Give me a ten-word poem?

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Thought it would be fun to see what you all come up with on a whim. Try not to think about it too much; the spontaneity is what makes it fun!

Mine:

Darkness on sunny days, brightness in the dark. Every day.

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Cool wind blows

Autumn's herald harkens

Balls sweat no more

No poem has ever instilled such wistful hope in me before


And as the leaves fall, I am falling for them.



Fuck this shit

I want out

Let me go

Home

Written like a man at work on a slow day!



Roses are dead,
Violets are dead,
I suck at gardening.

With practice makes… ah, yes, of course, more dead flowers.

😭 nooo I can change




We need rain, I'm told.

It rains, complaints grow tenfold.

The rain disrupts the soil, the soul disrupted in turn.



Don't tell me

What to do

You're not my dad

Shit, ten words spot on



What even is a poem?

I never understood art really...

I see what you did there sir



Listen! Listen! The Cats Pissin...
Where! Where! Under The Chair...


You'll wish you'd chosen

not to leap

right...

about...

now


As my life flashes before me,

I suddenly love it.



Fucking fuck. Fuck me dude. Fucking hell I swear. Fuck

That's fucking beautiful, dude.


Dude I cracked lol



Every day is another test. I forgot my #2 pencil.

And yet, with no pencil in hand, wisdom is espoused.

Seriously, this one was great. You should remember it always.


"#2" is two words. But dropping either "I" or "pencil" would work.



Calm and contented

For nothing happened today.

I am satisfied


everything you do matters, except all the bathroom splatters. shit.

They matter to me when I go in there to pee.



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A window to the world
without any Windows

My Computer.
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(I wrote it in a few second before looking at the OP post, but the form turned out remarkably similar)



Life is too short
Make of it
What you can

Do not dawdle,

but do not become married

to work.

Make amends with your friends,

lest they meet unfortunate ends.




I lack the wit, so I can't rhyme for shit.


The kids are fighting again.

I love being their dad!

A dispute between children strikes fear into all weary minds.


9 words

The "I" was silent. Thank you!

Hahaha best dad response ever

All of my responses are from the best dad.
👉 😎 👉






Hobby horse, eat a cake
Jump around, break your leg

Horse, if you didn’t devour cake, you’d still have leg.

It only has one leg. It's a hobby horse.




women, girls, ladies

a lifetime is insufficient

to appreciate you

Truer words have never been spoken. There is nothing better.



Roses are red

Violets are blue

Poetry is hard to


Hodor hodor hodor,
Hodor hodor.
Hodor hodor hodor,
Hodor hodor.


In the night we can't see an absence of light


text The poems I wrote, I love 'em but I'm broke.


The glowing sun projects its rays, consciousness reflects the age.

My mind slows, but the world hastens with every day.



There are two or three and sometimes four? Potentially... more.

Sometimes less is best.

If all is zero, nothing is.



Sit and learn, find each nuance, miss the entire point

I am married to my preconceptions; everything else is scary.



Hands upon fretboard

Staring quietly

Playing frippery

Three truthless chords

My thoughts are musical

Melodies of bottomless emotion shape me.



Today is Dog. Yesterday was Water. Tomorrow will be Monkey.

Wow, isn’t it funky when the day is a monkey?

It's a good day for games.

Ozomahtli




Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
And so are you,

Ack! I’m choking! Ack! I’m losing sight of the world!



The clock ticks on. Though, the promised hour never comes.


Crushing reality,
Hurtling towards destruction.
I need to do more.


Vainly struggle

Against ill intent

Until we recede

Into oblivion


Wondering into the endless sunset,

Stumbling time and time again

One day I’ll learn to walk straight, all else lost.



Cats move with silent, elegant grace and watchful glowing eyes.

Admire, if you will, the most optimized feline specimen yet.



My cat died

New cats

One's anxiety

Is too much

Sounds just like our situation. Is the anxious cat young?



Fuck this shit

Fuck this shit

Seriously

Fuck this shit


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