Short Life Death Poems

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


Premium Member writing poems is our relief

love, life, death, heartbreak, loss
trees, flowers, butterfly, moss
identity, life and grief
writing poems is our relief
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Due to Mortals

Green, gold, gray, old, from thence they pass away.
And from the dawn, the night is cast,
What's due to mortals falls at last.
Form: Rhyme

Efron Jevron

Ball in the pocket,
Glass eye in the socket,
Ripped abs,
big dabs,
too many fingers in too many pies,
Zac Efron has a glass eye
Form: Epic

Premium Member Death Defeated

Death Defeated
The tomb could not hold Him Death is defeated The promise of new life is fulfilled
Form: Ekphrasis

William Wordsworth

Wandering lonely as a cloud
He saw life, death, springs and fields
Loving lakes greenly
Loving roses redly
And people-
So tenderly
So sadly
Form: Rhyme


Life & Death

Life
Fruitful, robust
Thriving, breathing, living
Family, friends, spirits, entities
Flying, falling, waiting
Eternal, Permanent
Death
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Leaf

Red leaf with the stars, falling. Maroon dusk crawling. Twirling last dance! Prettier, livelier than ever before.
Form: Verse

Premium Member Conceiving Himself To Be Dead

Conceiving himself to be dead,
He leaped like a ghost from his bed.
But finding no wings
Supporting of things,
He fell like a mortal instead.
Form: Limerick

Life Death

Life Short, Sweet Dreaming, Doing, Being Breath of a Candle; Endless as Night Sleeping, Drifting, Floating Long, Bitter Death
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Wandering Spirits

Wandering Spirits


            "Wandering spirits transcend life, death, and the vast unknown"






11/03/2021
6:30 p.m.
Lake Worth
Florida
Form: Monoku

fall

fall sky littered with leaves red few young greens kiss empty nest worn winds heave sighs of lost hope bidding adieu - laid to rest.
Form: Jueju

Premium Member Good Day

In general it’s always,
Particularly in times of stress,
A good day to die
For the attitude alone
Of the one who actually
Lives forever.

(10/6/25)

Life and Death

Daybreak begins as curtain falls with bitter end--endless silence.

10.13.16


Second place
"Life / death one liner"
11/12/16
host sponsor: Silent One
Form: Monoku

Premium Member The Secret of Immortality

Encountering the Spectre of Death,
She told it to hold its bad breath.
"I shall be leaving,"
The spectre said grieving,
"You shan't share my company, Beth."
Form: Limerick

Crux

“Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities.” — George R.R. Martin

crux of life & death
hunting possibilities
beyond the storm
Form: Senryu

Uncorruptible Death

as death is not corruptible, most rich folks confuse to leave good life.

as death is  uncorruptible on earth, most  rich folks confuse to rest.

October 08/2023
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Life -Death

If

Life is the prelude to happiness for the righteous

Then

Death is for him the symphony of bliss! 






© Demetrios Trifiatis
    27 September 2018
Form: Monoku

Atropos

A life cut after time
alive and errors made
and lessons from sisters:
acceptance from Clotho -
a hand in weaving birth;
aware from Lachesis
that life is a wonder.
Form: Pleiades

Warp and Woof of Universe

I
life's tapestry:
neat surface - chaos below -
not Chinese needlepoint

II
in - out; on - off
life, death, light, dark, cycles:
universal tapestry
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Peace

Peace
           safe, hope
     loving, caring, yearning
   respect, life, death, dread
    hurting, scaring, blinding
           danger, distaste
                 Hate
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Before

Before it ends, before it shall be yore,
Before the beating hearts shall beat no more;
Before our lives shall fade to what's in store;
Before all this, this moment, let's adore.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member I Know Life's Unfair

I know how the cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be unfair.
I know how it used to feel like they never showed they care.
I know how it feels when nobody at all wants to share.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member When the Time Comes

Who can say when the last bell will chime
Only he knows when the end of time
Most the message won't heed
Some will gather what they need
While I just write some words that rhyme
Form: Limerick

Premium Member What Leave the Fates Decree

To Hades, black as ink, our souls shall sink,
And all our lives are gone within a wink!

Yet fleeting! E’er so fleeting! Though it be,
So well we love what leave the Fates decree.
Form: Couplet

Whatever

Whatever 

I tried.
I cried.

I bleed.
Godspeed.

Haunted heart.
Impart.

Tears fall.
Feel small.

Gave up.
Mucked up.

Reality torn.
Well-worn.

Life; death.
no breath.
Form: Rhyme

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