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.
Wisdom and the Flute
Sophia laments the flute ~ for it silences man's voice of wisdom...
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laments, humanity, language, music, philosophy, truth, voice, wisdom,
Form:
Monoku
Skull of a Skeleton - Van Gogh
form dies yet addiction torments contracting consciousness that laments...
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laments, addiction, death,
Form:
Monoku
Haiku
Tears fall from above
Meadow grass laments for sun
Willows weep for warmth...
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laments, nature
Form:
Haiku
La Mer
The Sea pours laments
meanwhile Sweet hearts are salted
waves spray in whispers...
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laments, allegory, allusion, metaphor, sea,
Form:
Haiku
Dark Delusion
the ego laments
fleeting desires unfulfilled
contracting our heart
17-February-2021...
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Categories:
laments, desire,
Form:
Haiku
The Hidden Pain
Laments crying out...
Really loud,
Un-sympathized though;
No one can hear,
Soaking one's heart in fear......
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laments, life, mystery, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
One Sided Love
Bewitching red rose
and its sharp thorny stems
Laments failed lover...
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laments, love,
Form:
Haiku
Dimly Lit Roads
deserted roadways
conceal moaning and laments
gas uprising price
Written: May 20, 2022...
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Categories:
laments, analogy, car,
Form:
Haiku
Breaking Up
a spring break-up
the ice laments its lover
…thunder on the pond
John G. Lawless
©3/8/2023...
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laments, spring,
Form:
Haiku
Luna
nights gone by and still,
Luna laments her lost love...
tearful ocean born
**Written for Raul's Reflections contest :)...
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laments, lost love
Form:
Haiku
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...
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Categories:
laments, memory,
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...
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Categories:
laments, word play,
Form:
Limerick
Hellish Condemn
Laments surrounded
Disfigurated faces
Suffering dolor
Purging for their heinous sins
In the eternal red flame
4-3-2016...
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Categories:
laments, dark,
Form:
Tanka
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...
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Categories:
laments, life, success,
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!...
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laments, 8th grade, america, angel, anti bullying, arabic,
Form:
Classicism
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....
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Categories:
laments, memory,
Form:
Free verse
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...
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laments, allusion, analogy, bereavement, cry, death, evil, visionary,
Form:
Alliteration
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....
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Categories:
laments, city,
Form:
Limerick
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...
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Categories:
laments, feelings,
Form:
Monoku
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...
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Categories:
laments, nature
Form:
List
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...
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Categories:
laments, remembrance day,
Form:
Senryu
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...
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Categories:
laments, moon, sky, stars,
Form:
Haiku
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!...
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Categories:
laments, husband, wife,
Form:
Monorhyme
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!"...
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Categories:
laments, nursery rhyme,
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...
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Categories:
laments, depression, emotions, fear, metaphor, passion,
Form:
Quintain (English)