Short Garbage Poems

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


Boomerang

The garbage thrown in the sea 
pollutes the deep blue ocean 
as waves drive back to humans 
the dreck, scrap, and waste.
Form: Dodoitsu


Premium Member Nostalgia

Is Garbage.

Which Is The Hardest
Treat To Fake.

Reminiscent.

***

Refreshments.

-Gray Squirrel

06-13-2026

A Reason For Hope

There is so much hate
And so much malevolence
At times I despair;
At the end of an alley
Blades of grass by the garbage.
© Jim Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Cut the Rap

Gangster rap? Stop crap! Take a nap? Jaws flap Don't fling garbage in brain Thinking of junk - what is gain?
Form:

School Awards

school awards
worthless garbage that set kids
apart from their peers
applause when come up on stage
for any prize but poetry
Form: Tanka


Garbage Truck

One habit to which I adhere
I clean out my Ford once a year
Back seat yet to fill
Keep truckin’ until
I’m no longer able to steer
Form: Limerick

California

In clumsy American dreams
cigars hold no ember, it seems
as one’s thrown away
one looks in dismay
as garbage forms ash-laden streams
Form: Limerick

Worshipper

scratching his groin 
a worshiper offers food: 
the flattered deity 
in flowery garbage, holy 
water, incense and sweat 

--R.K.Singh
Form: Tanka

Put the World To Rest Or You Are a Pest

On our actions should the only curb
Be aiming at not to others disturb 
We may merit the name of man
If not, we stink like the garbage can
Form: Rhyme

Looking For Something New

He was a temporary hookup
He went out like a garbage pickup
He was ugly at most
Tasted burnt like toast 
Soon I'll need a medical checkup
Form: Limerick

Semantics

SEMANTICS


She says it’s waste dietary,

Or  rubbish,   or garbage,

Or bull-feathers,   or bilge.

I say   no, dear,   it’s poetry.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Nip and Shred

Catnip and claws are A lethal combination. Shredding carpets and converting furniture to Your own private garbage dump.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Cross

in the dire of garbage I sing a song
do not want to ride the truck to dump

but today I sing a song with no flag
no baa to bleat but a puzzle to achieve

Oppressor Has Three Asses

Oppressor has three A’s….By Peter Onyancha

Alas,
The witch has three asses
The beast in front
The head atop
And the garbage behind 
See him at night.
Form: Epigram

Premium Member we need butter

I have raised a popcorn eating dog
he gobbles like a garbage-eating hog
crunch crunch crunch he likes it a lot
refrigerator opens, it is butter he’s sought
dog
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Garbage Garbage Garbage

Garbage garbage everywhere Some you'll find under that chair Ugly this disregard Nature must find it hard This disgusting practice is so unfair
Form: Limerick

Premium Member His Mother Would Not Speak to Him

dumped like trash
feeling like garbage
his wives had never understood him
he wished now he had treated his mother better
she would not pick up the phone for him

My Moon Getaway

On a lake, I confide
with the moon of day's routine---
garbage, work, cleaning;
that my heart forgets to strut
lightly on calm grounds.



From Manny Paras

sweep : senryu



   

         kitchen clean broom sweep 

         chipped dishes cracked wishes weep

                 mess runs into garbage fun
Form: Senryu

Is Love Sinful

Some say 
love is a sort of sin,
I suggest those idiots
put such thoughts
into a garbage bin,
unless they have drunk
a barrel of gin,
or change their mind's PIN
Form: Rhyme

Papers Basket

This
Is not
A garbage
This is the house
Of wonderful pieces that help creatures

Give me a great point of view so I can
Give your body
A meeting 
In my 
Heart
Form: Tetractys

Premium Member The Garbage Man

the garbage man comes
picking up yesterday’s memories
in plastic bags
and wooden boxes

leaving behind 
empty tin pails
to be filled up again 
with today’s remains

Lady Grump Versus the Chump

Lady Grump Vs. The Chump


Clinton versus Trump
Political garbage dump

Miss man Lady Grump
Mister Billionaire Chump

Yes I'm stumped...



bmdavey@
02/26/16
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member where was the man

Tiger located a boot; where was the man?
He looked in every dumpster and garbage can
One was shaking in terror so he knew right away
Where he would be finding his lunch today.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Trash Talk

Picking up garbage, all cities delve Sometime these guys talk to themselves This latest craze began By your garbagemen Trash talk, it's where the origin dwells
Form: Limerick

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