Give me a ten-word poem?

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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70 Comments

gibmiser@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Fuck this shit

I want out

Let me go

Home

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 362d

Written like a man at work on a slow day!

MintyFresh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d (2 replies)

Cool wind blows

Autumn's herald harkens

Balls sweat no more

Skua@kbin.earth · 6 pts · 362d

No poem has ever instilled such wistful hope in me before

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 362d

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

kat_angstrom@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 362d (1 reply)

We need rain, I'm told.

It rains, complaints grow tenfold.

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 362d

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

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 362d (2 replies)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 361d

😭 nooo I can change

bizarroland@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 362d (3 replies)

You'll wish you'd chosen

not to leap

right...

about...

now

spykee@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 362d (1 reply)

....funk
soul
brother.

blackstampede@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 361d

I heard this.

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d

As my life flashes before me,

I suddenly love it.

rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 361d (1 reply)

What even is a poem?

I never understood art really...

0_0j@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 357d

I see what you did there sir

Philharmonic3@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 362d (2 replies)

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

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 362d

That's fucking beautiful, dude.

0_0j@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 357d

Dude I cracked lol

sniggleboots@europe.pub · 6 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Don't tell me

What to do

You're not my dad

0_0j@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 357d

Shit, ten words spot on

megane_kun@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 362d

Calm and contented

For nothing happened today.

I am satisfied

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 362d (2 replies)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d

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

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

teawrecks@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 362d

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

comfy@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 361d (1 reply)
A window to the world
without any Windows

My Computer.
comfy@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 361d

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

lattrommi@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d

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

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 362d (6 replies)

The kids are fighting again.

I love being their dad!

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d (3 replies)

9 words

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 362d (2 replies)

The "I" was silent. Thank you!

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Hahaha best dad response ever

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 362d

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

A dispute between children strikes fear into all weary minds.

clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d

I like that.

onlooker@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 361d

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

birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 362d (2 replies)

Life is too short
Make of it
What you can

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Do not dawdle,

but do not become married

to work.

lattrommi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 362d

Make amends with your friends,

lest they meet unfortunate ends.

CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 362d

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Poetry is hard to

url@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d

Sometimes less is best.

If all is zero, nothing is.

apotheotic@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 362d (1 reply)

women, girls, ladies

a lifetime is insufficient

to appreciate you

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

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

Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 362d

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

bstix@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 362d (2 replies)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

bstix@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 362d

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

spykee@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 362d

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

oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 361d
The poems
I wrote,
I love 'em
but I'm broke.
boydster@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 362d

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

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

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

MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d (2 replies)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

MisterNeon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d

It's a good day for games.

Ozomahtli

ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 361d
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cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

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

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

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

EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 362d

Fuck this shit

Fuck this shit

Seriously

Fuck this shit

pebbles@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

My cat died

New cats

One's anxiety

Is too much

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

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

toomanypancakes@piefed.world · 2 pts · 362d

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

kriz@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 362d

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

Skua@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Hands upon fretboard

Staring quietly

Playing frippery

Three truthless chords

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

My thoughts are musical

Melodies of bottomless emotion shape me.

A_Wild_Zeus_Chase@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 361d

Vainly struggle

Against ill intent

Until we recede

Into oblivion

Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 362d (1 reply)

Wondering into the endless sunset,

Stumbling time and time again

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 362d

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