Short Cuckoo Poems

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


Cuckoo

Why 
Is it that a cuckoo
Is 
Locked up in a clock

While 
Lunatics with guns 
Are 
Left to run amuck
WIZDUMBs BY JA 221
© Ja Ja  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Narrative


Premium Member Time On Earth

what will their son’s time be like here on earth? this kid is a real joker! cuckoo clock in the fridge.
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Clerihew Bruce

Michael Bruce was poet so free
dying too soon with TB
Best known for ' Ode to the Cuckoo'
perhaps 'Lochleven' the best in view
Form: Clerihew

Cuckoo

You have fine feathers
I knew that from the first
Principle.
How I wished to touch you
and readily remember 
your response!.

Haiku

spring's first rain 
                                        Jacobin  cuckoo 
                                        there she is
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Cuckoo

CUCKOO high ~ coo coo ~ haiku wee bird opens door and sighs duty calls and calls Kim Rodrigues © 2017
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Haiku Double

salty tang... monsoons shriek and whip rough seas cuckoo calls from piney woods... fragile May
see about poem
Form: Haiku

Whose Baby - Can'T Post a Question Mark

a single cuckoo  - -
two tiny sparrows feed the 
big chick in their nest

written 25th February for Constance's Spring Birds contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

THE CUCKOO

Cuckoo's
Wild call at dawn,
Hiding in mango trees,
Stealing a nest that isn't hers,
Smart bird!

Copyright © 2026 by Crystal David John
Form: Cinquain

Times

The second of the watch is short
       the bird has it's cuckoo time
       everyone lies down at night
       when times are overnight ..
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member who reads my stuff

who reads this stuff?
who are my fans?
are they locals?

older or younger?
a bit of both maybe
a little cuckoo?
nutty like me?
I hope so

Hush My Baby Cannot Sleep

“ koo, koo”  high pitch whistles
                         " Hush"! red bead seed cuckoo bird 
                                  My baby can not sleep
Form: Haiku

Cuckoo Haiku

Cuckoo Haiku

Flightless, no feathers
Strange gray bird, drinks river dry
Cuckoo forgets song


Created On 9/18/14 for Creative Poetry Contest
Form: Haiku

Cuckoo Clock

“cuckoo clock”


waking not 
to the sound 
of guten morgen

Freeman’s voice 
In my head
Instead

It’s screaming
the screams
of Sam

Kinison

Premium Member A competent therapist and confidant

Get help with thought patterns all new
From the social worker guru
Talia Green's expertise
Helps seekers find peace
And implodes thinking that's cuckoo
Form: Limerick

Dry Tree In Window

dry tree in window
lonely cuckoo softly sings
tender leaves may come

By Tahera Mannan
Contest- Aa Haiku from your Window
Sponsor- Micheal J Falotico
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Her Confrontation is Detestably Fiendish

badmouth me ? she is always vitriolically cuckoo ! I find her confrontation detestably fiendish .


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 7–13, 2026)
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member I'm Cuckoo, Nuts, Completely Daft

Like an addled cuckoo that garbles
the birdsong that he warbles,
I've experienced many strains.  
I've got gremlins in my brains,
and I've lost my marbles.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Cuckoo Son

Have a cuckoo son named Scott When he talks people giggle a lot With his silly antics A slight bit manic A true chip off this old guy's block
son
Form: Limerick

Grim Leaker

Cruel words leak from your 
Mouth like tears – I lick them up
Like a good lapdog


6/28/11

Received 10th place in "Pseudo-haiku-cuckoo-cuckhosis!" contest
Form: Haiku

Friends Forever

Friends are like jewels precious in every way treasure your friendships.
Cory long Pseudo-Haiku-Cuckoo-cuckhosis Chris D. Aechtner
© Cory Long  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member I'm Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

Let's keep this just between me and you 

If the rest of the world only knew

They'd examine my brain 

And they might think I'm sane

But my friends all know I'm wackadoo
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Nature's No Motherly Love

the cuckoo in spring
needs to suss out homely nest
comes with baring gifts...
adoption not an option
a brood parasite in lieu 

17/2/2022
Entered a Brian Strand Tanka contest.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Train

Who put the engine in the middle of the train
I have set so long I am going insane
I am not going cuckoo
What I said is not poo poo
Somebody put an engine at the end of the train
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Tv Ads of the 50s and 60s

cuckoo for Coco Puffs
Plop plop fizz fizz
bibbity bobbity boo
See the USA in a Chevrolet
Winston tastes good
Like a
Knock Knock
cigarette should
I miss the fifties and sixties

Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace