Short Affliction Poems

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


All Is Fair

His heart walked out the door
it couldn’t take any more
of the affliction.
His fickle addiction
to love, or was it war?
Form: Limerick


Higher Affliction

Beneath,
Moving higher,
Upset and distressed now,
Lapsed into disturbed sleep or grief,
Afflicted with uneasiness for you.

Addiction

Your soul stained
You set fire to the rain
Hate floods your veins

It’s your diction
It’s your affliction
It’s your addiction
© Byron Kaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

That Is How Life Is

There is no lengthy night
     that prevents the day from rising...
         there is no affliction that
         be everlasting...!

Affliction

They were conflicted. 

About my affliction. 

There is no cure, they decided. 

But a remedy. 

That they will inflict upon me.


Premium Member An Affliction

There's an affliction among many people that truly drives me insane.
It's known as diarrhea of the mouth with constipation of the brain.
Form: Rhyme

Affliction Ii

By and by,
Tis the fate believers buy.
That when they sin hallow,
Then affliction will them swallow.
c,2017

  inspired by Gorge Herbert.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Twunkies

Twitter is an addiction
A serious affliction
Like heroin, meth, or crack
With this monkey on one's back
Lost between fact and fiction
Form: Limerick

Premium Member How Doubts Wear

serious vagueness to choppy doubt ,
always an affliction .
prolonged this will burden !


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 24–30, 2026)

Premium Member In Baubles, Allure

Born in the heart of the insecure
    of him who finds in baubles allure

  A grave affliction, difficult to cure
    Consumed by Jealousy, one must abjure
Form: Monorhyme

Fear

Frequency of heart beat high
Extreme unexpectation apparent without a sigh
Affliction by an unseen trauma
Recurring in the mind is this non-existing failure tumor.
Form: Acrostic

Endearment

My bones corrode
From the acidity of your endearment.
Stay away.
Keep your distance.
I am already decaying
From the affliction
Of all the tenderness I carry
For you.
© Sun Lee  Create an image from this poem.

Hurt People

Hurt people hurt people

“You’re my love and my addiction”

                                           Hurt people hurt people 

“So please don’t give me your affliction”
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Medical Reason

When his wife caught her spouse fooling around
he claimed a medical reason sound:
I have an affliction—
A hot chick addiction!
Now he’s cured—six feet under ground

1/28/22
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Affliction of Bigotry

I ascribe his bigotry as an affliction and a burden of misdirection . he will not negotiate or diverge from the mockery !


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 24–30, 2026)
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

Stricken

I feel
this affliction
blood flows
without end
through darkened
poison veins
long suffering
at last
hope nears
if only
to touch
that hem
just once
may I
live stricken
no more
Form:

Premium Member Passion

Lamb delightful, joyful loving, giving, caring Master, Savior, demon, human ranting, raving, thronging sedition, affliction goat ======= In Honor of Dane Ann And contest
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Ludwig van Beethoven


Ludwig van Beethoven
raised music to realm of art with heart’s rhythm interwoven.
Despite failed romance and stressful hearing affliction
composed fervent music of dexterous perfection.
Form: Clerihew

Tanka and Senryu

Tanka 
It is amazing
How many things happen 
In a tiny village
When you have time to see
How busy quietness is 


Senryu 
Illness of boredom 
A sedentary affliction
Lack of imagination
Form: Tanka

Misconception

Everything that seems is not what it seems,
But is an affliction to caress and subdue your frail mind,
With the illusion of peace, and salvation, in reality it is paved into a sinner’s oblivion.

Premium Member Ludwig van Beethoven


Ludwig van Beethoven
raised music to summit of art with heart’s rhythm interwoven.
Despite failed romance and stressful hearing affliction 
composed mesmeric melody of dexterous perfection.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member His Train Has Left the Station

Didn't realize how bad his affliction was His train left the station, he's got too many flaws He sure ain't a smartie His aura is faulty As well he's probably broken every damn law
Form: Limerick

Make It Through the Fire

V-ie with others for the trophy, 
I-n the friendly competition; 
M-ake it through the fire, 
A-s life is fraught with affliction. 

Topic: Birthday of Vima Ocampo (April 26) 
Form: Acrostic Quatrain
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Existential Melancholy

We're all captives of this affliction that traps us in its undertow.


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Sponsored by: Poet Destroyer A |
Date written and posted: 04/04/2016
sad
Form: Monoku

Rabid Affliction

K-iller
R-isk
I-s
S-tarting
T-o
I-nfect
N-ations
E-mploying

J-eopardy
A-s
V-irus
E-erily
D-eploys
R-abid
A-ffliction

Topic: Birthday of Kristine Javedra (June 10) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

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