Short Enslaved Poems

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


Petting Zoo

filthy goats grabbing
they know just how
to work a room

complete in their absorption
hungry symbols
enslaved but not ashamed


Freedom

Freedom! Glorious freedom The cry of the enslaved To break the bonds of oppression Freedom!
Form: Cinquain

Self-Sabotage

Inside the ice cave
Drops of fear and regret form
Looming icicles,
Enslaved by apprehension
Let your fiery heart break free
Form: Tanka

Enslaved

They have enslaved us from birth.
They rule the entire earth.

But, a day will come my friend,
When their dead kingdom will end.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member If (A Corny Valentine - Tanka)

you are Salome
I am your love-enslaved
need you ask    my dear?
nay!    ask thee not for my head
I give you my heart instead
Form:


Servitutem

Indentured as servants,
and not as our masters

Words are conscripted
—their meanings enslaved

(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)

Premium Member Complacent Slaves

I freed a few slaves but could have freed much more,
if only they had known that they are slaves, and what they are enslaved for.
Form: Couplet

Desire

embrace this soulless
body, kiss me fearlessly
let your warmth guide me
skin upon skin, enslaved by
desires, countless memories
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Slaves

Chains shackled slaves of the past until their death.
Todays slaves are enslaved until their grave, not with chains, but with debt.
Form: Couplet

Liberation

To be enslaved is a choice 
For one fully endowed to think 
But courage to confront is a must
If the vicious cycle must be broken

Lost Eyes

lost eyes
of native girls enslaved
by traffickers
beaten and forced into sex
and I grew up complaining
of harvesting beans and corn
Form: Sedoka

Inner Confusion

Am neither here or there,
Caught in a Parallel World in My head,
Make a choice, don’t make a choice,
I am trapped, I am enslaved by Me.
Form:

Home

Cursed by geography
By Latitude 
And Longitude 
Enslaved by History 
Ground drenched with blood
Corrupted by ghosts 
Toxic down to the bedrock

Silence Unheard

Unchained from the structure,
  enslaved by the words

My voice to the wind,
—freeing silence unheard

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

Silence Unheard

Unchained from the structure,
  enslaved by the words

My voice to the wind
  —freeing silence unheard

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poetic Justice

We went to Tegia to capture slaves
And we took some fetters with us.
But in the end, we Spartans were enslaved,
And they fixed our fetters on us.
Form: Rhyme

Countdown To Armageddon

Gunpowder
was to ‘Little Boy’
as a whisper
to a shout

Forever changed
the world remains
enslaved
— unto its rout

(The New Room: February, 2025)
war
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Limerick For Patrick

Saint Pat was a man to admire 
Can't say he just preached to the choir
Enslaved by the Pirate 
Made do, without riot
He stayed, and lit all hearts afire!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Death's Angel Did Pass

While captive, enslaved,
           
                  doors marked with Blood of The Lamb,

                                       death’s Angel did pass
Form: Senryu

Miss (4)

You're cruel
diligently slapping in silence
tearing promises
and forcing the stars to shine
I'm sorry; I'm enslaved by longing.

Atambua, March 12, 2026
Form: Rhyme

My Heart

Contintment enslaved, 
by the muse of an angel, 
developing in my eye, 
Snowing flakes of gold, 
falling, falling, 
falling delicatly inside, 
where I keep my tears.
Form:

Back Alleys

If some is good
more is better
Less is threatened
all enslaved

If more is reasoned
less is questioned 
Good intentions
—hell repaved

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

Toxicity For Two

Toxicity for Two 
Was it Me
Is it You 
Games
Blame 
Shame
Pain 
Two Changed 
Never the Same 
Love 
Hate 
Rage 
Center Stage 
Emotions Caged 
Enslaved
Price Paid
Form:

Mauricio Nassau Dutch Prince of Recife Brazil

Recife in huge city turned
by the dutch prince Nassau transformed
 high culture but people enslaved
now though so that much time has passed 
by the people  he is still loved
Form: Quintilla

Sounds Like

A poet played a game of sound in a charade
the words before him kept marching on parade
but in his wanton haste
he lost the foolish chase
and the poem within was then enslaved.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

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