Short Literature Poems

Short Literature Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Literature poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search short Literature poetry by poem length and keyword.


Daily Natural Fans

Every morning and afternoon
     the birds come to my rescue
     either I'm a fan of them 
     or they're  fans of me


Hemingway

Hemingway is nice big writer won Nobel Prize in Literature

I really love to read Hemingway do you love to read him too?
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge - 
his holdings they were huge,
but, when he hoped to cash them in,
he found indifference was his sin.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe
was feeling just a little low.
For Lenore, his love was savin', 
but he was only visited by a raven.
Form: Clerihew

In a Blink of An Eye

In a blink of an eye,
      time flows,
      game undoes,
     world alters ...!
     life revives
     death flips..


Lie and Truth

reality is a truth that many believe to believe as truth

and lie is a particular truth that many believe as truth too...

Smiling

Smiling with joy is
the best therapy for
do not grow aged ... there ones
who uses ancient ways,
as melancholy cream ...
Form: Epigram

Premium Member Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
was said to be the pickings
of literature in the nineteenth century,
but I couldn't make it pass page three!
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member This is Some Highbrow Stuff

Underdog had his sweet Polly. 
The Canadian Mounty had his Nell.
Edgar Allan Poe was jolly
till Annabel Lee went to Hell.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Shakespeare Today

Playwright Wiliam Shakespeare 
held rhyme & cadence ,so dear.
Plays in verse were his thing
making our English lingo sing.
Form: Clerihew

PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE poetrix



            

          Splendid, sepulchral,
      uncultivated yet beautiful!
       the last flower of Latium...!

Premium Member Endless Series

Listen to poem:
Be that as it may, son
when it is all said and done
and soliloquy is spun,
serendipity 'tis not done
it's only just begun.

Premium Member Clerihew Poe

US born Edgar Allan oe
inventor of detective novels,you know
He suggested 'eleven golden rules'
still unsurpassed&oh so cool
Form: Clerihew

Once I Had Wings On My Feet

When i was young and wily
I had  fast wings on my feet
Now i`m still young but tired truly
 Today i do not run but sow seeds
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Ebenezer Scrooge

Ebenezer Scrooge:
in literature, his impact is huge.
The Christmas ghosts did all they could
to alter him into someone good.
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Cold Case Neanderthal, Whodunit?

A Neanderthal
with intent on graffiti
dabbed a red nose daub
on stone face of granite stone
prints for nosy sleuth fiends
Form: Tanka

Inside of Me

In the immensity of my heart,
       a barren field of light ...
       A profound unquiet sea never
       before sailed ...
Form: Epigram

Literature

IT ROAMS PREGNANT
SEARCHING FOR MORE
STOMACH RUMBLING LOUD, BECKONING ON LEARNING:
AND BOOKS STARK AT ITS FEET, PRAISING WILD.
© NGT NGT  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Didactic

In Search of Infinite

In the middle of life
        although  halfway finite
     I'm still opening portals of time
           in search of infinity

Premium Member Oliver's New Attitude

Older brother Oliver has had a change of attitude. Since Orlando saved his life, he has expressed gratitude.
Form: Couplet

Naked

A man lives without literature
And an another man wears no garments
Both are naked in the world.

SANDIP GOSWAMI, INDIA

Premium Member I Thought I Saw One Hair Up There

  One perfect hair
  on a head quite bare
    may seem unorthodox

  Yet it surely was
  for Dr. Suess
    never a paradox
Form: Rhyme

Theme of Thames

Thames 
A geographical nature

Hidden behind a coin
Invisible 

Poets took me to sit on the Banks of Thames 
Via literature!

Premium Member On a Clear Day

Fools hop like
wild kangaroos
while real men
take to the pen
and quill
honour has its price
fools will always dance
for free

Calendar

In it, the calendar, every day,
           tragedy, celebration,  gains, losses...
           it's fête, fiesta, always party ...
Form: Epigram

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