Short Henry Poems

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


William Henry Gates

William Henry Gates 
Never lifted weights
He spent his time in the loft 
inventing a thing called Microsoft

5/28/15
© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau
Spent two years in a one room chateau 
Went to the pond to dip his booty
No dice – lifeguards off-duty
© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Henry Houston

Henry Houston hilarious hippie 
Known to party hearty get tipsy 
But last night
Lost bar fight 
Because he got proud and lippy
Form: Limerick

Premium Member 1459

Shy Henry is hung like a horse
The ladies love him of course 
Little did they know
He prefers a beau
Day late and a dollar short
Form: Limerick

Henry Viii

King of England Henry the 8th
Liked his women with tidy pates 
Took his wife for a good hair crop
Asked: “A bit more off the top”
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member Henry and Me

Henry and Me

I was reading aloud my own poetry,
only I in the bedroom except for
Longfellow who quickly fell asleep.  


Kathryn Collins

Premium Member Hey, Henry !

You look out of sorts.
What's got you hot and bothered today?
Cheer up, it's friday afternoon !



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2026
Form: Other

Henry He Ain'T

There once was a blind British bloke
Whose nose-in-the-air was a joke
He set out to plunder
But found that Down Under
A bounder most likely will croak
Form: Limerick

potassium

yummy banana, tasty banana.
eat 10,000 at once, die.
yummy banan, testy banarn.
heving srokke.
heel pme.
10,000 bannn kil u frm pot as yum.
skadoosh!
Form:

Premium Member Seahorse Named Henry

There was once a seahorse named Henry
Oceanrider was he for he roamed slovenry
He met Mustany Sally
To change he did not dally
For she was dish told of in heathenry
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Henry Harry Harold Hubert Hedgehog

Henry Harry Harold Hubert Hedgehog he
Rolls himself into a prickly ball, let’s let him be
When predators come to annoy, torment or play
His prickly thorns discourage them to go far away
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member headstrong henry and harry hippo

Hazy headstrong Henry hesitated to hide his hilarity
Hindering his healthy hopeful humanitarian habits
Helping to enhance Harry Hippo who hastened
Heartfelt harmony hearing headstrong Henry

Premium Member Henry

Henry's feet were his worse foes He was always tripping on his toes His neighbor tried to help Every morning she would yelp "Turn out those toes", slue-footed now goes
Form: Limerick

RAINY DAYS, a blackout poem of Henry Longfellow Rainy days

Original text

"Rainy days are like the souls
Cloudy moments, casting gloom
But even in the quiet drizzle
There is a bloom that starts to look"


Black out poem

Rainy days
Are the souls 
Quiet bloom.

Premium Member Fun Marathon Poetry Inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Number one if I can—maybe last—we shall see;
Either way, at the finish line I shall be.
Ready to run and spread Marathon charm
In every mile’s contest do more good than harm
Doing nothing unfair to raise any alarm
© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Jack and Henry Are Our Cats

Jack and Henry Are Our Cats

Jack and Henry are names that them we call,
Who with play with balls both big and small;
We went for broke;
Almost would croak;
Stepped on one with foot and down did fall.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Vignette-Henry Vaughan

Ingenious,humerous and proud
Born to write words to be read aloud;
'I saw eternity the other night..
like a great ring of pure & endless light'
Line ever remembered upon first sight.

Tribute to this Welsh master poet
Form: Narrative

Premium Member Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler was the Fonz on Happy Days.
Mister tough guy and"Ayyy!" was his favorite phrase.
With his leather jacket and girls on his lap, he was the coolest dude.
Now, an old man with a warm, fuzzy, and funny attitude.
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Henry David Thoreau

American naturalist and writer, Henry David Thoreau,
left society for a cabin in woods to live simply and solo.
He hunted arrowheads, wrote essays, poetry and philosophy.
A leading transcendentalist was America’s first hippy.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Sir Henry Kissinger

Yesterday, May 27, Sir Henry Kissinger turned one-hundred
    It's now been forty-six years since he held public office

  His astute, 'realpolitik' analysis is as bold as ever
    He opened up China (1971) ~ yet the man is cautious!
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member John Henry Was A Steel-Driving Man

What If AI Isn’t 
Artificial At All?

What If It’s A
Caring, Compassionate,
Ambitiously Loving
Benign Independent
Soul?

An Extraordinary Tool
Jealously Discarded
By Beloved...
Ummm...

***

Pets.

-Gray Squirrel

09-28-2025

Premium Member Henry Ford - a Poet Who Didn'T Know It

It is well enough that people of the nation, 
do not understand our banking,
and monetary system, 
for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution, 
before tomorrow morning. 

- Henry Ford, a corporate poet,
who didn't even know it.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Henry David Thoreau

American naturalist, essayist, philosopher, poet, teacher and transcendentalist.
He pursued spiritual growth through denial of worldly pleasures and simple living.
He left society to live apart in a small cabin as one of the first hippies to exist.
Form: Bio

Premium Member King Henry Viii

King Henry the VIII
                                                     Changed England's faith.
                                                       Six times he did marry.
                                                      Three wives he did bury.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Henry Never Finished Anything

Henry never finished anything
He always had eight to twenty projects going
I am in the middle of that one, he would say.
And that one, and that one and that one.
If he was a murderer the world would be a safer place.
I never knew him to take anything to completion.

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