Short Free Verse Poems

Short Free Verse Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Free Verse poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Free Verse poetry form by poem length and keyword.


Excerpts From the Edge

negative noise
   weighted chest
       arms extended
overhead
waiting for a
   falling breeze
to
   carry me over


A Closed Door

A door unopened
the knock
makes almost
no sound
so subliminal
is
the flimsy veil
of steel
that guards the answer.

Looking For You

Morning’s golden 
Dawning
Kisses my wings
As I fly 
To the sky
Looking for you
Instead, I found 
Half moon 
Aloft

A Tree For All To See

That's
how it is
the chaff
blown away
and the kernel
of truth
takes root
a magnificent
everlasting
tree
of man.

Memento Mori

black
brown
purple
red
orange
and
yellow
leaves
scattered 
aground
with
some
green
ones
fallen
among
them


War

thought wirrlin'
blood screamin'
steel flash
torn voice
armies clash
unmade choice
feet poundin'
trumpets soundin'

Soft Encounter

The morning sunlight
And night's breeze
Hit me in the face
Like the way
Eileen hit me between
My bones
And my skin.
© Atef Ayadi  Create an image from this poem.

Helen

How she wears yellow! Big
bright ear-ring like a personal
sun that dazzles 
a blue twinkle 
in the corner of her eye.

Let Loose Confusion....

What is the nature
                    of a confident heart
                                 shrouded by insecurity....

Watching the Tide

Remember watching the tide
The sandpipers around
The barnacled pillars of the wharf
Everything wet, you silky and soft
© Gary Jones  Create an image from this poem.

Star Lights

Fireplaces are fresh,
Cups hold hot coffee
Flannel shirts,
Denim jeans.
Stars are night lights
Untouched snow found.

Sorrow

Everyone has

No one can touch

Tears

In the distance

Forever lost

In a world of  pain

Floating endlessly

The Man

Computers are strange
computers are cruel.
Hate cruises with microsoft
because they gave
me liberty at a heavy price.

All That Is, Is

In the circle of life,
Everything is contained,
But true to life,
Find your freedom within,
For within, you find you.

Wind Chaser

Their dreams of uncertain truth are nothing short of dense foolishness. They seek protection under the shadow of the wind

We Know the Answer

Tell me
The reason 
Why this
Sky is
Blue
We know
This answer, 
Because God
Is faithful
Now, we have 
Each other

Where Is Spartacus

Dorian day
Earth is 
Your crown
The Gods
Are curious
We want to know 
Where is this Roman
Spartacus, the Gladiator

Doubt

If you’d lend me
Your soul
For just one day,
Could you live
Without any feelings?


© 2009 Stefania Carmen Misaila

Nothing Ever Will

touched your name
tapped a keypad
and frog-like-lilly-leaps
found me
fly-like with
accuracy
after so strong a bound

More Bandwidth

From left
To right
Reads the spectrum dial,
There is
A bright line, but
We need more bandwidth
To contact the stars

Counting Stars

Lord,
We have never
Counted stars
In this
Magnificent heaven
Stars are
More beautiful
Then, the Goddess Aphrodites

Bound By This Love

The wind
Howls at
This moon and
Replies, I shall
Wrap my arms
Around thee,
Brother John
We are bound
By this love

Life There Is Meaning

I put
My arms
Around her, and
We walked
Through this storm
In this life, there is meaning,
A good reason to be born

Dark Stone

a single poem
a second day
another try
a better way
tomorrows promise
lets us down
a dark stone grows in your heart

Tiffany

She’s in my heart,
She’s part of my soul,
I think about her,
And I’m afraid I’ll forget her,
I want her to come back.

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