Short Apathy Poems

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


8 Billion People

8 billion people had problems
8 billion people had fears
8 billion people sat helpless
when 8 billion people sold tears
Form: Quatrain


Little Blue Pill

break-ups are good for
pharmaceutical companies
swallow a pill
take the edge off
angst soon blurs
into blissful
apathy

Premium Member Ignorance Or Apathy

I once was asked,"Which is worse, ignorance or apathy?"
"I don't know and I don't care," was the response I gave immediately.
Form: Rhyme

Apathy

Rejoice in thy fact
Seek not to harm but to fix
For tomorrow coverss today
And yesturday will always be part of the foundation

Myt

God gave me a divine mind, and the devil gave me a devilish tongue, so all my 
words can flow with the apathy of its own euphora.


Premium Member Apathy

disconnected
jaded and feeling numb
ennui quickly turns to melancholy



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Gray Tones of Blahness

gray tones of blah ness
settle into apathy
yesterdays flatline

pathetically plain
ridiculously stagnant
my mind plays opossum

Premium Member Jazz Album Whispers

A jazz album whispers

false hopes arise
the bravado of lionhearts descend

only to be
swiftly rebuked
by insolence and apathy

Premium Member Apathy

Do we indifferently shrug and move on
Secure in our own cocoon
Oblivious to the blind who see no dawn
Tonight there will be no moon
Form: Rhyme

Seven Generalities of Single Adults Without Dependents:

1. Mortality Recognition
2. Hedonism
3. Apathy
4. Restlessness
5. Historic Amnesia
6. Recklessness/Experimentation
7. Meta-Identity
Form: List

Help

I'll wait for help
and hold my horses
Complain I'm beat
and thank the forces

Pray for money
and end endorses
Make the Bank
enroll remorse's
Form: Quatrain

Can Do

Asking what the government can do will garish
And telling what the goverment can do will cherish
But ignoring what the government can do will perish
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Honesty

Honesty-an orphan lost in the streets of apathy-desperately seeking a foster home to find!








© Demetrios Trifiatis
       19 August 2018
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Apathetic Apology

Creators of thought silent
Palette dry the canvas blank
Condemn believer protect the lie
Rally symbol muster the cause
Search mirror the past reflect

Premium Member Pride Vs Apathy

Patriot
Proud, Duty-bound
Serving, respecting, leading
Soldier, military, goal-less, uninspired
Struggling, sleeping, surviving
Apathetic, Bored
Sloth
Form: Diamante

Premium Member I could be drowning

Alone lost in a crowd
bold silence overpowers the roar of traffic
~ the world perseveres without hesitation



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2025
Form: Other

Talk and Walk

Talk while we walk
Sure is a joy

Talk while we walk
Leg muscles employ!

Talk while we walk
Great with a friend

Talk while we walk
Apathy on the mend!
Form: Couplet

The Vicious Cycle

Arrogance breeds ignorance

Ignorance breeds prejudice

Prejudice breeds apathy

Apathy breeds acceptance

Acceptance breeds arrogance

Arrogance breeds
© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Our Lives Should Be

Our lives should be a  dance of movement,  breath and grace,

That we do far away from apathy greed, stress and hate,

While we wait for death and his mistress fate,
Form:

Tomorrow?

Too much
Not enough
No line in between
Waiting for hope
Nothing else
Just apathy
Caught up
In the storm 
Breathe 
Fade
Hunt....
For hope
For me
tomorrow?
Form:

Premium Member Addiction

abuse of impulses
awareness impairment
all-consuming retreat
animal behavior
allocations wasted
ambitions extinguished
apathy for outcome

5-12-2021
A plieades
Form: Pleiades

Burning World

flames consume the world
the world’s life is extinguished
apathy rains down


Date: 1/30/2022
Contest: H Forms - Traditional Nature Haiku Poetry Contest
No sponsor
Form: Haiku

Nothing Matters

The loss of love causes a broken heart
The loss of hope leads to a broken spirit, and a life without dreams  
A life without dreams is a life of only existence... and apathy
© Lon Henson  Create an image from this poem.

Young Apathy

Deep scent of ennui
touches the young
who refuse to see
the beauty around them.
Time reined in the Muses,
put out the flame of the bards,
and extinguished awe of science.

Premium Member AN AWARENESS APHORISM

AN AWARENESS APHORISM

Oh, awareness is one thing,
Acting upon it is another;
You can’t allow apathy
To dam up action:
For awareness,
Without action,
Is appalling:-

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