Short Music Poems

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


To the Music!

Back to the music from TV and Internet,
Enjoy again a fresh air, no cigarette,
Let dance together, now is good weather!
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Haunting

~~~~~~ haunting harp melodies leaving maestro’s fingers poignantly echo ancient Celts lingers.
Form: Cinquain

Soul In Heaven

they sing and ping
there music ring
they ar gone
there music live on
its all gold
i remember seven
SOUL IN 
HEAVEN

Music Today

its  the sound
that's now around
hip hop
onetime it was bebop
dj. play
the music has a lot to say
its the 
MUSIC OF TODAY

Music Is Love

music has no corlor
it make brother
it gets inside
its world wide
it blows in friends
it from the sky
MUSIC IS LOVE


Premium Member Drum Circle

Rhythmic
Beating
Pounding 
Echoing
Resonating
Intoxicating
Transporting
Haunting



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Premium Member George Harrison Mbe

George Harrison
Quiet Beatle by comparison
Kermit the Frog was one of his peeps
Still his guitar gently weeps
© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Drop Some Weight

He stands out there all day
  Strums the guitar for his pay
Your portfolio's grown fat
  Put a couple bucks in his hat
Form: Couplet

Sens De Mariachi

I think that I shall always fear
Mariachi with ice cold beer
Oompah-dazey
Drives me crazy
Igniting the sin in sincere
Form: Limerick

To a Musician

For might and majestic influence
This at your finger-tips
What impart summer winds, angel wings
Caressingly outstrips.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Nature's Orchestra

songbirds are singing crickets have added rhythm hummingbird conducts
written July 9, 2021
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Parse-Lee Say-G, Rose-Marie 'N Time

Sigh-man 'n Garf-uncle
      A Luv-Lee Pear
         Whir they a bit 'u-no-what'
            ~ Wood you 'of dared dare

Premium Member Clerihew Schumann

Composers Schumann husband&spouse
music filled their marital house
Clara an infant prodigy
Robert with musical urgency
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Spacing Out To Music

Finally music
Magically settles nerves.
Sounds all the slower.
Feelings slowly overtake
My innermost mind's own core.
Form: Tanka

My Eurovision

When Abba wowed the audience:
the only part I've ever seen!
Oh, and the bearded lady who
(I think) was a drag queen.
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Clerihew Delius

Frederick Delius of Bradford
where his circle struck a chord
He composed mainly for orchestra
few on which were his par
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Delibes

Leo.Delibes of Germain du Val
a 'loner' it seems  sans a pal
Composing though his thing
lilting tunes to which to bring
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Adams

Adolphe Adams known for ballet 'Giselle'
& forhis carl musicale
O Holy Night was the score
writing it was never a chore
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey
was "crazy over a horsey"  
but wanted cash to be a high stepper
and lost his chance to be on Sgt. Pepper.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Beethoven

Ludwig Beethoven baptised in Bonn
loved both music&song
Prolific was his second name
deafness never inhibited this game
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Handel

George Frederick Handel
of whom you may have heard tell
A contemporary of Bach but not quite
musically too the opposite
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Lost Within the Lyrics

Always quietly
Listening, while feeling lost
In either their words
Or in all of my musings,
Although, never confusing.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member If Music Be --- Play On

Delfts Johannes Reijnies Vermeer
as an artist had no peer
He depicted many a virginal
each played by a 'talented  gal '
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Affairs of the Heart

When the music 
     doesn't sing
When whispered words
     want wings
Then affairs of the heart
     are just flings
Form: Rhyme

March On

Once a week, rain or shine.
School assembly marching time,
Shoulders back, tall or proud,
Marching music, totally loud.

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