Short Poems - comic poem 485 by Angela Lansbury

 

Medium size label. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

My shortest rhyme is it'll fit.

But too short's futility

Poems first need utility

Comic poems add wit

The Japanese write concise haiku

But I'll not inflict cuts on you

(I'm never quite sure what to do

Is the subject fiction? It sounds true.)

The haiku's beats are five and seven

But I'm at ease with 8,10, 11

Their poems speak of Spring, ponds, frogs

Not real life cities, fights, dead dogs

I'm a would-be doctor, poem nurse.

Try a long poem with short verses

A short poem with long verses

A simple couplet, ought to do it.

Why write short poems?

To save time

The reader's, writer's

Yours and mine

So, I'll try again, dear friend

Don't let work drive you round the bend

Bring all work quickly to an end

Remember to click done or send.

I must leave now or I'll be late -

Before I leave, in real life, wave

On some websites, with slides, click save

On blogger you must click update

But tell your listener what to do

A good reminder to self, too

And make the listener feel you care

Ask them politely, please share.

I am not tall, not tall at all

I don't climb walls in case I fall

A short poem sounds good to me

That size will suit me perfectly.

Each poem should be in three sizes

The longest one with twist end surprises

Small, medium or large? The buyer's call

Like shirts, it's not true one size fits all.

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