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.
Lost
the water deep, cold
i’m in way over my head
flailing, sinking, lost...
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Categories:
flailing, introspection
Form:
Haiku
Falling
Flailing through the quiet air.
The wind, it whispers. “Despair, Despair”....
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Categories:
flailing, conflict,
Form:
Couplet
Somewhere In Between
Never fully at peace
Never fully at war
Always somewhere in between
Flailing through life
Armed with a quill...
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Categories:
flailing, africa, art, conflict, growth, life, symbolism, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Morose
Mine of mind
Morose of mope
Flailing through
The torrent
Beside but never near
Perched upon
Window's ledge
Splintered soul...
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Categories:
flailing, depression,
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Categories:
flailing, happiness, heart, light, moving on, sun, uplifting,
Form:
Tanka
Lizard
A Greek flag torn
Flailing in the warm winds
From the Orthodox dome
Church bells toll
A roadside lizard pauses
By the bins...
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Categories:
flailing, animal, christian, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
good versus evil
good versus evil
two swords flailing in the night
fiery cosmic dance
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Posted on March 9, 2025...
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Categories:
flailing, evil,
Form:
Haiku
Torpedo
that familiar refrain
flailing arms in the night
an itch filled torpedo
small but bitey
mozzzzzzzzzzquito!
Bite Sized Poem no50 poetry contest...
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Categories:
flailing, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Dream-Reality
Flying
swiftly, surely
spinning, swooping, flipping
Sunlight, clouds, wind, Earth
Screaming, flailing, praying
terrifying, tearful
Falling...
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Categories:
flailing, life,
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!
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Categories:
flailing, humor,
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....
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Categories:
flailing, loss,
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Categories:
flailing, allegory, introspection, life
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Categories:
flailing, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
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...
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Categories:
flailing, peace,
Form:
Limerick
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...
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Categories:
flailing, uplifting,
Form:
Quatrain
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...
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Categories:
flailing, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
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...
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Categories:
flailing, history,
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...
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Categories:
flailing, funny,
Form:
Limerick
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
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Categories:
flailing, butterfly, hope,
Form:
Free verse
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......
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Categories:
flailing, hurt, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
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!...
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Categories:
flailing, lost, symbolism, water,
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...
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Categories:
flailing, introspection,
Form:
Diminished Hexaverse
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...
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Categories:
flailing,
Form:
Free verse
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...
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Categories:
flailing, allusion, deep, perspective,
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...
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Categories:
flailing, depression, emotions,
Form:
Verse