Short Forties Poems

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


Premium Member The Last Weeks of Winter

The Last Weeks of Winter

sun sets 
later
temps. hover in forties
rain and snow fall frequently, spring
comes soon
Form: Cinquain


Turning Fifty--

Boldly stepping out of the forties
Got my tude on and wearing my hat
Head held high, nose in the air
Look up!, look out, fifties everywhere

Premium Member Meat & 3 Veg

Traditional Sunday lunch
Of a forties child-
Mother's succulent roast beef
With Yorkshire pudding,
Gravy,spuds,carrots,
Cauliflower.
Cheese !
Form: Epulaeryu

Premium Member Ww Ii

a tapioca pudding
a rose hip relish
toated bread & dripping dips
evaporated
milk with tinned pears
home brewed beer
Cor !



A  English forties menu
Form: Epulaeryu

Premium Member What's He Like

B  orn again,from above
R  everes his one(&only) love
I  n  England,proudly raised and bred
A forties child...enough said !
N  ovel verse...his 'street cred'
Form: Acrostic


Premium Member Acrostic Bio

B  orn again,from above
R  everes his one(&only) love
I  n  England,proudly raised and bred
A forties child...enough said !
N  ovel verse...his 'street cred'
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Verse Freed To Initial

B  orn again,from above
R  everes his one(&only) love
I  n  England,proudly raised and bred
A forties child...enough said !
N  ovel verse...his 'street cred'
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Good Old Days At Play

FORTIES PLAYTIME

Hopscotch
with whip and top
or marbles and five stones-
pastimes lost now in memory's
chasm.

Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member A Toxic State

A FORTIES CHILDHOOD

Feelings ,then
were not shared but 
held back, within.
A reservoir of emotions
controlled, withheld...

until death ,shatters
the dam.
Form: Bio

Premium Member valiant detectives

a throwback from the forties
he stands under a streetlight
waiting for the ripper

ripper has spotted him
is not about to lurk tonight
both wise, one horrible
a killer

Premium Member In Love With Art and Music

I am in love with my own art
cartoons painted in neons
that show up under black lights

also in love with music
classical, folk, jazz, seventies,
sixties, forties, gospel.

Premium Member The Willies

Can surely remember back in the forties Female drivers were a real rarity My sisters took the wheel So petrified. I squealed Still remember to this day, it gave me the willies
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Babe Ruth's Game

This is about baseball America's game Been a fan since the forties, sure isn't the same The shift, the relievers The staunch believers But the game's not the same, whatta shame
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Katzenjammer Kids

How many remember the Katzenjammer kids A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid Made me chuckle a bunch Chomping on Sunday lunch Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Katzenjammer Kids

How many remember the Katzenjammer kids A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid Made me chuckle a bunch Chomping on Sunday lunch Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
Form: Limerick

Premium Member The Katzenjammer Kids

How many remember the Katzenjammer kids A comic strip from the forties when I was a kid Made me chuckle a bunch Chomping on Sunday lunch Their silly antics made me pee in my crib
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Sunday Lunch

Traditional Sunday lunch
Of a forties child-
Mother's succulent roast beef
With Yorkshire pudding,
Gravy,spuds,carrots,
Cauliflower.
Cheese !



Copyright © Brian Strand | Year Posted 2007
Form: Epulaeryu

World In Turmoil

The forties was a frightening decade in World History
thousands of youths  were forced to go to war 
to fight the evil that rose in Germany and Italy;
who was the worst dictator Mussolini or Hitler?
war
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Big Band Era

The Big Bands of the forties, I loved them all Glenn Miller, the Dorseys, Arty Shaw and Les Paul They were so smooth And quite raucous too Collected their 78s, I certainly had a ball
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Big Bands of the Forties

The Big Bands of the forties, I loved them all Glenn Miller, the Dorseys, Arty Shaw and Les Paul They were so smooth And quite raucous too Collected their 78s, I certainly had a ball
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Cornish

A coalminer by trade Norman Cornish*
in his forties achieved his artistic wish
Like Lowry, at the end of his working day
locals&locality depicted in his own stylised way

*https://normancornish.com/
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Richard Lamoureaux

Richard's namesake Leo played for Les Canadiens Way back in the forties when their reign didn't end A magical time Their reign was sublime The Rocket, Boom Boom and Beliveau did ascend
Form: Limerick

Premium Member It Gave Me the Willies

Can surely remember way back in the forties Female drivers were certainly a rarity When sisters took the wheel So petrified I squealed Still remember to this day, it gave me the willies
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Crooners From the Forties

How many remember the crooners from way back Frankie Boy, Perry, Der Bingle, and the King, Cole Nat Little Richard, Deano They were the cream Brings tears to my eyes to remember the pack
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Whats In My Name

re-post inspired by both SO &Kims contest


B  orn again,from above
R  everes his one(&only) love
I  n  England,proudly raised and bred
A forties child...enough said !
N  ovel verse...his 'street cred'
Form: Acrostic

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