Short Crossfire Poems
Short Crossfire Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Crossfire by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Crossfire by length and keyword.
crossfire
©Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
10/31/2014
Caught in the crossfire
He bought a Greek lyre ( we must admire)
He harped on and on–a liar
Categories:
crossfire, fun, nonsense,
Form:
I do not know?
How did you become featherless
Angels are always blessed and do bless
Standing too close to the fire
Devil got me in a crossfire
Make sure you always tell God yes
Categories:
crossfire, angel, blessing, fire, humor, religion, uplifting, words,
Form:
Limerick
away beyond crossfire defines eternity
fading grace had indentified justice
kind lovers make noise over piano que
restless saviors trust unopposed visitors
where xrays youthinize zoners
Categories:
crossfire, confusion
Form:
ABC
Any which way you want me for I’m only an old fool
In love’s crossfire tossed around your breath my anchor don’t set me free
Yet alone I float within my dreams standing here in the rain.
© Harry J Horsman 2016
Categories:
crossfire, confusion,
Form:
Sijo
You've come out the smoke
show some kindness
yet now you want to means test the welfare state
the have nots will tote the system
Crossfire blues
The middle class a fitting target
steal warmth from them
showing no guilt
Categories:
crossfire, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
A soldier in battle
Hears the bullets rattle
And is caught in the crossfire
He is draped in the flag
His medals turn to tags
Silent and without desire
Melancholy speaks truth
Eternity meets youth
Before his final salute
Categories:
crossfire, war,
Form:
Rhyme
I'm available--
exposed.
Caught in the crossfire
of handshakes and smiles.
The smoke grips my lungs.
I cannot oblige.
I will not oblige.
So I dream.
I elope with restlessness
into the fluid incubator.
I build my own prison
where I can be free.
Categories:
crossfire, dream, emotions, freedom, imagination, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
On the jagged edge of conflict
The sharp blade of hate begins to show
This hate boils over into war
and blood begins to flow
Fiery flashes of bomb blasts
Light up the violent night
Innocent civilians caught in the crossfire
There are no solutions in sight
Categories:
crossfire, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Stop the madness, I entreat.
On Southside, Chicago Street
Sparked rat-a-tat of gunfire.
A toddler caught in crossfire!
Form J - Just Write Me A New Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Date written: 03/20/2022
Categories:
crossfire, anger, city, horror, sad, violence,
Form:
Jueju
Does numbness set on fire
Sparks fly from a speeding tyre
Racing towards a funeral pyre
Cutting through snows crossfire
Ice can also start a wildfire
Crystal beads a mind occupier
Spilling over from eyes desire
High speed hitting tripwire.
26.12.2020
Parody of ‘Fire and Ice’
Robert Frost.
Categories:
crossfire, anger, death,
Form:
Free verse
I lay roses at their feet.
They toss thorns at mine.
I speak with silk songs.
They spew wiry lines.
I approach in peace.
They come with stones.
I throw out love.
They heave bones.
How can I enjoy softness?
They rather pursue judgment.
Most good deeds go unnoticed.
Slander gets no punishment.
Am I the target or dangerously positioned in the crossfire?
Categories:
crossfire, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, anxiety, hate,
Form:
Rhyme
Breath stolen breeds sharpness
Borne backward into infantile shrieks
The spinstress of sinew waits bated
For abhorrent heat
Of combustive, collapsive
Crossfire from echoing throat
Or burnt-bridge lungs
A visceral nymph thoughtlessly thieves
On Benedict tongue
Thrashing in maddened pace
Too shrill a manifesto
Skeletal soldiers charge
A red hill
Unsteady, uneven, not ready
Frenzy, not frolic
I am not a goddess
There is something to fear
I am something, I fear
Categories:
crossfire, anger, angst, bereavement, conflict, confusion, cry, dark,
Form:
Free verse
I chose to identify as a poet
But these images are mere stories
Where my heart asks to tell about
All of the greats before me
Had a hard time with this
The mellow breeze calms me
I'm sitting alone in this park
Perfecting pieces of life into art
These words are fond of me
So I must talk about them
So might I ask I'm I
A poet or a storyteller
You decide I'll abide
Excuse me I must tend to
The woman and her child
Telling their stories of crossfire
Categories:
crossfire, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Ring in, ring out
Ring in, one comes in
One leaves the world
One feels the cold
One strikes the gold
Ring in, two just started there journey
Two just decided to go there own way
Two dreams about there plan
Two dreamers crash into the light
Ring in, three little kids play on the street
Three little kids get hit in the crossfire
Hear the silver bells ring
To celebrate;
or to mourn;
Hear the glasses cling
As they hold them up
Ring in,
Ring out...
Categories:
crossfire, blessing, destiny, goodbye, hope, leaving, perspective, universe,
Form:
Lyric
I was not mad at you
I was just frustrated by life
I did not man for you
To get caught in the crossfire
I did not want you to feel invisible
But I got absorbed in the struggle
The struggle of my life
And did not see your life enough
I did not want you to feel neglected
I just got lost in the distractions
Forgot my priorities and what’s really important
If you give me the chance
If you decide on forgiveness
I will give you reason to believe in me again.
Categories:
crossfire, introspection, life, love, memory,
Form:
Free verse