Short Clothes Poems

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


Premium Member Scales

scales don't lie off with the clothes, bathe, shave.. augh!!
I know it isn't true to form!!!
Form: Senryu


Premium Member Pirouetting

Angels wove her dresses
    pirouetting 'cross the moon

  Cherubs curled her tresses
    wound 'round a golden spoon
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Laundry Linens

The local laundry laundering matted lifted let in solid soiled linens~


12/28/29
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr

The Laundromat

I enjoy watching
Clothes tumble in the dryer
At the laundromat;
It reminds me of sunset
And its swiftly changing hues.
© Jim Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Hats Off

a huge sombrero his visage in dark shadow lying eyes hidden Inspired by picture! 2/13/18
Form: Senryu


A Wash and Fold Senryu

my clothes dryer...
                                    cleaning out its
                                    belly button
Form: Senryu

Only Time Will Tell

Each tick of the clock
A brief moment in time
Leaving us further behind
Wearing an old set of clothes
Only time will tell

Scares of War Confess

How do 
We survive this
Torture and 
Imprisonment
Until these
Scares of 
War confess, 
We wear
These clothes
Of death

Premium Member Lust

Hormones yearn for her thighs seen in nude, even when in clothes yet; she's in the heart's dark spot
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Tinge Of Nature

dewdrops, brightly lit,
adorn the golden skytops.
sky, as though her clothes were torn.
hides behind clouds, feeling shy.

Sartorial Inelegance

George Bernard Shaw
had no idea what the laundry room was for.
While writing 'Pygmalion'
he looked somewhat tatterdemalion.
Form: Clerihew

Revolver

churning milk
makes butter

spinning wet
clothes dries

them and as 
the world turns 

it makes my
night and my

day
Form:

A Summer Couplet

The thunder, lightning and the pouring rain
Are signs I bought my summer clothes in vain.

For Andrea’s A Summer Couplet contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Cliche Monoku 5

her wash came out all entwined~she calmly untangled and didn't whine





For "Don't Get Your Knickers in a Twist"
Monoku
Form: Monoku

Premium Member House Arrest

shoes playing footsies
elevated hamper of clothes
bread and water
cell                     phone
Geisha doll
me

8/23/2018
Form: List

Rich Man

Hand extended,
tears from eyes,
shredded clothes,
calling for help.

I pass,
blind and deaf,
keeping my light,
to myself.

Premium Member Interruptus

rushed into action
ringing in our ears— Oh dear!
reactionary
reapplication of clothes
our rearing of kids over?

10/15/2021
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Faeries For Caren Krutsinger

faeries pinning clothes
greening leaves spinn-dried*, sunn-baked —
merry of mischief

1/2/2019

double n’s for effect
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Sign of the Times

He checked his coat and hat
   thought ‘That is that…’

When he saw the sign on the ledge
   ‘Remember to check your privilege’
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Preparing For Winter

shop for warmer clothes say goodbye to summer heat welcome ol' Jack Frost
Written September 28, 2022
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Toenails

I used to expose my toes,
went walking without my clothes.
Then, I was bolder;
now, I'm much older,
and my skunky toenail shows.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Imagination's Ghosts

laundry lines
wooden clothespins
white sheets 
flapping...
ghosts of my
imagination...
like Halloween 
this year
disappeared
Form: Imagism

Konmari

folding poems
  with cherry blossoms —
his shirts are clean

—haiku 


February 02, 2019
Wild Orchid Haiku

(modern haiku)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Polyester

????POLYESTER   By James Edward Lee Sr.

Spinning and weave silk
Strands of unnatural cloth
What is this new suit?


12/05/17
Form: Haiku

Travelling

Shoes worn
clothes torn
miles travelled
 footprints left behind

Mistakes made
friends regained
lessons learned
love is born
Form: Verse

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