Short Housework Poems

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


It's a Chick Thing

We are crafters,I know, 
We do things row by row,
We'll do housework at the end of this row,
We said that several hours ago!


On Being Untidy

The more I let go of
these tiresome soul struggles,
the should haves,
the should bes, 
the more it is possible,
to be messy and
alive.

Premium Member Lets Not Get Crazy Here

Kitchen table clean
check

kitchen floor swept
check

microwave oven clean
Are you crazy?

I have to leave something 
for tomorrow

Round the Bend

housework drives me round the bend
there is never an end in sight 
I'd get stuck in to get it finished 
but I'd be up half the bloody night!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member July and time to spare

Hemming my new bell bottoms.
Summer radio blaring to best seventies hits.
School's out ~ life is good.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2026
Form: Other


Premium Member Housework Footles

I shirk
house work

my spouse
cleans house

I try
she sighs

get out
she shouts

I smirk
no work

I leave
well pleased

all day
I play
Form: Footle

Housework Naked

Doing chores in the buff on my mind
apron strings dangling down my behind
I hope he keeps mum
about seeing my bum
'coz my window cleaner's just resigned!
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Housework

Dripping Dry
It’s fun not
to lie,
Dishes are done
let’s have some
Fun!
Friday Night
At last
Time for a Blast
Take it all in
Like a Dolphin
that swims
Form: Rhyme

Fibonacc

Chores
suck,
laundry,
dishes too.
All of this to do.
I would hire a maid for it if I could afford to, 
but that is impossible, and even with housework, in God all things are possible.
Form: Fibonacci

Premium Member Harley

His little silhouette
follows me from room to room
the curiosity kills him
and he takes the vacumn
from my hand
trying to help with housework
one day he will be a good helper 
and little chef

Fragment of Life

One fragment of life,
I became a wife,
Nice day for a black wedding,
I 'achieved' a golden ring,
Did I marry for housework?
Is divorce all it's worth?
Way back when I was a wife,
One fragment of my life.

Premium Member If Forced to Relinquish Ten Things

If I am forced to relinquish ten things, these are the things I will abdicate:
Politics
Liver
Rat poison
Cars without chrome
Dirty windows
Housework
Mean people
Gossipers
Drug dealers
People who don’t like dogs

Premium Member Phyllis Diller - Hygiene Killer

  
	Wild-eyed, wild-haired comic, Phyllis Diller
        Here’s why her female fans would cheer her:

            “I heard housework just might kill a gal,” she’d pout
             And then: “I don’t want to be the first to find out!”
Form: Clerihew

To Dust

To dust
Or not to dust,
Is that even a question?

Housework calls,
But wait, just a moment- 
Does writing call me louder?

To dust 
Or not to dust,
domestic duties beckon.

I’ll swipe reject 
and send it 
straight to voice mail!

Domestic Order

The kitchen's disinfected, the worktops squeaky clean,
The laundry's in the wardrobe and nothing's left in the machine.
The crockery is washed and dry, it's stacked in cupboards, looking neat.
There's just one nagging problem, I've got nothing left to eat!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Just My Luck

My wife rudely says that at housework I suck
and yelled “it’s your turn, here’s the broom”. Just my luck!
  But babe, sweepin and dustin
  cramps my drinkin and lustin
but she warned “no dustin, no lustin!”…WTF!


               Written: March 2014
Form: Limerick

Premium Member An Insomniac

 

              An insomniac awake,
        with nights in a real mess !
             Oh, one can try many things;
    music, meditation, baths,
                   writing poetry, praying,
          with minds astir and racing. 
          Or give up and do housework !
Form: Verse

Premium Member new bride much like his mother

Bride handed broom to her new groom
Got a laugh from the other side of the room
And a few laughs from those looking on through Zoom

He has gone from one aggressive woman to another
Stated his all-knowing well-aware brother
They had done all the housework at the home of their mother
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Decisions

Decision-making often is quite daunting.
Uncertainty pervades my thoughts this morning.
Two worthy causes prove persistent—haunting
my fevered mind. The one will I be scorning,
for now, is housework. Rhymes, I will be penning.
Preferring words to cleansers is not sinning!



April 28, 2023

May 1, 2023,  placed 8th in Brian Strands contest 1212
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Housework

Housework
Can't shirk

Dust dirt
Desert

Dusting
Busting

In hand
Disband

Move forth 
With cloth

Wipe clean
Shine sheen

Wash clothes
Dirt goes

Hang out 
Line route

Switch on
Iron

Decrease
Each crease

Vacuum
Bedroom 

Wash floors 
And doors

No fun
Jobs done.

*Route pronounced rowt for rhyme purpose*

   25.08.23
Form: Footle

Premium Member Nature Cleans

It was a moody day
rain fell slowly and steadily
not wanting to stop
green tree leaves 
hung heavily
laden with moisture
puddles became larger
covering the streets
hiding  pot holes
the start of a small stream
runs along the sidewalk
washing the dirt
to the nearest drain hole
cleaning city streets
mother nature
refreshing and rejuvenating  
doing her housework.

''Myself As a Whole''

Lost at times.I feel movement but, mind is still.Haunted by memories of my mother.God rest
her soul.Longing for my little sister Nicole.Where have you gone?I miss you so much.I wake
up to baby,his soft skin I touch.Housework,and books most of my day.I can't stop writing,I
can't put my pen away.Passion in my heart floods,like a river rising.Every day is
new,always surprising.

Premium Member Tired of Princesses

If you are going to swarf, swelt, black out or swoon
Please do it outside under Dracula’s moon
Too many drama queens are in this house already
Thanks to the eight daughters of Arlene and Freddy

But if you are going to help with the housework
Then come on down, and join me, for you do not irk
I am tired of princesses who will not lift a finger
They are the ones who never leave, perpetually linger
Form: Rhyme

Woman's Hands

Simple hands   are   working hands
            Of women all across vast lands
                        Wipe tears   and    feed man
                                     For some their life plan

                                  Tired eyes mend  the clothes
                        Celebrate life as your child grows
        Women customs passed down    to girls
Housework chores stored liked squirrels
Form: Couplet

Premium Member - Longevity -


  I know a lady who is 99 years aged
  she will be 100 by winter
  Every day she walks to the disused post office
  - an hour each way

  Eats, drinks healthily ... 
  and does all the housework herself
  Even in the garden she is diligent
  You should have seen her roses

  In the evening she has a glass of port wine
  and a piece of chocolate liqueur
  It gives her a peaceful night's sleep
  - without medicine
Form: Narrative

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