Short Flailing Poems

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


Beauty In a Splash

Intense beating heart
Erratic yet fun motion
Flailing arms and legs
See the bright side in a fall
Wet and wild in the sunlight
Form: Tanka


Morose

Mine of mind
Morose of mope
Flailing through 
The torrent
Beside but never near
Perched upon
Window's ledge
Splintered soul

Lizard

A Greek flag torn
Flailing in the warm winds

From the Orthodox dome
Church bells toll

A roadside lizard pauses
By the bins
Form: Rhyme

Torpedo

that familiar refrain 
flailing arms in the night 
an itch filled torpedo
small but bitey

mozzzzzzzzzzquito!


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Dream-Reality

Flying swiftly, surely spinning, swooping, flipping Sunlight, clouds, wind, Earth Screaming, flailing, praying terrifying, tearful Falling
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

I Am Impaled

Flailing madly
Against the tide,
I am impaled
By the futility of life.

Slowly losing myself
In the bitter cold,
The devil's clenching fingers
Encase my soul.
© Deb Radke  Create an image from this poem.

Forget

run & hide hands a
flailing i lost my tail
while it was hailing
hellfire reigning &
i'm hailing a cab
waving heil hi-----
i purposely conveniently
forget the tab

Premium Member Helpless

      a ladybug flailing away on her back
        a lad gets a whipping in a shack

     each helpless in his own way…
        to whom and for what do they pray
Form: Couplet

Living In Abode and Crisis Mode

Living In Abode and Crisis Mode

While we had lived in our abode,
Country ended up in crisis mode;
Arms flailing;
Health failing;
On our minds has been big load.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member No More Nukes

Don't watch the 6 o'clock news each day Depressing as hell, people flailing away It's the same old crap In control, scary chaps Make sure they keep the H-bombs at bay
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Flailing Boons Like Shakespeare

 Ever So-High, I AM Ever So-Bright
 I AM Ever Luminous like Jasmine and Star Lights,
 Rising through Wisdom above the Enchantments of Night
 ZIN URU,      Wings Wide In Stellar Flight
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Nights On the Square Table

Nights on the Square Table is not that well known But much more naughty defending my throne With my shield in place A big grin on my face Galloping with arms flailing emitting groans
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Nights of the Square Table

Nights on the Square Table is not that well known But much more naughty defending the throne With my shield in place A big grin on my face Galloping with arms flailing emitting groans
Form: Limerick

Living Vivid

The orange flowers attract bumble bees
Yellow and black bees stung my red knees
Dance round flailing and wailing  crimson legs
Devilish dimples arose;  scratch pegs
Several amber ants stung white toes
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Cry


I saw a flailing butterfly
beyond hope with wings 
weighted down with water
on the surface of a pond
sending ripples across
the morning to lap 
the shores of the infinite
with its urgent and pitiful cry

Symphony of Pain

Her arms... Flailing...
Her intense eyes... Glaring..
My hopes... Fading...
Under water she's waiting...
I'm alone... Softly praying...
The summer storm abating...
My voices collaborating...
The crescendo of hating...

Premium Member Drowning

Icy darkness tightens its embrace. Flailing, thrashing, clawing, waning; implacable liquid death threatens to overwhelm. Grasped by unseen hands; propelled upwards. Surface breached! Sweet, sweet air!
Form: Nonet

Fear

It builds up inside
The raging flame
Emitting its fumes
All at once it burns
Total destruction

Without escape
Flailing about
Encapsulate
All of the hate

Try and try
It's futile
I lose

None can
forget

Fear

Grounded

Just as I lost my footing
And the dirt slipped loosely 
I felt my body my life tumbling backward
My arms flailing before me
And then your hand
Keeping me grounded
Into your arms
Shielded from the harm of the outside world
© Jen H.  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member if only you knew

if depth goes over not under one’s head ~ is this point clearly misread 

flailing wildly inside a cloud ~ the fog blinds again but rumours spread 

not lies far worse my friend ~ it’s true i don’t know if i’m alive or dead
Form: Monoku

Walking Dead

You see the shell, it appears intact
but deep inside the demons  attack
chewing, gnashing, flailing about
no one happy will ever get out.
Stomping on good thoughts, smashing your pride
You have become nothing, have nowhere to hide
Form: Verse

Premium Member Crossing the Creek

I crossed the rowdy stream
Jumping from stone to stone
A small outdoor adventure
Can I make it across alone?

Water rushing round my feet
My arms flailing to and fro
Finally safe on the other side
Dang! Now back I have to go....
Form: Quatrain

Untitled

A quiver of longing, the heart perched
on its topmost rung, bracing itself
for yet another
fall.

Thud.

No flailing of wings,
no shrill cry ringing in the air.

Why am I not surprised?
Is my plea for a fair
today that unfair?

Freeedom In Surrender

Falling to their ends
Will flailing make death softer?
Why wrestle against an hurricane?
You get blown away eventually
The sky is falling and I’m standing still
What’s the point in the running?
Resistance is futile
Life is pre-destined

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