Short Bitters Poems

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


Premium Member Sweet Bitters

Burnt tangerines create sweet bitters;
Current temperature? I’m coasting;
Sunburnt skin eventually heals,
weren’t you flabbergasted I’m thriving!

Resilience starts within your spirit,
perseverance is when you stand up!
Enhance that glow with each sunrise,
brilliance is a smile sipping that cup.
Form: Lento


Perhaps

A thought starts a fire
loosening the lips.
I want to scream.

Between dreams and stars
a sky hung with
inverted moon.

The desire springs a scythe
but cannot cut a
jellyfish of eye.

A sunstroke was speechless
without a sun.
The gift of a night.

The sweet tooth of a lie
scoops a truth,
king of bitters.



Satish Verma
art
Form:

Small sips sound sane

Best bitters; black bar beer, Brewed brown but ~ bottled blue. Drunk dirty; delays drag, During dark ~ dreadful days. Though taken through tough times, Thoughts turn to ~ tingling taste. Confusing consciousness, Clear conscience ~ clouded case. Still sip slow, sounds so sane, Same songs sung ~ safety strong. Brains behave beautifully Breeding bright ~ better behaviors.

Premium Member Not Worth Rose Thrips

And in the morn creamy coffee
Sip, needing from my shoulders 
Mountain to lift, where go_what do?
Now that our love bitters

Much like coffee that has grown cold
Tasteless, stale wanting to bale
Remember how it used to be
Oh! The tales I could tell

And in the morn creamy coffee
Sip, wash your kiss from lips
Cheating, lying was_is your game
Your love not worth rose thrips

Sponsor: Paula Swanson
Contest: And With A Sip
Rhyme done in Poulter's measure
Form: Rhyme

Break and Repair

Bah, rake together the bloody pieces,
if you leave them lying about, they stain.
Any good, that memories hold, decreases,
as does future joy you hope to obtain.

Embrace solitary stillness, silence.
Rediscover a solid foundation.
Gladness can thrive in romance’s absence.
Expired connections lead to damnation.

Clean up wretchedness before it bitters
killing chances before you are aware.
Forge yourself into a net that glitters.
Leave the pain and sorrow to just reap air.
Form: Quatrain


The Devil's Edge

Guarding
our bitters
Each wrong
we have suffered
Enshrined
in our memory
Alive
in our souls

Forgiveness
a myth
The weak
will hold onto
Revenge
all the sweeter
Served hot
— and not cold

(Dreamsleep: June, 2026) O/L 5-24-2026

Like Masks

Forget
being clever
abandon
the word

Being cute
more offensive
its pander
absurd

They serve
as a mask
that we cower 
behind

To proffer
deception
we harbor
— inside

(Dreamsleep: June, 2026)
Form: Rhyme

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