Short Melancholy Poems

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


Smiling

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


A Yearning For Love

A melancholy tulip 
In an everlasting sun 
Until midnight's dream of a goodnight kiss 
Brought the rainfall upon it's skin

Premium Member Clerihew Rossetti

Chrsitina Georgina Rossetti
made by her brother to seem melancholy
But her lyric 'Bleak Mid-winter'
makes a connesieur purr
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Poetry Soup

1 bottle of wine
1 block of cheese
Many cuba libres
Chopped dreams 2 ounces
1 blonde far away
Heat till melancholy
Serve chilled

Premium Member 'amplify Your Words'

Your actions amplify your words Mute annoyance and melancholy
By: Wilma Neels Contest: Quote Me 4th Place


Steaming Melancholy

That warmth of water

                              and your thoughts

                   Soothing my soul aching for so long
Form: Haiku

Quick Introspection

wonderful melancholy,
happening lonely,
dreadfully happy,
serious sappy,
live to die,
oblivious sigh,
why cry,
its just bye
Form:

Premium Member Blue

In the quiet night
Blue melancholy color
Softly wraps my world
Hold fast to the blue mood song
Its what the heart neads to hear
Form: Tanka

Binge

As I sit here, melancholy
Surrounded by filth, full of folly
I did this to myself, why complain?
And then I stuff my face again.
© Owen Moore  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Apathy

disconnected
jaded and feeling numb
ennui quickly turns to melancholy



AP: Honorable Mention 2025, Honorable Mention 2025

QUOTE

"The constant feeling of melancholy made me embrace it. I learned to be happy with it resting on my shoulder."
— Rodrick Kamen JNR
Form: Bio

Sea of Dreams

Hand painted fish
Swim near a reef
Of pastel pink
In a sea of crystal liquid
Where melancholy mermaids
Pine for mortal lovers..
Form: Narrative

Premium Member My Titles Once Again

Crestfallen,breaking up
melancholy eyes..
fading beauty.
Together but apart
a lost rendez-vous,
my dear heart
it's all about you
Form: Verse

Lone

Another night to spend without you
Feeling so lonely, gloomy and blue.

Missing your goodnight kiss
Turning melancholy into bliss.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Winter Blues

winter tints the sky- melancholy shades of gray  spreading winter blues
                                                  ~~
  1-3-18
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Dusk

Lilac hush of dusk

     Melancholy lullabies

Isolated rain

     Wind ripples, mellifluous

Unruly rivers slumber


2/23/20
Form: Tanka

Nightingale

There is a Nightingale outside the window
Sitting on the tree facing the moon
Singing a melancholy note
To the passing night

-Puvi-

Bird

A Falsetto Prophet wails a melancholy tune
with notes truly seldom heard.
A majestic tree fallen in a silent forest
silences him
The Bird.
Form:

Premium Member Distant Thunder

rain steals the morning,
 falling in degrees of gray 
 staining misty sighs
 with hues of melancholy,
 drifting with  thunder's refrain
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Tanka 12

Tanka 12
	
	
	dark skies fuel  
	my melancholy mood 
	winter’s cold rain  
	dampens down my writing mind
	deadens my ways with words
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Foreboding

Dead leaves in a pond...
a withered silence surrounds...
winter approaches.
Melancholy stirs within...
storm cloud mirrors somber mood.
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Hurt

A melancholy melody plays in my head,
And my heart’s sinking in despair,
My eyes are sad and red,
Down my face,
Trickles down a single tear.
Form: ABC

Premium Member Crusade

who knew than the crusades with melancholy singing will bite your ass
for the warriors at a lost to distract you from your computer and cell

Tomoshibi Ne

Walking through the night,
darkness everywhere around. 
Tomoshibi ne,
Hidden in mist, lights my way. 
Lost soul, last night, dark is night
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Euphoria

Euphoria
is the sun within us
that empowers everyone to
cut through the darkest melancholy
and obliterate chains
before they can reach anyone

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