Short Eluding Poems

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


Hope

Bob Hope was the most clever "dope"
To cope with the tinsel tightrope
That nosey Limey
Could laugh, "G'blimey"
Whilst eluding Donald Trump's grope!
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Stealthy Love

One tanka ~~ on theme ~~love note~~5/7/5/7/7


Stealthy love is
Like cactus in desert
Thriving for dry air,
Grows up tempestuously
A ghost eluding touch.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Time Slipping By

Lately time has been eluding me, going by so fast.
It makes me afraid what we have attained again won't last.
But I know most of how we had suffered is now all in the past.
Form: Sijo

Alluding To Colluding

Alluding To Colluding

To what they discussed were alluding,
That it could be concerning colluding;
Usual tricks,
Of politics;
Issue ended up avoiding and eluding. 

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Zillions

zillions- amounts beyond our imagination like the depth of infinity- worthless zillions- open-ended eluding summation endless quantities revealing nothing
Form: Cinquain


Premium Member My Soul

My soul is.....

deep, dark, eluding
it's depth hides my
worst fears, pain, and torment
No one knows my emptiness
my soul always shows
kindred, peaceful and unbreakable
full of spirit to carry everyone

Untamed Angels

Beautiful people
Surround me 
Inspiring eyes
Instill me
Eluding desires
Distress me
You tender much more
Than you know
It perplexes me
Untamed angels
Carry you
Rousing me
Peaceful beings
You restore me.

Eternity's Inverse

The blackest hole
of poetic intent
Light spinning inward
no chance of escape
Eluding the eyes
collapsing the meaning
Time in dilation
direction opposed
Energy waning
one word is emitted
Superpositioned
—the last dying star

(Dreamsleep: July, 2023)

Behind The Fuse Box

The wiring harness
connecting life
crossed
but grounded sure

Eluding sight
and force of will
its power 
most secure

And only seen
when time shorts out
in flashes
not to last

Of red and black
and green contacts
that charge
— the future past

(The New Room: January, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

Small Hands Are Elegant

Small Hands Are Elegant

Small hands seem so elegant
Regardless of where they went
Go around in circles protruding
And answers to questions eluding
Was auctioneer where money is spent.

That is what Trump reminds me of
sometimes.

Jim Horn

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

The Roach

Through and after
A nuclear blast
We'll still be around
Eating crap

Fear of light
Perserves out fate
Were hidden between cracks
In the darkest of place

Persnickety eaters
Surely not
We'll eat our own dead
Just merely for a snack

We will still be around
Long after you're gone
Eluding light
And eating crap
Form:

Premium Member Nothing of Dawn Can Stay

Notice the shadows eluding demise 
Opportunities 
Time for dusk to
Hurry on
Into the 
Night of
Ghosts of dawn and 

Omens of sun rays
For the 

Dancing dust shall settle 
And so weary
We will 
Not

Cast opaque shadows 
As to
Near the constant light 

Shocking 
Thing
Apparently 
Yesterday's dawn is dead
Form: Acrostic

A Short Life

Around and around 
buzzing 
churrng in the sky
Darting here, there
eluding hands, eyes
fluttering 
going everywhere
Hovering as a cloud
invited nowhere
Just an insect
killing time
looking for an arm
Meals for babes 
nourishment wine
Options plenty
Pooping time
Quickly I see
running near me
splat, curse that swatter that killed me
Form: ABC

Premium Member Tranquility

~Tranquility~
 
Cozy and hot outside!
Two symbols of these worlds collide

Eluding eclipse effect and becomes worldwide,
Sinking every lover's heart from the inside 

Unhappy endings, one massive clutch-less ride
Emotions fly, like a veggie glide.
 
Under this new moon and sun's high tide.
God, must have a new evil plan set aside!

:)
Form: Rhyme

Jealous

To watch her with another
The hurt, the pain, the thrust 

Beauty eluding my fondle 
Gorgeousness I can only behold but always let go 

I want this but can't own it
I deserve it but selfish it sounds

What will you do to have a joy illegal?
To defile the voice of norm
For the warmth, for the knowledge 
To carefreely live against order
Form: Bio

Bipolar

There was a day when my brain turned against me thirsting for daily dose of medication. My thoughts grew dim and every day more cloudy as if in fear of some intimidation. I fought against growing sense of agony words eluding my desired ambition. But the day came when the lights came back on Words spewing forth in an unending ribbon.

A Fugitive

A Fugitive

                                          Fugitive
                                  wandering, nomadic
                          escaping, eluding, absconding
                       frightened alone seeking sanctuary
                                          Refugee


							
Written by Jill for Julia Ward’s
Fugitive contest, any form
Form: Cinquain

Quenched

I could see it off in the distance
it beckoned to me, an oasis for the parched
offering honey and the sweetest wine
a promise to fill for a lifetime
the closer I get the further off it seems
a haze that dissipates in the midst
never quite able to grasp, to taste
to finally drink until I'm quenched
the vagueness, the mental imagery
disappears, eluding me
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.

Light

Light

There's a glimmering light
tiny swirls, shades of gray
booming thunder, rain clouds abound
it's just a sloppy mess today!

Cabbage green skies
eluding to the mist
orange laden sunsets
reminds me of a Sunkist

Birds circling, flocking
with nowhere to go
roaming the earth 
for that shiny glow

clouds are beautiful
a figment of ones imagination

Sorry For Her

Wet lines drawn on her cheeks
Trapped in the loneliness of sorrow
Eluding the mocking faces
She walked in the alley alone

A woman so much misspelled
her beauty was the villain-
of yesteryears , now just a scar
of perversion and abuse.

The unruly hair , the stony face
She could not be more pathetic
But who got to care these,
In this vast globe shrinking fast.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Wolfman

the wolf inside him speaks
telling him of his life so bleak
the wolf needs to come alive
to stay alive
or else end before his time
by one man-father time
awakened by the earth's growls
on all fours he sprowls
scavenging through wooded acres he roams
looking for something to comb
devoured by day's eluding sun
knowing deep within his heart
his choice of leaving civilization was smart
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Mirrors Are Meant To Be Broken

A miraculously flat prison
A site of utter allocution
Bearing witness to decision
Beholding not of retribution
Conversations with it an act of utter futility
Covering does not instill a sense of humility
Dimensionally free 
Damning still is thee
Efficacy is still eluding
Escapism found brooding
Finally, a simple pathway to contrition
Fracture this mirror, my final decision
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Mystery

Mysterious woman ran in the middle of the night
Yelling with panic the name of her dearly loved 
Shaking with goose bumps at the bad feeling 
Terrible event robbed his physical presence
Eluding a true that affected a third person 
Rifle sound broke the peace of a small town 
Yearning a forbidden love that ended in tragedy










Example for Mystery Contest
7-1-2016
Form: Acrostic

Eluding The Cries

Watching a hurricane
won’t get you wet
And reading more Freud
won’t help you forget

Mouthing the words
cannot guarantee sound
Laden with fear
hiding guilt by the pound

Stated intent
broken pathways to roam 
Paring good wishes
right down to the bone

New skin in the game
and wounds that won’t heal
Eluding the cries
— and truth unrevealed

(Dreamsleep: January, 2026)
cry
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Playing With Elementals

A Shadorma


Just over there on the edge of time faeries dance upon light, cosmic waves; what mortal eyes cannot see soul’s reveals. Between the panes of time and space etheric lights flicker elemental hide and seeks, a challenging game! I spot them but, I’ll never catch; faeries are swift enough eluding any mortal grasp that comes their way.
Form: Shadorma

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