Short Escapes Poems

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


Premium Member Blur

Beauty escapes her
Lovely is her heart
Under quite a blur
Really never to part

Russell Sivey
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Light Goes Out

Darkness
envelopes soul
rising screeching thoughts instilled
missed unseen jagged light escapes
heaviness weighs my heart
Form: Verse

Full Moon

Descending full moon
A perfect swollen disk
Of amber hue
Sneaks 
Behind horizon peaks 
And fleeing morning’s Sun
Escapes

Premium Member Heatwave

Summer heat rising
Sweat lubricates the brow a
Single drop of sweat 
Escapes the swipe of an arm
Lands on concrete to sizzle
Form: Tanka

Twilight Space

Past the edge of light
Not day, not night, just fading
Inside twilight space
The night ravages the day
The day escapes the night
Form: Tanka


Underneath the House

dragging feeble feet
a silent walk to death's grasp
beaten under house
the last sigh escapes her lungs
whiskers shrivel as years pass
Form: Tanka

Poetic Justice

The Justice we find in rhyme
Escapes with passage of time.
But worry not, friend,
It will never end
As long as there exists crime!
Form: Limerick

Halloween Haiku

Pumpkin seeds as teeth
Candle light escapes eye holes
Goose bumps in the dark...

for: Poet Destroyer ~ A  's "Halloween Haiku" contest
Form: Haiku

Depression Room

It's a vicious room
Without any quick escapes,
Just honest thinking;
Stop spinning, you'll hit the floor,
Focus on finding the door
Form: Tanka

Poetry Escapes Me

Don't tease me with words,
they fly away uncaged birds
and none fill the lines
except the ink flow unused 
as it waits release to speak.
© DM Babbit  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Nemesis Bird Eludes Twitcher

Nemesis bird eludes twitcher

That darn wanton bird
magically escapes my gaze!
'Tis a supernatural curse
that keeps it unreached.
Form: Verse

Wings You Breathe This Sweet Air

Peace is a dove
Wings, you
Breathe this 
Sweet air,
Escapes the
Hands of war, but
When you spread
Your wings,
You land on
Every shore

Truth - For One Liners Contest

The blindfold again escapes the eyes – flames of truth refuse to die out

©GraceM Composition


04/12/2015
Contest: One Liners (Silent One)
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Down the abyss

finds comfort in a bottle
escapes to a faraway land of illusion
abandons everyone who loved him



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Outlaw

Crow Steals my Fountain pen Outlaw escapes. He won’t bring it back; Still I give chase. Lucky me, He’s dropped It.
Form: Ninette

Summer

Sultry sky
Undulating uplands
Majestic mountains
Magnificent moments
Exciting escapes.
Reality relieved.

© July 12, 2011
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Mojo Buttons

mojo buttons be
pleadin' forgiveness once more;
sound escapes my mind



*inspired by Charmaine's poem....one circle, round and round again....
Form: Senryu

Morning Jollity

Morning Jollity

darkness now escapes
light arrives
sweet like grapes
no more mourning
beautiful morning
jest
joy
jollity.

Drencho POET Loads

Premium Member Reading a Novel On a Summers Day

Reading a novel on a summer’s day
My conscious mind escapes so far away
Meditative to the essence of play
Lulled to dream land on the beach by the bay.
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Astronomy

Astronomy explores
all of the universe
as distant galaxies 
are revealed, inspiring
ardent adoration.
And awed by creation,
amen, escapes your lips.
Form: Pleiades

Haiku - Lucky Escapes - Number Twenty Two

Leveret scurries
Trained ears, panoramic sight
Saved - by a hare's breath.


Easter Bunny blinks
Burrows the deep undergrowth
Close shave this morning

Holes of Darkness

The Stars.
They are like holes in the deep of darkness,
Through which our little hope escapes,
The hope that helps us survive...
In a world full of irony.

An Innocent Breath of Air

An innocent breath of air
Escapes from my throat
Taking life from my body
Effervescent wind,
Return my soul
To its hollow grave,
The confines of my corpse
Form:

Premium Member Her Eyes

Impaled by her sparks
Dangling feet can’t touch ground
Hunger escapes me
Try to form words from lost mind
Must learn how to walk again



08/25/10
9:36pm
Form: Tanka

Premium Member My Soul Escapes

Into the phantom darkness
My soul flew ahead
Paving the way for my flesh self
Who had no choice
But to reattach my shadow
And retrieve my
Darling darling soul
Form: Tanka

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