Short Failing Poems

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


The Green Twig

the green twig
from the failing honeysuckle
presses this window
leads me to love the green force
even in chilly december
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Cult of Personality

They believed a Capitol riot could make a loser a winner,
After failing, they cling to changing facts by terror and thunder.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Lux Burning


"Lux Burning" 

(Narrative found in Short Stories section; failing that, link below in comment box for you).
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Thought of the day

muse on a roll
scores goal after goal
failing to recognise
the reason it so flies
is benediction of grace
heart did so embrace
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Coming So Close

Coming so close
And failing
Is not what I do now
And it’s called
Fulfilling and filling
Books full of writing
Now I am winning
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.


"do You Want To Know"

Do you want to know
How easy it is 
For someone 
To break my shadow?

It’s not hard,
But people keep on
Trying,
And failing.
Form:

Enhance

Enhance--
Ever-present
Foundation for support.
Never failing, always teaching!
Enrich.


Remembering Linda Diane Christy 4.30.2020
Form: Cinquain

God's Grace

God’s Grace is an endless fountain,
A never-failing stream…
It flows to us, and supplies our needs,
Beyond our most extravagant dreams.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lax

I once was a little bit lax,
Failing to pay my income tax.
There is no need to guess,
I then faced the IRS;
Was sent to prison to relax.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Temper Control 1

Temper Control 1 By: Tom Wright 3/18/2019 We are found failing When we give in to temper And become its slave
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member My Diet

I sit, wishing to lose a pound
My diet is failing, I frown
I eat all day
Putting it away
I’m having trouble getting around

Russell Sivey
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Frost

a failing romance
passion falling from the trees
                                    …autumn’s farewell kiss



John G. Lawless
©12/27/2022
Form: Haiku

The Agony

Your organs are failing
Like the sun going down
But you're hovering at 4 o' clock
Prolonging the day
Best to get on with it
To a new day dawning

Depression

Falling farther from faith, failing
Diving, down deep
Faithfully fighting, finally
Listening, living, lying
Some souls sleep somberly,... sinking
© Jacob Frey  Create an image from this poem.

Burden

Failing of sins afflict the soul within.
Jesus carries the life of the law in you.
Be the wailing of sorrows in prayer.
For Jesus sees them there.
Form:

Premium Member Disruptive Don

Disruptive Don could not get along
With the fake folks who wish to prolong
The failing notions
And crazy potions
Of governmental plans proven wrong
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Legs Cry

This failing body partly will not function well, for vertebrae broke. Could my legs cry, they would, but my words now carry me.
Form: Tanka

Any Meme of the State

Wrestling gators by hand
Or failing some ill- conceived plan
If it's done stupidly 
I can about guarantee
It was done by a "Florida man".

7.26.19
© Jesse Rowe  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member I Have Glaucoma

Small visual field
The facts are all present now
Bad news: Glaucoma
Losing my eyesight
Must pamper my failing eyes
Don’t want to lose them

Russell Sivey
Form: Choka

Premium Member Misty is Time

Now and then, the misty
depths of her failing mind
clear for a brief moment;
and then she can recall
the beauty that she was;
and to me, remains so.

No Assembly Required

Faintly falling in failing flight-
En route to crash in Death's Delight!
(To be blown apart, 'tis a better start)
Than to travel back and make things right

Premium Member Nate

There once was a lad named Nate
Who in the spelling bee did participate
But the audience did blush
As poor Nate got flush
After failing to spell constipate
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Fact 2

The moment you think and believe that you have the complete ability-full capacity and what
it takes to judge another, then you have already started failing.
Form:

Truth and Lie

Truth Eternal, silent Guiding, enlightening, enduring God, Soul, Human, Shadow Tempting, deceiving, failing Loud, transient Lie
Form: Diamante

Writer's Block!

Teeth gnashing
Pencil snapping
Clock ticking
No clicking
Words failing 
Mind flailing
Forehead sweating 
Frowning, fretting
Blank page,
Blocking rage!
Form: Rhyme

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