Short Describing Poems

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


Premium Member Narratives pointing and describing

Narratives

Point to that

Which cannot be

Described and

To that which 

Cannot be the 

Object of

Pointing...


Paint Job

Pain painted over
By words describing the pain,
A false remedy
To those who have forgotten
Black walls don't make rooms brighter
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Penning Events

The scene begins to unfold As I put pen to paper Describing events I saw Quick eyes I behold
Russell Sivey
Form: Dodoitsu

A Mother's Love

A Mother’s Love
Dr. James E. Martin
©May, 2013


A mother’s love is beyond describing
She is on a child’s heart constantly inscribing.
Form: Couplet

Gust of Eyeful

Our vicar was describing Hell
When it suddenly rung a bell
I dreamed that in Paris
I climbed up a Ferris
Then on to the Tower I fell .....
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Describing his Cousin Bump

A squab, a squid, a squishy stump
A troll, a gnome, a stick, a chump
How else to describe my cousin Bump?
You see, he also is a bit of a chump
Form: Monorhyme

Which Snowflake To Save

To all those fallen poets
sifting fields of words
i will help them grow
describing pain that melts the snow
and a glow the darkness coddles
let me get sum right

Premium Member Where To Begin

lacy ruffled gladiola with your dainty ways
made of a gorgeous pleated crepe, you take my breath away
describing you would be a win,
where to begin? Where to begin?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Colours of Sunshine

Roses are red, white and gold The colors of sunshine, a sense of the soul Describing their beauty Is impossible truly No words can aptly describe their role
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Word Evil Is Evil

The word “evil” is described as this A word describing a real ugly abyss Nothing is almost evil It is or isn't believable Goes to show how much we really missed
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Happy Club Emcee

Happy-go-lucky, a phrase describing old me Not a care to speak of, a happy club emcee Making tons of bucks Running amuck Tossing flowers and wearing a polka dot saree
Form: Limerick

When You

I love watching your hands 
when you hold the camera 
when you touch the area 
when you move the spot 
when you caress the glass 
I love to meditate on the art 
describing your joys

Teddy

Teddy is my name;
Everyday I write poetry
Describing my day to day life, and
Decisions that I critically make, to make my
Yesterday a history worth remembrance.


By: Teddy Kimathi
Form: Acrostic

Purple Lows

An overwrought poem, I suppose
Might go florid describing a rose
But there’s something much worse
Than an overblown verse –
It’s the mind from which flows purple prose.

written 1/26/19
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Sexual Ballet

Feel like being quite naughty today I'll start by describing a sexual ballet Tripping the light fantastic Doing artistic gymnastics Guess I better glue down my curly toupee
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Sexual Ballet

Feel like being quite naughty today I'll start by describing a sexual ballet Tripping the light fantastic Doing artistic gymnastics Guess I better glue down my curly toupee
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Sexual Ballet

Really feel like being naughty today I'll start by describing a sexual ballet Tripping the light fantastic Doing some artistic gymnastics Guess I better glue down my toupee
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member If the Sun Fails To Shine

If the sun failed to shine one morning You'd still start my day off with warmth adorning No sweeter sentiment With words so eloquent Describing my affection for you so exquisitely
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A Sexual Ballet

Really feel like being quite naughty today I'll start by describing a sexual ballet Tripping the light fantastic Doing some artistic gymnastics Guess I better glue down my curly toupee
Form: Limerick

Forlorn

Forlorn is a word
Describing a state of loss
One’s personal pain.

Dejected,losing
The love we lived with.
Down and no way up.

Travelling blindly
This tunnel of stone and grit
We hope to emerge,
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Lover of Jugs

To recall what a certain lady named Maureen Called me, “a sweet lover of jugs” what did she mean Did “jugs” refer to A container maybe two Methinks I'm pretty close to describing the scene
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Is This the Top Floor

When we reach the top floor we wonder What was it all about, this life we just experienced Is there any other way of describing it Is there a higher high or is this it? NOPE... THIS BE IT!

Premium Member Sweet Honeysuckles

Sweet honeysuckles white and yellow on the vine say hello in June Robert Pettit for Sidney LeeAnn’s haiku contest. 5-7-5 syllable form describing a common flower that blooms in late spring
Form: Haiku

Jan's Pans

She writes of the stuff in the loo,
amused by the odour of poo -
she has me in fits
describing her sh.ts
(though others believe it's taboo...)

written 19th March about Jan Allison for Margarita's Paean on Poets contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mystery of Explanation

Objectification 
Is told as the process
Of the mind in
Naming and describing
Whatever appears..
This whole story
Pops up in
Explanation of what
Cannot be explained..
Amazing that
No-explanation
Seeming to explain...

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