Short Clocks Poems

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


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     when

        clocks

strike


                noon

DUST ECHOES


Melting Clocks (2009)

A sliding of time, one fatal move
And you've become the reflection.
Walking ever so uncomfortably,
In the other mans shoes.
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Their Clocks

their clocks tick away
I see time is running out
countdown to the grave
time leads me to be alone 
waiting for my clock to stop
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Clocks

Counting silver seconds
Loosing teal time
Onyx owl beckons 
Clock call is a chime
Karma at it’s prime
Saint or sinner shines
Form: Acrostic

King of the Mountain

If I were King  of the mountain 
I'd make you my Queen for a day 
then I'd decree that time was a lie 
and throw all the clocks away
© Mark Giles  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Banal Time

The Hands Around my neck
Increasing its hold with every second
Malady of Kronos
Emit a cry for yesterday'

Clocks aren't all that bad
© Arden Wood  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member I stopped the clocks

when Tahira died. 

I won’’t nudge 
the pendulum 
back to ticking-tock 
time or constant 
living
until I feel alive 
again.  

“
© CC Bloom  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Cameo-Flora's Dial

They set their clocks by flower petal
As they open or close-
Bethlehem Star,Sowthistle
Julap,Field Marigold
or scented Evening primrose
Form: Narrative

Premium Member If I Was a Rocky Mountain Goat

If I was a Rocky Mountain Goat
I would wear a furry overcoat.
I would walk rocks
Ignore all clocks
And jump off cliffs onto river boats.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Homework Blues

Math is tough.
It plays rough -
take's no guff,
calls your bluff,
grabs your scruff.
Had enough?
It clocks you,
knocks you
On your duff.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Contraindication Or Two

because i think outside the box ~ makes people think i’m unorthodox 

what’s wrong with backward clocks ~ just makes a >dud< palindromic paradox
Form: Monoku

You Don'T Phase Me

dogs come cats go
just like moon waxing
Don't let it phase you



Tribute To Moon Waxing LOL

Also Don't Forget To
Turn Those Clocks Back
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Fall Back!

Spring ahead Fall back
Its time to set your clocks back!
One hour more or less
You may catch up on your rest
So that now you look your best...
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Thinking of Time

Often I think of time,
collecting clocks
I seldom wind;
hearing chimes where there are none--
like Einstein,
putting ticking space
into vacuums....

Lost For Words

Words escape my mind like a grate
Memories shift thru, worst than the flu
There was a time I was able to rhyme
Bells would ring and clocks would chime
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member fall

fall counts past time warm sun dies
seed sown last year new life cries
breath comes breath leaves old clocks stop
glow bugs now light - how time flies
Form: Jueju

Premium Member Life And Time

Life And Time By: Miracle Man January 16th 2024 All time is of God. Each life ends at given time, though clocks tick the same.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Watch me!

Obviously

Who doesn’t?

Clocks stop
When I start

Time melts
while I burn

Never say always
but always say never

I stand surer
than ground
© CC Bloom  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Summer Clock Watching-

cheerful summertime a minor, long planet hot whilst watching the clocks
6/20/20 WRITTEN WORDS BY James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Form: Haiku

Halftime

Clyde Stanson sought to repair clocks
he labored in school of hard knocks.
Getting them to tick
was a simple trick.
But they wouldn't produce any tocks.
Form: Limerick

These Silent Walls

Up and down
These crazy halls,
Are things
That truly matter
Curious clocks 
We chatter 
All day long,
Up against
These silent walls
We tick and tock

Premium Member Time Changes

One needs to remember the rhyme
Dealing with Daylight Saving Time:
"Do not let clocks get out of whack;
Spring ahead, and then, fall back, Jack."
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Alarm clocks are my enemy

Like to stay up late
Brutal mornings always roll around too soon
So desperately need more Zzzz's



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Unexpected Pleasure

Cold snap breaks time clocks
Freshly powdered hillsides reign 
Snow shapes make yard art    

Written for consideration in Abe Lopez “Haiku Seasons” contest
Form: Haiku

Time

Time and time again.
Time starts,
Time stops,
Time spreads,
Time sprouts,
Time ticks,
Time tocks,
Clocks are the keepers of time.
Time is the keepers of us.
© Eric Urbas  Create an image from this poem.
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