Short Awkward Poems

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


Puppies

Quintain--

Puppies
Playful, awkward
Spirited energy
Clumsy fur balls to cuddle with
Hazard vest is highly recommended


Premium Member twin trouble- dodo

held her heart, thinking of stars
he shouldn’t have trusted his sight…
it was my twin, he embraced~
awkward tale of lust..
Form: Dodoitsu

Gotta Go

there was a bit of a rush
by those quite ready to gush
during intermission
(an awkward position)
Awaiting the last best flush
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Opposites

Marriage
Rocky stable
Loving hoping longing
Family warm cold divided
Hating torturing and loving
Distasteful awkward
Divorce
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Weighing

weighing options
longing to shatter
the awkward silence



AP: 2nd place 2021, 2nd place 2021

Posted on September 20, 2018
Form: Senryu


Alice Alligator -Tongue Twister

Alice alligator anxiously awaits for an audience of awkward anteaters. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Mar.19/2005
art

Awkward

A clumsy encounter

Where words fail

Keeping a distance

With those present

Abetting a slow

Riveting

Demise of dignity
© Judy Bonin  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member How Are You---

HOW ARE YOU---

Passions falls;
Emotions fail;
Your heart calls;
Your mind sails;
Anxiety sessions;
Awkward blessings

1/23/19

Growing Pain's.......

Tragedy of human affairs
        fledgling...a comedy of errors
             incidental....accidental
    awkward,as we clumsily stumble

Its Upto Me

The world is awkward, ferocious- 

when I make my mind 
mind of hater;

when I make my eyes
eyes of hater


-March 06, 2019 Chattogram
Form:

Premium Member my life in 20 words


had a good childhood
was an awkward teen
did well in school
worked hard played hard
found then lost love



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Word of the Day : March 13, 2021

ungainly
adjective un-GAYN-lee 
1 a : lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy
b : hard to handle : unwieldy
2 : having an awkward appearance

Premium Member Scarecrow

Straw for hair 
Charcoal nose
Awkward stare
Robotic pose
Emerald dreams
Carving my eyes
Red painted cheeks
Onyx cries
Wonderful at wind dancing
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Attenuating Circumstances

round and round everything's swell
without a hitch things seemed to go...
then suddenly an awkward hiccup



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Haiku 17 - Double

The small, full moment  
of love in the afternoon. 
Awkward and nuanced.
               •
Small, empty moment,
a remembrance of passion. 
My constant sadness.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Awkward

awkward silence 
both wondering how this can
      end gracefully



Submitted on July 6, 2018 for SENRYU CONTEST sponsored by MICK TALBOT  -  RANKED 2ND
Form: Senryu

Awkward Sunrises Confuse

Awkward sunrises confuse
A broken heart
And a window tapped outside
Cracks open to reveal
A staggering splendor
And taking in the scenery
I see
Me without you
Form:

What Can I Play For You Next Mr Seagull

I'm sure the seagull on the post
in my garden
was feeling
Feeling good
His awkward tilts from left to right
his bobbing squawks
catching the beat
just too well

Premium Member A Farmer's Lass

  Sue was just a farmer's lass
  At whom I made an awkward pass ~
    She said, Let's have some fun
    I'll let you see my bun ~
  Too bad dad had a long shot-gun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member arithmetic melody

five's were easy
five, ten, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five, thirty
the nine’s should have been easy too
but they are not as jazzy to sing
18, 27, 36, 45
awkward melody

That Feeling

I say hello,
the room goes quiet,
it is filled with awkward silence.
I am not wanted.

I turn to leave,
I take three steps,
I slam the door,
conversation resumes.
Form:

Metronome

metronome

keeping me in perfect precision
with the demands 
of the world
to conform

to stay 
in the restricting confines
of this awkward box

while the
world
twirls
Form:

Premium Member My First Kiss

Our first kiss was very awkward and fast
it didn't take my breath away at all.








7-16-19
Alexis Y

*My muse is a bit cranky today. This is all she would give me.
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Wit

Number 32

WIT


Wit works better than hits
Act with sure intention
Bits find some awkward fit
Tact strains odd convention




Leon Enriquez
21 January 2015
Singapore
Form: Epigram

Variance In His Veracity

Variance in His Veracity

Was a vivid variance in his veracity,
Controlled by capacity and tenacity;
When moving,
Was improving;
Appeared awkward with his audacity.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

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