Short Detail Poems

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


Andrea Dietrich

Andrea
what can one say about her
except wonderful
imagination with love
and fine appreciation
of detail inspires me
Form: Sedoka


Premium Member Clerihew Lewis

John Frederick of the Lewis dynasty
profligacy his legacy
obsessive detail&useof gouache
so making viewers teeth knash
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Eyes are telescopes

My lenses 
might not always see 
everything clearly 
but when I focus in 
I 
 can 
  see 
    every   
      detail

Premium Member RAPHAELISTA rossetti prb et al

RAPHAELISTA 
literary
  stylized
symbols
highly
 elaborated
in
extreme
  detail
of wet white
in
bright
  colours
art
Form: Didactic

Premium Member Clerihew Rowlandson

Proliic printer Thomas Rowlandson
painted many characterisation
Known for detail of line
with observations especially fine
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Clerihew Dou

Gerrard or Gerritt Dou
known as Rembrandt's first pupil,its true
focused on light&shade
fine detail his paintings displayed
Form: Clerihew

Living Without Excuse

Shred kneels over the thorn soil
well detrimental with retarded thought
life has no detail
but to copy nature like drought.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member PURISTA ozenfant

PURISTA 

uncluttered
 by
  decoration
fantasy
 &unneeded
detail
 minimalism
made
 manifest
in
  arud
    simplicity
art
Form: Didactic

Premium Member Clerihew Marquet

Matisse pupil Albert Marquet
compared with Japanese master Hokusai
said to have poetic guile
sans unneeded detail was his style
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Rousseau

Customs man Henri Rousseau
part-time gave painting a go
Great detail was his particular thing
with child-like eyes he did bring
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Van Eyck

The Belgian artist Jan van Eyck
in Latin&Greek learned to write
but in his art we now mostly see
meticulous detail as his u. s. p
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member The Curse

The curse of a poet;
Living slowly,
savoring each small detail;
Remembering  every second,
never really able to let moments fade.

Premium Member PRB go figure

Last of the figuratives the PRB
with great detail,colour&clarity
to the  pre-Raphael' they did flee
classical quattrocento became their 'usp'
art
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium Member Leave Some Mystery

listen we really don’t want or need to hear every goary detail just tell us how to fix it
AP: 2nd place 2021

All Life Is Sacred

Trump disparages Dr. Ford
Claiming "Second Sight" like the Lord
In quite lurid detail
Trump describes a female
His mother was one we're assured.
Form: Limerick

U N D E R S T a N D

U.N.D.E.R.S.T.A.N.D

Unified
Need for
Detail
Explanation of
Reaching
Simplicity From
The Truth
Answers To
Notify Us All Of Our
Disparity.

Premium Member Clerihew Hunt

William Ho!man Hunt
founding PRB* a bit of a punt
Detail upon detail was his key
asin 'Light of the Worldwe can see

* Pre-Rhaelite Brotherhood
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Indelible Lips

every detail
        etched
deep 
       upon 
              my memory

a forever experience...

still
smitten by her

               smile
Form: Bio

Premium Member Blank canvas

Upon my blank canvas 
I start a picture in words 
with a distinctive detail 
line after line 
the words keep flowing 
ending with a beautiful poem

You'Re Your Own Art

I see you as a work of art
Handsome 
Loyal 
Mysterious 
Charming...
Beautiful...
Everytime I look at you
I'm in awe
of the finest detail of you.
Form:

Nature

I came out here
To record nature
But found nature
Had herself recorded 
In greater detail
And better form:

‘Nature has done her part
Do thou but thine!’

True Writing

a spelling error bites like a snake
I could write without a mistake

pay attention to detail
I’m not going to fail

writing I will do
poetry makes it true
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Eye of the Beholder

(“Eye of the Beholder” detail, 2020, original encaustic)

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
But then again, so is everything else.

(11/19/25)

Premium Member Change is the constant

There is a cosmic reason
we’ll find greatness in every little detail
~ the universe in constant evolution



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

The Sidthe Ride - deibide

We inhale
the damp, decay fell detail
through the sucking, muddy bog
slog

To pursue
the path of ancient horseshoe
and riding warrior's brood luck
muck.
© Uncle Bob  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Other

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