Short Cruelty Poems

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


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I was born blind
To
The joys
And
Could only see Life’s cruelty
But then you came
And
Brought back all the good to me.
© Laura Hew  Create an image from this poem.
Form:


INHUMANITY


        


     we have food for 12 billion
      we only feed 8 billion...
 it's not capitalism, it's pure cruelty
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Violations of Humanity

hurting a puppy without a conscious
injuring a toddler on purpose
bludgeoning someone you once loved
a violation of humanity

Premium Member Alone Z

Alone

	bleak
no color in my heart
	sad

   hidden
	behind doors

still exposed
	to all the cruelty
		of the wind

Cruelty

doesnt have a bloodline
wish i could shed mine
just waiting for you to end
it give time a chance
cos the future ended back there


Premium Member Cruelty

bare rainbow colors

                        remembered the cruelty

                                         all colors turn white
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Temporary Cruelty

Grass begs for water
Feeling helpless, no extra
My funds are too tight
I am so sorry, dear grass
Can quench your thirst soon...I hope
© K. James  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Perfumed Decay

Golden skyline burns,
ambition dressed as virtue —
dead smiles sharpened thin.
Compassion becomes rumor;
even kindness costs too much.
Form: Tanka

Big Bite

It hurts to bite
Leaving the mouth 
Pain too goes away
The pain of crisis stays
Living in us,leaving not
What cruelty?
The tooth of life!

Premium Member life is drained out of me

Life is drained from me 
leaving me an empty shell
someone I used to be 

your heartless 
full of cruelty and pain 
still draining my life
Form: Senryu

Be

Be kind but not weak
Be strong without falling into cruelty 

Be who you want to be without crafting a false identity 
Be someone worth knowing
© Ezra Cook  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member We didn't see it coming

Such an act of cruelty !
SmilyFace had no enemies we knew of !
The world would forever mourn.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Men Cruelty Beasts Pity

The man invested in  total falsehood
killing without mercy, cruel insanity
the informal beasts have further pity
they only kill to eat as a simple mood
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member A Sickness

The cruelty I can't abide,
The type that we human beings hide,
Some put on a pleasant face,
While hiding thoughts, debased,
Making most feel sick inside.
Form: Limerick

Distant Places

Distant places where they live like royalty
Distant places they love to call home
Distant places where they live with cruelty
Distant places they run away from
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member THE FINGERPRINTS WE LEAVE BEHIND

Before we touch another person’s life
A question to keep in mind…

Is it fingerprints of kindness
of fingerprints of cruelty

We want to leave behind.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Gossip

Words used to sever humanity Lunged with disdain and fierce brutality Glinting, steel tongued cruelty Hollow of joy, music and grace
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Fighting Cocks

This story could be poppycock Heard cocks fight a lot in Bangkok At first hearing this Took an emotional fit Cruelty is evident imagine the aftershock
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Compassion

The moment we all realize our compassion does not weaken us…
but only makes us stronger…
is the moment we become one world
and hatred and cruelty will exist no longer.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Human Nature

Virtue
Angelic compassion
Self-controlled, caring, understanding.
Integrity, ethicality; corruption, immorality
Undisciplined, neglecting, judging.
Demonic cruelty
Depravity
© Jenni Munn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Diamante

Cruelty

She was strong.
Blazing fire.
Hard as a diamond.
But somehow 
They broke her.
Into pieces,
So fine.
That 
Made it
Difficult for her 
To mend herself.
©saniyapoetry

Spirits of Corruption

The tragic tyrants in power deny the truth
Bigotry and cruelty lie deep in their roots
Their souls will always be tainted with soot
He is too loud; we've already pressed mute
© Seph Vi  Create an image from this poem.

Relations

Lives entangled
When thoughts mingled
As time proceeds 
Left, no more obstacles.

Ugliness, we all hide
Insincerity, we abide
Under shells of cruelty 
Reality is concise.
© James Hou  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member An Act of Cruelty

I believe that an act of cruelty
Is to take away a child's security
So let it be said
When two people wed
Make sure it's a certain surety




Written in 2014, reposted 2019.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member More Compassion

May we be blessed to understand
something that becomes more apparent as each new day is unfurled….
how we need less cruelty and tyranny
and more compassion and empathy in this world.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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