Short Sad Poems

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


Innocence Gone

He had great disdain for her
Enough to eliminate
The soft parts of her
He never associated the bones
To the pale girl


Premium Member Unwell

Feeling so unwell,
Almost as if in a Hell.
Almost like I am
Under some sort of a spell.
Hoping soon I will be well.
Form: Tanka

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.
Form:

Child

Anger
     Breaking
             Chills
                   Deepening
What they did to the child slowly eats me alive.
Form: ABC

Forever Promise

Please don't promise me forever
I've had promises before
Just give me a new dream every night
And I won't ask for more
Form: Rhyme


Alone

I'm a man so much in love
but nobody cares enough,
they laugh at me behind my back,
I'm everybody's fool, oh so alone.

Weakness

Work; worry;
Everyday!
Action ~ reaction!
Kindness? Never!
Needs not met.
Eventual eruption!
Somebody WILL
suffer!
Form: Acrostic

Calluses

My hands,
Eroded by life’s troubles,
Quake in fear,
I see it approaching,
Intense and meaningful,
Is a subtle death.

The Raindrop

Fell on my cheek today hiding my tear. Thankyou raindrop for falling in the right place to 
hide the sadness on my face.
Form:

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:

Lethal Wish

I try to run, I try to fight no way around the pain tonight.
Wish I may, Wish I might receive the gift of DEATH tonight.
Form:

Let Go Let Go Let Go

still have a hook
that got me book
it time
to leave this behind
am glad you were mind
the hurts a hard blow
LET GO LET GO

Stuck In a Pond

Sharing loneliness
On a boat in a stale pond
We keep throwing rocks
To imitate the great seas
Too cowardly to explore
Form: Tanka

Displaced

Tossed high up in air
Cradled in valiant fort
Oust Archimedes
Vastness being inside the dot
White dreams ignobly sold
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Backfired

a home without impassioned fire in the hearth ~ 
       leaves one with a cold heart


Susan Ashley
December 30,2017
Form: Monoku

Inner child

I walk
Hand in hand
With myself
Hoping one day
I can let the
Pain from the past
Disappear
And let myself
Be whole

That Tree

It’s not our world anymore, there's more than just you and me
But there wasn’t when we carved our names into that tree.

Premium Member Wolf in sheep's clothing

Are you sad?
Nothing but fake news
Slow and steady
Drags me down
Kids will be kids



AP: Honorable Mnetion 2025
Form: Cento

Premium Member Discarded

Took a bite of me.
Chewed a while and spit me out.
Left me in a mess.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member This World is Tragicomic


  
	This world is tragi-comedic in strict proportion

             ~ to the pathways we tread of utter distortion
Form: Couplet

Untitled

Crushed faces
Shattered hearts
Lifeless inside
Now apart
Joy became hatred
Love destroyed
He's gone
And left a void
Form:

Frowns To Smiles

Cry
wet, silent
falling, showing, telling
boys, girls, pillow, tissue
smiling, enjoying, rejoicing
happy, glad
smile
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Evil Annihilating Me

Evil rushes in
Annihilating my soul
Whaling my hurt heart
Destroying my torn being
Evil crushes down within

Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Sad Sextet

Sad Sextet. 


Rainy day 
Wet dog on pavement 
Looking in
Seeing me
Sit by the cosy fireside 
Ignoring its plight.
Form: Sestina

Premium Member Life Goes On

intermittant storms
rage in the sky and my heart
my unshed tears burn
in spite of my grief
the sun shines and life goes on
Form: Tanka

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