Short Basement Poems

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


Plastered Basement

Randy Hoards Brandy
Locks his stash secretly
Basement waterloggs
His animals go fuzz fuzz
Singing Glory to the keeper
© Zoe Life  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka


Din of a Jinn

"din of a jinn"


feeding to fuel itself on fossils
the beast in the basement
has awakened from
it's summer
slumber

Premium Member Inside

Shallow, I am not, Silence the very thought!
I appreciate truly, A woman’s inner beauty
That’s why I dissect them in my basement
Form: Verse

Premium Member shivers in the basement

basement concrete blocks
unfinished and grayscale
ominous feeling

imagining corpse
has there been a murder here
I get the shivers
Form: Senryu

Jessica

Dear Jessica
Thanks for emailing
Even if you are a 
45 year old  guy smoking stogies in your basement
With a hard drive full of JPG babes.


Sad Life 5

we arrive at a house
we are brought to the basement
a large room full of toys
next door, a bedroom
you will stay here the adults say
this is heaven
Form:

Premium Member More stuff you don’t need

Bargain basement deals and freebies
Junk galore to fill any spare shelves
~ Soon clutter will win over



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Remember Remember the Fifth of November

The nation faced such doom and gloom Men gathered in a basement room The gunpowder plot Was brilliant- NOT And parliament never went boom
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Lime Green In Pool Filter

Praying Mantis at basement door
I had not seen you here before
So lime green you stand out
Scarey enough to make me shout
Died next day in pool filter__gore
Form: Limerick

In Abasement In a Basement

OH - nonny, NO - nonny
Nicholas Goalsworthy
Promised again to
Renounce alcohol.
Characteristically
Incomprehensible,
Muttering epithets,
Cursing the wall.

Premium Member Man’s Manly Mancave

Treasure cache in a basement. 
Trophies of past passions exhibited with pride.
Years of boasting are secured.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Big As a House

Since big as a house, she wasn’t appealing
So there was no use in her concealing
Her enormous gut
Along with her butt 
That came with a basement, floor and a ceiling
Form: Limerick

Basement of Long-Lost Dreaming

I store
my dreaming
in a basement
far below
others' vision


I store
my wanting
in a glass
jar

ready to shatter
open
and capture
before they all
fly away.
art

Poor Little Mouse

Little mouse ran into
the closet, not
seeing the mouse trap,
such a clatter that
old trap made, poor
little mouse should
have stayed in
the basement.

wrote 8-28-08

House





        Boys Becoming Men
        From the Basement of Springfield
        Welcome to 'Da House'
        Where Minds Are Challenged and Shaped
        Since 1867
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Scary Sound

Tap, tap, bang sounds coming from basement door
Haven't been down there in over a score
Now afraid of that sound
Louder now with a bam
Open the door attacked by laundry galore
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Laying

Rain has stopped
The occurrence of
Sporadic heat
Yet in the basement,
Cool and dark,
I lay not wanting to
Move not wanting
To do anything
But to dream of the
Woman I love
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Feeling Turned Around

Humanity
comes before
the fact
Sentimentality
comes 
after
One steeped
in joy
the other remorse
To shout from
the basement
— or rafters

(The New Room: August, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Basement Leak

An unusual smell in the air
Bright stains on the wall
Colour of the carpet
Dull, dull, dull darkness
Except for some dry areas
Further from the wall is
     untouched by water
Form: ABC

Premium Member Red Over Red

Red Over Red

Which You've Already Ruined
Deer Reader, I Am Wayyyyyy...

You Get It.

***************

Outta' My Head.
  Bargain Basement.

-Gray Squirrel

05-23-2025

China Bowl

Hiding far away in the basement
Up high in the shelf's net
You have seen generations after generations

A precious bowl to thee
For a lifetime to seal
For our mouths only to speak
Form: Senryu

Premium Member spoiled forty year old men

Stevie is no aberration
Many spoiled forty-year-old men
Now live in mama’s basement
Playing video games all night
Sleeping all day while mama does their laundry
And makes their meals

Premium Member Winter Stash

Winter supply of firewood stashed.
A neat pile stored in the basement
A testament to hard work.
The smell of mushrooms lingers.
We're ready for cold weather.



AP: 2nd place 2026

Bottom To Top

I'm trying to go from bottom to top like basement to top floor Crustacean the Condor 
Bottom of the Basin
To the top of the rock formation Raising my elevation till 
I'm high as a concord
© John Conde  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Screams

There are screams coming from the basement
I can hear them through the cement
Here come the tears
For I have no fears
Love is gone forever
Just pull the lever
Let me die
Just don't lie
Form:

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