Jeremy Betts

Jeremy Betts Jan 15

I put the pasta in the water
And watched the burner get hotter and hotter
But the water refused to boil
Sitting on the red hot coil
Then the instant I walked away it boiled over

©2025

~ Limerick ~
A five-line poem with an AABBA rhyming scheme. Limericks are known for being humorous.
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The etymology of the word "Limerick" is debated, but it's generally thought to refer to the Irish city of Limerick
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#limerick #life

Jeremy Betts Jan 15

:|§|: Iffy :|§|:

Foresight
No conclusions
Could be wrong, maybe right
Try seeing through the night without
Moonlight

©2025

~ Cinquain ~
The first line and the last line mirror one another in sound, and the number of syllables increases by two with each line before abruptly decreasing: 2-4-6-8-2.
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The word Cinquain is the French word for "bundle of five objects."
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#cinquain #foresight #conclusions #sight #night #darkness #moonlight

Jeremy Betts Jan 14

~•§•~ How Far's the Moon from Here? ~•§•~

Fly me to the moon
Pinky promise you'll come back to me soon
And I'll wait for you from sundown to high noon
Playing our favorite tune

©2025

#fantasy #love #desire #willingness #sacrifice #patience #longing #alone

Jeremy Betts Jan 13

:|§|: A+B=C :|§|:

The tears shed for what has long since gone will only distort the importance of every right here, right now, leading to nothing but regret when what's all said and done catches up to the last setting sun

©2025

~ Monostich/Monoku ~
A poem or stanza that consists of a single line and single train of thought.
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The word Monostich comes from the Greek word monostichon, which means "consisting of one line of verse"
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#monostich #monoku #tears #passed #distorted #important #regret #done

Jeremy Betts Jan 11

:|§|: Structure :|§|:

Five quick syllables
Then you plug in seven more
Five will wrap it up

©2025

My first ever haiku...or is this a senryu?

~ Haiku ~
An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having in English three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables respectively
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The word Haiku comes from the Japanese words hai (amusement) and ku (verse). It is a shortened version of the phrase haikai no ku, which translates to "light verse".
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#haiku #structure #test #skill #fun

Jeremy Betts Jan 11

~•§•~ I See You Not See Me ~•§•~

I see you look at me
But do you see me?
Am I see through?
Could it be that easy?

When you do look,
What are you looking for?
Only what you want to see?
What if I'm something more?
((What if I'm nothing more?))

Will you lie to yourself
If you see something different?
If I'm not perfect but maybe adjacent
Will that still justify a replacement?

I don't know what this is
I don't know why I form questions
To queries I want no answers too
Just to repeat the painful lessons

©2025

#life #love #questions #lies #perfection #replacement #redundant #painful #lessons

Jeremy Betts Jan 10

~•§•~ Trading Blows ~•§•~

Find me in the shadows
Cowering behind broken windows
Obsolete and useless
Like old Nintendos
Single celled amongst the minnows
Fear the stage, cancel shows
Tattered armor from the battles
When oh when
Will I get to chalk up my first win?
Who knows
I mean
Who knows?
Been trading blows
With good and evils
Gods and devil's
A perpetual looser revels
With a fat lip and broken nose
I lie about it so it still grows
As time slows
Behind a cold wind that blows
New highs
New lows
No,
Reoccurring lows
Kept on stepped on toes
A blade allows me to watch
Oxygen turn life from blue to red
As it flows
And drips off the edge
Of pointy elbows
Not caring where it goes
Never telling what it knows

©2025

#shadows #broken #obsolete #useless #fear #battles #good #evil #god #devil