Short Cactus Poems

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


Song of Beauty

A lotus in mire,
A rose amid thorns,
A cactus in desert,
A creation in derision,
A song of beauty
Born in adversity!!
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The Smile

The
                                         smile of cactus
                                         pricks on  the bosom
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Premium Member Monsoon Skies

gray clouds swell overhead-
pouring tears of great relief…
drenching parched cactus.

Copyright © 2010 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Form: Haiku

Premium Member CHIHUHAHAN DESERT

Cactus stand guard in the desert heat, their shadows trembling on pale sand, silence holding its breath.
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Cactus Cry Tricube

Prickly plant,
reminds me 
of my heart;

Sharpened, tough;
Time thickened,
weakening;

Falling for 
a flooding
cactus cry.
Form: Other


Day's End

The west wind did whine
Blowing past a cactus thorn
The subdued sun pined
The sun’s shimmer fell to west
The sun’s shadow fell to east
Form: Tanka

Premium Member A Drought Cup Filled Up-

Bottoms out topped off a jar full of water in the heat in the desert dry unlike a cactus

11/26/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr ©
Form: Monoku

Cactus

In a garden of thorns
                         The land is arid, you seldom drink
                        Your pretty flower, stands above all
© Danny Nunn  Create an image from this poem.
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Premium Member Hugging the Cactus

I'm here hugging the cactus, it's truly making its point,
"Ouch, Ouch, Ouch"
Form: Monoku

Crescent Moon

my arms are empty
my heart is full
my lips not kissed
my love not missed
my mind rambles
through cactus brambles
under the light of a crescent moon
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Stealthy Love

One tanka ~~ on theme ~~love note~~5/7/5/7/7


Stealthy love is
Like cactus in desert
Thriving for dry air,
Grows up tempestuously
A ghost eluding touch.
Form: Tanka

Mojave Desert

Miles and miles of nothing, sparsely vegetated
with Joshua trees, desert wildflowers,
ocotillo cactus.
Not much to look at, but
plenty of it to see.
© Mike Lef  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Brief: Desert Blooms

amaranthine hues
 of desert cactus in bloom
  attract hummingbirds
 no other desert offers
  such gems as the Sonoran
                    ---
 7/2/17
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Miles of sand

Brutal sun aggresses the desert.
Sand dunes far as I can see.
Suddenly appears a cactus flower.
A vision not a mirage.



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Desert Cactus

Waiting to quench thirst
Drying every single day 
Withered by slackness
A cactus in the desert
Until one day blooms again 











2-15-2016
Form: Tanka

Cactus Moon

The waning hours

Asleep in time

A dream in rhyme

Desert sublime

So says the moon

So setting soon

Upon the dunes

Cactus flowers


19Mar14
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Did You Hear?

Did you hear? What was that? The wild wind?
Here I stand, with flowers, all colors.
A rose talks, lilies sing, cactus cry.
Form: Other

Premium Member Cactus Bloom

If I could only make you smile or laugh,
I would be happier by more than half, 
but can a flower from a cactus bloom?
Yes, and beautifully, too, I presume.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Bowled Over-Down Under

Badicoot and tomato
A paraqueet pie
Groper head and shoulder, boiled
A melbourne pancke
Cactus fruit jelly
A 'gud' day's
Sport !

Courtesey of Mrs Beeton
Form: Epulaeryu

Premium Member Cactus Flower

There's a girl they call Cactus Flower She must be in an ivory tower. If you've ever met this girl who is wet She is always taking a shower.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Grunt and a Push

There once was a young man from Peru
Who ate a cactus plant he couldn't chew---
  With a grunt and a push
  It came out his tush---
In the ER, instead of the loo.
Form: Limerick

Understandable Story

desert storm
threat of sands
scary attack
interrupped connection

hope decreases

cactus environment
habitat them
worlds are different

understandable story

Premium Member NIGHTTIME IN TEXAS, THE LONE STAR STATE

NIGHTTIME IN TEXAS, THE LONE STAR STATE
crimson skies ablaze cactus shadows stretch and yawn 'Lone Star' says ‘goodnight’
Form: Haiku

Premium Member it's a toss

sometimes wonder
if my heart were a desert
would i venture to grow
one little cactus flower
all to nurture my hope
for humanity



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member An Irish Wolfhounds Lament

An Irish wolfhound from Londonderry
was sold to a rancher in Tucumcari
Yesterday: Knolls and lakes
Today: Cactus and snakes
His Celtic heart’s turned sad and contrary
Form: Limerick

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