Short Monk Poems

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


Premium Member monk mode

bliss suffused 
emptiness 
is the norm

we look not
in the past
or ahead

all that is
is this now
where we dwell
Form: Other


Premium Member Monk mode

Heads or tails, either which ways,
options will present themselves
and we’ll go through the motions,
vibrant and blissful.
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Mike the Monk

Mike The Monk had a habit,
He liked to eat fresh oysters.
He'd buy a dozen to take away,
And swallow them in the cloisters.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Monk

sublime inner peace 
sitting beside a babbling brook ~
a monk meditates


Date written: 01/21/2023
Form: Haiku

A Monk

Silently 
The monk stood watching 
From the path

As I passed
I noticed it had no face…
Trembling, I ran home

For Kim’s Shadorma contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Shadorma


Thelonius Monk

Thelonius Monk
we must credit with the first ever Tomahawk Dunk
in between riffs
he was in no way discouraged by his occasional whiffs.
Form: Clerihew

A Monk, Hooded

A monk, hooded
A nun, veiled.
Offputting as tis odd
In seeing.

For what's exposed
As permits
Of worldly light, my face
To smile in.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member monk mode

sensory delight
captivates our attention
negating the light of Self

be this as it may
as a nonchalant witness
we are free within the dream
Form: Sedoka

Premium Member Monk mode

If intent be pure,
outcomes as may be any,
oh hermit, all’s forgiven.

Nonjudgmental eye
observes waves in the ocean,
according no preference.
Form: Sedoka

Candle Flame To Monk

A candle flame fluttered and vanished
For, it wished not to be tarnished.
Said, "Ye monk, in mind your deeds black,
Character is what a man does dark!"
Form:

Premium Member monk mode

onset of angst is noticed by soul’s eye
it should not be there yet it is
ripples surface and we feel our heart sigh
we dissolve delusion in love’s bliss fizz
Form: Rhyme

This Former Monk, I Knew Too Well

Private and peaceful
His life, his world.
And of that, perfected
The thinking man .

Ere its garden's air
Garden's allure
For a woman, sounded.
Smiled for woman.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Monk With a Wave

There once was a monk with a wave
Who desired a head with a shave ...
      Well, the barber was such
      That she cut back too much
Thereby leaving his globus concave
Form: Limerick

Monk Skull Death

A Monk finds a skull
                                                A skull finds a monk
                                                    Both exchanges death





5-5-5
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Monk mode

In, within but not of the world,
in cave of heart with bliss mists curled,
soul at peace, radiates God’s light,
vibrant both by day and by night,
joyous as flag of love’s unfurled.
Form: Quintilla

Premium Member Monk

Can you see
What it is to be
A self-published 
Poet?
They laugh
They scoff
You can’t be good
Just because
Ur under a hood
Don’t make you a monk
But you won’t get me
Stuck in a funk
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Bubble of Illusion

An old wizen monk 
Lived high in the mountains
Miles from the nearest settlement
He spent his days 
Deep in mediation 
On the bubble of illusion
One day drinking tea 
He reached nirvana,
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Dan's Favorite Birds - 8 of 10 - Monk Parakeet

The monk parakeet, decked out in lime green, In communal nests they can oft be seen. To raise kids, they don't depend on granny. Instead, they hire a helper or nanny.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Monk Mode

favours asked, sets into motion ripples emoting emotion universe may bind or be kind yet boundless joy we never find save sipping, divine love potion 11-December-2021
Form: Quintilla

Monk Fish

the serenade of garbage trucks
banging there way through the night.

the flight of pigeons under a street light.
a puddle has memory of a bicycle tires imprint
as the water parts.
exodus is for us to take.

Premium Member Monk mode

neither seeking
nor resisting
aspect unclinging
the current
carries us

form decays
values shift
thoughts recede
we vaporise
yet exist

shape shifting
we become
the mist
all pervading
God’s light

The Monk and His Genes

The Monk and His Genes

George Gregor Mendel.
Socialized with beans and tendrils.
He never planned to marry
After he and genes did tarry.


© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 22, 2010

Poetic form:  Clerihew
Form: Clerihew

Silence Is Monk

Silence is a monk
in a mountain 
of deep
In meditation
Of heart
Silence is a water
In drench
In dream
Silence in his talk
whispering
within sough
Silence is a monk
In crystal 
secret in depose
 in his heart
Form:

Premium Member Monk Mode

this dream unfolds; why carry stress whilst ensconced in divine caress let nonchalant be our response with love divine, our steadfast sconce from path of truth, never digress 26-October-2021
Form: Quintilla

Mendicant Monk

MENDICANT MONK

As a mendicant monk
my empty begging bowl
glistens in the moonlight,
yet this is the path
I surrender to in life.
Another night of chanting
with a growling stomach
caving in empty, empty
belly, empty mind. I sit
in the void of reality.

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