Short Close Poems
Short Close Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Close by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Close by length and keyword.
It’s better to take a giant leap
and fail
Than to forever build castles
— on the ledge
(Dreamsleep: April, 2026)
Close Shave Then Away Would Slave
had been a close shave
and then away we would slave
all our money slave
Jim Horn
it was spewing venom
in the shape of evil
i ran as far as i could run
and never looked back
AP: 3rd place 2025
he has a shovel
I see the look
I know my time is close
I write this with shaky hands
my time is up
I will never be found
Poochy, Moochy, Goochy Goo
Two kittens fell into a tin of glue
It was an enormous tin
The kittens emerged as Siamese twins
The sun is setting
The afternoon is ending
The store is empty
A few cars parked on the street
I'm content, this is complete
will you touch the bare pillow
where my head rested next to yours
and imagine me by your side
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
US artist Chuck Close
pixelated the form he loved most
known for photorealist mosaic guile
creating his unique portraiture style
Close your eyes
Close them tight
Let us get to
Sleep tonight
Hold them, hold them
Hold them tight
Let us get to
Sleep tonight
Coming so close
And failing
Is not what I do now
And it’s called
Fulfilling and filling
Books full of writing
Now I am winning
Faces
in the crowd-
their uniqueness
sets each one of them
apart
free to
celebrate
diversity-
distinctions make us who
we are.
Once more,? ?at close of day,
it gives me peace that I can say-
as I journeyed through the hours
I hurt no other along the way.
The picture worth 1000 words
is priced only one way
Its value screaming
—until eyes close
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2014)
i
you are missed
not the fence-sitter
the open-hearted you
II
why hide
from truth, small ... large
the earth spins on (MINE US)
Out alone at last
Seven, and rapt in lush green
Seeds of verse were sown
Yellow butterflies, hued blooms
On our new street of fireflies
Your beauty fills me
Your gaze holds me in your light
Softly your voice calls
Catch me; hold me close to you
Let me rest with you my love
Dedicated to Mooney who is up in cat heaven ~
norwegian fur ball
intelligent and cunning
feline soul sister
AP: 1st place 2025
May we be blessed to embrace the irony
that the faster our children grow…
if we want to keep them close to us…
we have to let them go.
On the dance-floor they did a zigzag
But he was an ol’ scallywag:
- “If you feel something hard
- Pay no regard …
It’s just my colostomy-bag”
The reason why
we close our eyes
whenever we kiss, pray or cry,
is because you are feeling with all of your heart
the true essentials of life.
I want to hold you close and
feel your skin against mine.
Taste your lips, feel your warmth
Let my my strokes translate what my heart feels.
This grave with barber Bob is blessed ~
He was a cut above the rest!
30.01.19
'Pithy pants poetry contest'
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy
If
you
can’t
love the
one you want, just
love someone that looks
a little bit like them
and simply
squint a
little
bit
then i set out to escape
i retreat to my fantasy world
i hover over a sea of waterlilies
dreamy magical and surreal
AP: 2nd place 2023
Cop a feel
Cop a lie
Copulate
She's fourteen; Pop's a cop
What to do?
Cop an alibi!
Copasetic