Short Nail Poems

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


Deal With It.

I saw a lizard lose its tail
severed by a rusty nail
Off he scooted
in shock I guess
now an...izard
 but what the heck.
Form: Rhyme


Nail Head

can't get thur to you
your wrong
can't go on
 you don't belong
your making a soft bed
everything seen to fail
YOUR A 
NAIL HEAD

Premium Member A Nail In His Coffin

Human skeleton
shriveled body, blackened lungs
just yesterday, young...
Pleading, his final request
gasping: One last cigarette
Form: Tanka

Hammer and Nail

Hammer and nail,
After beer and ale,
Big red swollen thumb
My prize
Seemed that nail
Was doin' the hula,
Right before my eyes!
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Burlesque

Shine To Shimmer

glitter sparkling in 
my make-up , in my hair, and
in my nail polish
makes me feel thrown from the stars
to luster-hungry earth.
Form: Tanka


Premium Member First Piano Lesson

Nail clipped hands scale ivory tones striving for bright major key rhythm try after try until finally applause.
Form: Cinquain

Don'T Hurt To Cry

i tell you like  friend
its no a sin
so let love in
you did try
you fail you got bail
here's the nail don't die
DON'T HURT TO CRY

The Brawl

They fought tooth and nail
To the amazement of the onlookers
With swollen hills on faces pale;
For brawls are part of night-crawlers
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member 1952

puffy yarn balls
decorate white roller skates
nineteen fifty-two

poodle skirts
boys big rings wrapped with tape
pink nail polish
Form: Senryu

Chicago Winter Game

A cordless nailer with ice nail
Can quickly impale without fail
As soon as its felt
It begins to melt
Leaving police without a trail
Form: Limerick

Hammer and a Nail

need some skills
you still build
with the lords will
all it take not be fake
and you won't fair
always have pail
just a
HAMMER AND A NAIL

Hammer and a Nail

need some skills
you still build
with the lords will
all it take not be fake
and you won't fair
always have pail
just a
HAMMER AND A NAIL

Premium Member A Mad Cackle

Chipped nail polish on Halloween,
the witch’s giggle so obscene;
A mad cackle,
that fiery crackle;
It’s the next trend in the magazine.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Curses Foiled Again

Strawberry jelly
Nailing jelly to a fence
See bright colour shines

Its impossible
Red liquid, has stained the fence
The nail is alone
Form: Haiku

Hammer and Nail

theyer marrige
and baby carrige
some break
this what it takes
if it wood
than this is  good
so kept a pail like a jail
HAMMER AND NAILS

Too Much Brush

Abigail, without fail,
Each day brushed her ponytail,
     She brushed so much
     With her forceful touch,
   She lost a little finger nail.
Form: Rhyme

Horseshoer

There once was a young man named George Brewer
Who was a very famous horseshoer
Shape a shoe
Nail a few
Till one day bad kick made him do fewer
Form: Limerick

Nail Bit

i see when cry
is this why
you have a pail
to bit your nail
this i won't to mention
i guess it relives the tentioni
its your right
to
NAIL BIT

Hammer and a Nail

you can build
without skill
with the lords will
that what it take
if something break
these thing alway bring
they never fail
 HAMMER AND A NAIL
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Circuitous Kinetics

To believe it or not,
In my lifetime
Marches on
Or off with your head,
To toe nail,
The coffin close,
The open door,
Way to,
Believe it or not…

Unholy Alliance

Married  
to our differences
with hate
to document … 
What long implied
today arrived
the last nail
—in the fence

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Just One Slip

Hammering away happily
whistling,to himself blithely
his hammer slipped
his nail blackened
the expletives came quickly


ty Rick for the last line
Form: Limerick

Carolyn's Yeti

There was a yeti called Kippers,
Who tried to use toe nail clippers,
But his toes were too long,
And it went badly wrong,
So now he wears floral slippers.
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Shanghai Carpenter

There was a carpenter in Shanghai
Who hanging from a roof beam so high
When he grabbed a nail,
He let out a yell
Everyone thought he would surely die.
Form: Limerick

Inventions

Her nail invention was patent quick
She also had another trick
To paint toes with a bubble
Scrape feet with a scrubble
By using the smallest straw stick
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

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