Short Answer Poems

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


A Closed Door

A door unopened
the knock
makes almost
no sound
so subliminal
is
the flimsy veil
of steel
that guards the answer.


We Know the Answer

Tell me
The reason 
Why this
Sky is
Blue
We know
This answer, 
Because God
Is faithful
Now, we have 
Each other

Premium Member Vacant World

I live in a vacant world
A place where nobody’s home
Knock on the door, see who’s there
No one will answer

Russell Sivey
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Rhetoric the Form

a question that needs no answer  this example after Shelley's 'Wind'

O mist
If Autumn comes can Winter be far behind?
Form: Didactic

Premium Member Hand Painted Porcelain

finding a niche
answer to a wish
painting neon fish
flourish and a swish
a fine porcelain dish
careful do not squish
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Thought of the day

if the question
presupposes the answer
prompted by eons of conditioning 
why then are we dismayed
if delusion deepens

Answer To the Vietnamese Enemy

I knew you don't go in,
     But I wasn't coming out.
          When you're a fish in the fish bowl
     Going belly up.
war

Answer My Heart's Desire

Blaze upon my tongue, flavor.
Prepare my prayer’s answer.
Let Heaven’s magic come forth.
For I desire taste.

02/26/11
Form: Dodoitsu

Lust

Learned your lesson?
Unexpected things can happen!
Still think I am pathetic?
The wrong answer can cost you 
your life!
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Rhetoric Line Paraphrase

another rhetoric line(requiring no answer) after Shelly's ' Wind'

O snowdrop

When you flower,can Spring be far behind?
Form: Didactic

Scottish Daughters Answer Part 2

Question:do you know what time it is
Correct Answer:The time is....
Scottish Daughters Answer:Wrang ing time to wake me up

Premium Member Who Cares

I think to myself who cares?
And I know the answer
Me

I might not even ever meet these people
But I cannot help myself
emo

Defensione Vitae

The only defense against fate
  is words

The only answer to death
  —is life

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)

Iv

Milk to children is love
Honey to adult is love
kiss to children is affection 
Sex to adult is affection
Love is an answer
Form: Limerick

Wicker Burn

If I know the answer to the question
before you ask it

Am I then still allowed to buzz in

Or will you burn me as a witch

If the cries,- Where are the Jews?

If the cries,- "Where are the Jews?"
answer  with the pure truth,-
''This is not the biggest puzle
Jews in Syria and Gaza!''
fun
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Before, Before

before you misconstrue my warm, random gestures - hello.
before you take the next flight far away from here - answer, it's me.

Feathers a Thing With Hope

Hope is a thing with feathers,
but are feathers a thing with hope?
Given all the chicken I eat
the answer, I think, is nope.

Remember Who You Are

GOD when called upon 
     Will answer in HIS due time
             YOU are HIS servant


                         6/15/15
© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member To Want To Be

To want to be

is the answer

to the questions

of what's the use

and what's the point

of living

 

I want to be

 

Do You?
© Uwe Stroh  Create an image from this poem.

How To Kill a Dream

The answer to this question need 
not be investigated.. no private eye.

The only way to kill a dream is by 
letting it die.
Form: Rhyme

Phone

Loud phone
            Always ringing
        Somebody answer it
I'm sick of hearing the phone ring
                Shut up!
Form: Haiku

Burger

Whenever you feel
Like having a meal
Good enough to make you cry
Don't ask why
The answer is near 
Have a burger and a beer
Form: Couplet

The Key

Poetry…
  the key to Cosmology

A question for every answer
   —in search of itself

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2019)

Why

Why look at me
Why talk to me 
Why wait and never 
   say anything
Why hurt me when 
   you say now
Why hug me
 Answer me
© Suzie ala  Create an image from this poem.

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