Short Modest Poems

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


Hermit

Hermit thrush
hops, hovers, flips, flicks
gawping shy
modest nest
cup of moss, weeds, twigs, rootlets
sings so Oh! holy
Form: Shadorma


The Unseen Bloom

Like a lone flower
in the silence of still air—
a graceful young girl,
modest in her quiet glow,
unseen by the insecure.
Form: Tanka

Mirror

Un sweet reflections fueled by
modest outside perceptions.

Sights made up vain.
Questioning who you see
on the wall, 
in a frame.

Insect Soul

modest to the level that Dang,
and insects of his nature cannot
understand!
The body is human but the soul is not.
Insect soul.

Premium Member Completely Sweetly-

Humble 
gentle heart 
bearing one another
Love embracing each other 
Modest

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2023
1/31/23
Form: Cinquain


Peck of Grains

I pick a history from the peck of grains;
Only my retention will take me far.
And through modest abasement will I unwrap it strains?

6/4/2014
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Trying so hard

Please send us good weather.
Praying to not lose our modest farm.
We're giving it our all.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member Too Modest a Cat

My cat thinks she’s got, To use only her litter Box inside the house. Outside for hours she holds it; Jets to box from doorway!
Form: Tanka

Marigolds

modest in stature, yet
meaningful to many.
Mystically adorning
multiple cultures, its
motif varying from
mourning to offering,
misfortune to blessing.
Form: Pleiades

Flower In The Grass

Of Love, so little
Had to give.
Upfaced, yet more than pleases
A bee hordre!

Modest, be your own
As faint, frail
Smiled, is all such beauty
Of the Lord.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Participant

Participant in a contest
Unknown to many and modest
Hundreds flocked vying for Best Make-up Artist
And only one won from the list
A mortician from the West
Form: Limerick

Stained Glass

Beautiful Stained Glass,
elegant and sophisticated,
sits modest and willful,
bright, vibrant colours,
when the sun shines through,
what a stunning and iconic view.

Modest Giant

For its own proud boast
Nothing lusty heard
For a tree, gleamy leaved, raised is.
Its bird; left to it.
With an upheaved breast
To sing, far and wide, its praises.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Lily of the valley

In shaded modest forests grow
the tiniest white bells pure as snow.
Their wild perfume will stop the show
beneath the charm of any rainbow.



AP: 1st place 2026
Form: Monorhyme

Premium Member Moon

moon hides behind the clouds
modest evanescent
mystique and alluring
motivating romance
muse inspiring poems
model pure quintessence
mesmerizing nighttime



8/11/2021
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Pleiades

Premium Member The Latest Dance

There was a pretty young maiden from France
Much too modest to try the latest dance --
   She got some advice
   It worked in a trice -- 
Let loose an ant colony down her pants
Form: Limerick

The Chinese Diet, Always On Top Picks

The Chinese diet, always on top picks,
Two grams of rice, which boiled in bucket water, 
It should be eaten only by  chopsticks.
But be a modest, eat this no more, than quarter!
Form: Quatrain

In Green Paradise

Trust the truthful Gods .
,though against the odds
they fought fearful death
for modest man's breath
to rebreath of life
in green paradise;
to mystics granted
in virtue planted.

Conceited Waves Wash Over the Shore

conceited waves 
wash over the 
modest shores 
destroying the 
dreams of the 
children that 
build sandcastles 
of dreams 
in the sand
trying to create 
a future for themselves
Form: Lyric

Premium Member women of the sixties

women were tiny
their waists and noses petite
they had large dark eyes
they wore stylish modest dresses
fancy velvet hats, earrings and gloves
beautiful women in the beautiful sixties

Premium Member Light

Spiritual, ravishing love
enthused about Verity.   
A modest myrtle   
elates the vibrant
leaves of zeal.
Unending forbearance
abides in His heart.
Full of bliss my kindhearted
soul.

Premium Member LITTLE THINGS

May we never ignore or forget to enjoy the little things
no matter how modest, insignificant or small

because oftentimes 
we come to realize
those little things
weren’t so little after all
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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Premium Member A King's Finery

Friday afternoon a Jew's week winds down
  His business shuttered
     Tired sun sinks toward the ground  

 A workingman puts away his modest dress
  ~ A newly crowned king dons his Sabbath best
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Needs, Not Wants

I can live a life of modest means,

          Closer to nature, that is for me,
          Untie the chains that ties me to greed,

Not wants like Joneses, but my own dreams,


Date: 06/27/2019
Form: Rhyme

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