Short Asphalt Poems

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


Premium Member A Broken Monoku

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          deserted asphalt road -
                              
                             distance never healed
Form: Monoku


Can'T Keep a Plant - Weed - Down

Men and women pour tons 
Of concrete, cement, asphalt, stones
The humble weeds seek the Sun
Foundation. Humans quip they won!
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Epigram

Isle In Asphalt

tall grass tickles
a bare tree growing through stones
an isle in asphalt
painted white lines go by
guiding the flow of morning
© Chris Loud  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member STREETLIGHTS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glowworms of asphalt— each halo a civic pact: "Stay lit," they murmur
Form: Senryu

Premium Member VIEW FROM A CHEAP MOTEL

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ peach pit spat on cracked asphalt~ abandoned payphone hums, one dime short of salvation.
Form: Senryu


Trickles

evening is silent 

as gust trickles on asphalt 

ruffling umbrellas ---

fingers in coiled position

grasp steel rod not letting go
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member unsettling

had they attended,
marking depths of ebony
strands dark as the asphalt sea
gray matters in your voice,
would you have let your life linger?
Form: Verse

Premium Member a non mowers yard

cracked concrete
gravel and tar
grimy and gritty
asphalt yard
put in by my husband
a non-mower
who would like the entire yard to be asphalt

Lily

a yellow lily
blooms next to steaming asphalt
beauty finds a way

June 24, 2022
Syllables checked with Poetry Soup Syllable and Letter Counter
Form: Haiku

Birch

Nostrils flair
As scents waft in
Gasoline
Wet asphalt
Rain pours down
Cars muddle by
I safe in my perch
Safe in my birch
Still unbent by time

Premium Member Work-Life Balance

In the busiest asphalt jungles
good and evil value bouts of recreation
~ shunning all work no play



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Butterfly

Butterfly 'Pon center's white line Car speeds by Mourning cloak Bounces lifeless 'pon asphalt Tears trickle down cheeks
Form: Shadorma

Wagtail

A wagtail 
on big feet is 
looking for something to eat 
on the asphalt 
just outside the window
the little bird is big
as a dinosaur
among the ants

Across the Road

Let me leave the concrete behind me 
and go where the asphalt no longer shows.
Where the mist-covered trees surround me 
and nature gently caresses my soul…
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hot Summer Walks

Casualties of torrid summer asphalt
So easy to scorch underpillows of paws
Dogs much prefer cool grass



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Shimmering Fire and Ice

Just over the hill
Beyond the slick black asphalt
misty rain blankets
Cascading through soft sunrays
Shimmering like fire and ice
~*~

12/02/12
(Category:  Nature)
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Dogwalking etiquette

Heeding extreme hot weather warnings.
Dogs are seen tiptoeing on scorching asphalt.
Seeking a patch of grass.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member Rain Trickles

Rain slowly trickles Dribbles from blue asphalt roof Wets ink 'pon page "Twas dry dull work written by The old poet as tears did flow
For Jimbo
Form: Tanka

Gray Days

Grass sopping wet 
Roads covered in rain
Asphalt slippery 
Yet again

Dismally upsetting
All Earth looks wrong
Yielding to what nature wants
She sings this dreary song
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member The Oranges and Browns of Autumn

squirrels get frisky
cold weather aids their enthusiasm
round and round the tree they run
horses glad to be walking on cool asphalt
loving the oranges and browns of autumn

Heavenly View

Bile-blood
Drip drops
On the
BLacktop
From my mouth,
Christened like
The cup
During communion-
This pavement
Shall be my
Chalice
I guess
Even asphalt
Can be a
Heavenly view.
© Alex Grimm  Create an image from this poem.

Heading Out On Thursday

This morning feels like ignition to the restless soul.
I’ve lived so long grounded, sole to earth and tires to black asphalt.
Oh meshing gears and anklebone. The road, my life, my load.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member Extremely Strong Coffee

My coffee's so strong, it wakes up the neighbors Perhaps it the brand, I usually prefer Nabob Nabob's a Maybe if I switch Peels off your skin seems like “Epidermis Asphalt”
Form: Limerick

Premium Member - Haiku X 318 - strength -

                                             volcanic asphalt
                                        the absolute monarchy - 
                                            nature's rebellion
Form: Haiku

Premium Member PAPER BOATS

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ paper boats, folded whispers, drift where rain and asphalt meet. streetlight spills on silent journeys, curbside rivers, slow and deep.
Form: Rhyme

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