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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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[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Cool wind blows

Autumn's herald harkens

Balls sweat no more

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 1 week ago

No poem has ever instilled such wistful hope in me before

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fuck this shit

I want out

Let me go

Home

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Written like a man at work on a slow day!

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

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

[-] oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

😭 nooo I can change

[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

We need rain, I'm told.

It rains, complaints grow tenfold.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] sniggleboots@europe.pub 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Don't tell me

What to do

You're not my dad

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Shit, ten words spot on

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You'll wish you'd chosen

not to leap

right...

about...

now

[-] spykee@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago

....funk
soul
brother.

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[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

As my life flashes before me,

I suddenly love it.

[-] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

What even is a poem?

I never understood art really...

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I see what you did there sir

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 7 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

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

[-] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Dude I cracked lol

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

That's fucking beautiful, dude.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Calm and contented

For nothing happened today.

I am satisfied

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

A window to the world
without any Windows

My Computer.

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[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

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

[-] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Life is too short
Make of it
What you can

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[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The kids are fighting again.

I love being their dad!

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

A dispute between children strikes fear into all weary minds.

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[-] oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] boydster@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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[-] spykee@lemmings.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Poetry is hard to

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

women, girls, ladies

a lifetime is insufficient

to appreciate you

[-] url@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

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[-] A_Wild_Zeus_Chase@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Vainly struggle

Against ill intent

Until we recede

Into oblivion

[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] cAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wondering into the endless sunset,

Stumbling time and time again

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[-] kriz@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Hands upon fretboard

Staring quietly

Playing frippery

Three truthless chords

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[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

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

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