Short Footpaths Poems

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


In Secret


Clouds hang low on stained
footpaths slick with moss clinging
as vines of green. He
waits in rain for a quiet
rendezvous, hardly breathing.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Sacrifice

Surrendering frost
Frees spring from the ice
Daybreak sees what shadows lost
Flower-colored footpaths
Crystal thawing birdbaths
Winter's sacrifice

3/30/18
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CLOCK

CLOCK darting through footpaths poignant memoirs yearn for unspent revelries where life's seasons fall in haste " precious moments ripped by time's hands"
Form: Verse

Premium Member Grandstanding

with dusk approaching
the radiance of the day
melts in the rain

streetlights smear
the autumn colours
across the footpaths

doubling the display
of chromatic foliage
autumn gloats



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member The Forest

Fern and bluebell thrive Dense trees forging green shelter Footpaths meander. Mystery at every turn Gnarled roots display nature's art. Forest canopy Dappled sunlight and shadow Rustling undergrowth Spring is stirring steadily Epiphany of nature.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Raining Memories

A time ago I walked the long road
Lost any memories of stories told
Fog so thick I could not be found
Landmarks foreignly placed around
A cold wind carried an empty song
Resonating like some echoing gong
Raining can carry everything away
Submerging footpaths of yesterday
© ... Gigno  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

New Year

Never look forward while looking backward
Ensure that your path is without obstacles
While you ponder going towards the future

Yesterdays will soon be a distant memory
Even hurtful memories will be with us today
Accept these as a learning tool to live by
Resolutions are our tomorrow footpaths
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Backroads

Listen to poem:
Gathering wild strawberries 
And meadow flowers

Exploring footpaths
Running along streams
And climbing trees

Chasing butterflies
Spotting nests
Petting furry caterpillars 
And cuddling kitty cats

Life explodes with wonder
Meandering backroads of my mind
Unadulterated freedom of adventure
Nature the way a child remembers



AP: 3rd place 2020

Premium Member Haiku Strains

HAIKU STRAINS 1


Busy feet meet
On Monday streets;
No time to greet

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Crowded avenues
Distant faces;
Private To-Do lists

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Wet dawn
Overnight rain;
Messy footpaths

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Blank faces
Anxious distractions;
Too much data

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TV dramedy
Laughter riots;
Good medicine here

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Leon Enriquez
13 July 2015
Singapore
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Change of Heart

Scars upon the heart grow deeper With every loved one taken from me So lonely as the weary weeper I have learned acceptance frees me to make my peace with destiny Some tears will wash away the pain along the footpaths I have climbed I will persevere and then regain a willingness to re-design my attitude, and cherish time
_________________________________ 6/30/14 For the Contest: Hard Choices Sponsored By Dr. Ram Mehta

Footbridge Chicken

At the footbridge I saw a chicken,
trying to keep its balance
as it flapped its wings. It felt dizzy
when it saw the abyss below it,
which swallowed time and matter.

Surprisingly the chicken kept on
with the journey, claw after claw. It
wasn't chicken-hearted like most
chickens. It was ready to walk
on wooden footpaths which cracked
in every step,
until it reached the other end.

It had crossed the road;
now it was crossing a footbridge....


Date: 7/19/2016
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Rags and Tatters

The old man is searching 
for forgiveness of his soul
Deserted by his family 
and left out in the cold

Finds himself upon the footpaths
raids the "wheelies" for a feed
Society lacks compassion 
not much help for those in need

This man like many others 
residing on the street
Dressed in rags and tatters 
wraps newspapers around his feet

Some nights he's feeling lucky
finds a vacant bench to sleep
A harsh unforgiving society
what we sow is what we reap
Form: Rhyme

Losing His Way

Author:  Chen Runping

He came up from the main road
While ahead watching numerous footpaths in the field,
Crisscrossed as a web.
He paced up and down in the web
And his thickly dotted footprints
Filled up the grid meshes
One by one.
Hardly can he
Walked through the web
And still paced up and down.
watching the years gone like river water
He has already had scales on his body
While his hands and feet retrograded into fins
And downstream
With which he struck violently and 
Lost

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