Short Neighbor Poems

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


Be Kind

Be kind.
Be kind to your family 
Be kind to a friend
Be kind to a neighbor
Be kind to god 
And he'll be kind to you!
god


The View of Illicit Possibilities

Neighbor strolls shirtless
Confining my true delight
Our eyes meet briefly
Feverishly I suppress
Wishing I was a mower
Form: Tanka

No Fear of Corona

“This Corona,I don’t fear”
I heard,
From my neighbor 
A chain smoker 
I don’t care his smoking 
But Corona he’s taking

Harbingers

Echoes of Spring from the streets,
Laughter and shouting greets
My ear, in a jubilant noise:
Raucous, wild neighbor boys.
© Steve Eng  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Verse

Ye Are Gods

Deep philosophy anywhere
With Jesus I will compare
"Kingdom Within; Love thy Neighbor,"
"Ye are gods," the Psalms declare
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Epigram


Untitled #8 / Who Among Us

Who among us would wish death on his neighbor?
Who among us would bring forth evil into the world?
If not you or I, then who?

Billy Was a Silly Man

Billy was a silly man 
Run over by neighbor Anne 
He barked barked and barked 
But nobody harked 
His cry in the summer rain
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Christmas Gifts

my next-door neighbor unloading plenty of gifts~ doesn't return the wave
Written: December 25, 2022
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member window peeking neighbor

kibitzer neighbor
a blatant staring voyeur
vicariousness

living our dream lives
peeking into our bedrooms
crazy old woman
Form: Senryu

Premium Member The Truth

You are making it up!

No, I swear.   I heard it from a cousin of a neighbor of a friend of someone.

Well, then it’s the truth.
Form:

Premium Member Lighting the Darkness

Drawn to day's sunlight
Behemoth reaches higher
Shading his neighbor
Light plumbs the depths of darkness
Sending prisms of sparkles
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Because of Who

You must be perplexed.

To locate research issues.

No more to be said.

Envy is to shot your foot.

Since your neighbor is limping.
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member The Old Neighbor

He visits for a while, out of the blue;
senile too, with no smile,
which had always been his style.
Straight up gin helps reconcile!
Form: Englyn

Premium Member Lust

As I ogled her, my neighbor caught my eye and said "Isn't she gorgeous" ... Lust Contest Sponsored by Lewis Raynes
Form: Monoku

Compassion

Compassion Thoughts, deeds Seeing, helping, healing Stranger, neighbor, family, friend Finding, lending Pure, lasting Love
Form: Diamante

Love Your Neighbor

Love your neighbor is what they say
I've been hearing it quite a lot
That could be an idea that's good
Just be sure that you don't get caught!
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member A Glutton's Plight

My neighbor is a real glutton
At a feast, he gobbled much mutton,
Besides other meat,
Ate piles of sweet!
Now his trousers, he can’t button!!
Form: Limerick

Horn Labor Day Haiku

When will I see you tomorrow which is Labor day.

have a nice neighbor
he always loves to labor
who we will favor

My Labor Day Horn Haiku.
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Under Her Mask

under her mask
my neighbor's smile
~ covid winter



Published in The Trillium Haiku Group Anthology's AFTER THE FALL, 2021

AP: 3rd place 2022
Form: Senryu

Sometimes

I
We may have prayed, we greet ... One neighbor rejects good greeting !

II
You prayed for strangers - when one spews hate we must smile, not talk.
© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Meeting the New Neighbor

These people are all nasty he said.
He is new here, he knows no one well.
What were they like in your old neighborhood?
Mean he says, glaring at me.

Premium Member Could I Borrow a Cup of Toilet Paper

Could I borrow cup of toilet paper?
Asked old gentleman named Mr Saber
Slammed door in face
Without much grace
Not very polite this fearful neighbor
Form: Limerick

The Voice

Her voice had an unusual pitch
That sounded like my neighbor Mitch
She tried talking soft
But still she was off
Then specified her voice was a glitch
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
fun
Form: Limerick

Two Eggs

To walk
To store
To buy
Two eggs
To exit
To car
To drive
To home
To kitchen
To cook
Two eggs
Too many
To neighbor
To give 
To them
Two eggs
Form:

There Once Was

There once was a dog from Nantucket
He lived with my neighbor Jim Puckett
He’d bark all night long
From sunset til dawn
So I loaded my gun and I shot it
dog
Form: Limerick

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