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Best Smallest Poems

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


Premium Member Garden of Mum
Mum sat in her aromatic garden,
admiring its charm and grace.
It was a cold morning,
but mum never seemed to feel it any more.

Her eyes were tired,...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smallest, mother, mother son,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Belongings
Shadowed in the silent room, the daylight's nearly gone
Dusk climbs in through window glass, with one last ray of sun
I start the task, climb on...

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Categories: smallest, loss, love, me, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Seeds of Love
Destiny quivers,
like the lips of young lovers awaiting their first kiss.
As I quivered before our first … although just your hand.
It was filled with the...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smallest, creation, desire, destiny, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Human Hands
I was there
To usher you into this world
Mine were the hands that cradled your little body
The face that beamed in your presence
My hands were ready...

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Categories: smallest, beautiful, god,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Sonnet For Compassion
What words did you use to make someone smile?
Did you reach out to change a stranger’s day?
The smallest gesture makes it all worthwhile,
an act of...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smallest, community, humanity, judgement,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member This Buds For You
-This buds for you!-
-It takes one to know one!-
-I know you are, but what am I?-

A second hand, on my stopwatch, going nowhere!
You are a...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: smallest, abuse, addiction, anger, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Wheel Has Come Full Circle
What goes up must come down. 
No colors can define who you are. 
You may own a cart or limousine. 
We'll still reach the end...

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Categories: smallest, faith, god, imagery, life,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member A Letter Sent
I am writing to you because I know you have a wish.
I have been thinking diligently about your wish. It is not
going to be easy...

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Categories: smallest, love,
Form: Narrative
My Turn To Cry
I’ve distanced myself
I didn’t mean to
Didn’t set out to do it
An unconscious act of the mind 
For self preservation

My visits went to once a week
Sunday...

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Categories: smallest, confusion, depression, devotion, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Mouse Family's Christmas
It's Christmas Eve and through the house 
there creeps a curious little mouse.
He climbs into the big arm chair 
and finds the cookies waiting there...

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Categories: smallest, adventure, christmas,
Form: Narrative
Heart of a Poet
It jumps not to the thought of riches or the prospect of gold
For common treasures are not what it seeks
But rather it responds to that...

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Categories: smallest, imagination, passion, people, social,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Owl Parliament, Eagle Owl Presiding
Owl Parliament is now in session, so be quiet please.
All whistles, hoots, growls, grunts and screeches need to cease.

As the largest of you all, I’m...

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Categories: smallest, bird, , cute,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Place In the Sun
A day in the springtime, so balmy and sunny,
A few precious moments with nothing to do
Found me on my lawn, in the sunrays of honey
Which...

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Categories: smallest, analogy, bible, christian, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member - True Love Never Dies Or Lie -
As time flows gently by and we grow old in each other's arms
Sailing away on our memories each rising sun seems brighter 
I love the...

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Categories: smallest, beauty, blessing, happiness, love,
Form: Quatrain
The Light Shall Overcome the Night
When you find yourself alone in the shadows
Void of peace and tricked by deceit,
Know that light flushes out the dark
And there's a light deep within...

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Categories: smallest, christian, conflict, dark, depression,
Form: Lyric

Book: Shattered Sighs