Short verses that punch above their weight |
These are short pieces written for the 24 Syllables contest. The contest prompt is shown in bold. Or, any other short poem that needs a good home. |
Poem # | 1 | Quality | 0.25k |
Poem # | 2 | Skull | 1.02k |
Poem # | 3 | Barbecue | 0.43k |
Poem # | 4 | Imagine | 0.32k |
Poem # | 5 | White Noise | 1.03k |
Poem # | 6 | Yo, Adrienne | 0.32k |
Poem # | 7 | Umbra Ella | 0.22k |
Poem # | 8 | Mouser | 0.22k |
Poem # | 9 | Last Breath | 0.20k |
Poem # | 10 | Hitting Bottom | 0.22k |
Poem # | 11 | Danger Zone | 0.20k |
Poem # | 12 | Sign of Summer | 0.19k |
Poem # | 13 | Red Hat Warning | 0.20k |
Poem # | 14 | Quandom Whilom | 0.16k |
Poem # | 15 | Inferno | 0.20k |
Poem # | 16 | Hale & Hearty | 0.16k |
Poem # | 17 | Annie Potts | 0.24k |
Poem # | 18 | Love Cycle | 0.30k |
Poem # | 19 | Memorial Day | 0.20k |
Poem # | 20 | Filigree | 0.20k |
Poem # | 21 | Ali versus Frazier | 0.22k |
Poem # | 22 | Conflicted | 0.23k |
Poem # | 23 | Shelter | 0.22k |
Poem # | 24 | Forest Primeval | 0.23k |
Poem # | 25 | First Time | 0.22k |
Poem # | 26 | Open Me | 0.22k |
Poem # | 27 | Cognitive Dissonance | 0.22k |
Poem # | 28 | Churlish Poet | 0.21k |
Poem # | 29 | Sidelined | 0.22k |
Poem # | 30 | Critical Mask | 0.22k |
Poem # | 31 | Mimesis | 0.21k |
Poem # | 32 | Insurrection Game | 0.22k |
Poem # | 33 | Vanity | 0.22k |
Poem # | 34 | Nightmare | 0.23k |
Poem # | 35 | Stages | 0.19k |
Poem # | 36 | Avowal of Truth | 0.20k |
Poem # | 37 | Abnegate America | 0.20k |
Poem # | 38 | Referendum | 0.20k |
Poem # | 39 | Peaceful Resolution | 0.25k |
Poem # | 40 | Wait For It | 0.21k |
Poem # | 41 | They're Coming! | 0.31k |
Poem # | 42 | QAnon | 0.25k |
Poem # | 43 | Gnomon | 0.23k |
Poem # | 44 | No Escape | 0.27k |
Poem # | 45 | Apricate That Sucker! | 0.25k |
Poem # | 46 | Minotaur | 0.24k |
Poem # | 47 | Mental Bars II | 0.20k |
Poem # | 48 | Mental Bars | 0.28k |
Poem # | 49 | Eerie Nonsense | 0.25k |
Poem # | 50 | Rising Paranoia | 0.24k |
Poem # | 51 | Too Much Is Never Enough | 0.23k |
Poem # | 52 | SSSSS | 0.59k |
Poem # | 53 | Vermillion Grains of Sand | 0.26k |
Poem # | 54 | Languorous | 0.22k |
Poem # | 55 | Formulaic | 0.71k |
Poem # | 56 | Bad Trip Man | 0.23k |
Poem # | 57 | Abridged Princess Bride | 0.32k |
Poem # | 58 | One Week | 0.19k |
Poem # | 59 | Waiting for Night | 0.22k |
Poem # | 60 | Morning Light | 0.18k |
Poem # | 61 | You Ain't the First, Lady! | 0.21k |
Poem # | 62 | Over Under | 0.26k |
Poem # | 63 | Clatter Bones | 0.23k |
Poem # | 64 | Closing Time | 0.23k |
Poem # | 65 | Kindred Spirits | 0.24k |
Poem # | 66 | Meta Paranoia | 0.23k |
Poem # | 67 | Nuclear Detente | 0.21k |
Poem # | 68 | Limp It | 0.24k |
Poem # | 69 | Gargoyle | 0.21k |
Poem # | 70 | Cesious 2020 | 0.27k |
Poem # | 71 | Violet | 0.22k |