Short Life Poems

Short Life Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Life by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Life by length and keyword.


Star

Star
Big, bright
Glowing, giving, shining
Lights up the universe
dazzling, sparkling, lighting
Object, sphere
Light
Form: Cinquain


Feel

We feel sad
We get mad
We are glad
It’s not bad

They hurt us
They love us
They are us

What I feel 
It is real
Form: Rhyme

Smile:)

Some one once told me 
     "you can be what ever you want to be."
              I didn't think that meant being happy.
Form: ABC

Star-Lit Smog

. . . star-lit dewdrops glow

                           thick, toxic, black puffs billow

smothering smog,  go . . .
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Moral Duty

Duty is but God's moral imperative implanted in Man's soul!







(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
    25 September 2016
Form: Monoku


Premium Member Query of Life 3

distend d..n..a doth we grow fat, my precious, with little white lies? Kim Rodrigues ©2017

Premium Member Like Veins of Life

This skeletal tree
Against a sunset backdrop
Silhouetted veins




http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/nature-8.php
Form: Haiku

Coffee

Gushing drink into the tummy
With cream and sugar is so yummy!
Just don't let it overflow
Or hyper-active you will go!
Form: Quatrain

My World!

i wanna get away
but i dont know how
i wanna cry
but they wont come out
i wanna leave 
but my heart wont let me .. .
Form:

Mirror

We've been taught to look at the mirror in front not behind us
Cos we don't need to look back
To know who we really are

Life Water

Life water
wash me down
simple moments water rushing
over winter white feet
tumbled rocks purple catches me
waiting.

Way of Life

some people or gay
borm this way
they do have some say
rhis is a new day
everyome have a right
to there
WAY OF LIFE

Don'T Let Life Get You Down

yes its rough
times tough
beat the dust
not ff the rust
in god trust
let angel sing and sound
DON'Y LET LIFE GET YOU
DOWN

Color Me In Red

Love is such a color 
That really is a wonder
How it makes me ponder
Will i ever find her 
Or will it color me in red
Form:

The Geisha - Walk Softly Contest

I smile serenely and sit
waiting as my mentor taught
to please weary gentlemen
massaging egos.





Penned 11 August 2013
Form: Dodoitsu

Cowboy

Cowboy mind
(Your life
Or your money)
In a cycle of years
Grabbing every penny
You never became rich
I never became ditch
Form: Limerick

Unhidden Love

her heart pounds
as he speaks to her--
sleepless nights



CONTEST:"Nothing BUT Love' sponsored by Andrea Dietrich.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Pastel

Pastel colors upon the edge
As the sun breaks away
the night, crickets and katydids
still entertain the day  
Form: Rhyme

The Impermanence of Vitality

A man lives and a man dies,
A flame burns and soon flickers out,
And so goes the pattern of vitality.

-Eddie Belcher
© Ed Belcher  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Man and Woman

God created the caring woman 

So as

To make life bearable for man!



© Demetrios Trifiatis
  21 FEBRUARY 2015

New Era

Light
of hope
spreading through
the hearts like wide 
fire .



Contest:illumination: diamante or lanterns poetry
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member A Better Warranty

If priests sold used cars and
Used car salesmen sold heaven’s land 
Would you get a better warranty of faith -
In hand

Premium Member Haiku: Neighborhood Watch

white faced mimes protest...
falling leaves noise pollution
fierce finger pointing

Brian Johnston
November 17, 2015
Form: Haiku

Life

Life is worth living.
It holds the secrets that no-one knows 
Forever it will be supporting you
Everyday for Eternity.
© Super Star  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Wool

We are like sheep;
sheep are shaved off their wool,
without their own free will -
we pay taxes because
we have to....

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