Short Legacy Poems

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


Premium Member Legacy

What the eye could see
now,painted for posterity
a visual language of the present
unfinished..ephemeral
joie de vivre
Form: Ekphrasis


Premium Member Clerihew Lewis

John Frederick of the Lewis dynasty
profligacy his legacy
obsessive detail&useof gouache
so making viewers teeth knash
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member When All Is Said and Done

When all is said and done
  when the race has been run
    you are what your family is
      ~That's what your legacy is
Form: Epigram

The Cold War: Dictatorship

Your Tirane
Will not last! 

I will end 
Your chest's legacy.

I will Overthrow
Your kisses, 
And your  lips' irony.
© Atef Ayadi  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Life Not Tasted

Aimless
Shameless
Nameless
Claimless
Downward, his life's path:  Aimless, shameless
A legacy lost:  Nameless, claimless
Form: Tyburn


Premium Member His Legacy

The 'corporate suit' asked Elmer what his legacy might be 
  
    The grizzled man clammed up ~ He'd never had a moment free
Form: Couplet

Life's Legacy

utilize life, not things, 
Be urban legend, characterize,
portray a legacy...
 
All Rights Reserved
Carma Reed 
10-27-13
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Teachers

teachers
shaping little minds
a proud legacy



Dedicated to Caren Krutsinger!



AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Senryu

Revealing Peace

Revealing peace, presented by my mood,
Persuades the world of feeling all its streams –
A thread of legacy appears by my side.
© Dora Rochi  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Sounds Aloud

The verbal art of poetry..pure
a sense of beauty in simplicity
Vivid experience ,wayward &arbitary
suface as a legacy of self
Form: Quatrain

He Is Jesus

He made prophecy
 He left us legacy
 He followed policy
 He had no jealousy
 He disclosed privacy
 He led the life of celibacy
Form: Rhyme

Bequest

Bequest- Emily Dickinson
You left me
A legacy of love.
A heavenly offer,
Capacious as the sea.
Eternity and time.
You and me.
© S. Grace  Create an image from this poem.

To Himself

Famous only to himself,
his legacy waits

A servant of the moment
—time left to abate

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2019)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Absence

Absence of your footsteps and smile
Exit to an ethereal word
Leaving behind your legacy
Life appears and disappears like the fog
Form: Elegy

Premium Member Legacy

a million words written read aloud in silent rooms my legacy in poetic rhyming
written October 6, 2021
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Who You Are

Your legacy determines who you were, your heart determines who you are.



















12/5/2015  Michael Tor

Premium Member Legacy

Wisdom and power 
The fame of the legacy 
Golden frames photos 
Ancient dreams have all been 
claimed 
The theme, the legacy lives.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Paradise Lost

I'm a child in awe ~
what are you doing with my legacy
what hope do I have?



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Poetry Legacy

My poetry
is my legacy.
It's all I'll leave behind when the reaper gets me,
and just like I
my poetry will die
and fade into obscurity.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member No silver bullets

There are no silver bullets,
Nor shortcuts,
No do-overs,
Or unfounded empathy,
There is only enlightenment,
To determine, one’s legacy
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Our Legacy

Our Legacy By: Miracle Man 3/15/2019 We are defined by, Thoughts and time shared with others, So always be kind.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Sean's Legacy

When James Bond had Pussy Galore
Moneypenny slammed shut the door
MI's telephones
Broadcast Pussy's moans
Touting British esprit de corps!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Nevinson

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
a difficult person when all said&done
Left a legacy of artistic tricks
founder-in-chief of ' art vortics'
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member The Legacy

We're living in a time whereas everything we EVER did in our past - has truly made us who we are in our today!


God Created Us - We Made Us!!
Form: ABC

Scream - For the Iconic Film

Scream
horror, fear
thrilling, exciting, ground-breaking
prey, survivor, feminist, misogyny
calling, chasing, hiding
scary, murderous
legacy
Form: Diamante

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