Short Counts Poems

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


Premium Member Courtesy Counts

I'd like to visit you, but well
you never visit me
what happened to that courtesy
called reciprocity?

Eileen Manassian
Form: Quatrain


Age Counts

Age counts when a person isn't mature,
when a person is mature age barrier is minor,
understanding build a bridge on our gaps.
Form: Haiku

Promises

Promises are counts of time.

Stickers of truth.

Like fiddle strings,

So taught.

Not to turn tables.

Till the placid waters
Form: ABC

The Thought

They say it's the thought that 
counts
and just to prove it's true
This year I'll buy a gift for me
And promise to think of you
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Search

one searches to fit it, the validation that counts most is ~your own





















Alexis Y.
12-20-20
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku


Premium Member Sunday visit

She doesn't remember her son.
She lives somewhere in the distant past.
She's happy, that's what counts.



AP: 2nd place 2026
Form: Other

Every Step Counts

Life is a big game
Don't fret, keep your focus on
The small steps you take
In them you will find control
On the journey to your home
Form: Tanka

In My Opinion

There are no standards any more; Opinion's all that counts. We all must have our voices heard, And everyone must win.
Form:

America

From anywhere out of the blue
Comes a rifle shot of white glue
With little fanfair
It plops in your hair
As another pigeon counts, "Coo!"
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Best of both worlds

you're my yin and yang
you're strong when you need to be
you're gentle when it counts



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Politics No 7

Buffalo Bill
wants to fight the edl like the people smugglers
Lawyers acumen
of a bewildering kind
but will he succeed on both counts

Georgia Counts

The Devil went up to Georgia
In search of Lucrezia Borgia
His thoughts were obscene
But she was plain mean,
"Georgia just wants to disgorge yuh!"
Form: Limerick

The Best of Charities

She was given in marriage now arrived back home in old age,taking care and  going engage in her affairs for her survival,counts the best of charities!

Wake up

Just because
you go to church,
doesn't assure you a place in heaven. 
It's how we live our lives that counts,
rather than praying
to be forgiven.
© John Read  Create an image from this poem.
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 Knowledge

It is not the accumulation of knowledge that counts that much but its wise  application!


 






© Demetrios Trifiatis
      21 January 2017
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Little Words

It really wouldn’t be a crime,
fit the structure just one time; 
Typos and syllable counts, 
paint my pen like a clown; 
Tricky words without a rhyme.
Form: Limerick

Splitting Hares

Two rabbits will always make haste
One minute is too long to waste
Each split-second counts
So he quickly mounts
The chaste are chased by the two-faced
Form: Limerick

Love Has No Race

it not about  corlor of skin
true love will win
 its underneath
the heart beats
that counts
so lets bounce
forget about the corlor of faces
LOVE HAS NO RACE

If Thy Soul An Hourglass

what
makes
thy soul
an hourglass
who
counts the time
very quickly
and
if
thy soul
an hourglass
then
let the pendulum swing
towards heaven's gate

Pizza For the Mob

Well done pizza is what the mob counts on
The lightest always set before each con
Don't die alone
It's set in stone
It's always the darkest before the don!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member We Signed Up For This

earth life tests
that’s its job
be at peace

our response
is what counts
be mindful

don’t worry
life’s a dream
let it roll

03-April-2023
Tricube
Form: Other

Premium Member As a King Counts Gold

     Vast wealth knows not it is poor
        Poverty is never quite sure

     Count children as a king counts gold
        ~ multiply by a thousandfold
Form: Couplet

Play On the Numbers

Number one or number two
Simple beginnings to the numerical counts
But don't let the numbers
Rule you how far you can get each day


***Just a bit of toilet humor

Premium Member Gender Wars On Gerund Turf

Expressing
digesting
protesting
frustratedly stifled.

Projecting
rejecting
infecting
frustratedly rifled.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Posted six days ago, hope that counts :)
Form: Verse

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