Short August Poems

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


Premium Member Money Down the Drain

The wind in my hair does rearrange
              What $25
   Took thirty minutes to train

Cile Beer
August 19, 2010
Form:


The Geisha - Walk Softly Contest

I smile serenely and sit
waiting as my mentor taught
to please weary gentlemen
massaging egos.





Penned 11 August 2013
Form: Dodoitsu

What Makes Me Tick Contest

I like to chuckle, laugh or smile,
As being glum just aint my style.

21st August for Seren’s What Makes You Tick contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member The Investment

To progress in life

I invested in learning

Knowing, my profit!



(C) Demetrios Trifiatis
      13 August 2015
Form: Haiku

Flashpoint

Thoughts ignite,
  and words burn
 
As everything considered,
—turns to ash

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)


Premium Member Storm - Haiku

storm surge chisel cuts
sharp brine edge of razor waves -
rock face smooth wet glass


Susan Ashley
August 22, 2017
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Dementia

Parts missing; untangling ethereal strands. - - - - - - - (C) John C Michaels, 27 August 2017
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Pond - Haiku

bull's-eye ripples spread
liquid glass surface shattered -
pond catches boy's stone.


Susan Ashley
August 28, 2017
Form: Haiku

The Future of Our Cities

“Violence broke out again last night
in Gotham…

“No arrests have been made”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Premium Member Free Flow

words like maple syrup

glances of waterfall dew

sunbathing in the rain

tumbling with love

 
18th August 2021

Premium Member Thought of the Day


Oh hermit, etch these words of wisdom on stone ~
All conflicts must be resolved by love alone

05-August-2022
Form: Couplet

Premium Member The Morning After

the world we leave behind
disappearing in the morning sun



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 17, 2022

Premium Member Overflow

it's the love of you i see in every wonder



AP: 1st place 2022, Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 18, 2022
Form: Monoku

Premium Member I Think of You

and quite understand how the sunflower so worships the sun



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 18, 2022
Form: Monoku

One Look

Without a shake
of the head
or turned up nose

The truest form
of rejection
—the eyes

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Song Mates

Cicadas
like Maronite chants—
night churches,
tree numbers,
heat August more than hellfire;
without kinking wings.
© Paige Hind  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member Hermit

Damp shiver,
under wanton fog,
lone self plight,
as shrill cry,
swallowed by eerie phantoms,
of snow gust night’scape
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member Until I See You

this life
this love
what if it's all
nothing but illusion



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on August 6, 2022

Between the Lines

Is reason the straightest road
to percipience 
Or is truth intuition
—memory’s black hole

(Dreamsleep: August, 2021)

Premium Member Dressing Up

I try on words
Like hats and shoes
To see which look
Best fits my muse.

7/30/20

Poem of the Day
August 1st, 2020
Form: Epigram

The Mirage

At odds with myself,
those things you see

Eyes looking out
—feelings within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Flashpoint

Thoughts ignite,
  and words burn
 
As everything considered
  —turns to ash

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2016)

Morning 7

security guard 
Her night shift now ends at 8
a yawning morning
_______________________________
Kolkata, June 16, 2016
Form: Senryu

Still Summer On My Balcony

There are  so many flowers on my balcony!
There is so many sky above my balcony.
 My loved August will arrive  here soon.
Form: Lyric

A Bonfire Smokes

a bonfire smokes - -
a tiny hedgehog wakes
and scuttles out

Jack Horne for Russell’s Autumn Splendour contest, 26th August
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

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