Short Portrait Poems

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


When Mortals Apologize

A mortal's mistake
Ruining the perfect portrait
For the resting head
Fearful heartbeats now echo
A thousand apologies
Form: Tanka


Premium Member Clerihew Epstein

Immigrant Jacob Epstein
became a 'sir' in due time
Sculptured bronze portrait bust
his Coventry St Michael is a 'must'
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Netscher

Casper aka Gasper Netscher
a portrait painter oh so pure
His genius so fully displayed
depicted by rugs,silk & brocade
Form: Clerihew

Andrew Wyeth

Artist Andrew Wyeth
Quite a comical man
One day he painted his neighbor's portrait
But only his old work boots portrayed
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Lely

German Dutch Peter Lely
found England the place for he
Portrait painter to the royal&rich
his talent thereby found its niche
Form: Clerihew


Farmers Life!

Family Portrait of Lucky, Willem Joseph 1738-1798.

wow! the farmers life!
countryside weather and food
so natural drink!
Form: Haibun

Self Portrait

"Self Portrait"


My Picasso pro
Boscis only
Knows

Pinocchio 
Lighthearted
Lies laying in cubis

Tic
Isms
Of truth
art

Treat

My love has said it
true love never fade
But, why you have changed
your portrait to a poor treat
I liked the old and last one

Self-Portrait... - Tanka

light won't reach my eyes...
for where my eyes carry me
light isn't born yet...
i'm only a wanderer
among dry unspoken words...
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Immaculate Snow

immaculate snow

adorning hills white as lace--

portrait in motion



Winter Haiku for Tania Kitchin's Contest
12/23/2018
Form: Haiku

Blue Portrait

The ships gone adrift
On the blue portrait of us
Were just two strangers
No destination in mind
Every port just looks the same
Form: Tanka

Stranger In the Dark

dusting stale portrait
graying visage from my past
gilds blithe memories
romance stilled in time capsule
shadows my jealous lover
Form: Tanka

Poetomania

Poets are but 
Sick in sublimity
Of love
	Time & Events
	People & Places
	Ideas & Divinities
Without which
They lie prostrate
In portrait

Portrait of Beauty

Be still my lovely
As my mind paints your image
Through well chosen words

I shall describe your beauty
Through words only flattering
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Defining Lines

Frayed
around
the edges
outlined by life
my portrait is etched by experience




Inspired by Brian Strands' Five and Twenty Contest
Form: Tetractys

Painted On My Heart

a portrait… my lover… my lady… my wife… painted on my heart with love indelible the colours like true love… everlasting
Form: Tanka

Painted On My Heart

a portrait… my lover… my lady… my wife… painted on my heart with love indelible the colours like true love… everlasting
Form: Tanka

Self Portrait

Head rearing,
Two windows peering,
Blue curtains closed, dreaming.

Ruby door seeking,
Pearly interior beaming,
From it, poetry teeming.
© Riley Hood  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Window On His Art

An artist of some skill was Vermeer
yet did his self-portrait from the rear 
Please note though,the interior  windows
small lattice,not bows
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Clerihew Da Vinci Selfie

The master artist polymath Leonardo
the self-portrait to him,a no-no
The search goes on for us to see
& fame awaits the finder of his selfie
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member From God’s Palette

From God’s Palette Miracle Man 2/8/2025 Each and every day, God paints this landscape portrait, that mankind enjoys.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member SIMPLICITY SERIES picassoritas

So creative was Pablo Picasso
diverse art he gave them all a go
A journey from the humble portrait
'til three dimensional made him 'a great'
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Allurement

She
exudes
coquetry-
with a flirty
smile

Portrait of a Younf Woman by Roger Van de Weyden 1599-1641


http://brianspoetrybio.blogspot.com/
art
Form: Ekphrasis

His Promised Portrait

A thousand jewels tumble from sunlit Heavens,
betwixt them a Creator's canvassed covenant.
Gentle revelation, another miracle of life - witnessed.
Form:

Nature's Portrait

Butterflies
On lady slippers, 
Paint a lovely summer picture.
How the the butterflies do flutter, 
As sunbeams flow like melted butter.

Cynthia
Form: Rhyme

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