Short Distress Poems

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


If At First You Dont Succeed

If at first you don’t succeed
Don’t let it cause you distress
And if you still fail to succeed
You must redefine success
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Name of Love

Until I know,
The name of love,
I shall always walk,
In darkness, 
And distress,
O the horror,
Of not knowing loves name.

Let It Go Let Go

Let it go
Let go already
Live for today 
Not for yesterday
Obsessing over things past
Just brings distress into the present
age
Form: Lyric

Premium Member I'M Not Allowed To Pet the Cat

I’m not allowed to pet the cat
When I do he has a spat
Leaving a mess
Without distress
He puts it all on the mat

Russell Sivey
cat
Form: Limerick

Across Oceans

My soul would soar
across oceans
to friends in distress,
hoping to  bring comfort,
whispering words of love.

For Catie’s obe contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.


Bulging Problem

I do admit, I must confess,
My stomach is in great distress,
It keeps growing
As food keeps flowing, 
Why can't I eat a little less?
Form: Limerick

Messy Bessie

Bessie, out hiking, had to pee,
She glanced about, choosing a tree;
To her distress
She made a mess:
Windward, she’d squatted, not alee.
© David Bose  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Haiku

chameleon's hide
                                       borrower on running spree
                                       lender in distress
Form: Haiku

Damsel In Distress

The distressed damsel
A circuitous racetrack...
Sheer Liberation!
- Ansar 2/03/21
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Distress Call

i drift without a compass
alone and lost
no longer knowing
where and when i belong



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on July 28, 2022

Premium Member Wrestling Whales

*Read note for info

WRESTLING WHALES

the palms over pool
witnesses of crass distress
waves ripple outward

Kim Rodrigues © 2017
SENRYU FORM
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Death of Chivalry

Chivalry is dead
                                           Only damsels in distress
                                                 Mournful requiem
Form: Senryu

Healing

Wrapped in distress
Wishing her ache became less
Her hurt obliviate.
Time soothes but never heals
Hand of poetry wounds seals.


May 13th,  2018
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Distress

Distress Miracle Man 1/13/2025 Why should you worry? Worry doesn’t solve problems. Seek God for your peace.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

If Parting Is

If parting is
Such sweet sorrow
I must have failed to notice
That saccharine sentiment
When I left you
Because goodbyes solely
Bring dreadful distress
Form:

Premium Member Psychedelic

Inkblots of distress wane as psychedelic stars   burst into fireworks





1/19/2019
Bring Color Back Into My World
Contest of Kim Rodrigues
Form: Monoku

The Call of Distress

I'm surrounded by them
suffocating
lip drooling
vapid
dangerous

distress from disorder
the devil in a bad man's suit

they are coming
they are here

Good Night Baba Suwe

Baba Suwe, in juncture of despair,
Thy joke stuns away distress.
Concocting in hearts lusty intense.
Now, we sleep when thou walketh to the dark deep realm.
Form: Epitaph

Air Apparent

Will Hicks was angry about rear ends
a sudden discharge cost him countless friends.
It made a stinky mess
causing him distess
until he started to wear Depends.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Moon

The moon
is a sacred guardian
for those in distress
living in a burning pit
that we call our world
silencing all fire and pain
to heal and overcome
the past

Underground/Only Emotional Distress

In spring
one's mind turns
into jelly-
ice forms and 
brain cells are
deep frozen: Cold
winged flowers surround thoughts
of you
as soft as
diamonds in winter.

Premium Member Colorblind

If my melancholy can polish bliss
Sifting dust of distress for pebbles' shine
Crack a rocky lair to a gemstone mine
What colors do my tunnel vision miss?

1/18/20

The Lonely's :Illusion: of Happiness

With no one to impress
My emotions can't depress
But I can't forget my loneliness 
I don't adress
Nothing more 
Nothing less
In distress 
Into darkness I regress
© Sandy Axe  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Happiness

My therapist says
That happiness is
A sunshine of orange delight,

Which explains why my room,
With its darkness and gloom,
Serves to fuel my distress and despite.
Form: Rhyme

Squish

Michael McGregor wielded a wild flyswatter
he used it in places he not aughter.
Each swat made a mess
causing wife distress 
so he up and ran off with their daughter.
Form: Limerick

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