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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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[-] A_Wild_Zeus_Chase@lemmy.world 1 points 4 minutes ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

Vainly struggle

Against ill intent

Until we recede

Into oblivion

[-] ArseAssassin@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago
darkness falls
on old days of life
of a fool
[-] oddlyqueer@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)
The poems
I wrote,
I love 'em
but I'm broke.
[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago
A window to the world
without any Windows

My Computer.
[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

(I wrote it in a few second before looking at the OP post, but the form turned out remarkably similar)

[-] rautapekoni@sopuli.xyz 4 points 5 hours ago

What even is a poem?

I never understood art really...

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 hours ago

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

[-] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Calm and contented

For nothing happened today.

I am satisfied

[-] jay2@beehaw.org 7 points 9 hours ago

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

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 8 hours ago

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

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Fuck this shit

Fuck this shit

Seriously

Fuck this shit

[-] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

My cat died

New cats

One's anxiety

Is too much

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

Sounds just like our situation. Is the anxious cat young?

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago

Cats move with silent, elegant grace and watchful glowing eyes.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago

Admire, if you will, the most optimized feline specimen yet.

[-] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago

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

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago

That's fucking beautiful, dude.

[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 12 points 16 hours ago

We need rain, I'm told.

It rains, complaints grow tenfold.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago

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

[-] spykee@lemmings.world 2 points 10 hours ago

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

[-] sniggleboots@europe.pub 7 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Don't tell me

What to do

You're not my dad

[-] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

Cool wind blows

Autumn's herald harkens

Balls sweat no more

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 17 hours ago

No poem has ever instilled such wistful hope in me before

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Fuck this shit

I want out

Let me go

Home

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago

Written like a man at work on a slow day!

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

You'll wish you'd chosen

not to leap

right...

about...

now

[-] spykee@lemmings.world 3 points 10 hours ago
[-] blackstampede@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

I heard this.

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

As my life flashes before me,

I suddenly love it.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 17 hours ago

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

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 6 points 17 hours ago

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

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

😭 nooo I can change

[-] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 5 points 15 hours ago

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

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago

They matter to me when I go in there to pee.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 2 points 13 hours ago

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Poetry is hard to

[-] apotheotic@beehaw.org 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

women, girls, ladies

a lifetime is insufficient

to appreciate you

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

Truer words have never been spoken. There is nothing better.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The kids are fighting again.

I love being their dad!

[-] Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

A dispute between children strikes fear into all weary minds.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

I like that.

[-] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

The clock ticks on. Though, the promised hour never comes.

[-] kriz@slrpnk.net 2 points 14 hours ago

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

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago

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

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[-] birdwing 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Life is too short
Make of it
What you can

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

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

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[-] url@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

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

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