Short Forgotten Poems

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


In the End

Unknowing, 
Unfeeling,
Nothing,
Everything,
Empty,
Alone,
Forgotten,
Never was,
Never is,
Never will be,
Limbo.
Form: List


Premium Member Rejigging dis-membered memories

can't re-assemble
what the forgotten has lost
for to re-member,
memories you must firstly
dis-member them carefully
Form: Tanka

My Tanka

my tanka
an injured bluebird longing
for the branches above
but finding beneath the  snow 
the forgotten seeds of fall
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Sandcastles

Once built in years past;
childhood, beaches long forgotten
drowned by evening tides
like our summers, which never last.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Forgotten

wit &mischief
    so ordinary
conjuring up  rimes
to practise    pen
& sit in the sun
& never read a word
& fade away
Form: List


Last Drop

if you are looking old winds
look at the songs
not yet forgotten

a full glass was memories
watch out for the last drop

Premium Member Elite Egos

forgotten we were
faultlessly predetermined
tidiness smashing


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • July 13–19, 2026)
Form: Senryu

Until Gone

Old memory written,
new words to a song

Forgotten, remembered
—sung once and then gone 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2019)
Form: Rhyme

You'Ve Forgotten.

Tears are always and forever,
Love is unwilling,
Hearts are broken constantly,
& In the end, nothing ends up going right.
Form:

Premium Member Awareness

Been asleep for long
Aboard this old train of dreams,
Time to awaken
To a truth long forgotten:
The tale of the forsaken.
Form: Tanka

Temporality

Voices raised-piercing the languid, midday haze
Leaving the pieces of tranquility, an ephemeral memory, soon to be forgotten

Premium Member Sacred Whispers

   
            Sacred whispers of fortresses forgotten

               heard no more in sandcastles begotten
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Forgotten Dreams

somehow somewhere
among stirred silences
awake fantasies of passion
thought long vanished



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Premium Member Truth's Melody

Nowadays our ears have forgotten how the melody of Truth sounds! 








© Demetrios Trifiatis
    28 December 2022
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Drunken Moon

lifeless phantom floats moonlit waves of white flecked foam forgotten relic By: Eve Roper 7/2/2015
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Grave-Side Service

weather-beaten sign
driven down in dying weeds
forsaken headstone
oh nameless, forgotten soul
the Savior knows who you are
Form: Tanka

Definitely Not Forgotten

Do not forget to brush your teeth
For a rotten future you will meet
I forgot myself
And sourly dealt
With a pain so indiscreet
Form: Limerick

Forgotten

They said no one to be forgotten
But look at me now
Falling in a endless hole
Noway to return
In this hole forever to fall.
Form:

Temporality

Voices raised---piercing the languid, midday haze
Leaving the pieces of tranquility, an ephemeral memory, soon to be forgotten

Tanka X

Springtime forgotten
Clouds release winter memories
While gale force winds
Uproot sunshine desires
Like shallow rooted trees
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Social Distancing

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
Social distancing was forgotten,
Jill came down with Covid 19,
We wish they had been smarter!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Forgotten Path

Forgotten Path


Life I’ve left behind
Still waits for promises lost
Loyal to the end


…for Raul’s “still life” contest
Form: Senryu

Thank You

I had forgotten the world 
As in love with you was I 
Now I thank you for the treachery 
I’m very much aware of the world now
Form: Burlesque

Life Is No Picnic

the fourth of july
is no kind of picnic for
our fallen soldiers




You Are Not Forgotten


Happy Fourth Of July To All
Form: Haiku

It Takes Two {caricare}

It Takes Two


twin

towers

delusion






Tribute To Those Lost
In The Twin Towers
You Are Not Forgotten
{RIP}

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