, on May 16 12:53 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• fork in the road.

  the bridge collapsed
  beneath my feet

  17 lines, 13 comments, on May 16 1:15 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• damaged.

  I inhaled
  everything

  15 lines, 12 comments, on May 11 8:18 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• for yellow grass and blue skies.

  barefoot,
  she stumbles

  23 lines, 12 comments, on May 16 8:06 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, slumchild~, quickies~
• casualties.

  fingers grappled
  with the hook

  24 lines, 6 comments, on May 20 6:06 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~, slumchild~
• foundation.

  the sun ruptured
  into tiny specks

  14 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 15 8:08 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• nulled expectations.

  they shook mold
  off their

  20 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 17 12:14 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~, quickies~
• to mend.

  stoppers
  and crushed hands

  13 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 17 5:20 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• tripping.

  she spent her days
  taking acid

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 18 6:39 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~, slumchild~
• residue.

  36 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 10 6:37 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, fuck humanity~
• beaming, her smile can clean the dirtiest of mirrors.

  ostentatious rubies
  fall from her hips

  17 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 10 8:12 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~, slumchild~
• grass crumbled at her feet.

  she walked on ashes,
  not clouds.

  20 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 11 2:33 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~, slumchild~
• once, she told me beauty isn't skin deep.

  she remains --
  unsound

  16 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 16 1:16 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, mother father~, quickies~
• windbreaker.

  thunder
  shouted obscenities

  18 lines, 27 comments, on Jul 23 8:59 AM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• if cancer didn't steal my grandmother.

  26 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 24 8:37 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, dedications~, quickies~
• into forever.

  you know I wouldn't miss out on one of your quickies

  24 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 24 9:11 PM. In noguest, prose~
• my whole body shuddered.

  they fell
  down

  28 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 25 3:33 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, kind of dark~, quickies~
• when I was young and lonely.

  if I told you I was ready for love
  you would probably just laugh

  22 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 26 9:06 AM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• antagonism.

  belligerence
  seeped through my pores

  15 lines, 6 comments, on May 10 11:25 AM. In noguest, freeverse~, mother father~, quickies~
• pixie dust is more powerful than chlorine gas

  murky water is
  clouding my nerves

  24 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 18 9:42 PM. In noguest, freeverse~
• still a sellout.

  26 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 22 12:14 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• putrid.

  the rank odor of
  decay hit them

  12 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 23 8:36 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• ring the alarm.

  the buzzer sounded
  and havoc escaped;

  17 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 30 9:21 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~, kind of dark~
• adaptation.

  willows wept
  while the salt

  20 lines, 3 comments, on May 2 9:06 AM. In noguest, freeverse~, fuck humanity~
• here come the lumberjacks.

  tipping over,
  his wooden legs creak with loneliness.

  14 lines, 7 comments, on May 8 4:41 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• feeling dispensable lately.

  we were disconnected
  by the cold hues of winter

  19 lines, 7 comments, on May 9 8:16 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• crown royal; sometimes change is for the better.

  duotangs spear stress
  with their metal digits;

  49 lines, 6 comments, on May 23 9:34 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, manipulation~, quickies~
• from yesterday.

  you took the belt
  and whipped me raw,

  38 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 12 6:54 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• hydrophobia: fear of water.

  it's when
  you don't understand

  30 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 18 10:21 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~
• screw this.

  well, I guess doing organic chemistry homework for fun
  is not your typical friday night out

  25 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 11 8:58 PM. In noguest, freeverse~
• lets cross the atlantic.

  I'd imagine the countryside,
  filled with olive trees

  24 lines, 18 comments, on Oct 11 9:16 PM. In noguest, freeverse~, quickies~

• By me, right now

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