Short Civilization Poems

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


Premium Member Civilization Down the Drain

In WW2 Sweden sheltered
    Jews in desperate need

  Today Swedes burn a Torah scroll
     a brutish, dastardly deed
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Downpours and Lovers

Football players huddle up
      Heavy rains puddle up

    Civilization, all muddled up
      ~ Carefree lovers cuddle up
Form: Rhyme

Aztec Empire

Aztec Empire
grandeur and splendor, a great civilization - conquistadores
Form: Senryu

Bride and Groom

The bride in ancient civilization
Had a wedding dress on
The tools they used is our mystification
And the grooms name was Shawn
Form: Quatrain

Who Are These People

They kill whole civilization of people
They destroy species of animals
They destroy everything they touch
Who are these people

Satan


Shows

Fruit shows soil,
son the father,
daughter mother,
pupil teacher,
leader country,
poet the civilization,
Lorena shows Sayeed Abubakar.
Form: Lyric

Untitled #21

my poetry is
      ancient pottery
    cracked and broken
  buried
           abandoned remnants
       of a once good
    civilization

Premium Member I Tippytoe Through Civilization

the tenaciousness of civilization is fanatical and inflationary ! I tippytoe through .


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 3–9, 2026)
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Three For Free

globalization
denationalization
interdependence

unattainable
immeasurability
everlastingness

civilization
oversimplification
elimination
© Ng Rippel  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Preservation of Civilization

    Self-defense mechanisms
        take over in times like these …
     
     No matter the provocation
       Don’t forget ‘thank you’ and ‘please’
Form: Rhyme

The Modern Age

Look how far civilization has come,
Take away all of our technology and advances
And we are still the same
Primitive
Bloodthirsty
Savages
That we were 2000 years ago.
© James Moon  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Ideals Iii

No civilization cound ever survive the test of time unless its ideals intact remain!*







(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
       10 August 2016



* History is our witness.
Form: Monoku

Reckless Sailors

Humans are reckless sailors
sailing in the stormy sea of the universe.
The passengers seem drunk
after swallowing  intoxicating liquor 
squeezed from the breasts of civilization

Premium Member Moon Before Mars

Why not a civilization on the moon Before attempting a Mars trip, more opportune Horse before cart A better place to start No astrologist but common sense does loom
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Great Art

I put my SHT
down and out 
there
though not liked 
by some

hopefully some
future civilization
will pick it up 
and some
call it 
great SHT

hopefully
after I’m dead
some

At the End and the Beginning

we are at the end of time

and the beginning of time

we are at the end of culture

and the beginning of culture

we are at the end of civilization

and at the beginning

of civilization.

Premium Member The Kiss

Forever preserved in stone is this kiss between lovers. Constantin Brancusi, you have performed magic with your hands. This is a kiss to last for as long as civilization.
Form: Sijo

Museum Walk

Voices mutter
echoes carry on
reflecting from ceilings

Streams of faces
mirrored in varnish
pale blank stares remember

Old paint cracking
limestone's polish fades
thin civilization
© R D  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Museum Walk

Voices mutter
echoes carry on
reflecting from ceilings

Streams of faces
mirrored in varnish
pale blank stares  remember

Old paint cracking
limestone's polish fades
thin civilization
© R D  Create an image from this poem.

From the Deep Wayra

Dirty fossil fuel
Extracted from deep earth crust
By men who risked life and limb
Today cursed by many
Gave us this civilization

16 August 2019
Second Edition of Wayra
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud

Esj

Eternal quest for peace led me down a
Solitary path of solitude, away from the
Jostling, maddening crowd of civilization!

"Captcha" contest by Judy Konos
 Captcha letters: ESJ
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Ideals Ii

When ideals die, soon after, civilizations follow them into the grave!*








(c) Demetrios Trifiatis 
       10 August 2016


* Western civilization is witnessing the death of its ideals.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member An Ancient Civilization

Are we now realizing an ancient civilization Living 100,000 years ago at an undiscovered location Skeptics don't believe Think we deceive But no one was alive to prove the first nation
Form: Limerick

Easier and Difficult

Death is easier.
Difficult is birth.

Destruction is easier.
Difficult is construction.

Thorn is easier.
Difficult is flower.

Hatred is easier.
Difficult is love.

War is easier.
Difficult is civilization.

Premium Member Dark Spot On Jupitor

The dark spot on Jupiter has scientists puzzled Galileo is keeping our intelligent civilization muzzled No need for panic Or reactions manic Just curl up with your sweetie and stay unruffled
Form: Limerick

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