Short Except Poems

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


Andrea Dietrich

Andrea
what can one say about her
except wonderful
imagination with love
and fine appreciation
of detail inspires me
Form: Sedoka


A Teenager's Nostalgia

Sophia Loren,
the sexy Neapolitan,
drove all men crazy except me, I believe;
then I was in my early teens: a boy so naive.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Micro Forty

No part of me wants to want 
a held heart;
Except at night when your face is all I can see 
right before I fall asleep.

Premium Member Our Origins

We are all the same
Except in the vein of from
Where we had once came.
For this, nobody at all
Was truly ever to blame.
Form: Tanka

Except Who You Are

your not rich
cloths need a stich
don't left out
no doudt
you can be 
on top the tree
near or far
except who you are
Form: Lay


Premium Member Paperweight

====================
this black paperweight

holds everything I might need

except a full charge
====================
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Distance Apart

Happy Saturday, except perhaps..
a little distance apart.
Don't worry, still insistent
you're always closest to my heart.
Form: Rhyme

Moment of Us

as the night turned dark
and the moon came out,
Felt like angel ithuriel,
nothing existed
except for this moment.
and us.
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Taking Aim

At the river's edge
a tiger takes a cat nap
no creatures come near
Except for one, whose aim is
to buy the lovely painting
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

A Great Question

We are helped by light, air, earth, sky......created for us, no doubt, but have we given anything to them except exploitation?
Form: Monoku

Common Ground

We all continue to feed from the soil
Except for the children that starve
Seed our world of turmoil
Save Eden, sow a garden
© Monk Frost  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Quench Not

Quench not the spirit,
for God,
will not allow,
His children,
to look or act like fools,
except maybe
in the eyes of one.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Inner Voices

Whenever I consider choices,
I consult my inner voices.  
Life goes as fine as it can be -  
except when my voices disagree.
Form: Epigram

Hail To the Dragon Slayer

Hail to the Dragon Slayer?
From Metro-Goldwyn Mayer?
What did he really do?
Except charge me and you
To joust another player!
Form: Limerick

Give Other a Chance

if theyer other race
difference face
won't to help 
except
don't blame all
for a bad call
get a new dance
GIVE OTHER CHANCE

Being Black Taught Me Well

I except good and bad
am not sad
am glad
being me you see
life been hell
i'been down in jail sells
BEING BLACK
TAUGH ME WELL

Premium Member Peace

PEACE

People pursue passions
Everything ends eventually except eternity
Always ask forgiveness
Come, children, come
Eternity exists

Except, Perhaps, Prayer

Curse.  Rail. Spit.
In short impress your peers
With your modernity.

Sneer. Scoff. Hit.
But naught will save
You in eternity.
© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Except, Perhaps, Prayer

Curse.  Rail. Spit.
In short impress your peers
With your modernity.

Sneer. Scoff. Hit.
But naught will save
You in eternity.
© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

High

• Bite marks on my neck • Bruises on my thighs • There is no way to numb the pain • Except to for getting high
© Salmon Oid  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Decisions

I am a product of 
my own decisions
there is no one to blame,
but myself
no one makes me
 go through with something
 except me!

Premium Member My Quote

'I CAN RESIST ANYTHING... EXCEPT CHOCOLATE'



21st August 2014
Written for 'What's Your Quote Contest'
Sponsored By Judy Konos

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for 1427 Monoku Line Poetry Contest-Sponsored by: Brian Strand
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everything old becomes new again-except for me
© Markus Jay  Create an image from this poem.
age
Form: Monoku

Premium Member The Vexing Vixen and the Need To Play With Fire

when this broad brushes blokes
jaws drop roll and reconsider 

except the pyromaniacs
they can't get enough of her






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Come and Mend the Broken Love

Bouquet in your hand 
Loveless love I tend 
Except smile 
Don't leave file 
Broken wall please mend!


-July 19, 2018 Chattogram
Form: Limerick

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