Short For Contest Poems

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

"Sweet sleeping child: so near, so far" 

Little face-feathers: 
eyelashes fall on your cheeks,
fringing sleepy eyes.

© Jeanette Swan  

Written: September 30, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

     *****

fate spins
sin wins

© Sotto Poet  

Red eyes
Anxious cries
Indigo tears
Neon fears
Dead dreams
Rippled streams
Onyx heart
Poisonous thoughts
Shadows dark

© Karen Jones  

Men,
My ways
Not your ways
I'm mysterious,
Folks.

=============
Eight Place
For contest : They know not what they do

© Dr.Ram Mehta  

NONE’S FUN

Rabbit
Habit

Convent
Intent

Praiser
Raiser

Farewell
To Hell

Deacon
Streakin’



10/28/2016

© John Lawless  

winning is so wonderful he said it's like a drug.





9th December 2015
For contest 'One liners 4', sponsor Silent One

© Viv Wigley  

Morality stands upright in deeds
  If it enters the mouth, close it please


            
              (Not for contest)

© Gershon Wolf  

The hourglass of moments ebbs and flows
One snap,  prized journeys are gone
Remembered as one's past .


Not for Contest--

© Rhoma Em  

chatty 
fatty

happy
chappie

jelly
belly 

caring 
sharing

funny
fella 


comp entry 24102016 1st go at footle

© Stephen Pennell   

before shouting, ‘Fire!’ - first make sure there is a fire.

12/29/17

For Contest - Momoku3
By Silent One

© Barry Stebbings  

Blind date

     With fate

-------------------------------------
 ~ Not for contest ~
 Inspired by Alexis's Footle entry.

© Paul Callus  

Sagging trousers




Low waist
Fine taste




Written July 9th, 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma
For contest by Judy Konos

© Dr. Upma A. Sharma  

in the bliss of two
passion is the truth we sing...
no moment unheard






for contest "In The Mood"
sponsored by Catie Lindsey

© Deb Wilson  

Neath blanket of night
Lovers burn like shooting stars
Pale moon blushes pink

For Contest Sponsored by Catie Lindsey
May 5, 2013

© Eileen Manassian  

It does not seem long ago
I used to be somebody
Then you took your love away
Now I'm nobody

4/19/2017
For contest Dodoitsu

© Larry Bradfield  

Comedian Roseanne Barr
A brash style gone far
Lived the sitcom she created 
censorship is overrated


For Contest: Clerihew

© Casarah Nance  

Yard Sales are the 
Macy’s of Saturday shopping, 
On a budget that fits in my coin purse. 


written for contest
07/27/2019

© Ann Foster  

Written: August 23, 2025, for contest by Brian Strand

        **********

Saffron swirled silence

© Sotto Poet  

One hundred percent she gave
Nothing left for her now
Taking it all, did we



For Contest: "Senryu for Mom"

© Shani Fassbender  

We walk
And talk

In words 
Absurd.

Words flow
With no

Pretense 
Of sense

But sound 
Profound.

© Jerome Malenfant  

Angel 




adorable heart
ecstasy in her blue eyes
I met an angel 





Written April 6th, 2016
For contest by marvin

© Dr. Upma A. Sharma  

Mother Earth stirs, awakes
and flips her cozy blanket,
causing frenzied specks of dust
to distort sunlight.

*** not for contest ***

© David De La Croes  

George Clooney ….
Smothered in rich dark melted chocolate
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Jan Allison
1st February 2015

© Jan Allison  

Quote for contest.

''I may not be everyone's cup of tea
But I never invited anyone to drink''.



Peter Dome. copyright.2014.

© Peter Dome  

Ashes greying seafoam green.
She weeps.


02/22/2016
Contest: SIX WORDS
Sponsor: John Lawless

© Arlene Smith