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Shortest Poem Poetry Contest

May 9, 2018
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Update: Winners announced: https://classicalpoets.org/shortest-poem-contest-winners-announced/\

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Write the shortest possible rhyming poem that still has meaning. Post it in the comments section below under your full name and general area of residence (“Bob Smith, Denver, Colorado”). You may choose any topic, but please be respectful and no dirty humor. Two entries allowed per poet.

When: Now June 9, 2018 midnight EST. Winner Announced June 18, 2018.

Who: Anyone in the world, any age or background, may participate. From within the Society, anyone not involved in judging the contest may participate.

Prize: $100

Judge: Advisory Board Members who choose to participate

Entry Fee: None

Examples: Our first example comes from Joe Tessitore of New York City, New York, who came up with this contest. Thank you, Joe!

 

Cooperation

One ant can’t.

 

A classic example comes from Strickland Gillilan (1869-1954). It has also been published under the name “Fleas”:

 

Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes 

Adam
Had’em

 

 

 

 

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Comments 192

  1. Bernadette Perez says:
    8 years ago

    Deep
    Black hole

    Reply
  2. Mrs. Mary Joshy says:
    8 years ago

    Mary Joshy
    Vazhakulam, Kerala, India

    Flower and Nail

    A good man’s words may soothe us like a rose
    A bad one’s often fix us to a cross

    Reply
  3. Mrs. Mary Joshy says:
    8 years ago

    Vazhakulam, Kerala, India

    Vegetarian

    Chicken in kitchen sickens me

    Reply
  4. Johann Sergl says:
    8 years ago

    Hörgertshausen, Bavaria, Germany

    The struggle of a dying art

    Information in sensation?

    Reply
    • Johann Sergl says:
      8 years ago

      Hörgertshausen, Bavaria, Germany

      The forgotten first verse

      Fright makes might,

      Reply
  5. Isaac Foreman says:
    8 years ago

    Jacob Foreman (son of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ

    Poem #1 “My Old Farm”

    Airplanes fly low
    Over milo,
    And the silo
    Stands so tall.

    Poem #2 “The Stuck Pig”

    See the hog
    In the bog
    Through the fog
    And the smog?

    Reply
  6. Isaac Foreman says:
    8 years ago

    Grace Foreman (daughter of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ

    Poem 1: “Tax Time”

    Take some pills
    For all your ills,
    Then go ahead
    And pay the bills.

    Poem 2: “Uncle Fred’s Haircut”

    “Get all ready,
    Uncle Freddy;
    Just hold steady
    For Aunt Letty.”

    Reply
  7. Louisa Foreman says:
    8 years ago

    Ben Foreman (son of Amy Foreman), Cascabel, AZ

    Poem #1: “Double-Fudge Ripple”

    Taste this cream;
    It’s so supreme,
    Just like a dream,
    It makes me scream.

    Poem #2: “Cheesemaking”

    Find a way
    To weigh
    The whey.

    Reply
  8. Dan Gallagher, New Zealand says:
    8 years ago

    Why bees don’t have knees

    Stems
    Wreck’em

    Reply
  9. Dan Gallagher, New Zealand says:
    8 years ago

    How the snake knew the apple in the Garden of Eden was poisonous

    It
    Bit

    Reply
  10. Bernadette Perez says:
    8 years ago

    Deep
    Black hole
    Weep
    Soul

    Reply
  11. Daniel Barshay says:
    8 years ago

    So . . . what won
    This thing you run?

    Reply
    • The Society says:
      8 years ago

      http://classicalpoets.org/shortest-poem-contest-winners-announced/

      Reply
  12. matthew scott harris says:
    8 years ago

    Nietzscheism
    transcend gravity.

    Reply
  13. Spilios Kouvelis says:
    8 years ago

    Wind Blowers stay warm.

    Reply
  14. Spilios Kouvelis says:
    8 years ago

    Brave is he who walks among the pigeons

    Reply
  15. Benjamin Pei says:
    8 years ago

    A man’s best friend

    A
    Dog

    Reply
  16. Sina Farajzadeh, Urmia, Iran says:
    8 years ago

    Lust Blasts, Love Lasts.

    Reply
    • Bruce E. Wren says:
      8 years ago

      Ingenious!

      Reply
  17. Rajagopal Kaimal says:
    8 years ago

    War over.
    Scar forever!

    Reply
  18. Jack Hart says:
    8 years ago

    M’s Figure

    Roundly graced,
    But little waist.

    Reply
  19. AL T BETTER says:
    7 years ago

    Here and now then and gone
    The moment lost in this sweet song

    Reply
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