Short Alternative Poems

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


Tweetable Twitter Haiku

Twitter obsession
Presidents to pig farmers
Alternative facts


Written on 13th March 2017

Entry to "tweetable" contest
Form: Haiku


Premium Member What's the Alternative

Considering the alternative – this alternative state of being is preferable.
written August 11, 2021
Form: Epigram

Alternative Georgie Porgie

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,
kissed the girls and made them cry,
when the boys came out to play
Georgie Porgie turned to gay.
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member How Old Is Old

How Old Is Old Miracle Man 1/1/2025 Be proud of your age, the alternative was worse. You’re not existing!
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
age
Form: Haiku

Online Dating

Pinned hearts marked the origin of familiar narrative, of strangers' exploration for outside alternative.
Form: Rhyme


Dead Man's Chest ( Alternative Ending )

a dead man's chest 

at the depths of the ocean 

a treasure to find 

the lost city .. atlantis 

yourself .. most precious gem
Form: Tanka

Body

the human body
naturally made machine
automatic ON
those who want can change its parts
breath has no alternative 


-January 06,2019 Chattogram
Form: Tanka

Premium Member COMMUNIQUES

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I write, my heart spilling onto the page, for the alternative is the quiet death of unexamined days.
Form: Rhyme

Puck a L'Orange

the Alternative Right
is keeping us minions awake through the night
what is so entirely contrarian
how often we laugh at the stumbling orange grammarian.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Alternative

If you can't become a creative pencil
write poem of my joy and happiness,
be an eraser of consolation
wipe out scribble of my sorrow and pain.

May 11, 2019

Behind the Burning Bush

Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live
As God blessed them all with love to give
Allow them a voice
And men lose free choice
And no one wants that alternative!
Form: Limerick

Tomorrow Haiku

Yesterday is near
Today has finally come
.... will be history

[Alternative Endings]
Rest is history
We'll make history
We'll be history
There's no tomorrow
Form: Haiku

Premium Member she tells the story

she tells the story I also heard on the news
most of the facts she spouts are alternative facts
Her version is a better story
embellishment that adds flavor
but also lies

Premium Member Circumlocution

In a round-about, indirect
Not to dissect but inspect
Alternative means to deflect
From some singular aspect,
Of getting to a point or effect…

I need to be more direct.
© Tom Valles  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Alan Mathison Turing

Alan Mathison Turing This ‘enigmatic’ man was so alluring Chemically castrated for being gay His alternative was a lifelong prison stay 09~30~16
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Usas Politics

misunderstood bureaucrats gobbledygook
rivaling Lewis Carroll’s jabberwocky
poppycock reported by reporters of alternative facts
another round of USA’s wildly erroneous politics

The Road To Hell

The road to hell was paved with interesting intentions            
It’s an alternative route for those who will dare damnation
I wonder why some people actually reject redemption!
Form: Sijo

Brother Sister

You're silence reminds me of the voices of the unborn. Loving yet unloved.




Being Normal Is Boring - Broken Aeroplanes, Screwed People, Alternative Writing,:)

Jimmy Boom Semtex
Form: Elegy

Premium Member To What End, a Mule

One end of a mule is certain to reek
  Its alternative end whinnies and shrieks
    A mule may let go
    So you'd better know
  Which end will just speak ~ and which spreads its cheeks
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Poor Tabby

When saying good-bye is the only answer But our 18-year-old tabby is ravished with cancer Never complains Lives with the pain The alternative is hard to accept with candor
sad
Form: Limerick

Confirmation Bias

When we find our convictions attacked, we rely on a deck neatly stacked. There’s a cool little bias that will always supply us with a handy alternative fact.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pushing Up Daisies

Today is the first day of the rest of my life Bloody brilliant I say, life is a slice Beats the alternative That's an affirmative Pushing up daisies really sucks that's my advice
Form: Limerick

Premium Member An Alternative To Reality

Fear of taking risks
  keeps me circling
    on auto pilot
      continuously going nowhere

I wonder,
  if remaining in obscurity
    is a better alternative
      to landing on reality's runway
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Self Killing

Ever thought of jumping off a big tall building Not me, I'm a chicken when comes to self killing It ain't that bad Life's just a fad The alternative doesn't appeal, it's kinda chilling
Form: Limerick

Evil Will Be Called Good

Love is lost
respect is gone
moral behavior, nice for some
I come first, you should know
bringing our own curse  
is the world getting worse
evil will be called good
alternative facts are here to stay.

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