Short Mars Poems

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


Premium Member Night Mars

pretend
it never happened
the fright the flight the fight
of your life that caused years of unrelenting strife


stan sand
© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member Mars Boarding Pass

Mars InSight Mission
revealing the heart of Mars-
boarding pass received
two million plus names on board
earning frequent flyer miles
© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Sphinx Head On Mars?

Was that Sphinx head on Mars
Or some prisoner behind bars
Seems like a mutated face
Of a different race
Like human parts in doctor’s jars
Form: Limerick

Gutsy Guitars

Whilst Bruno Mars ascends new stars
Elvis Presley haunts old boudoirs
Second to none
They both have fun
Just strumming their gutsy guitars.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Men really are from Mars

he warns he's not a mind reader
as the wiles of my silent treatment
fall by the wayside wasted and utterly forlorn 


AP: 2nd place 2025


Gar From Mars

There once was a man named Gar,
Who came from the planet Mars.
He had fun in the sun,
As he toasted his buns.
And slurped his drink from a bar.
Form: Limerick

Mars

M is for minerals it’s plain deadly
A is for areas of danger that lurks 
R is for risky moving there, it’s unknown
S is for strange red blood color
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Giving Up on the Garden of Eden

Mankind aims to colonize Mars
We plan to not repeat past mistakes
~ Nature has way of prevailing



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

Mars

There once was a planet called Mars
Who set out among the stars
It came back one day
In the exact same way
And victory was claimed back by the stars
Form: Limerick

The Red Cape of Mars

The Red Cape
Of mars 
Captures this
Florescent wind
In a time machine
Then, hurls
This vessel 
Beyond these 
Sacred stars
Comfort me
Red cape of Mars

Mars and Venus

On Mars it's a man you will see.
On Venus a lady will be.
     But what's so amazing,
     Will make all your heads ring.
They both get together with glee!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mars is empty

Mars

The red one

Is often

Depicted as empty

Yet..it seems

Something appears

Photos by rovers..

That something

Confirms the

Emptiness...

Premium Member the mars man

Musk has deployed a mother lode
Trump’s tariffs can't ever erode!
His influence gift 
Means we get short shrift
And Earth is his private commode
Form: Limerick

Mars

Perhaps there’s life on Mars,
With boats, TV and bars:
A world the same as ours.

With the possibility of underground lakes, could there be life on the red planet, after all?
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Romance over coffee

we met at dusk in a diner on Mars
the stars were aligned and
the moons shone bright
~ at the very first glance
we knew it was meant to be



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Premium Member Mystic Mars

Mystic Mars





    great galactic ghoul
red magnetic umb mushrooms
    the masculine mars....





Written July 7th,2015
For contest "Subject Mars" by Joe Maverick
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Venus Not Mars

Men have logic and physical strength, Judging objects by their width and length. Yet lose despite strong ammunition, To women's innate intuition. November 28, 2019
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Mars At Halloween

Mars loved to celebrate Halloween night
Not needing a costume was his delight
A green alien from outer space
Had costume parties at his place
No one ever knew he was a real fright
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Moon Before Mars

Why not a civilization on the moon Before attempting a Mars trip, more opportune Horse before cart A better place to start No astrologist but common sense does loom
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Midnight Sashays In 2025

My musings launched into the stratosphere Marching to Mars’ trending atmosphere It's 2025 At midnight it’ll arrive I’ll be taking time out in the new year
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Ruled By Mars

Assertive aspirations
Rattle cages to
Impart liberation,
Existential ponderings and
Sustainable harmony through respect

(Submitted to Danielle White's Acrostic Astrology Contest)
© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member I'Ve Found Life On Mars

I picked up a lovely sweet treat Unwrapped it, was ready to eat Much to my chagrin A grub was within I chucked it and stamped with my feet 10th May 2016
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Transcending

Standing on the edge of Mars, a quantum leap to a little chit-chat with Saturn. Spirit is universal and not all friends are mortal... transcend your limits.

Premium Member Mars

Men came here from mars.
Aliens through and through, I
Realized this fact years ago.
So they”really”don't understand us.










Contest: Planet
Sponsor: Matt Caliri
05/25/2021
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Acrostic

Go To Planet Mars

humans, go to planet Mars,
some to the Moon.
Live there seven million years
For your appetite to cool down
That this Planet Earth,
may regain her virginity,
after years of violent defilement

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