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.


Matchless Matches

Unable to match 
The death tolls 
Box after box of matches...

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Categories: matches, character, engagement, environment,
Form: Free verse


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Dew Drop On Lilac

dew drop on lilac

aroma so beautiful

matches tears in eyes...

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Categories: matches, garden,
Form: Haiku

The Burning of Alexandria

Matches lit the floor
The library set ablaze
Words melted like ice...

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Categories: matches, fire, words,
Form: Haiku
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Bedding

Brownness matches the little accents,
So I see, as covers are spread....

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Categories: matches, home,
Form: Crystalline

Matches

rubbing our
legs together
slowly then
rapidly hoping
to light
a fire...

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Categories: matches, muse,
Form: I do not know?


Soaring Soul

Wind ruffles my hair
And matches my hearts rythm
And soars with my soul...

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© Jen H.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matches, nature
Form: Haiku

Casual Male

a bowl of spit an drool,
floating burnt matches
ashes blacken the bottom....

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Categories: matches, angst
Form: Haiku

Matches

Matches

My body are like matches,
rubbed against yours.
Lighted, warmed, consumed.

-km...

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Categories: matches, romance,
Form: Light Verse

Eyes

Fire of desire, 
fire of passion 
starts 
with little sparks
Then, let’s struck, 
at the same time,
our matches...

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Categories: matches, desire, love, passion,
Form: Haiku

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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Categories: matches,
Form: I do not know?

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...

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Categories: matches, funny, funny love, humorous, light, love,
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)
...

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Categories: matches, analogy, fire,
Form: Free verse

Firestarters Dancing

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

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Categories: matches, dance, kiss, lust, night,
Form: Tanka
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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...

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Categories: matches, business, crazy, drug, health,
Form: Limerick
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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...

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Categories: matches, nature, blue,
Form: Tanka

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...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matches, miss you,
Form: Kimo
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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...

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Categories: matches, age, color, old, word play,
Form: Rhyme

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...

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Categories: matches, nature
Form: I do not know?
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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...

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Categories: matches, happiness, heart, love,
Form: Free verse
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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...

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Categories: matches, natural disasters,
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....

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Categories: matches, abuse,
Form: Clerihew
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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....

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: matches, humor,
Form: Limerick
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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!
...

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Categories: matches, fire, humor, humorous, psychological,
Form: Limerick
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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
...

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Categories: matches, love,
Form: Tanka
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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....

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Categories: matches, beauty,
Form: Sijo
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