Short Directives Poems

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


Premium Member Birth of Wordku

The world fought over haiku
Purists wouldn't compromise or bend the rules
... Finally directives we can understand



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2025
Form: Other


Premium Member Go Gets You

How you do it?
Know by My spirit
Know by important directives
Know by initiatives
Know in irreversible insights
Know irresistible knowing
Know up 
Know you
Know
Love
Lord

Premium Member my boss is such a crab

my boss is such a crab!
We all giggled at the bar
Truly, he is grouchy and mean
His directives sound like tar

We are laughing our petootsies off
one of the workers falls off her stool
She has no idea about accountant work
She works in a lovely grade school
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Dynamite D

despite desolate despair Denise Denniman desperately denied
depression. Devoutly devoted dervishes dictated disbelief and
despair. Dodging dinosauric dipsy-doodle, Denise’s Dippity-doo
demanded direction. Discombobulated directives dishonored
disillusioned dweebs and desperados

Shadow of the Grail

shadows protrude the physical realm
pilots of light at our vessels helm
directives plotted , mapped and charted
intuition , gateways guarded
competing forces triggering sparks
understanding to avoid the dark
skullcap , fortress , our mind dwells
heart of hearts , life and love
our holy grail.........


Unconventional War......

Demi-gods,directives in whispers
pact made in secrecy,done indiscreetly

Originally defiled,by those whom beguiled
enslave those of light,to serve their might

Brood of the past in constant war
mandated slaughter of each,'till no more

Nature of nature in opposition
each in force gaining position...........

Think of Elsewhere

Think of elsewhere
where the day
has grown old
perhaps with a remembrance
of what has trespassed
concerning what now goes 
throughout these hours here.
Now what does it fit 
to cry by uprooting trees
or cry by wrong paintings
or cry by a wrong directives
or even cry by whims
and caprices of abyssimal
or in fact even wrongly cry
oh! later you may
swallow it a going.

Premium Member Fly Home Fairy Queen

All I want is time to write,
A little space,
Some oak trees and butterflies.

All I want is a cardinal to land
A few feet away
on God's terms 

All I want is the spirit to work
And think and pray and play
on my own terms

That will be more than enough
Thank you very much
Now fly home, fairy queen

Your mission is clear.
Your directives are there.
I am grateful to you, my friend.

Premium Member Psalms

Poetry for the soul
Pithy wisdom for all
Practical directives
Praises to the Most High
Prophetic messages
Petitions for refuge
Pastoral, soothing words



April 9, 2021
Contest: Pleiades P
Sponsor: Kim Merryman       Placed 1st

April 12, 2021
entered in Brian Strand's All Yours (Apr 14) Contest


May 23, 2021
entered in the Bite Size 2 Poetry Contest       NA
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Form: Verse

Street Signs

Street Signs

Before books, there were directives.
STOP in lacquered red.
ONE WAY like doctrine.

Language hung above us—
bright, declarative,
impossible to ignore.

On corners where pigeons argued with wind,
metal decided who belonged:
Harlem. Broadway. Houston.

We inherited arrows
before we inherited choice.

Somewhere between
NO STANDING ANYTIME
and WALK,
we learned to move anyway.

Premium Member Silence Is Not Golden

Along with Church and State
it is increasingly obvious
that Education must share
the same taboo (Ignorance
planted in fertile minds
will grow, and in short time
such evil will show throughout
a culture and its government)

Youth has no voice
other than those it is given--
easy prey for a Union
of Educators who have
lost all Moral Compass
and Honorable Spiritual 
directives, while the good 
teachers remain silent
to a fault….

Premium Member The Sheltering - Ifl

Owl eyes break as dimming light worms about, Hollow clap surrenders a sparked ribboning, Escapees breakout from their misty cells, Wakes of earthen prints puddling, Harbored ills bade sanctuary, A glassy millpond beholds the begotten, Abrupt warming tempts the absence, Stirred tea sweetly idling, An archer colorfully tools the realm, Directives wondering, Vibrant life answering, A stranger to loneliness, ...I felt like being alive.

Premium Member The Mask Question

The Mask Question By Miracle Man November 19, 2020 Beneath this mask we’re encouraged to wear, is a muffled question without definitive resolve. Is it to cover our anguish, suffering and despair, or will it actually speed this pandemic’s dissolve? None among us know just what lies ahead, so we mask up, wash often, and social distance. Not following these directives the virus can spread, but as with all things some have shown resistance.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Afternoon Grind

Just back from lunch,
           On your desk there's a bunch
           Of data to crunch.

           You set right down to it,
           But before you get through it,
           You find yourself not wanting to do it.

           "What's wrong?" you may wonder,
           As you quickly knuckle under
           To the tempting caresses of slumber.

           We're just not meant to work 
           When in us there lurk
           Directives and deadlines to shirk.

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