Short All But Poems

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


Premium Member Crystal Power

When colours collide,
Reality before us
Shall all but subside,
As I unleash long kept light
From crystal so warm and bright.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member LOVE'S FLAME

Speak not to me
Of lust
Bold flame
That scorches all but time
Nor love
Forever’s burning embers
Cold keeper of this flame

Premium Member Veterans Day, November 11

“We don’t know them all, but we owe them all” is a reference to veterans. I’m grateful to each one.
Form: Ninette

Life

Life can be a challenge
With so many ups and downs
Life isn’t fair at all, but
Roll with the punches, don’t quit
Learn from your mistakes
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Those Who Matter

Those people who really matter in this world unknown remain to all but to God almighty!






(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
     03 December 2016
Form: Monoku


Burnt Out Gift

There once was a gifted child,
Through all their lifetime they smiled,
But a bump in the night,
Came as a fright,
And now they are all but wild.
Form: Limerick

Overdrive

Shifting into tomorrow,
today passing through the exhaust
The RPM’s marking time and space
—direction all but lost

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Torn

Faith has all but
Left this heart
This ravished soul
That's been torn apart 
A tortured mind 
That's all but lost
How to deal 
With heavy cost

This Regret Is Heart-Wrenching

Many regrets have their bitterness
over things dreamed up and not done,
and unable to go back and undo them as sadness,
I can forget them all but one!
Form: Rhyme

This Regret Is Heart-Wrenching

Many regrets have their bitterness
over things dreamed up and not done,
and unable to go back and undo them as sadness,
I can forget them all but one!
Form: Rhyme

This Regret Is Heart-Wrenching

Many regrets have their bitterness
over things dreamed up and not done,
and unable to go back and undo them as sadness,
I can forget them all but one!
Form: Rhyme

This Regret Is Heart-Wrenching

Many regrets have their bitterness
over things dreamed up and not done,
and unable to go back and undo them as sadness,
I can forget them all but one!
Form: Rhyme

The Actors

I feel bad for the actors left behind
Already past their prime
New actors come in
And they take the spotlight from him
Now he is all but forgotten
© Shay Funk  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Untitled

My enemies are fictional, cause they can never keep it real,
I'm not numb at all, but I guess I can never seem to feel,
do not think of me as someone
Form:

3am

The clock always reads 3 in the morn
at least that's how it seems
stuck on a time forlorn
granting all but sweet dreams
while the solemn moon gleams
Form: Cinquain

Don'T Laugh

So,
Some
people are
just like slinkies;
not much good for
anything at all, but you
can't help but smile when you
see one tumbling down the stairs.
Form: Shape

Premium Member Ocelot At Twelve

There is an ocelot at twelve o’clock
I did not bother to get out my Glock.
Was eaten fast
All but my cast
Thanks to the lying wolf-crier on the block
Form: Limerick

Empty

Colors fade to black
As the time pass
Looking in
Not looking through
Seeing everything you can do
Want more
But find none
When the day is all but done
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Warm-Up

Leaning into me, you brought your long dark lashes right up next to mine. Butterfly kisses, you said - before I’d all but melted.
Form: Tanka

Feed

Feed

I feed everything considered and 
all but 
finished (he’s a 
pathological liar) with 
not yet proven accusations or 
assertions of 
war treason.

Premium Member March Madness

They call it March Madness
  this NCAA Men's Basketball Tourney

For all but one team, though, it's sadness
  as a stinging defeat ends their athletic journey
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Robin Hood

Our hat's off to Robin Hood
for the poor was always doing good
Maid Marian all but stole his heart
much upsetting the apple cart



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Clerihew

Sonnet 18 and a Half

Shall I compare thee to a piece of clay?
Thou crack and crumble in light of the sun.
Thy beauty’s all but washed and burned away
All of my love for thee has been undone.
© Billy Bob  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Sonnet

Tropic Skies

Trouble travels far.
Of its dark cloud
Not one sign, however
Broods here. Ever!

All but wraps and warm
Our minds around
For sea haze, does enhance
Dreamy romance.
Form: Rhyme

The Dread That Fed

I laid a garland at her head
Of knotted words
Left unsaid.
Rusted flowers
In a bed
Of memories
All but dead.
Eyes red
Heart bled
Courage fled
But no tears shed

...But no tears shed...
Form: Verse

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