January Line by Line Challenge - 5 line poems

[Piscator]

Five Hundred Rounds

Five hundred rounds of ammunition
bound for President’s inauguration
shots will echo through the nation
and no this ain’t just imagination
there’s going to be a conflagration.

 

[Kadyia]

One day,
I asked my man,
“Why are we a couple?”
Then he hiked up my skirt; I gasped.
Oh yeah.

 

[Rockymtnman]

clouds skittered by on a moonlit night
nervous as love took flight
Fumbled belts
Heavy sighs
Exquisite Calm

 

[HarryHill]

Five lines of goodbye

..
Well hell Annie, I've been under your spell for some time now.
Many words to explain just why and how don't really matter.
Every one had a rhyme or function, definition, ascription, conditions.
The best were the ones we built together, you gerund whore.
:caning:
..

 

[Piscator]

Won’t be Tomorrow

Won’t be tomorrow,
but a gleam of hope
shines on
the horizon with
vaccination nigh.

Won’t be tomorrow,
but soon there’ll be scope
to dine
together with friends
in a restaurant.

Won’t be tomorrow,
but we’ll share dope dope
and listen to
live music on more
than virtual screens.

Maybe tomorrow,
we’ll together trope
and cheer
the home team in a
crowded stadium.

On that tomorrow
let’s reknot the rope
which unites
humanity with
our fragile planet.

 

[Angeline]

Maine

On Upper Hadlock Pond
fog rises and drifts
east to the far shoreline,
pines and the Acadian hills,
stone roads and Bald Peak.
*
Crooked Road where green
lawns dip from tidy homes
neat under Trompe-l'œil skies,
impossible blue and below
are rugosa roses, purple lupine.
*
The gentle seasons recede.
Autumn seizes and startles
into a long cold night,
peaceful to wild then still,
complicated like me.

 

[butters]

though tree limbs still stark
and skies weighed by tears
shafts of sunlight hit greenery
air's alive with birds of different feathers
and the broom blooms bright

 

[Rockymtnman]

As I ponder this and that
In a field filled with crisp autumn sun
Memories of a childhood Flood my soul
Good ones, father and son
In a field much the same as this one

 

[Rockymtnman]

Different version of the attempt above.

I find myself alone engaged in quiet reflection
The suns warmth brings a flush to my skin
The red and orange and yellows of fall challenge my eyes
A flash of a son walking and talking with his father
In a field very much like this one, under a warm sky.

 

[Rockymtnman]

Third attempt at same thing.

Summer still clings to the bleak October day
Alone, except for my thoughts.
Thoughts of autumn leaves and talks
Memories of days past sting my heart
Happiness not sadness tumble from my eyes

 

[Moochienanu]

Anonymous

My fingers freeze with the thoughts
Running thicker over my cranium,
Like stopping something unrelated
Has caused them too to slowly ooze,
And I remind myself I was sober before.

 

[Rockymtnman]

The cracks distort my visage
As if the heave of the ice
Has broken bones
Splintered beyond recognition
The person I was

 

[Rockymtnman]

Attempt two in same theme of ice

Crack! Like thunder
I’m torn asunder
As my reflection shatters
I forget what matters
As I fall into my peacefully cold sleep

 

[Rockymtnman]

Attempt three in ice theme

Shimmering like a hot spot on august blacktop
Reflections of clouds cruising at speed, dreamlike
Mirror like in its simplicity, deadly in its duplicity
Trusted, tested, vetted, safe.
The first step was a lie, the second... death.

 

[Tzara]

I read
her poetry
aloud, as if she wrote
each metaphor while thinking
like me.

 

[Rockymtnman]

I remember the first time I was in you
Nervous but certain
My rod at the ready
Nice easy motion
The fly dances across your surface

 

[Rockymtnman]

I feel you caress the back of my knees
Cool but not cold, pleasant
The way you wash over me
Refreshes and replenishes
The fish you give nourishes

 

[Rockymtnman]

As I slid in to you
On that early summers day
You took my breath away
Colder than you look
Looking to set a hook

 

[Moochienanu]

Find me

Close your eyes
Walking toward
Our lips pressed
Eyelids together
In a slow blink.

 

[BlackCaramelCreme]

Look into my soul, what do you see?
The innocence in the character of me?
I am showing the person I grew to be
Still struggling daily to let go and be free
Freeing that hard shell to allow intimacy

 

[BlackCaramelCreme]

Beauty is found in a name
Looking deeper to find no game
Purity of heart where there’s no shame
Hidden bitterness I may contain
Being honest with no fame

 

[BlackCaramelCreme]

People love a happy story
But when there isn’t one
An unexpected truth is shared
Something taking you by surprise
Steals your breath from within

 

[BlackCaramelCreme]

What does success look like?
Is it all happiness and glory?
For some it was a long road
Some are still searching for it
What I do know? It takes work

 

[BlackCaramelCreme]

With an open heart, I search
With the intention of finding a smile
I grasped hold of it and inhaled
A fleeting moment lasting all within
A declaration that stirred my soul
​

 

[Moochienanu]

There is a happily ever after
When you look close enough,
Squint your eyes a bit,
Rearrange the letters,
And wipe away the tears.