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Best Shrunk Poems

Below are the all-time best Shrunk poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of shrunk poems written by PoetrySoup members


Diamond In the Sky
A dead star that inspired this poem--the companion of the star 55 Cancri, in the constellation of Cancer the Crab--has now shrunk to only about...

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Categories: shrunk, star,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member The Curse: Collaboration
A man with a quiet demeanor
was cursed with a miniscule wiener.
He tried lotions and pills
But not one cured his ills.
Now he's a silent nail hole...

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Categories: shrunk, body, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Escaping the Medusa
This Medusa had no power to turn us into stone
but when she ran aground over Poseidon's throne
his anger stirred, and into the sea the crew...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrunk, death, sea,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Into Mars
One evening, gazing into the endless expanse,
Lured by its mystery, I sat engrossed in thoughts. 
The world around me seemed to fade and all I...

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Categories: shrunk, adventure, dream, journey, space,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pee Yew- Collaboration
Yesterday I was in a little funk
because I got peed on by a big skunk
          ...

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© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: shrunk, humor,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Marital Woes
For those of us who are married
We know how it often goes
Good days, bad ones and some
Common, annoying marital woes

I left a smidgen of toilet...

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Categories: shrunk, funny, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
Ode To My Skinny Pants
I fooled the whole world for a number of years
The opposite sex...those gullible dears
A sexy slim body, and cute little butt
Had them acting like fools...behaving...

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Categories: shrunk, funnyworld, me, , cute,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member How Prunes Are Made
When taking a bath in the tub
The first thing you'll notice, if you stay in too long,
Is how your fingertips shrivel.
Then, as you rub and...

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Categories: shrunk, blue, body, childhood, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
My Fallen Fay
Twas’ by a waterfall quite late,
Beneath the stars, full moon awake,
I saw my tiny love, my Fay,
Upon a mossy bank, she lay;

At first glance, I...

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Categories: shrunk, adventure, hope, imagination, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Frog Prince - Part 1
A funny frog called Mr Snog,
once lived beside a slimy bog,
he was a most peculiar fellow,
his hat was red, his boots were yellow,
his waistcoat was...

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Categories: shrunk, allegory, fairy, humorous, metaphor,
Form: Light Verse
Renegades Foreva
Renegades Foreva!

Renegade teenage rage babes 
thinkin’ they all grown, all knowin’ 
when they seedlin’s barely sown
bleedin’ teenage angst with teenage crankst
always rhymin’ and mis-timin’ some...

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Categories: shrunk, growing up, rap, slam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Load
Even the smallest ants cast long shadows
While carrying the weight of a large chunk
Inching along with food that seems shallow
Even the smallest ants cast long...

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Categories: shrunk, deep, nature,
Form: Triolet
Inside the Mind of a Woman
A gaggle of Mad Scientists
Shrunk me down in size
Placed me in a tiny syringe
Injected me into a woman's mind

They gave me special instructions
While there to...

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Categories: shrunk, funny, humor, women,
Form: Rhyme
A Lollipop In Page
The chirp of cloudy morning peal its wondrous beauty 
As it was a perfect moment to sip the taste of an old times
Pampered and drawn...

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Categories: shrunk, baby, happiness, inspiration, journey,
Form: Free verse
Ana Pt 1
I met the greatest love of my life when I was the innocent age of sixteen.  She entered it the way mist creeps along...

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Categories: shrunk, body, corruption, depression, metaphor,
Form: Personification

Book: Reflection on the Important Things