Short Brevity Poems

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


Premium Member Brevity of Nature's Art

lacy frost patterns icy crystals clinging fast warming sun destroys
written December 9, 2021
Form: Haiku


Premium Member anything goes

anything goes when you're going no where no w h e r e (a?n?y?t?h?i?n?g?g?o?e?s?)
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Precious Gift

A poem's a precious gift
  for those who value thrift

A treasure of pith and brevity ~
  respite from volumes' longevity
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Charlie Chaplin

There was a man named Chaplin,
early films he did make happen.
To the world it was just right
that his bum was black and white!
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member ANCHOR

branches bend in the wind
leaves flutter a frantic wave
petals curl into themselves
while the intricate web
holds it all together


Premium Member Alive

For billions of years
I did not exist.
Then I existed
for a little while.
Soon I will return
to not existing
for the rest of time.

Premium Member Abbreviated Whisper

In brevity of time
God aroused my soul aside.
While enraptured in this moment,
Deity, had so rapidly,
Stripped away my sinful pride.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Life's A Treasure



Even when measured by
Standards of eternity,
Embraced with mortality,
And beset by brevity,
Life is no less a
Treasured gift.

Premium Member Brevity, An Epigram

Epigram #71:  

AN EPIGRAM


A whole lot in brevity
With most heavy gravity.

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
09 April 2015
Singapore
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Longevity SK

I stood
Defying gravity
Frowned
Denying levity
Wrote poems
Extolling brevity
Dodged much of life’s
Severity
Now wrestle with
Longevity
age
Form: Rhyme

Unboxing Brain's Brevity


M-ind's
E-mphatic
L-ine
B-egins
O-pening
U-nknown
R-ealm's
N-ew
E-xample

©bfa041525
Monocrostic (Birthday of Melbourne V. Guadaña)
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member 25 Words

Tough . . .
so rough!

Words must pop
please no AI slop
up to 25 words please
even fewer words, just no sleaze.

Tough . . .
and so rough!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Shadow of Time Hiku

in twilight
a sweet melody
the shadow of time


For: Hiku (Disciplined Brevity) Poetry Contest
Sponsor: William Kekaula
November 15, 2021
Form: Haiku

Premium Member POLITICIANS

Politicians love to speak at length,  
though brevity is not their strength.  
They promise wonders bright and new,  
then form a committee or maybe two.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Poetry in the Making

Painting images in colourful brevity
A poem sees the light of day
A thought released in flight



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Pen In Hand

Painting in extreme brevity
   ~  poignant images



Ziket: a 2-line poem comprised of 5-8 syllables in 1st line, 5 syllables in 2nd line

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member In Brief

A Brief Contemplation Of Brevity And Its Merits Or Otherwise When Applied To Written English - Abridged Version
Hmmm
Form:

Premium Member Truth

Number 14

TRUTH



Do not dwarf the truth
For it lives the whole
Brevity holds proof
Allow wit a kind soul




Leon Enriquez
01 January 2015
Singapore
Form: Epigram

Premium Member The Same Smile

The brevity of beauty
Is like an Iris blooming in spring
A grandmother holds the hand
Of her shy little granddaughter
They have the same smile
Love shines forever

Premium Member Regarding Senryu

Listen to poem:
there is great power in words and greater power in its brevity Submitted: 2020 January 26 Senryu on Mind Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Jenish Somadas
Form: Senryu

Inspired Movement - Hiku

the beat of the drums

the riffs and the runs

is what drives the dance

date: 11/19/2021

Poetry Contest: Hiku (Disciplined Brevity)

sponsor: William Kekaula
© Meru Groen  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Wit

Number 30

WIT


Wear wit for a true soul
List gems in brevity
For in sure strokes of whole
Lie all true gravity





Leon Enrique
19 January 2015
Singapore
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Duh-Pause-Oh

Japanese haiku brevity rewards economy
Mental image expressed in a few words
Read. Pause. Then follows clarity.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

I Have Become Ash

I have become ash
Decayed for decades
What happened?
To my lithe thoughts
And deft digits

That could churn
Heaviness into brevity
And paltry pursuits
Into wee nuances
© Marugu Mo  Create an image from this poem.

The Soul of Wit

Dear Gilmina C. Ibañez, 
"Brevity is the soul of wit", 
as the great William Shakespeare says, 
Sure his poem is a big hit. 

Topic: Birthday of Gilmina C. Ibañez (March 31)
Form: Quatrain

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