Short Desperate Poems

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


Premium Member Civilization Down the Drain

In WW2 Sweden sheltered
    Jews in desperate need

  Today Swedes burn a Torah scroll
     a brutish, dastardly deed
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Locked

the poet
will never admit
that he or she is
desperate
so the next step
is to create
something


the poet locks in.

Death

The cry of death echoes cold,
Following a desperate night, dawn weighs heavy,
Hold the cool Moonlight until freedom sails,
© Nick Evans  Create an image from this poem.

Pennsylvania

An artist in Pennsylvania
Was desperate to entertain yer
He would draw and draw
More and more
A clear case of pencil mania
Form: Limerick

Desperate

Sirens break the night
Shatter the silence apart
Rhythmic, melodic
My heart tears gently open
Please will you take me with you
© Nicola Noo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka


Displaced Reality

The liar puts on their mask to conceal Truth that has been kept hidden From a desperate world.
10-10-16
Form: Kimo

Taken Into Care Slam

Taken into care

A desperate tale of despair

Both on social and an emotional levels

Never the twain

So much for family

Premium Member Trump's Lost Grasp

So desperate for attention
He foments vote-count dissension

   Every day a new twist or turn
   Nero fiddles, while Rome burns
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Moon's Tears

The moon's tears of joy

Fell into desperate sea

Sparkling Diamonds!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
     08 August 2017
Form: Haiku

Shattered

Soul of shattered glass
Encased in numb, icy form.
Desperate moments.


Written 9/6/17
Choose A Topic: Depression and Sadness
Form: Senryu

Premium Member A Spring

Bubbling Cool, refreshing Water, giver of life In this desperate, cracked, thirsty Parched land
Form: Cinquain

It's Hard

It's hard;
living in a 
world where
your voice
is so desperate
to be heard.
But when there's 
a chance, the 
ocean chokes 
it up.
sad

Ghosts

And if they searched your backyard How many ghosts theyd find Desperate, cold and lonely souls How many hearts like mine.
Form: Quatrain

Serena's Serenade

All the girls say he is a menace
So desperate for love was Dennis
A psychic's ball
Revealed it all
He could find true Love playing tennis
Form: Limerick

Premium Member How My First Poem Was Born

My daughter’s last breath
my first poem, “Stay,” was born—
a sad mother’s grief,
desperate for a reason
to stay for another day.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member -Go Figure


Finger on the trigger

Death toll getting bigger

Desperate action required with vigor 

What’s happening in our world….Go figure!
© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Death

As the  phantom consumes
the chaos from my soul
desperate hands
pull me to the grave,
i lay there numb and cold
the earth now has my bones

Desperate Love

Boy meets girl,
Girl meets boy.
Friendship begins to grow.
quick spread rumors
Of dates and lunches
Abound without ceasing
life is great.

Hoping For a Different Outcome Everytime

 
Aching to be felt, aching to be seen.
Desperate for love, is it even real?
Its something out of a nightmare,
Similar to a dream.

Premium Member The goodhearted cobbler

Every week hearts come in.
Desperate. I can't refuse their mending jobs.
I'll do what I can.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member Saint Jude Thaddeus

True relative of Jesus and Virgin Mary
St. Judas Thaddeus, a Cousin to Jesus Christ
Aiding mankind
For hopeless and desperate cases

12182011
Form: Clerihew

Epi-Desperate

You called me by his
name last night...

I answered


11/29/19

For the: Hit Me With Your Epi-Pen Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Desperate Witch

The desperate witch took her last breath over an empty grave
Russell Sivey Entrant into Debbie Guzzi's "Singled Out" contest
Form: Monoku

Hearing

Sound
Thud
Falls on deaf ears
Blood rushing through my veins
An evil and desperate hiss in my ears
I can't listen to you
For I hear nothing else

Premium Member For The Love Of Cuggles

She came

Filled our hearts and souls

She left ….leaving us feeling empty

In desperate need of one of her “Cuggles” to fill that empty hole!
© Deb M   Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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