Best Short Fuse Poems
Below are the all-time best Short Fuse poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of short fuse poems written by PoetrySoup members
One-Way Ticket To MidnightLet the final countdown begin
Proxy war in Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia vs. Iran
India vs Pakistan
Sunni vs Shia
The 38th divide of Korea
China taking over the sea...
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Categories:
short fuse, death, war,
Form:
I do not know?
Handle With CareEverywhere we see the signs,
Unstable, Fragile, Caution;
So why don't people have such signs,
So folks know to take precautions.
For some folks have a real short fuse,
That's...
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Categories:
short fuse, people,
Form:
Quatrain
Face To Face With a Nameless DameHold your fire
Let your sharp tongue retire
When to the fore sneaks your ire
Increasing carelessness danger
Thinking in your mind you’re an indomitable ranger
Although in your own...
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Categories:
short fuse, poems,
Form:
Free verse
God and Man - the Great DivideCompare the evidence of a real divide
so far apart are truly God and man
the comparisons are really traumatic
consider all that covers this great span
God is...
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Categories:
short fuse, god, humanity, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Caution - Handle With CareEverywhere we see the signs,
Unstable, Fragile, Caution,
So why don't people have such signs,
So folks can take precautions.
Some folks have a real short fuse,
That's sometimes unsuspected,
And...
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Categories:
short fuse, people,
Form:
Quatrain
Understanding FearWhen someone less fortunate begs from you,
there's more to their pain than the eye can see.
Maybe you should carefully think it through
before angrily dismissing their...
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Categories:
short fuse, 12th grade, anxiety, feelings,
Form:
Quatrain
A Case of the BluesThe world's changing so fast
forever dreams no longer tend to last.
Time somehow slips away,
it seemed, but yesterday
life was all about play,
and yet, those moments all...
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Categories:
short fuse, age, angst, anxiety, blue,
Form:
Rhyme
Blew It Away Like the SandSo I have some things, that I just have to say,
but please do not take me in the wrong way,
I have this tiny little problem,...
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Categories:
short fuse, abuse, anti bullying, bullying,
Form:
Light Verse
Jane's BaneJane was renown for her very short fuse
'Specially when she was sozzled with booze
She relished a...
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Categories:
short fuse, funny
Form:
Limerick
Chortles and ChucklesA magic elixir for the heart,
a good laugh helps you survive.
For when the effervescent smiles start,
laughter keeps whimsical thoughts alive.
A contagious outrageous feeling,
laughter begins with...
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Categories:
short fuse, cheer up, giggle, happiness,
Form:
Quatrain
Winter SleepMy grandfather
Worked hard all his life
And died
When I was
Away.
I remember him
Sitting in the dark
By the kitchen stove
On cold winter nights
Rubbing his calloused...
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Categories:
short fuse, lifeold, work, winter, me,
Form:
Narrative
These Redneck Guys In GeorgiaI’m not a redneck, but in Georgia I attract them like flies.
They all have the best pickup truck that money can buy.
With heavy southern accents,...
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Categories:
short fuse, desire, funny, love, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
Don'T Eat Welsh RarebitI know what you want to order for dinner, Welsh Rarebit.
But if you order it again, I swear that I'll have a fit.
You sleep in...
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Categories:
short fuse, food, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
My Complaint Against Christian FundamentalismFundamentalists have misinterpreted the wise men,
Magnified them and blown up their faith in god,
Claim that the magi had an epiphany, heard from above,
In searching for,...
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Categories:
short fuse, baby, celebration, christian, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
Between Bill and Melllllllll:::::::::::lllllllllll
if i were an invisible hood
a flight to Washington is my mood
i'd sneak into Bill Gates
snatch his billion crates
and snoop on secrets hushed by rich...
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Categories:
short fuse, adventure, funny
Form:
Limerick