Short Mess Poems

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


Premium Member Little Bird

If a little bird told me a secret, how did it know in the first place? Had to clean up the mess on my sleeve.


Premium Member What Is This Mess

124
What is this mess
All that you made
Will come undone
And you will be
Over run as
I speed past
The past with
You in its grasp
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Yet Another Fine Mess

Without a fair means to endure
Inflation puts some in the sewer
The Fed might raise rates
Until it abates
But their record makes us unsure
Form: Limerick

Hot Mess

Her costume was a hot mess
So, she rants and tried to re-dress
Still torn up and bind
So, she tried to rewind
And ended up putting on less
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Pcs Accredited Mess

a bonafide broke 
                                           gone fixer
                             stubborn is as does




MagiCicada13
Form: Senryu


Nothing To Mess With

Nothing to mess with
Are these things that
I have for you
And if so
That fragile heart
That I once had
Will surely rip
At its loose seams
Form:

A Mess

7/28/12
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Love unseen and binded
Over me you collided
Sifting in the vortex
Taking life as it is—a mess
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Gotta be presentable

I hate when it's humid.
It's hard to keep my hair manageable.
Gotta do what you can.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member eggceptional mess

Alabama's court has gone wild
Their judge has dementia not mild
What's their new ruling
For Petri dish cooling?
The fertilized egg is a child
Form: Limerick

Mess

My stomach churns - so sick of crying
Eyes wide with fear - at a loss
So many mistakes - now you're dying
So sorry - wish I could be the one you need
Form: Acrostic

Mess

My stomach churns - so sick of crying
Eyes wide with fear - at a loss
So many mistakes - now you're dying
So sorry - wish I could be the one you need
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member The Day After

The party was pretty wild.
I'm stuck with the morning-after mess.
My hangover's just barely subsiding.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 1st place 2025

Premium Member A fine predicament

Excuse my impertinence for asking
What pray tell gives you the right
~ Who will fix this ugly mess



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Stan’s Muddy Mess

Stan left his van out of gear, 
Then to his surprise and fear, 
The van started to roll 
Toward a great muddy hole, 
Where Stan watched his van disappear.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Eating Mess

There once was a lady called Rita
Than whom no one was ever neater
But when she chose to  drink
 Her standards would sink
And she would end up covered in pizza
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Cleaning

Cleaning
Under the greasy stove
Behind the washer and dryer
Inside the smelly refrigerator
Under the bed where the best shirts hide
Such a mood lifter
Cleaning

Premium Member Hotchpotch menangle

Listen to poem:
Now here's mishmash mess of a dish,
A hodgepodge of things you won't miss,
Use-by-dates, well past encore,
Muddled up on the floor,
A culinary concoction so swish!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member My Mind Was a Mess

When the clock struck seven, I must confess,
my mind was little more than a mess.
"Listen for my word in your conscious stream", 
I said in the language of my dream.
Form: Rhyme

Squish

Michael McGregor wielded a wild flyswatter
he used it in places he not aughter.
Each swat made a mess
causing wife distress 
so he up and ran off with their daughter.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Capitulating

Towering weeds out of control
The unkempt garden has completely taken over
Neighbour must finally admit defeat 



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Three Attempts To Rob Was Just a Huge Mess

Three attempts to rob was just a huge mess.
Frustrated, angry, I decided to walk with a bat.
Next five of my attempts brought me a success,
The wisest idea, no doubt in that!
Form: Quatrain

Dog mess

When someone has taken the trouble
to scrape up dog mess with no shovel
    into a bag that is plastic,
    then park it there as a tactic
means pollution has been redoubled.
Form: Limerick

Cleaning Up The Mess

In suit of orange, he strides the scene
With tweets like whirling winds, sharp and keen
Promises made to sweep the debris
A tumultuous path to a grander decree

© daniel miltz

Trump In Big Mess

Trump In Big Mess

When Trump had taken off her dress,
He would find himself  in a big mess;
Could not spell;
Ugly  could tell;
No one at all did bare body impress.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Everything's a Mess

everything's a mess
                                      went to bed with a person
                                             forgot hole affair




Inspired by  JAN ALLISON
fun
Form: Verse

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