Short Misery Poems

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


Premium Member Visions of Tomorrow

Never a lover of misery be

Never a seeker of sorrow

Ever the vision of happiness see

Ever the dreams of tomorrow
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Shush! Act Like Nobody's Home!

Does...Misery Love Misery?

Does...Company Love Company?

OR...Does Misery Love Company,

LIKE...Company Loves Misery?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sunshine as Coffee

What if I drink a cup of sunshine 
Would that illuminate my mind
Would I be full of mystery 
Enlightened free from misery
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Naivete

Her story will seem
But a mystery, as long
As all people thrive,
While she longs, in misery,
For worlds that’ll never be.
Form: Tanka

Misery

Misery flouts age.
It knows no race, no gender, no status.
It flows silently in depths so deep
One could get lost forever.


Twilight of Misery

Distant volcano vents bedim 
the ever-changing azure welkin 
Drunk off demons carousing amuck 
in my metaphysical crepuscule
© Ellie Anne  Create an image from this poem.

Misery:

Misery: 

Saddens souls.
Shocks sorrow. 
Stings stained hearts.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 3, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu
Form: Senryu

Untitled

Moonlit night
Shine so bright
Shine a path
Evil has not tread
That misery has not walked
Hatred not ran
One still a virgin
To all kind
Form:

Premium Member Condemned

condemned by heavens are all those who contribute to the misery of others!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
      22 January 2018
Form: Monoku

Premium Member A Sweet Smile

Her smile was sweet and so beguiling.
Glowing face and blue eyes smiling.
What a pleasant sight to see
A countenance free of misery
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Flowers Pretense

purple violets
picket fence hides the rough stuff
family misery.

yellow daffodil
showing the world perky,
fooling the neighbors
Form: Haiku

Behind My Smile

Behind this smile is a girl
Who begs for someone to steal 
her pain,
Someone to become a thief of 
misery
and a savior of suicide.

Groundhog Misery

So much time to spare
But you're cemented by despair
Reliving dark days
Like some groundhog misery,
Stuck till you change your story
Form: Tanka

A question to humanity

O men of earth! Tell me, do the misery and scars carved into your hearts serve as a vast barrier that halts your kindness and cordiality?

Premium Member Love and Peace

The world's misery will not cease unless peace and love are enthroned in our hearts!






© Demetrios Trifiatis
        06 May 2017
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Mind Over Matter

Magic and mystery may go together,
But like misery and history,
The truth is (I honestly believe)
It's all a matter of attaining mastery.
Form: Quatrain

Proud of Being Worse

In the inventory of misery, 
there are those who are proud
 of being worse than others...
 this is the most abject form
 of being proud!

Hurt So Good

She took her pain
and wrapped it around my heart,
tying us together in a misery
—from which we would never part

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Eternal Joy Or Misery

Cross eternal bliss? Hell: What did I miss? Accept Him now Or huge bow-wow! Connect with Him Light doesn't dim!
Form: Couplet

FIVE line poetry number 1

Looking through the windows
hoping for a light at the end of a day
he's no der wallen 
just drowning in buffalo trace
and long held misery
© Ts Poetry  Create an image from this poem.

My Aunt's Regret, Part Ii

...Not seeing the pain it will bring,
more misery, that’s a safe bet.
She felt beyond the traditions,
and now frantically hides from regret.
Form: Narrative

Heartbreak Blues

I'sa never gon' love a man you see,
cause a man put po' o me through misery.
I loved him so you see,
but that po' o man just didn't love me.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Stranded In Limbo

Encased in darkness
neither here there anywhere,
locked in misery
a reminder each day
the devil keeps his promise.

© Harry J Horsman  2012
Form: Tanka

Winter's Misery

It can't gush into

    the ravine in frozen state,

          'though branches guard it.



Entered in Raul Moreno's contest, Icy Cascade.
Form: Haiku

Rich and Famous

Any total ignoramus
Can end up rich and famous,
But riches and celebrity
Often lead to misery.
Contented I have grown
Being poor and little known.
© Mark Setgo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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