Tag Archives: #pocketpoems

              Cigarette He lit another cigarette; ’twas just a casual fling A whiff to …

      Mirror The mirror shattered, sans a grudge In the ragged rifts ‘n serrated smudge Were the echoes …

Veil The moon braided a fine-gossamer veil, Embroidered it with a shimmering starry trail. Entwined the earth in its amorous …

    Music the songbirds warbled, the wind whirled, Mist caressed boughs tilted ‘n turned, The music of morning suffused …

  Sepia hued postcards, tied with a string A bale of withered hopes’ n decayed dreams, I pull at the …

  Personification is a literary device where human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things. This allows writers to explore forces …

  Etheree  The Etheree is a little-known poetry format consisting of ten lines with graduated syllables. It was created over …

  Tanka poetry refers to a Japanese 31-syllable poem, traditionally written as a single, unbroken line. The word tanka translates to “short …

      A limerick is a humorous poem consisting of five lines. The first, second, and fifth lines must …