Short Not Poems

Short Not Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Not by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Not by length and keyword.


The Snake

A slithering creature is the snake
He gives me such a fright
For when he coils up and hisses
I know he’s about to bite
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Tears

In a land of make belive,
a place whare I can hide,
where reality seems so far away.
just like these tears i've cried.
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Not Goodby Kiss

baby am  going away
will be back some day
you am going to miss
this is not 
my love for you is hot
NOT A GOODBY KISS

Truth

Am no athiest but...
truth be told, it is,
infact,
TORMENTING...
how shallow religion,
can, may or is,
sometimes...
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Why

when I look around,
darkness... inside out,
evil... out to haunt,
and so,
 I have to know,
why the smile, 
why lie?
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Alone Morning

shining dawn 
sip on coffee cup 
you and me 
but a souvenir
lives with me this morn


-January 22, 2019 Chattogram
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Free Freedom

Gentlemen, free freedom
Perpetual detainee it is
Release freedom to its natural home
That sovereign country of nowhere
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Breakfast

before 
i could
finish
her
sticky
bun
she

licked
my fingers
and asked
would you
love some
Colombian
coffee
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Salon Or Saloon

i can quiff
you can
queef

but we
both 
can

quaff and
so toast
i to you

and you to
anyone
you

want
to
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A Welcome Note

Words that have been,
from deep within,
rhymed with time,
in joy or sorrow,
today or tomorrow,
I treasure them here.
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Ticket To Ride

put a ticket
in my hand

again
i begin

to be
a kid

again
but not

asking
where

but are
we there

yet
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Had Passed Away So Yjey Say

yesterday had passed away 
while at home would stay 
soon soul started to stray 
My sins did cause dismay.

Jim Horn
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Premium Member Question Not-

~I tell you!
What?
The question is not?

8/26/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©

Tears Do Not Belong To Us

No tears
      belong to us...
      They are legitimate daughters
      of pain and longing
      that invade us...!
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Twist Or Not

a teacher taught tongue-twisters to tiny tots

sadly, twisting tiny tongues taught tots, not a lot

 Year Posted 2010

Premium Member To Goat Or Not To Goat

To goat or not 
to goat as the 
Cosmic universe states a choice 
Ball busters 
everywhere 
Searching for their voice

Premium Member 1420 - We're Not Alone

Oh, Cosmos, bulging with your multiverses- Earth's not the only gift where life disperses.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Try Not To

I'm Often Better
At Things When I
Try Not To Try.

And Always More
Fun When I Don't.

-Gray Squirrel

10-30-2025

Holy Intention

instinct
drives us to a place
where the physical world
interfaces 
with the spiritual...
a place 
of holy intention
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Thought

I am a woman who has a color for every emotion, there is a rainbow that shines inside my breast, right after every storm.
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Why

Why cant you see me
Am I really that invisible
Im right here in plain site
Why cant you see I think 
Were meant to be
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Premium Member Living Intellect Intellectual not so much

intellect
not the same as intellectual
I avoid one as if it was tuberculosis
the other I run toward, happy to greet it

Premium Member What?

Beauty calls and I must go
What? I didn't say beauty
I said duty
Oh!

So far up until now
It had been a 
Great day
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Flame

Different dawns
reveal themselves 
and 
near our blue 
world
asteroids becom
one 
with 
the 
sky
Any questions?
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Fuse

Cold, 
Power within, 
Waiting to be released, 
Pull the pin, 
Count to five, 
Throw away, 
Power unleashed, 
Cold.
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