Short Afternoons Poems

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


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The sunniest mornings,
 the most contemplative afternoons,
 the most starry nights, 
conveys my soul, 
guides me through life...!


Natures Praise

Enchanting hills laugh
Beyond the ridge of nature  
Afternoons shimmer


Countryside’s beam light
From the sunsets of glory 
Upon the white birch
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Summer afternoons

A refreshing pitcher of lemonade.
Invited several old friends to drop in.
No bitter lemons among us.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member October leisure

Sunday afternoons beg for relaxation
Stretching out with a good mystery novel
Kitty shows me the moves



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Life At 50

Fifty years still here

wrinkles starting to appear 

strong extra mature.

fifty is just a number

afternoons I just slumber.



18th April 2017.
© Roy Pett  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka


Divested

You assume I am happy
at the mall, at the beauty parlor,
at the cocktail afternoons with the girls.
Look in your wallet.
The plastic cards
don't say, "I Love You!"
© Lynn Simms  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member ECHOING BREEZE

May drifts in like childhood’s echoing breeze,
     stirring scents of honeysuckle afternoons.

Every blossom feels like a memory~
     spring calls me back home.
Form: Other

Premium Member Black Diamond Night

Mornings of  rubies and sapphires are fine
  Afternoons  of Topaz and turquoise  divine
Evenings with Emeralds   shine bright
But nothing compares to a Black Diamond night
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
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Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Summer Afternoons

summer afternoons

hot breath of summer
 even the dark shadows sweat ~
  solstice stupor

sweltering doldrums
 heat waves rise on sallow breaths ~
  only the bees buzz
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Football Is Its Name

Sunday Afternoons

America's beloved game

Its name is Football.

 

(January 23, 2011  Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved
Form: Senryu

Sunday Afternoons

In dusty Karoo towns
Sunday afternoons are 
sentences of solitary confinement

Deserted streets
closed doors and windows
No sign of life

One wonders if the rapture
has taken place

Dead Poets

I'm lost in words
I cannot write a poem
Is this a word depression
I await wet Autumn afternoons
for obituaries on past poets
Dead horizons roll on their heads
towards an uncertain future

A Good Treat For a Brat

On those hot summer's afternoons around five,
there's nothing that soothes like a rich ice cream;
sweaty kids can't wait for Mr. Softee to arrive
and they run while their hysterical moms scream!
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member First Rain

The first rain of Autumn falls quietly on sun-dried pastures left after Summer's long afternoons. The first rain of Autumn creates silvered puddles reflecting a dark sky
Form: Verse

Premium Member Hours of indulgence

Sunday afternoons were for reading
She'd get lost in worlds of fantasy
Of mystery and adventure
She'd escape and let her mind wander
To far corners of the world and beyond



AP: 3rd place 2025

Premium Member Shades Of Love

Love has many shades -- 
the methods we color our
feelings.  Often giving them
faces and names.  Times, the
mornings, afternoons and 
evenings -- Which are more
the Passionate?  Only Love
can decide.

Pioneer Town

Once closer, that furthest
Away is in tone.
Urban-flashed and urban- buzzed
From the rustic one.

Linked but of this, a track.
And thin! And of mud!
Mother's call, late afternoons
Cow to which did scud!
old
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Boho Honeymoon

My mind is filled with pretty things
Thoughts of days with you 
Where we can sit by river banks
With nothing else to do 
Lavender iced lattes
Lazy afternoons
Listening to The Neighborly
My kind of honeymoon
Form: Rhyme

Labours of Love

tropic afternoons 
spent on her Antarctic glares 
my dent on cosmos







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Date: 25 / 12 / 2016

Form Haiku
Form: Haiku

Earth In Song -a summer grassland

Blown down on, morning-mild.
Breathed out, afternoons
Of that, for which this heart swoons
Life. Rhythmic; restful.

The element of air
Itself transmuted.
Listen! Grassed, hoppered, wing'ed.
Of harmonists full.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow

One day I was sitting in a field
Ogling at my afternoons yield
When across the road I seen
A lovely meadow so green
Cars don't see fur as a shield










http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/humour-4.php
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Fall Pleasure

Fall Pleasure

On autumn soaked afternoons
When bits of fall confetti ride breezes,
Or tumble to the ground,
Settle in a comfy chair
Wrapped in cozy, a cinnamon scent,
Cup of cider and a little chocolate something.

Morning

Today day is like
A caspsule of our whole life
Every morning a beginning
A start so fresh and clean

Because afternoons
Are so hectic
And evenings 
Are regretful

So thank our God
For life
For a chance
For mornings
© Jessica K  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Acme To the Rescue

I fondly remember Road Runner cartoons
That amused us until weekend afternoons
Wile E. got just desserts
On that barren desert
But I wished Acme mailed him Kevlar balloons

12/28/15  for combination of three words contest
Form: Limerick

Summer

Golden shoulders
Green grass

Bright nails
Faded shirts

Big sunglasses
Little movement

Water fights
Washed cars

Busy schedules
Lazy afternoons

Floating rivers
Sinking sun

No sweatshirt
No inhabitions

I'll miss you, summer.
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