Short Old Man Poems

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


And the Old Man Walked On

snow on his head
fire in his bottom
hot potato in his mouth
thorns in his feet
preparing for marathon
with teenagers


Premium Member Bad Doggy

The old man got a doggy
He should have got a froggy
The doggy chews
The old man shoes
When it rains his feet get soggy
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Weeping Waters

New jacket, new bike. Old man rode Wobbling unsteadily Straight into a pond, Frustrating the ducks.

Premium Member Trickle Down Life

The old man gave the boy
half of his sandwich.
The boy gave the cur dog
half of his half.


John G. Lawless
1/6/2021

Morning Fun

It`s raining, it`s pouring
I boinked the old man snoring
He moved the bed, and busted my head
To the ER now we are going
Form:


Premium Member On a Vacant Field

On a vacant field

A red fox meditates

A hawk circles

A squirrel rolls the dice

A school bus passes

An old man

Premium Member Inexorable

An old man set in his ways
He picks up cigar smoking
Good luck getting him to quit
He's intransigent


Date: 07/23/2019
Form: Dodoitsu

Flood



rivers flooded lands;
panic sets off - old man says
next year good harvest


(C) Anindya Mohan Tagore (Bobby)
Form: Haiku

Premium Member OLD MAN AND THE RIVER

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fisherman's line still while the river rushes past~ tug comes unbidden
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Paper Boy

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
paranoid old man

reports his stolen paper

full story, page two

°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Not So Grumpy

A grumpy old man named Bill,
Thought he was over the hill
Until a lassie walked by
And gave him the eye
Bill is smiling still.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Old Man

There was an old man named Col
Who fell down a gigantic hole
He gave a shout
Cos he could not get out
He needed a ladder or pole
Form: Limerick

Dirty Limerick: Old Man,Part 2

Preparing his conference speech
Old man ended up on nude beach
By virtue or vise
He stuck his device
In each blowhole he could reach
Form: Limerick

Mccain's Back

There was an old man named John
Who lived his years way beyond
Though he tried and failed
From memory hailed
Not Fond of John Beyond!
© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

A Haiku

reluctant leaves fall
from the old tree showering
an old man walking.




[haiku contest, sponsor Constance La France, 3/2/22]
Form: Haiku

Stem Cell Epigram

This building is burning to the ground.
Save the old man or save the baby we found?
"He knows what TV is, he's already going down."
Form:

Bog

There was an old man who lived in a bog
And he owned a hog
Each time the hog farted
The old man darted
right out of the back door.
Form:

Old Man Mountain

Old man mountain, face,
flowing white mane, unending
ever evolving.


Insprired by Raul Moreno's contest
thanks for the challenge
Form: Haiku

Premium Member In a Stew

A crazy old man from Peru
Decided he would cook himself a stew
He needed a pot
Which he hadn't got
I think that's crazy, don't you?
Form: Limerick

The Old Man

The old man spoke to a boy
Who walks away feeling annoy
Put his ear plugs in
Then snatched away his chin
Being rude is no easy decoy
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

The Old Man

The Old man

Brown-spotted hands

Hooded eyelids

What a sight

His blue-veined dance

Delicious chortle

Touches everything
© Gary Jones  Create an image from this poem.

21st Century Nursery Rhymes # 112

It's raining; it's pouring. 
The old man is snoring. 
We should have changed but instead, 
We didn’t and we’ll all be dead by morning
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Premium Member Yearning For Learning

If your yearning 
  is for learning

Learn like a young boy
  full of zeal and joy

Not like an old man
  who's misplaced his elan
Form: Couplet

Ageing

Staring at frayed picture of yesteryear
An old man lives with strangers
His caring son and wife
Date
Sept9 2016
Contest Kimo
10, 7 6
Form: Kimo

Lessons

Old Man Bianco his vocal voice
stripped of all it’s octave choice
creaked and crowed in age and vice
“Liquor, tobacco, you pay the price!”
Form: Rhyme

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