Short Laments Poems

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


Premium Member Breaking Up

a spring break-up
the ice laments its lover
                           …thunder on the pond

John G. Lawless
©3/8/2023
Form: Haiku


Luna

nights gone by and still,
Luna laments her lost love...
tearful ocean born


**Written for Raul's Reflections contest :)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Stench of Lament

Stewed regret begets
laments like mythical ents
puts legs on old scars
that haunt and herd the present
tense with stench of past reborn
Form: Tanka

Arbeit Macht Frei

A victim of the Holocaust
Laments so many lives were lost
Their Christian friends
Can't make amends
Although they all have double-crossed
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Hellish Condemn

Laments surrounded
Disfigurated faces
Suffering dolor 
Purging for their heinous sins
In the eternal red flame 










4-3-2016
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Lune - Stones

one small stone
laments it place on top
a crooked tower
built on sand
cannot abide a rising tide
slow creeping near

John G. Lawless
5/11/2020
Form: Verse

Thank You God

Thank you God 
For this glimmering snow
Please God 
Don't keep me slow
Increase my strength
Remove my laments
Undo my pain
Make me Young 
Again!
© Seema Ali  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Remembering

I want her to do it my way! my cousin laments.
I stare at Lulu and burst out laughing.
You don’t remember being eighteen? I ask.
She is silent, remembering.

Premium Member Finally For Once

Finally someone who loves my poetic sentiments.
Finally found someone who sees me as special without laments.
Finally looking forward to how our times will be spent.
Form: Sijo

The Tripple Cross

The Triple Cross
On the cross of earthly greed,
Hangs my bloody Body
On the cross of ignorance,
Laments my poor Mind
On the cross of mortal sin,
Burns my tainted Soul

Premium Member City Laments

Ten million people in my city have I.
I see all these bodies, and I want to cry.
They use so much juice!
They wear ugly puce.
I wish they’d move to Singapore, bye and bye.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Feelings

FEELINGS

  Emotion Evolves, Love Laments, Passion Pushes, Destiny Dictates.

 New Monoku created on 03/31/16

  Your Best Monoku Contest

    Sponsor Poet Destroyer A
Form: Monoku

Bloodshed

lone bugle laments their bloodshed and sacrifice ne’er forget their feat
Premier Contest Sen-ru (rather than hi-ku) Sponsor Brian Strand 4th PLACE
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Eap: Environmentalist's Lament

The environmentalist laments:

in the polluting of seas

by the toxins abreeze

and the chopping of trees

by the greedy who seize



For Brian's Rhyme Time contest
Form: List

Premium Member No Moon Night

NO MOON NIGHT

              
      starry tapestry
      on ebon turquoise sky
      laments for no moon.


   08/17/ 20


  'Haiku Nature themed -2'  Contest by Tania Kitchin
Form: Haiku

Premium Member He wanted to Domesticate his Lovely Wife

He wanted to domesticate his lovely wife
This misogynist plan caused him lots of strife
She went after him with a sharpened carving knife
Ruined my life! He laments. She ruined my life!
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Little Kelcie

Poor little Kelcie, while taking a selfie,
Tripped and fell down the stairs.
She cracked her crown as she went down,
Twisting her ankle and knee.
Now she laments at these awful events;
"All for a picture of me!"
Form: Rhyme

Wet Fires: Five Lines

My heart’s tears fall to extinguish its flame.

that burns for true living

And yet laments, for fear and doubt came

and called such a goal a fanciful thing.

Thus I cry and reduce this blaze to a mere sputtering

Premium Member CONVEYING VITALITY-:-

CONVEYING VITALITY-:-
universal
 laments
shadow

individual 
motifs
of FLEEING FORTUNES
endure
 wearisome
struggles

engaging
existence
within OUR NATURES
occupying
 burgeoning 
themed

anachronistic 
scenes
Form: Other

The Washer Woman of Canyonlands

The Washer Woman in Canyonlands


An old woman laments
of her daily chores,
the stinging lye soap
and a biting washboard.

With knuckles bleeding
into the day’s dirty water,
she sighs and prays 
for a better tomorrow.

Premium Member Her Essence Ethereal Lanterns

too perfect for this world she's an angel without hurt or pain now the clouds cry as do I soulful laments and heavy helpless tears rain and sun together combine become her essence hugging me
Form: Lanterne

Owl Culture

Owl hooting cease now
The ears feast the dirge of night
One more rat is dead

Rat flesh shrinks tonight
Makes feast for tomorrow's barn
A new parliament

When the owl laments
The village waits bait in breath
So silence breathes peace
Form: Haiku

Lonesome Road

Grey
winding
lonesome road
laments beyond
high hedgerows hiding  
sun blushing rose spilling 
throughout darkening day sky.
Speed teasing devils push homeward
lyrics screaming bring  pent-up release
driving out sorrow lures transient peace
Form: Etheree

Gods touch

My pen was touched by God, 
Bestowing upon me the most exquisite pain.

My laments wrestled with silence,
 I fell silent while burning in the desert of reality.

I learned: inspiration is God's path. 
Thus my deepest pain became my ink.

Premium Member Regret

Born out of wedlock
she gave up her baby girl
for quick adoption.

Twice married since, old and frail,
she laments her childless life.

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Contest: Regret
Sponsor: Frank Herrera

Chosen POTD-1st Oct 2016
Form: Tanka

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