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Short Mother Earth Poems

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


Premium Member We are dying

pollution 
shrivels lungs
a slow death

we’ve abused
Mother Earth 
now we pay 

from afar
an angel
softly weeps
Form: Other


Premium Member Season

Leaf straw
Green raw

Turning season
For a reason

Mother Earth breeds
Father God gives

Orchestrates
Eternally.
© Uwe Stroh  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Positive Energy

Bare footing on this planet 
since the first day of his birth
Absorbing positive energies 
from our loving  mother earth
Form: Rhyme

Breaking Ground

fertile mother earth
cradles inanimate life
'til heat arouses
unfurling delicate limbs 
straining to touch golden warmth
Form: Tanka

Tanka T1

Nature’s works enwombed

gravities' umbilical;

Hold me mother earth

universe sings cradle song,

solar winds whisper… hurry
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Quake

Mother Earth shivers violently, quakes; Her fracked core splits apart and She weeps for her children.
Form: Kimo

Mother Earth

mother earth is sad - 
the world she tends to is not 
well and although she 
tries to show what will happen
too many refuse to see
Form: Tanka

Red Sun 2

Mother Earth stirs, awakes
and flips her cozy blanket,
causing frenzied specks of dust
to distort sunlight.

*** not for contest ***
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member Journey From On High

Journey From On High

rocks under water
tree roots grasping mother earth
mountain stands so tall

Robert J. Lindley  08-22-2014
Form: Haiku

Premium Member As Dawn Breaks

quietly with love before sunrise
a moist kiss from mother earth
her offspring sent off to conquer the day



AP: 3rd place 2021

Premium Member Frolicking Through Flowers

Frolick through flowers
For hours; here lies nature’s door.
Heavens manifest
Upon lovely Mother Earth.
Joy found in falling petals.
Form: Tanka

Her Wishes

solitude
. . . quiet 
black peppercorn
on a ribbon 
of tagliatelle 
I, on my path
sinuous striding
impelled by you
impaled by you

Premium Member Suffering

Empathic whisper So soft you hardly hear voice The message profound Mother earth is suffering Little done to ease the pain.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Musk

the power of scent
the fragrance of mother earth...
seduction in mind

Entered Musk Poetry contest
Sponsor  Anthony Biaanco
26/1/2023
Form: Senryu

Mother Nature

Mother Nature

I saw a dead tree
    decaying on the forest 
feeding mother earth
    to rejuvenate itself 
while I stood in wonderment
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Mother Earth

Out of Mothers' breasts 
Flow the essence of all life
Come drink thrive and live



Entered in Raul Moreno’s Contest-Rhythm of the Falls
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Retribution

The poisoning of Mother Earth, untold suffering upon the children of Man will cast!








© Demetrios Trifiatis
   04 February 2015
Form: Monoku

God Awe Full

One thing that I find rather odd
Mother Earth does not have a god!
She ought to have one
Or is it the sun
Because all the others are flawed?
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mother Earth

Oh, mother earth you that care for billions of Man’s cruel children why are you so kind?






© Demetrios Trifiatis
      31 October 2016

Peace On Earth

Dissidents claim they must reform
The life we accept as the "norm" 
As Mother Earth said,
"Until you are dead
Peace lies in the eye of the storm!"
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Lullaby To An Evening Sky

.

                      Swept from mother earth

                    the sun snuggles into clouds

                        Water-colored dreams
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Zen Mode

monk on a horse
dismounted
to feel Mother Earth 

monk took a bow
before mounting his horse
recognising God within it’s form

24-December-2022

Premium Member Natural Walk

Walk softly the pass
Your feet meet our mother earth
Breathing from the grass

Take in the affection
Of your own natural walk
Reaching perfection
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Rain

tears of heaven fall
mother earth sighs and slurps them ~
       her intense thirst quenched



Date written: 04/23/2021
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Earth Day

Forgive our ingratitude, beloved mother earth, for remembering you only once a year!











(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
        22 April 2016
Form: Monoku

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