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Short Defeat Poems

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


7 Words Expressing Love
Two hearts,
One beat.
Forever overcoming
defeat....

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© Sadaf Syed  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeat, love,
Form: Lyric



Win Over the Obstacles
We should not suffer defeat 
Till our journey is complete....

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Categories: defeat, journey,
Form: Epigram
Premium Member In Victory
Always take from war,
Humbleness in victory,
Or hope in defeat....

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© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeat, war
Form: Haiku
Valiant Quietness
Brave and noble knight
Afraid to admit defeat
Lonely silent death...

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Categories: defeat, death,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Sportsmanship
Smile... Shake hands...

   Nice game...
 
      Taste defeat......

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Categories: defeat, loss, sports,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member Defeat
Always positive 
until defeat puts me at rest 
six feet underground...

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Categories: defeat, death,
Form: Senryu
Persistence
First sign of defeat
No proxy for persistence
Need chance for repeat....

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Categories: defeat, betrayal, courage, loss, success,
Form: Haiku
Speed of Dark
Its faster than light
Which arrives to find defeat
Darkness is faster...

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Categories: defeat, life, philosophy, science,
Form: Haiku
Doubt
doubt,
limits success
by keeping someone
from trying to defeat
fears...

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Categories: defeat, success
Form: Cinquain
Not Yet
the heart says concede
lay it down, admit defeat
but death's not my style...

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Categories: defeat, depression, hope, life,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member So Many Choices
Let's see: Bernie
Joe, Liz, or Pete
   Which one best
   ensures defeat?...

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Categories: defeat, leadership, loss, political,
Form: Epigram
Death of Courageous
The death of courageous
 The defeat of a nation
 Joy and victory in exile!...

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Categories: defeat, anxiety, feelings, political,
Form: Haiku
Loose Leaf
Dangling from a branch,
Being strummed by the soft breeze;
Tenacious defeat....

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Categories: defeat, nature
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Shame of Defeat
The shame of defeat
    hides its face on the street
      ~ nursing disbelief...

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Categories: defeat, emotions, loss,
Form: Monorhyme
Finished
crushed hopes

bitter defeat

flattened ant

disillusionment

all is lost...

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Categories: defeat, angst
Form: Haiku
Army Pr Term
no, that's not retreat,

tactical withdrawal, that's it,

foes call it defeat !...

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Categories: defeat, funny, people, places,
Form: Senryu
Eliminating Conflict
Accept all to defeat misery and be jovial.

Dated-28-12-2018
Sponsor-Edward Ibeh...

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Categories: defeat, how i feel,
Form: Monoku
Aging
Aging, yes, aging,
we all shall see,
mother nature, and time,
nothing can defeat....

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Categories: defeat, life, time, visionary,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Defeating Isis
To defeat ISIS I wouldn't send the army, I'd send Judge Judy.
...

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Categories: defeat, humor, war,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Capitulating
towering weeds
the unkempt garden
~ admitting defeat



posted on July 31, 2018...

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Categories: defeat, garden, nature, summer, work,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The Cheater
Who cheats himself of
  even bitter tears of defeat
    ~ on self-image clicks delete...

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Categories: defeat, loss, pride,
Form: Rhyme
Dread
Defeat, fear’s concrete,
Fright, the body would excrete,
        It torments to fleet…...

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Categories: defeat, confusion, life,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
 Wished she had won
 Crying tears of defeat
 While her opponent tweets!...

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© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: defeat, people, political,
Form: Clerihew
Defeat
think tall
be like a wall
never fall
and don't be weak
you'll not be you
see 
DEFEAT...

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Categories: defeat, art, black african american, devotion,
Form: Light Verse
Victory Causes Fear
He rages as a wild beast
in ire of his defeat 
for loss causes tears
and victory causes fear...

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Categories: defeat, adventure, war,
Form: Verse

Book: Shattered Sighs