Short Overload Poems

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


System Overload

Darkness consumes me
Corrupted thoughts take over
Soul becomes hollow
Self castigation occurs
Tears of blood destroys all hope
Form: Tanka


Premium Member One day unplug

Fed daily dose of dope
filtered truths poisoned as they may be
~ I dream of breaking free



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Empathy Overload

I feel for each door that suffers a knock
and every smelly, foot-covering sock;
but these are things I must abide
as I stand against life's cruel tide.
Form: Rhyme

Overload

I strive to write cause to think.  
   My thoughts are smog, the words in fog.
   Mine heads a buzz all full of fuzz.
   I've blew a fuse,no need to fuss.
Form: Rhyme

Sweetness Overload

with him
standing in the aisle
of a train
i'm wishing an endless
railroad ride
so i could dearly anchor
myself in his arms
that are almost touching mine
Form:


Overload

Heavily, darkly, cracked by light and
 splintering shadows, cracking,
   scratching out thoughts like
     sandpaper grit,
       popping on the creases of my mind.

Denial

when light fractures into noise…

I embrace the outburst
with emptiness chewing up my nerves.

The void softens the impact—

can’t break what never arrived.

Overload

All I want is red in bed
I don't think it's much to ask
red sheets, red hair, red hot love...
will my heart survive?




For "Red" contest sponsored by Francine Roberts.
© George Aul  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Dodoitsu

Touch - Sharon's Acrostic

Touch my soul with your sweet loving words
Overload my heart with your love
Untie my fears with your encouraging ways
Catch my kisses on your soft lips
Hold me dearly and never let me go
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Ufo

Official definition of the acronym UFO It stands for “Underwear Filling Overload” Normally it's in babies Or seniors over eighty Run for the hills while holding your nose
fun
Form: Limerick

Love and Kisses

~*~ kisses lips together foreplay of desire amorous passion of love smooches ~*~ love libido overload object of affection eclipse of the heart devotion ~*~
Form: Cinquain

Cell Phone Sickness

Cell Phone
                              Busy Device
                            Ringing, Living, Draining
                       Needed, In Touch, Emails, Facebook
                                Overload
Form: Cinquain

Heavy Heart

Heavy heart empty womb joys of life crushed so soon 
why does it have to be so cruel 
depression overload infertility stands in the way of dreams of babies, 
and future plans hurting, crushing, physical pain
Form:

Premium Member Sensory Overload

cut off
deprived

magnetized
sensitized

to crave
desire

ache
the longing

touching
caressing

skin tingling
reacting

sensations
heightened

devouring
sole passion



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Air

oxygen and carbon dioxide
breathe it in
inhale the sight
let your senses
overload
drink me in

let the air
go to your head
close your eyes
one last taste
lick your lips
taste me there
breathe me in
don't exhale
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member The Abc's of Snow

Alabaster beauty, cold, delicate elegance, freezing glory, heaping ice jams, 
kaleidoscopic luster, Mother Nature's overload, perfectly quiet, reflective snow. transfixing, utterly victorious, winter's xpected yearly zenith.
Form: ABC

Premium Member Not Just Another Pretty Face

Okay, youse guys you're probably on limerick overload Gonna back off, from now on some Wordsworth stuff will flow With nose in the air And clean underwear Will prove I'm not just another pretty face, you know
Form: Limerick

Broadcast #4

Well, Mary O, I don't know if chicken feed's 
the way to go, to catch the faultless phrase, 
to turn a poet from a dame who's dazed 
by right-side brain overload and malnutrition. 

I'm Irish and a female; 
Isn't that enough?

Premium Member Keeping Safe

Always on overdrive 
Always on overload 
Fight or flight glaring over my shoulder. 
The dooming thoughts of worry await me. 
The exhaustion of the motions of survival physical and mental, drains me just as rain in a drought.

Olfactory Overload

It was a sultry summer eve
When what did my nostrils breathe?
Methane with a touch of green grass
Permeating across the room
Look to the right and look to the left
I swear that weaner giggled with a smile...
As I threw her out the door.

Sensory Overload

Dark silence I embrace

Dark silence slows the pace 

Dark silence cuts my frustration down to size

 

Dark silence quiets the chase

Dark silence relaxes my face

Dark silence cools my eyes

 
By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Verse

Premium Member Tough Way To Earn Wings

Pandemic crisis
Hospital overload
Unprecedented
Panic mode

Double shifts
No time for tears
No one signed up
For a suicide mission

Heroes collapsing
One after the other
Earning their wings
And our respect



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Stale Air

mind is roaming,
brain is foaming.
energy overload,
frog is turning to a toad.
work again tomorrow,
need money that i could borrow.
plant a seed and grow a tree
now i  have some fruit for free.
it's now time for me to sleep
i pray i'm not the devil's to keep.

Premium Member I Need a Vacation

There’s nothing terrific, About being prolific The mind goes on overload, But the body has really slowed I need a vacation, Some beach rejuvenation In Mexico, I confess No more, no less Bye - Bye Don't cry!
Written December 11, 2022

Premium Member Sensitive Susan

I once knew a poet named “Susan”

Who first found PS quite confusin’

Learn forms she was told

Free verse overload

Blogs, contest N/A not amusin’

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Written 2-24-2016
For Sensitive Community 'a pd contest'
Limerick
8th Place
Form: Limerick

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