Short Giving Up Poems

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


Loving Friend

Jeanice, stubborn ox
Jeanice, brave saint
Jeanice, never giving up
Jeance,  lays down facts
Jeance, qualifies as true friend
Form:


Premium Member Haiku 7: the Sea

haiku 7: the sea

                evaporating...
                giving up water daily,
                the sea remains full.
Form: Haiku

Where Is Jesus

When things go this way
I pray
Oh God come to my aid
 Faith,
Hope fade
Giving up to praise
Whenever Jesus delays.

Drencho POET Loads
Form: Narrative

Burnt In Your Love

I think about you and the way you had carved my soul with pain when i would feel that I'm on the verge of giving up on myself to let go the pain
Form: Epigram

Held In a Hand

Man with a magic.
Glowering,evil-looking.
Some magic within.

Days and nights practiced.
Sometimes hungry, thirsty, parched.
Never giving up.
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Premium Member Giving Up on the Garden of Eden

Mankind aims to colonize Mars
We plan to not repeat past mistakes
~ Nature has way of prevailing



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Finding Love




Finding love 
is not hard 
when you care.  

Giving up 
you receive.  
Exchanging,  

love becomes 
a true joy 
to treasure.
Form: Other

Premium Member A sign

Jaded giving up on love
a butterfly lands gently on her hand
~ suddenly she slights her doubts



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Off the Booze

11
Off the booze
But I slipped up 
Today had a 
Couple nips
And was on my way
Not giving up my date
Cuz to go got a long way
More one day
At a time
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Life Upside Down With You

If you ever feel giving up
Something at the end of sadness
Then, give me some time
I'll take the moment 
I'll spend my life 
Life upside down with you.

Premium Member One Crazy Dream

After last night's dream my sanity's fled
Dreamt of a daisy with a girl for a head
With magic words
She talked to birds
I'm giving up pickles just before bed
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Putting a stop to the pain

Everything seems so desperately dark.
Hope is but a mirage that's outdated.
Giving up... easy way out.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member I Had To Let Them Go

Seems the little blue bird’s taken flight
But they’re not giving up on the fight
And with Taylor Lorenz
Reaching out on LinkedIn
Ligma Johnson gonna be alright
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Giving Up

To, 
    give up on life
Would be, 
               a bereavement
But, 
       to live it to the fullest
Would be, 
               an achievement
WIZDUMBs by JA 127
© Ja Ja  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Narrative

Giving Up

Sometimes I just wanna give up cause I feel its no use.

I just wanted us to call it truce.

Just when you think love is enough.

You find out things will always be tough.
© Julie Hill  Create an image from this poem.

The Gift

Thank you, Thank you, for blessings
Sent down in love
Thank you for healing of the soul
Thank you for miracles I have seen today 
Thank you God for not giving up on me

Premium Member Being

Being human
Encountering others on life's journey
Instinctively knowing when someone else is hurting
Never giving up, and leaning on God
Going forward, even through the pain
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Giving up on life

Guilty. You've chosen your poison.
You accept the worst consequences as inevitable.
Turning this around seems inconceivable.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2026
Form: Other

Giving Up To a Higher Power

You win.  I withdraw.
I acknowledge your terms.
Embrace my weak flesh.
Love me that I may admit
Defeat.  Make your will be done.

(Acrostic Tanka)
for the contest Resignation.
© Jim Howe  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Untitled

I’m giving up
Life is empty now
My dust is blowing
In the wind
Because of sin
I’m ready to die
As fast as I can
At my own hand
All is over for
Me, because
I chose to
Not be
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Premium Member In a Nutshell

I am undoing your history of our own colonisation
By giving up your country now to all other nations
Signed Joe . . .
Form: Couplet

Keep Up

Keeping up,
Or at least trying to.
Giving up,
Not what i want to do.
Letting go,
But not of you.
Please, give me a clue.
Something to do.
I am giving up,
But not giving up on you.
Form: Couplet

Before the Silence

Terminal poetry…
death by the word

Selling a heartbeat
for every breath

Giving up life
for each new phrase

Buried
—inside what’s heard

(Ronald McDonald House: February, 2020)
Form: Rhyme

Keep Up

Keeping up,
Or at least trying to.
Giving up,
No what i want to do.
Letting go
But not of you.
Please give me a clue,
Something to do.
Im giving up, 
But i will never give up on you.
Form: Couplet

Giving Up On Vain Dreams

I would give up on vain dreams...the ones that won't let me see how
life is lived without the tears and the fears of being unloved:
if one of them drew a beautiful rainbow in my sunless sky!
Form: Sijo

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