Short Ode Poems

Short Ode Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Ode poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Ode poetry form by poem length and keyword.


Ode To Chess

Ah, the lovely game of chess
To make the enemies plans a mess
Then I can capture the king
About enough to make me sing!
Form: Quatrain


Premium Member Ode To Summer

...for jhl
shimmering thermals
rise like the unleashed phoenix
summer storm has fled
Form: Haiku

Premium Member An Ode 2 Recitation

instead of just viewing ingest the words proudly taste them all -- chewing when you read aloud-ly
Form: Verse

Ode To Hilda Doolittle

Our men, frail from fruit, walk among hyacinth shadows
They crawl across marblewalk courtyards-
Mist in quivering sunlight
© C.W. Bryan  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Ode to a Toxic Boss

Press, press, press, press
Stress, stress, stress, stress
Mess, mess, mess, mess
Less, less, less less,
I’m done
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member An Ode to My Mouth

A hushed cave,
holding secrets deep.
A folded petal,
never to speak.
A locked treasure chest,
where all memories sleep.

My Ode To Love Poetry In Motion

Twirling,
Falling aimlessly,
My ode to love was inaudible,
Whirling against the breath and sigh
Of yesterdays

Cynthia

Ode To Pillow Fights

Have a good old pillow fight
Feathers and heads will unite!
Time to have a lot of fun
When Mom shows up I think it's done!
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member People Power

O England,this aged poet cries yes for you..
Arisen to stand tall and once again
Independent by a democratic  people's call

Oscar De La Hoya Blues

It is way too late to discover
that you can no longer deliver
and after the long, hard years
what remains is wear and tear.

Premium Member Ode To Trees

High as a Georgia pine they say
I think that I shall never see
From little acorns a mighty oak grows
So goes my tree knowledge
Form: Dodoitsu

Ode To Pizza

Pizza, pizza - great to eat
Far as taste it can't be beat!
Maybe you will get a little fat
But sometimes so what about that!
Form: Quatrain

Untitled #76 / Crisp Snow

Crisp snow falls on the mountaintop
glorious and regal, the whole
universe gravitates towards him
and he sees it all clearly!

Premium Member The ode to the ropedancer

the ropedancer with her ladyship gnaw these zesty honeydew wineskin !


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 17–23, 2026)

grandma

she was the closest when no
when no one was around 
sitting round with not one frown
need a lyft to go
we've got you covered.

Ode To the Flu

Conquering alien
amidst human flu outbreak
fled earth contagious

Conquering alien
ooze influenza sickness
left earth alone
Form: Senryu

Ode To Heartbreak

Ode to heartbreak
Because sometimes
It’s the only feeling left
Amongst
the lack 
of feeling
To remind me
I’m still 
Alive
© Kate Bacon  Create an image from this poem.

Future Less

Oh for the hand that has raised,
that has taught me.
For automatic hearts.
Tears tear everywhere apart
and beat at your heart.

Christmas, Merry Christmas

Christmas Merry Christmas Another Christmas Good food, good cheer…and thank God There was wine and beer

My Very Nice Poem

Linky is really cool
He teaches at a school

Linky has swag
but he does not brag

Linky is the best
So we do well on the test

Perfect This World

perfect this world
its Sunday of resurrection
and God by my soul
Jesus of the bright souls
to my moments
to my blood
to my fate

Premium Member Ode To My Little Chachka

o de my 
little chachka
how I love your beauty 
and very being
collecting dust for eternity
the art of just being 
and pleasing

Premium Member She's Mine

I love my girl so much
Her sweet and tender touch
She is so sweet
No one can compete 
Everything she does for me
Brings us unity

Premium Member Ode To Oliver Twist

Ricky-ticky-tick
Ricky-ticky-tack
  It's nutritious food we lack...

Fee-fi-fo-fum
I smell the blood
  of a malnourished orphan
Form: Rhyme

I Use To Think

I use to think being mature was acting more this way or that way.  But then I learned it is when you stopped acting and started being.

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