Short Helpless Poems

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


8 Billion People

8 billion people had problems
8 billion people had fears
8 billion people sat helpless
when 8 billion people sold tears
Form: Quatrain


Premium Member Winter Blizzard

Her blizzard-like air 
Whitening up the universe
Painted pure bleakness
Making me feel helpless
Begging for an escape plan.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Cover Story

Sloth is the deadliest of sins
    or so my Grandma told me
But spying me in a book again,
    Helpless! She couldn't scold me!
Form: Rhyme

Kiss After Kiss

kiss after kiss
after kiss wild
passion, helpless
wave after wave
crashing crashing
despite myself
only only
you you
inspite myself
Form: Verse

The Boy

Tis the ashes of a boy,
of who was born too early.

Tis the boy who lived an hour;
so small and helpless.
In God he will survive.
Form:


Premium Member Siren - A

Helpless, hapless soul laid bare and rent asunder by haunting vocals ------------------- (C) John C Michaels, 2014
Form: Haiku

Temporary Cruelty

Grass begs for water
Feeling helpless, no extra
My funds are too tight
I am so sorry, dear grass
Can quench your thirst soon...I hope
© K. James  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Help Or Helpless?!

Jeanice and I helping each other
But sometimes it is like "Oh brother!"
Work and work and work and work
Pray to God I don't go berserk!
Form: Quatrain

Haiku

Meditate on 'Him'
                                       helpless wounded broken hearts
                                       only true healer
Form: Haiku

Calamity

an approaching super cyclonic storm
hardly knowing any norm
waves rising high
heavy rain breaking from sky
helpless lives taking shelter in dorm
Form: Limerick

Guilt

Helpless a girl can do anything
She have the ability to do something
People may think, she always fine
No reason to think that she won't any guilt
Form: Quatern

Ashes

Ashes to ashes,
flutter down,
scatter me
upon the ground.
Lye there helpless
so that you step on me
and I'll just stay down
in the ashes of me.

Premium Member Remembrance of 2020

empty streets fading
cities remain mostly closed
drive slowly dying

helpless and upset 
continue life and living
running out of food

5/23/2020
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Survival of the Fittest

Scurrying about...
Darting here and there... panicked
Whimpering feebly... 
Brave predators lick their lips...
Caged, trapped... helpless... caught fast
Form: Tanka

Premium Member mostly men

Babies and men are helpless
where are the band-aids?
have you seen my phone?
Where is my car key?
Is that my coat?
I guess it’s mostly men
Not babies.

Lost of Love

Did we ever learn 
All we did was yearn 
Now your helpless 
I fought with all my heart 
The world rips us apart 
It breaks my heart 
And now I'm helpless
© Gabi Rose  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Help

lying helpless

can't move

paralyzed

immobilized

i can see everything

opening my mouth for words 

i can not speak

my thinking still goes on

Silent Heart Helpless

a simple odd sight 
                                                 inflicts inner injury
                                               silent heart helpless
Form: Senryu

Only God Can Help

bucket of mango
                                                   in decaying condition
                                                    good one is helpless
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Do you care we're now an endangered species?

In the spring we're hungry
Dandelions are mowed down by the millions
We watch helpless in disbelief



Wordku: 5-7-5- words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Hand Gloves

Hand Gloves

The winter fatty hand gloves are 
helpless to 
stop inhaling the 
bits of 
fluff and 
my pills my 
doctor gave me on 
the 
bedroom carpet.

Pathetic

Rain pummels my soul
beast holds dear, weakening me
Looks of anguish, anger me
Impatience runs through
as their dejected glances
burn. I am weak in their eyes.
Form: Sedoka

The Perfect Man

He stirs magic
in the air I breath.
A smile plays on his face,
and I stand there,
starstruck.
The light of his halo
renders me helpless
and I surrender to him.
Form:

The Drunk Man

Like a helpless child he was taken
Could not be roused even after being shaken
Like one recently deceased
Even when gently carried
Like the dead away he was taken
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Helpless

      a ladybug flailing away on her back
        a lad gets a whipping in a shack

     each helpless in his own way…
        to whom and for what do they pray
Form: Couplet

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