Short Matches Poems

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


Separation 2

blue book 
of black matches
with purple tips

a flame 
to a smoke
then a drag

i relish
exhale slow
and drag again
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Playing Dumb

Sitting on the sun
Pretending there is no light
Who's got the matches
This is fun, I'm playing dumb
How soon are we gonna jump
Form: Tanka

Tomorrow's Spark

No matter how many times
you set the world on fire
Never forget
— where you store the matches

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

Firestarters Dancing

Head's the dynamite
Neck's the fuse, lips the matches
Night to dawn stretches
For firestarters dancing,
Their trigger fingers happy
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Dumpster Fire Pharma

Sanity meted in batches
With healthcare served up in patches
It’s a dumpster dive
Just staying alive
To rely on raccoons playing with matches
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Divided By

the blue sky matches

the soft blue of the ocean

skyline broken by

bluish grey mountains between

... some still bearing white capped tips
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Gray Matters

   I proudly represent my cohort
     now that I'm aging in place

   The gray matter that makes up my brain
     matches the gray flecks on my face
Form: Rhyme

Daffodils

Missing you, the grey sky matches my mood - 
head down, I pass daffodils
and brighten at the sight...

written 22nd March for Constance's kimo contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Kimo

Forest

All green that matches
The world
Your guys are the stares
You have travel the world
From far and near
You help everyone to live
You big smile
Help the world
Form:

Premium Member An Encounter of Love

Someone looks special 
And unique 
Someone carries your happiness
Matches your dreams
Someone lingers in your mind
Impacts on your heart
And stays there forever

Premium Member Nature the Destroyer

hot liquid
bubbling cauldron...
witches brew


sulphuric acid
nostrils flare...
matches ignite


lava overflows
on mountain crevice...
blister patch



for PD's contest
Form: Haiku

Answer the Question

Rubio, the scripted line
Chris has strongly suggested he had better refine
pull it out of your pocket
only when the question posed approximately matches your docket.
Form: Clerihew

Sound Advice

When decorating, please ensure that
you wear some old clothes and a hat
the colour choice matters
in case the paint splatters
so pick something that matches your cat.
© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Oops

A pyromaniac named Jack, Who hailed from the town of Hackensack, Decided one day, with matches he’d play He’s a mummy now, flat on his back!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Spring's Essence Floats

spring's soft essence floats filling the air with perfume none matches your scent my apple tree in the pines your sweet blossoms spring to life
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Mint Blue

My nail polish matches turquoise streak on the menthol cigarette.
My mood matches the greenish mint blue color of my cuticles.
My day going by as long as nail polish had to dry.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member Today's Dragon

Dragons in the old days, when burning up a knight, 
Had to blow hot air, lighting matches to ignite. 
To make a fire from a damsel's liberator,
Today's dragon uses an incinerator.
Form: Rhyme

Thin Air

Reached mountain top, snow falling,

getting colder, lost my rope,

nowhere to go, but down,

running out of food, no

matches left, thin air

doing me in.

written 5-12-11

Fashion

The color of my eyes that matches my hair is my fashion
It is all in my passion

My flowing blue dress with my 3inch high heels, may not be your fashion
Don't hate on my love and passion
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member My Crux Oddquain

Tear 
           into me,
mold with your scratches;
Carve away all the excess;
           Sculpt,
reshape the left over bits;
Take heed with matches;
    My crux chokes 
              air.
Form: Other

We Are Boxes of Matches

We are boxes of matches,
Some crammed with chances,
Some rattle th last few,
Some too chafed to spark a new flame,
Some crumbled with th rain,

My last matchstick,
I want to strike it for you.

A Morning Dove's Coo







Soft and gentle like a morning dove's coo perched on a branch he knows what to do Feathery little thing of white and blue matches the skies, with perfected hue
Form: Rhyme

Untitled

I fell in love, 
With an idea,

But Idea's wont keep you warm at night

So chilled to the bone,
I fumbled for a match,
And like most little girls who play with matches,

I wound up engulfed in flames.

Premium Member How much phosphorus in a human body

How much positive phosphorus is in a human body?
I hear the facts in tiny whispered scientific snatches
Stated by a biologist named Mr. John T. Roddy
Each of us has enough to make twenty-two hundred matches

Home Paint

this swirl of emotional paint
has left my walls offset
the colors change at moments faint
so nothing matches yet
i see if i'm to finish this
my supplier must be
a type of artist with a twist
of uniformity
art
Form: Rhyme

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