Short Greed Poems

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


Premium Member Bubble

A bubble
is a saint's heart
full of purity and nobility
the perfectly clean spirit
that is pure of all lies and greed


Premium Member Ares

lust for greed displays
loss of human nature - or -
sin as a pasttime 

15th July 2015

Checked howmanysyllables.com
Form: Senryu

Premium Member What Is Greed

gumballs clasped in little hand
stuck in jar on kitchen stand
unbeknownst to his young mind
greed is futile he will find
Form: Couplet

Greed

Want what they don’t need
Luncheons to discuss next feed
Consume as we bleed

By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Senryu

American Zen

Feed 
The 
Greed
At demon
Speed
Today's
American
Creed

Livin'
Large
Beyond
Means

Sometimes less
Yields more.
Form: Sonnet


Premium Member Last Chance

This Earth was once so sweet;
Dude, you shoulda seen us.
Now, pure greed-driven heat,
Could make us same as Venus.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Mami

78
Your love
Gives
Me release
From this
World of
Pettiness
And greed
In other words
Mama (mami)
You’re
What 
I need
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Greed

blip pa de dip pa de - bop
the pig roots in the slop 
 the slop got worse
the pigs in a hearse
 he didn't know when to stop!
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Go For Gold

gold,
gleaming,
gilds the light,
quickens pulses,
making eyes go wide,
waking up greed,
steels resolve,
sets goals:
gold!
Form: Ninette

Premium Member A Simple Red Baseball Cap

who would have ever thought
that simple red baseball cap 
made in the USA
could become 
a worldwide symbol
of hate and greed

Premium Member The Peak of Power

  At the peak of her power
    the Queen felt oddly weak

  Her desire ebbed by the hour
    ~ of greed does ambition reek
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Windflowers

unsated
she deprives
wild flowers
of their freedom...
the wind picks on her greed

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Form: Tanka

Premium Member Greedy People

Insatiable are 

Their greed millions of graves digs

Heavens in mourning!




© Demetrios Trifiatis
  01 September 2015
Form: Haiku

Poems For the Night 10

To ask anymore of you would
be a display of greed at its uttermost
Besides nothing is more perfect than you
Just the way you are

Premium Member "thus Sown, Thus Reaped"

serpent minds of greed
grow leviathan that feeds
revenge, nature binge

For: Nature’s revenge
Sponsored by: Carolyn Devonshire
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Death by drowning

Thrust of lust, in form of dust,
spawns storm of dark deeds unjust
and greed we breed, drags soul down
in fears, where we drown.
Form: Dodoitsu

Rain 7

It is raining now
The farmer is sowing seeds
Green greed leaps in eyes
______________________________________
Kolkata 27/5/20160
Form: Haiku

Premium Member What Is Gluttony

Gluttony like Greed
Excessive desire of Food or Drink
Part of7 Capital sins or 7 Deadly sins
Jesus Christ requires one to confess
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Weather Or What

I may be light as a brick,
And as thick as a feather;
But I think it f—ing sick,
That greed controls the weather.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Greed

Greed Miracle Man 8/29/2024 Greed is an illness that even money won't cure. Though some think it helps.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Lust and Greed

Lust is a whore and Greed is her pimp
written by Keith Edward Baucum aka The Seventh Seal aka The Poetic Philosopher aka The Blue Poet

Premium Member Political Chastuska #1: How To Respond To a Meltdown?

Depression rears its ugly head;
New grief for those in need.
Throw money at it 'til it's dead,
Yet place no check on corporate greed.

Premium Member What Goes Around Comes Around

Deeds are indeed seeds
Which proceed to those in need 
To be freed from greed
Of those of a higher breed,
Whom follow an evil creed.
Form: Tanka

A Merry Caw

Our motto is, "In God We Trust"
Because a god does not know lust
We kick up dust
Because we must
Get all the bread but not the crust!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member What Are Chief Sources of Sin

Chief sources are Seven
Pride, Greed, Lust
Anger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth or laziness
Commonly called 7 Capital Sins or 7 Deadly Sins
Form: Quatrain

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