Short Attempting Poems

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


Tight Line

How much can it take
Pole attempting not to break….
Flash beneath the lake

By Robb A. Kopp
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Categories: attempting, sports
Form: Senryu


Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio
would show best perhaps in a Tussaud's studio
stiff waxen smile
the Cuban marionette attempting to beguile.
Categories: attempting, abuse,
Form: Clerihew

Grown Up

She's getting ready
  Prom night finally is here 
orchid pinned on dress
  Nervous anticipation
Attempting to be grown up
Categories: attempting, 12th grade, celebration, dance, school,
Form: Tanka

Cruz and Perry

Ted Cruz
 is now attempting to play the barnyard muse
 with Rick Perry
 who can likely count cows but intangibles not very.
Categories: attempting, absence,
Form: Clerihew

The Pond

In the pond, a dragonfly is teaching small fishes surfing
On the bank, my thought is attempting to Knit a net 
To catch them
Categories: attempting, fish, flying, river, self,
Form: Haiku


My Monsoon Hairdos

Attempting to smooth and comb my hair 
My fist shatters the mirror-- splintered and bear
It shows how much I despise my hairdos
Categories: attempting, childhood, funny, teen,
Form: Haiku
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Intelligent Life

Before attempting to find intelligent life out in the universe,
perhaps we should attempt to find it here on planet earth first.
Categories: attempting, life, planet, universe,
Form: Rhyme

Attempting Tanka Poem

Mister, my dog love
always rushes to greet me
with wagging tail joy
his body shakes like crazy
you think he will break apart.
© Sue Mason  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: attempting, animals, funny, love,
Form: Tanka
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She Knew Me Well

my silence disturbed her
she knew i was a volcano
ready to kill
i smiled
attempting to disarm her
she knew me better than that
Categories: attempting, friendship,
Form: Free verse
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Autobiographer

Writing into the night,
attempting to fill voids
of an empty life and
plaster over the pain.
Words offer false hope,
daylight, harsh truth.
Categories: attempting, dark, writing,
Form: Free verse

Pearl Harbor

A morning surprise,
Many soldiers sadly died.
Through the morning mist,
  The torrents of planes pierce through,
  Attempting to destroy us.
Categories: attempting, warmorning,
Form: Tanka
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Life With Trump Xv

The proverbial china shop taurus
Is the brutal reptile Trumposaurus
It has a small brain
And it will inflict pain
By attempting to claw your c_litoris
Categories: attempting, abuse, america, bullying, dog, tribute,
Form: Limerick

Clear Writing

Write with clarity
To get your message through;
Attempting to be clever
May take a bite out of you.
Your reader will reciprocate
With understanding true.
© Deb Radke  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: attempting, introspection
Form: Grook
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Poets and Inspiration

Attempting to write a poem without inspiration

Is like building a castle on not a solid foundation!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
    02 October 2022
Categories: attempting, inspiration, poems, poets,
Form: Couplet

Falling

Forever falling
Attempting to stand
Looking for someone to
Lift me out of this hole
In the depths of darkness I am
Never to see the light again
Going nowhere fast
© Jessica K  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: attempting, depression
Form: Acrostic

I Recall

I recall
I recall the poverty of my youth
 Attempting to escape truth
 Demonstrative love was rarely displayed
 And so I played Hide-Go- Seek
by Joan Donnelly 2020
Categories: attempting, anger,
Form: Free verse
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Words Held Hostage

Words held hostage 
by a giant hive keeper.
Queen lost.

Trying to survive 
hostile takeover of 
narcotics 

attempting to flush out poisons
so Queen may live again….
Categories: attempting, sick,
Form: Free verse
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In the Beginning Was the Word

In the beginning

Was the word..

Beginning the dream

Of separation..

And the birth of

Other words

Attempting to 

Explain that first

Inexplainable word...
Categories: attempting, happiness, spoken word, voice, write,
Form: Blitz
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Striving To Live

Striving to live
I put my truth into myself
attempting to pull me back out

Alas I am kicking and shrieking
for body is in pain-like stupor

All energy is for survival today.
Categories: attempting, sick,
Form: Free verse
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Moon Before Mars

Why not a civilization on the moon Before attempting a Mars trip, more opportune Horse before cart A better place to start No astrologist but common sense does loom
Categories: attempting, space,
Form: Limerick
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Fear of Failure

The fear of failure Drove him mad So instead of attempting achievement He did nothing Regretted something And accepted failure Kale Brereton August 12, 2018
Categories: attempting, fear, irony,
Form: Free verse
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Checkmate

wherever there be
fear or subterfuge
our heart dies a little
so the problem is huge

anticipating outcomes
attempting to steer fate
living not authentically
is essentially checkmate
Categories: attempting, fate, fear,
Form: Rhyme
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Knowledge and Ignorance V

Much more preferable it is for the one who really doesn't know

His ignorance to hide than attempting his competence to show!










© Demetrios Trifiatis
      17 June 2021
Categories: attempting, integrity, introspection, wisdom,
Form: Couplet
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Problem Solving 101

Attempting to solve a problem
through worry,
is like trying to drink 
a river dry.
The following day you"ll find
neither has changed appreciably,
and you feel much worse
for your effort.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: attempting, dedication, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
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Caught Stealing

You tried to go to second from first. 
Getting a good jump, your run was like a burst. 
However, the catcher's throw was right on the money. 
You were caught attempting to steal; that wasn't funny.
Categories: attempting, sports,
Form: Rhyme
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