Short Extinction Poems

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


Premium Member In a pinch, the dodo bird will do?

Who ate the last dodo bird
thinking it would do just fine
for family Thanksgiving dinner?



AP: Honorable Mention 2025


Premium Member Whispered In a Tree Hugger's Ear

It told me it prefers they
and that they are sick and tired,
they wanted me to tell you

"It's your extinction buddy".





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Premium Member Tale of Two Features

A certain feature
      on a creature
   dooms it to extinction

   Exact same thing
      in writing ~
   a mark of fine distinction
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Our Extinction Prediction

Humanity is vastly, rapidly approaching our own extinction.
At the rate we are going, I doubt we will reach halfway to the next millennium.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Passenger Pigeon

For sure she didn’t need to take a ride
but flew with strong wings in flocks
that would darken the sun 
into a hail of lead.
Now she’s past.


Premium Member The Last Dinosaur

dinosaurs once roamed 
extinction left only one 
the birds of today 


Birds or Bees Haiku Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Tania Kitchin 
6-19-2019
Form: Haiku

Extinct Man

They're going extinct
Man?
They're almost there
An...

It's hard to take
Man
For all the wait
Man

That has our fates
Man
In more than late
Damn
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Presence of Man

Through war, species extinction, and the obliteration of the environment Man's presence is marked.






(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
         18 July 2016
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Sunlight Formed a Rainbow After the Rain

water douse earth life 
melting ice push penguins end
shake from head to tail


3/5/2018


Global warming;
Melting ice could push penguins to extinction
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Real Threat

environment pollution
driving animals to extinction

world wars 
nuclear weapons
mass massacres 

hatred
inequality
injustice

but the real threat 
is Coronavirus!

Ceased Existence

ceased existence
within this   
realities realm
extinction 
died out 
became obsolete 
was unable 
to continue 
progressing 
had to come 
to an end 
was unavoidable
Form: Lyric

Paper Boy

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Paper Boy


         Sunday mornings
        rain or shine the news was there
         edge of extinction


        GINSU-KNIFE   EASTPORT , MAINE   USA
Form: Haiku

Neanderthal Revived

The lost mirror of humanity’s soul, covered by helix threads 
Or a creature who would destroy the wall of man and beast 
Who would rip apart man’s olive crown for the kingdom of nature
Form: Sijo

Premium Member In the Meadow

In the meadow I stumble 
upon the Earth's last flower;
My eyes overflow with tears
this beauty long forgotten;
An extinction of color,
to be just a memory; 
We are blind, left black and white.

Premium Member Heinous

The manor destroys the wandering fox
Extinction bound when silence of the vox,
To hear the hounds bay the din of the thrill
The merriment of those fond of the kill.

 © Harry J Horsman 2022
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Extinction

life’s tactile musings
        swirled in silk calligraphy
             artfully adorned
  a keyboard’s chattered drone hails
    extinction – the soul dipped pen

              ~01 Jan 2015~
© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Dodo Chair

They want a pigeon for a dodo
its the best they can do  yet
gene editing rehearsed
a theoretical DNA sideshow
resurricate natures dearth
undo extinction
Whatever next
Genghis Khan's offspring

Premium Member The Good Old Days

These will be the good old days 20 years from now Mankind marches on and we all survive somehow Avoid extinction By manipulation Don't know how long we can continue to milk the cows
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking says we must colonize another planet Or face extinction, sure hope we can manage it That's quite a goal For us human souls The movers will make a large fortune, I submit
Form: Limerick

Enviro Noah

Noah strove for enviro-protection. Plants and beasts he saved section by section. And now thanks to our brain all that soon will remain is a zoo and an herbal collection.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Sixth Extinction

Once fishes, swift and swimmy,
populated seas, so many, 
while birds, ever fast and flighty,
ruled the sky in numbers mighty.
Ask man if a sixth extinction's funny,
he with machines, guns, and money.
Form: Rhyme

Dodoitsu

with surprise and joy
fossil dodoitsu survive
in poetrysoup






This senryu is to give my respect and gratitude to those who make dodoitsu which 
is at an edge of extinction where it's originally from.
Form: Senryu

Intaglio

The rabbit died
in the shadow of its body,
coming to rest as an imprint,
a texturing of space.

A busy rot
has etched its life into the earth.

Extinction endures,
to be read as a heartbeat
taking its leave.

Premium Member Dinosaurs Misty Vale, Curtains

World scene..'

Dinosaur snuffs noisey,

crash!  eternal silence.



Copyright Joe Maverick 2010







(breaking news) Dinosaur writes , for SKATS contest.
back to extinction...i mean retirement for now..!
Form: Haiku

Mary and Joseph

Mary and Joseph
Sit proudly
Expectant parents
To the miracle
Of nature.

A brave heart
against
Persecution
Born to soar 
over adversity

In the dark days before extinction  a bird soars
A free spirit
The albatross

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