Short Mediocrity Poems

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


Premium Member Set your sights high

I shrink at the thought ~
Must we hover in dull stifling mediocrity?
We were meant to soar!



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2026
Form: Other


Premium Member Untitled

We won't ever be anybody's red
caped tin horned hero. 
       We seem local and suburban.
                    All pleased.

Published in Poetry Almanac - Summer 1974

Premium Member Her

Her star shines bright
Above the rest
She is my child
She is my best, of
All that I could give
Her blood and being
She has shared
With a world fleeing
Mediocrity.

This Love

Beautifully, 
Divinely, 
We fly like a dove

Mediocrity, 
Idiocy, 
We rise above

Jealousy, 
Envy, 
We happily shove

Unassailable, 
Impenetrable, 
This love

They Also Ran

Ever since the world began
there were those who 'also ran.'
Not for them the highest grades,
not for them great accolades.
Mediocrity rarely shatter.
That they ran is what most matters.
Form: Epigram


Spurning Mediocrity

Competition ...
what keeps us alive
Sharpening our edges
fueling our drive

Setting new benchmarks
pushing the bar
Forever defining
— just who we are

(Dreamsleep: December, 2024)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member This Grand Design

Every day we all walk a very fine line Tween happy and sad, tween mediocrity and sublime Today's a sublime one It's a bright shiny sun Looking down on us mortals, this grand design
Form: Limerick

Always Be Willing

Always be willing 
To exercise your mind 
Do not settle for mediocrity 
Be the one who enshrines 
You have the ability 
Go forward and conquer 
Believe that you can do it 
Be the one who prospers

Premium Member Again, Broken

Wow ...

Please forgive me ...

Another exquisite creation

A piece of my soul laid bone-bare

Lost to the abyss of perspective

A sea of glaring cliche'

And mediocrity

Just. Wow.

Premium Member Life In a Nutshell

Here it is, here's what it's all about The joys, the sorrows, the expectations, the doubts Life in a nutshell In mediocrity, we dwell Unless you're Bill Gates, then in true freedom we're doused
Form: Limerick

Thursday Morning

Thursday morning, moon said goodbye
Painting words on hill up high 
With some puppets on the watch 
Like putting me down is their catch 
I don't know how much bigotry 
Is poured in minds of mediocrity
Form: Rhyme

Dime Store Goods

She
frozen
suspended
drowning in fear
an ocean of self
doubt__Who am I kidding??
Myself__loathing artistic
Vagueness and mediocrity
Mass produced inferior talent
Survey says! Forgetable dime store goods...
Form: Etheree

Touch The Sky

Let them think you're not worth it. 
Let them think you're not enough.
But know this: 
Mediocrity isn't for me.
I dream,
I try,
I speak, 
I fly. 
My spirit will not run dry
For I am blessed to reach the sky.

Premium Member Mediocrity

Write a poem
show poetic flare!
But not too deep
not too bright
surface is easier
to share – you can
take a reader to water...
but, Lord!~ you can make
one drink – too complicated
will just make a lazy
eye blink….

Premium Member My Mission

Would you but sing to me,
A song of high ambition.

My mind being elevated,
I climbed aboard a vision.

Flying high above mediocrity,
There's been no indecision.

A purpose driven life, 
Will always be my mission.

Premium Member The Way of the Future

It's incumbent upon us to keep up with technology Fantastic new discoveries that once seemed mythology The benefits are stupendous We've become so dependent It's unstoppable, we mustn't revert to mediocrity
Form: Limerick

One Word

Strife
Angst against hypocrisy
Life
Full of mediocrity

Hate
Born of things misunderstood
Love
Passion bred from all that's good

In your existence
These things you'll find
In your ignorance
You'll blind your mind
© Adam Piper  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

My Self-Inflicted Fate

Time,
Always
Moves ahead.
 Who will be left?
 Waiting now behind,
 For a sign from above,
 As if blind to the present.
 Look no further than your own mind!
 Do you not perceive your surroundings?
 Mediocrity the doom of us all.
Form: Etheree

You Can Do Better

You can do better 
Do not settle for mediocrity 
Get that fire 
In order to build your world successfully 
See the big picture 
Have the ability to think large 
Be the inspiration 
Have wisdom and knowledge to take charge

Do You Feel Me...

Teetering… 

on that prolific edge of mediocrity 

Groping… 

like some street-ravaged whore in the darkness 

Clinging… 

to that abstract formality of “us” 

Drowning… 

as you lie, complacent, in your nothingness

Rushing Toward Mediocrity

Let’s all just be average,
no rich and no poor

Excuses our quotient,
single digits the score

Masquerading as fairness,
our heritage veiled

In lock step we march,
voices mute—nothing hailed

(The New Room: February, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Life's Lesson

Life's Lesson

.                                          mediocrity rewarded
                                                   breeds
                                                 discontent











8/31/2015 Michael Tor
Form: Haiku

Vanessa

Vibrant and in tune with,
All of the great things that she does,
Never satisfied with mediocrity, an
Essential key to belonging to any,
Society. She will indeed be 
Sucessful. I wish you 
All of the best in the future as a vibrant princess.
Form: Acrostic

Have That Voice

Have that voice
To motivate and inspire
Encourage the students to do better
Show them that fire
They need to concentrate more
And never settle for mediocrity
Just open your books and study harder
Raising their grades should be their priority

MORE MEDIOCRITY

MORE MEDIOCRITY

Targets can be quantitative
But then, enough may be enough
Despite one being creative
Targets can be quantitative
What happened to qualitative
There’s plenty of adequate stuff
Targets can be quantitative
But then, enough may be enough
Form: Triolet

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