Short Cage Poems

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


CAGE BIRD

When you try to 
Cage a bird that has
Been free to fly anywhere
In the world you're
Going to have a 
Serious problem
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.


CAGED BIRD



        


          bird trapped in a cage,
     tough singing, chanting, chirping...
           pain  never ceases...
Form: Haiku

She's Only a Bird In a Gilded Cage, An Unsung Sequel

When the old fellow died,
the cage opened wide,
and a very rich chick
Madov mighty quick.

Moral strictures aren't always a guide.
Form: Burlesque

Premium Member Clerihew Cage

John Cage 'wrote' the symphony 4:33
with notes none could see 
From the orchestra no sound is found
the'music' being 'noise ' randomly found
Form: Clerihew

Maria Christmas

A little girl hung in Trump's cage
Was crying to smother her rage
Her face was so sad
Trump tweeted her dad
She'd stay there 'til she came of age!
Form: Limerick


I Feel Like a Rat In a Cage

I feel like...A rat in a cage, And, I rarely act my age. But, I just want to escape this cage Of rage. I want to turn to a new page.
Form: Rhyme

Moonlight In Our Cage

Moonlight graces our little place,
We mere actors leave the stage.
The sun stops shining,
the lights go out, 
and like mice, we sleep in our world, our cage.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Freedom is the price to pay

Gilded cage feeding the illusion.
Crowned princess story but at what cost.
Happiness not in the equation.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Feeling like a jailbird

Open sky beyond hospital window
Feeling the austerity of that glass pane
Emancipation on the other side



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

To the Cage Crocodiles

To the cage  crocodiles, with all might,
 Someone threw a big piece  dynamite
 Only thunder was die
 Children's joyful cry:-
" Look! Reptiles can fly! Am I right?"
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Nicholas Cage

Award-winning actor Nicholas Cage -
“Cappola” he was born with. “Cage” is for stage!
He made a quest to find the Holy Grail.
No news of that; it must have been a fail.
Form: Clerihew

The Caged Parrot

The bird’s voice still sounds charming,
Though caged, it never stops dreaming.
As human language it once understood,
It has lost freedom of living in the wood.

(Tran.)
Form: Rhyme

Cage Can Be Confining

Cage Can Be Confining

To the fact myself I am resigning;
Any cage can be quite confining;
Quiet am told,
And even cold;
Each moment in it was a defining.

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

Premium Member CAGE RAGE

That conniving bird Tweety Pie Hoodwinked me and told me a lie Said I’d take centre stage If I crept in his cage Imprisoned, I’m here till I die!
Form: Limerick

Immortal Image Versus Cruel Cage

Men were made in God’s immortal image
But were lured into serpent’s cruel cage;
    Christ bought redemption
     From eternal damnation,
For the sinner who wants to be a sage.
Form: Limerick

Immortal Image Versus Cruel Cage

Men were made in God’s immortal image
But were lured into serpent’s cruel cage;
    Christ bought redemption
     From eternal damnation,
For the sinner who wants to be a sage.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Cycle of fear

Xenophobes don't approve of strangers.
They dramatize fearing what they don't know.
Prefer cages to overcoming phobias.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Captured Internally

I’m a bird in a cage, but the cage is my head,
On a walk in the park, but I’m running instead,
The bookshelf is haunted, my reflection is too,
Squeaks and whimpers out in the blue
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Cage

Four little parakeets
sitting in a cage.

Mister black cat wants to catch them
to this he is engaged!

But to person, cat and birds
whom to be enraged?

'Bite Size Poem no.47' Contest
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Cunning Cat

The cunning cat got himself in a flap He had foolishly fallen for the trap The cat’s now contained The bird is unchained Tweeting, "Feast on that you ferocious chap."
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Crafty Maneuver

The house cat unlatched the cage door; Squeezed in to then find he's done for. A quick turn-about Canary flew out! Cat's stuck, and bird's free to explore!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Cage Discarded

releasing you
to the winds that bind us
~ myself now freed



AP: Honorable Mention 2023

Submitted on March 7, 2023 for contest UP TO YOU AGAIN sponsored by BRIAN STRAND - Honorable Mention

Premium Member O, to Ope the Cage

    How I yearned to ope the cage
       let my opinions fly

    But my parents wisely kept it locked
       stowed away the key

    Knowing what would happen
       if I ever spoke my mind

Premium Member CAGEY CANARY

UH-OH—SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG!
SO NOW I'M SUPPOSED TO BURST INTO SONG?
            I'LL TEACH THAT BIRD A NOTE
            JUST LET ME AT HIS THROAT
THEN I'LL SING DINNER MUSIC ALL DAY LONG!
© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Cage

I can no longer, escape.
I am caged, in my mind.
A slave. To my own, thoughts.

And try as I might. I am trapped.
A songbird, that longs,
To be free
But is trapped 
In a cage 
Of its own
Design.
Form:

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