Short Deadly Poems

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


Clock Strikes Midnight

Another day gone
I face the deadly music
Fate determine what's,
Going to become of me
Time goes on as my life leaves.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member All Talk

Hawaii fireworks
still deadly and maim for life
like annual debates
Hawaiian language council 
argues o'er Kona coffee
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Black Panther

panther deadly beauty embraces Reaper’s freedom painful fated captivity symbolic silence roars
Form: Verse

Premium Member Fer-De-Lance

~ pit viper - launches like jack in the box; strikes with deadly precision ~






Date written: 01/16/2022
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Shark

Deadly predator beneath the waters mouths in carriage of sharp saws swift and strong, crazy for blood.
Form: Haiku


Halloween Poem # 12...Creepy Crawlies

Disembodied hands
Creeping up the alley way
Deadly spiders too
Poison snakes and scorpions
Crawling 'round on Halloween
© Deb Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

The Crime

a punishment for every crime
 the deadly price to pay
 when only he stole but a dime
 given something never seen in my day
Form: Quatrain

Killing a Spy

Russian spy A. Litvinenko 
Had no heart, for a status quo;
But, when he revealed his odium, 
He earned the deadly polonium.
Form: Clerihew

Make of Me

Take me to the dark side,
fill my eyes with lime shine,
taint my skin,
make it a hide,
make of me,
of deadly might.
Ray.
© Ray Write  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Coronavirus

rapidly spreading
deeply worrisome, deadly
          coronavirus




Date written: 02/07/2020
Form: Senryu

Butterflies In Me

Butterflies in me...
Intensely rolling over...
I’m deadly insane...
It’s a beautiful feeling...
I can’t fight any longer...
Form: Tanka

Premium Member prison is for life

hotheaded action
a good friend is now deceased
sorrow and regret

alcohol and guns
a deadly combination
prison is for life
Form: Senryu

The Night Dancers

I  wonder  about them 
to work at night 
and eat deadly meat! 
 
They have their life 
full of shame 
and risky every time.
Form: ABC

In the End

Silent, sarcastic sneering Dark, deadly deliberation Ignoring ignited ire Foolish fervor over fateful follies.

Leopards -Rhyming Haiku-

Sneak up on their prey very silent and deadly don't get in their way. Copyright © Cynthia Jones Jan.12/2015
Form: Haiku

Premium Member What Is Gluttony

Gluttony like Greed
Excessive desire of Food or Drink
Part of7 Capital sins or 7 Deadly sins
Jesus Christ requires one to confess
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Jellyfish

magical sea blooms
floating jelly umbrellas
docile and deadly . . .
graceful seductions soon sting,
sea life's fatal attraction!
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Emphysema

Emphysema…

So very deadly
Battle to breathe, loss of breath
Ultimate death by…

Asphyxiation

Russell Sivey
Form: Senryu

The Place I Call "home"

Alaska,
Harsh,
Unforgiving,
Cold,
Barren,
Deadly,
Mean,
Lovely,
Beautiful,
Providing,
Kind,
Pleasant,
Extravagant,
Home.
Form: List

Kick Ass Lass

Kick Ass Lass

As Avenging Emma Peal
Diana Rigg always got into a deadly deal.
She was a classic lass
Who could always kick ass.
Form: Clerihew

Sleep

Sleep is a god that grows after day,
And which the high and low,
Eyes shut must fall and deadly obey:
How it is an audience-free show!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Death's Minions

I saw a dark mass
A floating dying being
Looking fierce, deadly
Wanting to steal away souls
Hope it’s not looking for me

Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Verbal Flames

all those labels 
stay in stables
for  names
bring flames
say something nice
without a price
for angry words
bring deadly swords
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Who Am I Poem

I live on both dry land and wet sea
A predator better not eat me
yellow banded
upper handed
I’m a poison-dart frog, deadly you see.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Suicide

an evil damns the stream 
a stagnancy so deadly,
life cannot not run
its natural course.


©Kathryn McLoughlin Collins
November 18, 2012
Form: Verse

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