Short Poetic Poems

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


Just Say No! (For Medical Marijuana Contest Sponsored By: Michael Jordan)

Marijuana puffs
Famed hallucinatory.
Laced with excuses.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
June 8, 2010
Poetic form:  Haiku
Form: Haiku


Premium Member Clerihew Conquest

To George Robert Conquest
conservative form  were a poetic  zest  
A leader of the 'movement'
poets on convention bent
Form: Clerihew

Pen's Poetic Play


M-y
I-nk
A-uthors

C-omposition
O-f
M-ind's
B-right
O-de

©bfa041825
Monocrostic (Birthday of Mia Combo)
Form: Acrostic

Poetic Nature In Motion

The monkey
it's a gesture
in motion...
a stain
acrobatic,
a clown
admirable and
a cheater
incorrigible
of time...

Premium Member Poetic Ramble

copious rich phrases,        
with lasting heartfelt emotions,
often left unsaid.

Copyright © 2010 By Caryl S. Muzzey
Form: Senryu


Munch

Munch 

An alligator with a duck swimming to it --

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 14, 2010

Poetic form: Monoku
Form: Monoku

To My Pals

try "confused poetic travel,1,2,3," some of my better humor- chech with poetry 
forms...well at least I think it's funny.
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Burlesque

My Thoughts Tonight

When I go back to where I belong I know some will see a madness poetic be gone for his work to live on.

Written: 1/20/16

Premium Member Poetic Pokin

If you are Rushin
When it comes down to Pushkin
It will end in shovkin






3 lines, 15 words, Credit to Madeline
© Greg Gaul  Create an image from this poem.

Here and Now

In a drop of water
a universe.
In a peony
poetic verse.
In a child’s face
sweet purity.
In just one moment
eternity…
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member T A N K A defined SHOW then TELL

Haiku in English a strict 5/7/5
the most difficult to contrive
Tanka adds a couplet 7/7
show then tell the poetic leaven
Form: Didactic

Premium Member Knitting a Poetic Rib

in measured
mood
   spontaneity 
of an arrested
moment
 
 knitted
      together
with
     experiential
 symmetry
Form: Verse

Premium Member Platypus Roosevelt

A couth poetic platypus,
Choosing words that are never rude,
Carries a heavy blunderbuss,
And softly croons a platitude.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XIX

Joan Miro of Brcelona
a very individual personna
His 'Red Disk' * from ninteen-sixty
saturated poetic symbolist artistry
art
Form: Ekphrasis

PERISH NOT


                   cherish to relish ~


__________________
[contest : 1406
Brian Strand : 
Alliterative Poetic]

Premium Member Poetic Phrases

distant echoes rise-up
over mountanis
resounding poetic phrases-
its soul's brilliance so profound
triggering insanitiy.
Form: Prose

Monoku

Monoku 

One-line verses words sending the message.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010
Poetic form: Monoku
Form: Monoku

Oak Tree

Oak Tree

A Live Oak tree the birds sing unto it.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010

Poetic form: Monoku
Form: Monoku

Tunnel

Tunnel

A mountain the man blasting through it. 

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010

Poetic form:  Monoku
Form: Monoku

Miserable

Miserable

Minds wrenched
Hearts stung.
Pennies pinched.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 3, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu
Form: Senryu

Petite Poetry

Petite Poetry

The haiku nature floating through it- 

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
February 14, 2010

Poetic form: Monuku
Form: Monoku

Sun

Sun

One bright star the earth spinning around it.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
    January 17, 2010

Poetic form: Monoku
Form: Monoku

Arthurian Birthright

Time waxes poetic
on a distant battlefield

The warrior a sage
—whose blood we all share

(Dreamsleep: September. 2022)

Premium Member Clerihew Klee

Paul Klee set art free
with poetic art for all to see
'Once emerged ftom grey of night'
an inventive wordpicture to delight
Form: Clerihew

The Unseen Bloom

Like a lone flower
in the silence of still air—
a graceful young girl,
modest in her quiet glow,
unseen by the insecure.
Form: Tanka

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