Short Leadership Poems

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


Premium Member Show Me the Paperwork

    They say great leaders are not born, but made ~

      With no manufacturer’s warranty, who drinks the lemonade
Form: Couplet


Premium Member I Am a 4

President Barack Obama
Credited for getting Osama
Now along comes Isis
"Lord help me, another crisis!"


path - 12/1
Form: Clerihew

Poor Prime Minister

Shri Lal Bahdur Shasthri,
Not only one time Prime Minister of India,
But also a PM since his birth,
PM,poor man,I mean!

Premium Member His Life He Gave

President Abraham Lincoln
His life for the Union gave
   He hearkened to his conscience
   And dared to free the slaves
Form: Clerihew

The Master Chef of Words

The man boiled his manifesto
with dry red pepper and ginger
those who taste it, young and old
shade tears of  wit at table
Form: Quatrain


Of the Mourning Day, Bangladesh

August comes, reminds
Of Nation's Father
Green field still holds the fresh blood!


-Thursday, August 1, 2019 Chattogram
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Fleeing Destiny

            vexed, perplexed… complex

               Trump flees destiny...

             to become the POTUS-ex?
Form: Senryu

They

they were as always
those sycophantic spirits
are you awakened ?


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • September 7–13, 2026)
Form: Haiku

Status

the gold of the rich
the gilt of the wealthiest
what funds the dollar?
_______________________|
PENNED ON AUGUST 16, 2014!
Form: Haiku

My Leader Is Bodmas

Brackets wealth 
Of people milked
Divides innocent hearts
Multiplies mass sorrows
Adds incurable pains
Subtracts all hopes
Form: Acrostic

Fake President

FAKE WEALTH
FAKE I.Q.
FAKE FAMILY
FAKE TRUTH
FAKE MAN
FAKE RELIGION
FAKE LEADER
FAKE MARRIAGE

THE TRUTH WAITS FOR YOU

Dictators Do Not Exist

only those teaching hard lessons
without schemes and lesson plans
to pupils who sit on their ears
due to boredom in classroom
Form: Quatrain

A Strong Man

Strong men know to show their strength as and when it’s needed 
weak men need to flaunt their strength in order to believe it
© Nick Trim  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member THE POETS WE MUST BE

As we spread the word,
Let  us spread wisdom & love;
Liberating minds:-
Yes, we must be such poets;
Advocates of liberty:-
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Uncommon Tower of Power

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
An uncommon tower of power --
   Softly he spoke and unerringly
   Used military force sparingly
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, DC

     Where deception
        is granted a daily reception

     Even before the press conference's
        cursed inception
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Egos a Disease

Egoism is a disease; Running rampant through our lives; A barrier we must crush; It’s a blinding light.
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Fire

the world is on fire
Its people are starving 
the virus will kill
three hundred thousand soon 
so 
we fire a rocket to the moon

Premium Member A Return To Leadership

Now that it looks like Joe Biden
Will leadership come out of hidin?'
   Hope he'll rally the nation
   ~ Not be another aberration
Form: Epigram

Happy In Bags

Seeds complained bitterly;
“We were resting in bags,
happy and safe we were!
Why take us away by force
to be buried in wet soil?”

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Sharp eyes pierce the heights, 
Strong wings guide where others fear, 
Vision shapes the path.

©bfa050425
Form: Haiku

Premium Member It's Plain to Me

      Some find him vain
        others, without a brain

      Yet to me, one thing is plain
        DJT keeps us entertained
Form: Monorhyme

Supervisor

His anger plows my heart
but does not plant any seeds
weeds of anger he grafts
on the ridges and valleys
of  work I can do so well

Good For Soup

Look at bulls
in blue suits
well fed, swollen
from the humus
of peasant labor
Good soup
they would be
if offered
for cocktails

Premium Member Biden's Hymn

Caught in this web of lies
where volume may the truth disguise
will Union o’er two hundred years fail
can reason over rant prevail?
Form: Couplet

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