Short Follies Poems

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


Premium Member Clerihew Crivelli

Venetian Carlo Crevilli 
a renaissance master,maybe
Compared now to Magritte
his sophisticated follies somewhat a treat
Form: Clerihew


In the End

Silent, sarcastic sneering Dark, deadly deliberation Ignoring ignited ire Foolish fervor over fateful follies.

Fairytale Follies

Diamonds and roses, a wall
Painted with blood and tears
Glass slippers, a ball
Slept for a hundred years

©Copyright 2015. All rights reserved.
Form: Rhyme

Donald Trump

There is a President, Donald Trump Thought to have the U.S. stumped All his policies Sorry, his follies Likened to cancer tumours clumped
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Oh, Those Follies

These demimondaines, these Follies, on their Parisian stage
Frequently exciting in titillation to naked bare they
Encouraging heckles in erupt amidst sweated brows
Form: Sijo


Cellblock Follies

The homophobic banker he was penned
That careless fool was found to misspend
He thought prison would be cake
Until he met fat old Jake
Now he has got a hairy boyfriend!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Lollies

Polly loved eating lollies
She'd rather eat sweets than play with toys and dollies
She began to regret
The sweets that she ate
When her teeth all fell out for her follies
Form: Limerick

By The Sea

Down by the sea
Where my mind goes awry
Where my eyes don't see
But the stars above high 
Dark is the horizon
A wide wide abyss
What do i dream of
What do i live
A life full of follies
A life full of bless
© Mira K.   Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

A Wish For You Tonight

Rays of night-glistening stars
Finding their way to lullaby 
Above your gently breathing heart;
A heart at peace 
As the day has ceased its follies
And sleeps in trust until the morrow
When the dawn birds sing.

Frogs On Lilly Pads In Review

Frogs

Frog follies this year
featuring the loudest croak
All frogs in review!

Lilly Pads

Floating lilly pads,
used in spring as sailboats for
poliwogs galore!


Marty Owens for Lilly Pads and Frogs contest
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Barnyard Follies

My chicken has been flickin'
Her feathers in the hay
The cattle waged a battle
In their field the other day
A turkey feeling perky
Jumped up and ran away
Feeling daft, I laughed and laughed,
That's all I've got to say.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Wisdom

W  arm welcome _come entwine
I  dealism at its fullest pursuit
S  age seeking more truths given by the Holy Spirit
D  amaging fables and follies denied
O  bserver of mankind's mistakes and learn 
M  aestro of observation  
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Spaseebo

there is no peace 
when man fears the eyes of mann
when faint follies and karma
provokes silent sullen protest
mounted by cruelty
and thee essence of the raw mann
destine to rule over a people
in the meantime
written by Mrs. Yolanda Joy Nicholsen

Haiku Maxim for Everyday Life

HAIKU MAXIMS FOR EVERYDAY DEALING WITH YOUR BOSS

If you want to hear
Your boss decreases his voice
Quickly admit your fault

The sigh of your boss
Is a sign of frustration
Caused by your follies

Always treat your boss
As professional, and be
Not too familiar
Form: Haiku

The Swill To Believe

“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”—
But though we will with all our might,
A sober thought still wins that fight.

A fairer rhyme I thus propose,
Our feckless follies to expose:
“A man convinced by stubborn will
Has surely swigged some sturdy swill.”
© Ed Morris  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Fragile

Why is it so, that so easily, my mind rebukes, the wisdom of its days, and follies with jokes of ill witted humour, which serendipidously challenge friendships hand, casts love and joy aside in an instant, derails the path ahead, and makes for a future, alone.
Form: Diamante

Credit

I give credit to who and what we are 
that keep us moving: forward across 
obstacles, through the darkness;
 upward beyond limitations
 of known heights;
 inward to love
 ourselves
 and the
 others 
lurking 
within; downward 
to respect our follies, and 
backward to never forget.

Premium Member The Mermaid's Way

Neath a moonbeam
  reflected pond
    dream after dream
      we vagabond

Through night’s follies
  they ride the waves
    stringed waterlilies
      a path it paves

Underwater
  mermaid’s whisper
    candied kiss spur
      luna’s daughter



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021
Form: Rhyme

Fast Food Follies

Another day of work
begins at 6 and ends at 2
could be dead, could be busy
don't know for sure
everyday is different from the last
fast food is unpredictable
guess I'll have to wait and see
how busy we're going to be
I'll count down the minutes til I get to leave
just to do it all over again on Friday at 4.
Form:

What's It All About?

what is
what was
what will be
what never to see
what never to feel
what never said
what shouldn't have been said
what awaits
what I await
what paths taken
what doors unopened
what halls traveled
what follies experienced
what love lost
what once tasted
what once trusted
never forgotten
but, oh so missed.
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Zidane's Follies

Ferociously fought Footballer's in Fray on Field,
Italian storm did French fend off fairly for a time;
Materazzi muttered malicious mouthful,
Zinedan Zidane zealous; headbutt callous
Chest of foe concave became
Fell to pitch, 'nother victim o' Zidane
Red card issued, final curtain
Frenchies lose, Zidane for certain.

This Hope

Rejoining the world
after shaking off the ashes
mishaps came
and yet I rise
 Trials known 
by fire
but still surpassing follies
taking to heart each mistake
 Looking back
reminding me of the places
one been
determined to move forward
 Lighting my own way
by flames of desire
my will is strong
hope will never die
Form:

Lessons From Stupidity

The wise one learns lessons
new or unknown

      from the follies and errors 
      of others,

             but does so a whole lot more 
             from his own;


for he takes all of these 
good-naturedly,

      with wry humor and true
      humility,

           while owning up to some
           stupidity.

Premium Member Holliday Follies

“Don’t take candy from a stranger,”
My mother said,
Unless you’re dressed like Frankenstein
With a hideous mask on your head.

If Christmas is about a baby’s birth,
Why do we buy trinkets and bobbles,
For all daddy’s worth?

When that baby died,
And rose from the dead,
To celebrate they told me,
A rabbit can lay an egg.

Premium Member Dastardly Deeds

DASTARDLY DEEDS

A man may mean goodness, grace, even gaiety
But his action brings betrayal to bear
His wisdom is left wantonly withering
And destruction brings doom 
Due to his dastardly deeds
So beware the brazen betrayal
Lest you fall prey to his foolish follies

26 March 2018
 
For the contest sponsored by Silent One

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