Short Ambition Poems
Short Ambition Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Ambition by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Ambition by length and keyword.
The poet's task is simple, noble and bold
For the poem need only hold open a door
long enough to allow the reader to escape
Who are you
to stand in my way?
Step aside ~
I'm here ready to
claim my birthright.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
all decisions won't be easy
who knows what lies around the corner
be true to your ambition
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
At the peak of her power
the Queen felt oddly weak
Her desire ebbed by the hour
~ of greed does ambition reek
I have finally reached my destination
Coming in from several directions
A heart filled with ambition
A mind filled with passion!
Let intelligence be your currency, your wealth and your ambition,
Elect reasoning to be your yardstick, your goal and your religion.
Dare it
Revere it
Endure it
Attain it
Make it
Inside yourself
Towards yourself
mountains
leapfrogging
over one another's
snowy tops
would I be
as alive
if I played
like them
and peaked
above the clouds
"Ambition is not about leaving behind what you have acquired for what you want to achieve but it is building upon what you already have."
Is ambition the predator
Is greed…
Indeed…
Lest they become the prey
~ or the prayed upon
There's really nothing I can say,
I just ran out of ammunition.
Please now baby don't go away...
So much for amorous ambition.
Golden skyline burns,
ambition dressed as virtue —
dead smiles sharpened thin.
Compassion becomes rumor;
even kindness costs too much.
THE GRASSHOPPERS TALE
It was not my ambition to be born and bred
Just so that darn flamin’ Gecko could be fed
Indiana Shaw . . . : (
Shattered dreams and broken promises
Are all I have to show for my life
What I once perused with great ambition
I now survive by strife.
true happiness is to have
no ambition
but to work like a horse
as if you have every ambition
immersed in the moment
detached attachment
Most Politicians
By: Tom Wright
6/27/2019
Haiku
Ambition smitten,
Politicians won’t state facts;
They hyperbolize.
I will write what i
Can whatever is sought i
Will write wall to wall
World ablaze with ambition
Fantastic flare flames of fire
Aisha was fierce and sensuous
and belonged on Broadway
she knew what she wanted
and was bound to get her way
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
We journey
from the devastated Earth
to the Moon
then settle in Mars
but there's no love for Mars
only a burning ambition
to recolonize Earth.
Man's ego combined with his greedy nature and blind ambition in time him to oblivion leads!
(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
16 November 2016
always burdened with ambition but my lugubriousness would precook the proposition
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 31–September 6, 2026)
never a quitter ,
the boundlessness ballerina
is spunky and trusting
with mercurial will .
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 10–16, 2026)
me and my loyal friend
we're dreaming of beautiful exotic faraway lands
~ one day we'll sail away
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
I'm seeing into the future
I'm that ugly duckling that gets overlooked
One day I'll surprise everyone
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 3rd place 2025
road to ambition
paved with such inspiration
much perspiration