Short Ancestors Poems

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


Premium Member Foreign Hearts

Amidst their poor land
Where their roots born
Ancestors' cherished land
Their identities shifting
Became foreign hearts.
Form: Tanka


Problems On Earth

if they could see us
 our ancestors in this world
 thinking of the past
 pain, death, and inhumane crimes
 on your world today
Form: Tanka

Memory Pen


The ashen bones of my family mixed with the blood of our ancestors creates the ink from which the deepest of secrets emerge.

Voice of the Ancestors

these branches and roots
that cord to the grave ancients
should be free from man’s swords!
both oracle and priest held for days …
© Canny Amah  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Egypt

Murky of echoes as ancestors surround them
Dusty whilst heat stuns my skin and breath
The sun settles as the pyramids carve me a memory
Form: Sijo


Premium Member Whispers of Our Ancestors

mystical angels graced our home with feelings
found nowhere else and no other time
reserved for Christmas day
whispers of our ancestors

Lower East Side Tanka

Walking on the streets 
Which my ancestors came to 
To find a better life 
Those gentle folk will always 
Have a place in my hearts'core
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Almond Tree Spirit

rainy day sunshine
pretty almond tree spirit
dancing with our ancestors
frolicking even
with whispery giggling
they are lightening us up
Form: Choka

Premium Member On Other's Shoulders

He cannot answer how tall he is
no matter how much we implore me…
for he proudly stand on the shoulders 
of all those who came before him.”
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member OUR ANCESTORS

May we be blessed to remember
all the ancestors we’ve come from…
and to live our life so they’ll be proud
of the person we’ve become.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Manifest Destiny

On Indigenous Peoples' Day
We can hear our ancestors say,
"To take what they've got
We must kill the lot
And our God has shown us the way!"
Form: Limerick

Premium Member DAILHY GRATITUDE FAMILY

Today I’m grateful for the deep roots and long branches
of my family tree…
for all the ancestors I’ve never know…
who are a part of me.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Handaxe

Stoneaged,
A memory
Silently resting now
Upon my sacred altarcloth;
Ancient. 
The hand of all our ancestors
Engraven in its clever shards.
Form: Cinquain

Aloof

Unlinked to the tree
he doesn’t know his family–
stands aloof, questions

ancestors don’t change
the mood of the weather:
the leaf needs his name

Premium Member Stonehenge

Stonehenge sang to me.

                                   Singing stone-age ancestors.

                                      They chant in the stars.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Sunrise

In huge purple blooms ancestor of ancestors, sun streaked cro magnon! The whispering lime green leaves told secrets of fragrant breeze.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member African Dancing

Act out stories of ancestors and gods
Reciting poetry they gave us nods
Polyrhythmic drumming
Mamas are a humming
African dances will shake up your bods.
Form: Limerick

One Liners Three

Ancestors of past 'Oh what a clan'; as I strum my banjo watching clodhoppers dance.

  12/7/15   Contest Sponsored by: Silent One
               Placed 3rd

Disobedience

A foible is the result of a flaw
in those disobeying the Law;
our ancestors defied God,
not honoring their Lord...
and they lost all the richness they saw.
Form: Limerick

Stayed In Shade

Stayed In Shade

Stayed in Heaven in the shade;
With rest of my ancestors laid;
God me did greet;
Glad would meet;
Great place for me had made.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member DAILY GRATITUDE MY ANCESTORS

I am grateful for the best parts of my ancestors 
they have shared with me…
It’s apparent ever time I look into a mirror…
and see them staring back at me.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Tide Ink Memory

Brush moves through time,
Ink bleeds like ancient tides,
Breath held in lines,
Silk remembers,
Ancestors speak through each stroke,
The sea keeps their names.
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member DAILY GRATITUDE ANCESTORS

Today I’m grateful to have so may ancestors
those I know 
and those I’ve never had the privilege to see.…

Blessed to know they are somewhere
watching over me.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member ANCESTORS ARE IMPORTANT

If you want to know why our ancestors are important…
here’s a little rule of thumb…

It’s difficult to know where we’re going…
If we don’t know who we came from.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Lost Freedom

When did we lose our country free?
Our ancestors set rules in degree.
Now they tell us what’s good
Do what we say, understood.
Old George would cut more than a cherry tree
Form: Limerick

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