Short Potential Poems

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


Premium Member Pitch Man

He was an All Star Athlete,
A potential Hall of Famer.
He could have made a fortune, if,
His hair was not like Kramer's.


A Meeting

Yellow eyes locking,
glares broadcasting dominance
Bodies crouch, tails flick,
as potential energy
changes to kinetic force
© Jenni Munn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Persuasive Memory

Persuasive remembering
Or persuasive memory
Are two of the biggest 
Tools in your toolbox 
For unlocking brain potential
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

The Hour Is An Early One,

The hour is an early one,
I sit at my desk and I work.

Potential is in my they say, 
but why can't I get it to come out?
© Just Maye  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Creation

Possibilities
glistening with energy
latency blooming

Life, love evolving
bursting into awareness
glinting on the brink
© Carol Mays  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Premium Member the peons

Potential commander-in-cheat
Has a PhD in deceit
If courts say he's free
We'll see an orgy
With pee that D.T. could excrete
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Plant

A plant
is the true form
of one's potential
if they're given proper nourishment
to be able to harness
the power deep within

My Favorite Boss

Free of fuss and fools
My heart and soul's potential
You know it's a joy
When they get to create for
Your happiness as the boss
Form: Tanka

Two Views

On a spacious land
She saw nothing but the grass,
I the potential,
Castles and rollercoasters;
Two views and we were both right
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Potential Made Potent Portent

Resolve transforms hope
from desire to conviction,
Empowering wish
from glimer, glint, to spellbound
potential - potent portent.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Zen mode

soft, softer and softer yet still
slow, slower, surrendering will
energies kinetic and potential
illuminate soul self-referential
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Cut To the Wick

Burning
with potential
a fire
never lit

a
broken 
candlestick 

Accept it~

you just might
burn twice as bright



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The Missed Sign

the missed sign
to the pages of history we might have to consign
so many potential consequences
some immaterial, others over fences.
Form: Clerihew

Coach

"Coach"
"Coach"
Crafting minds
On and off the field
Aging the mentality of youth 
Conditioning the will 
Helping to reach potential
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member The Art of Peace

we will know peace when we treat each other as potential friends

June 30, 2022
for The Art of Peace contest
by John Lawless
8th place
© Ann Peck  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member A Flower Cut Much Too Soon

A flower at the budding stage which
Will never now reach full bloom,
This flower’s potential left unfurled, 
A flower cut much too soon.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Bankrupt Bonus Baby


      Running head-on into reality
      his ‘can’t-miss potential’ vanquished Jimmy

         ~ All that glittery made him jittery
Form: Rhyme

Today Is Special

Today is special,

It is not yesterday,
It is not tomorrow,

It is just today,
It just is,

And is full,
Of potential.

John Roberts

Premium Member The Immortal Paradox

It's Free Potential
As An Exploited
Singularity.

On.

And It's A
Win-Win
WIN.

CUZ
IT
WILL!

WIN.

-Gray Squirrel

09-04-2026

Premium Member JOHN DEWEY in rhyme

Vermont's phlosopher/teacher John Dewey
advocated art sans ennui
Suggesting the genre '  experiential'
practitioners fulflled their potential
Form: Clerihew

The Gift

Foolish child
embrace your special gift
of being alive
there's no prizes
in death
the best revenge
is life
lived
to the fullest potential.

Valentine With Caution

Potential for mischief they say
Writing poems on Valentine's day
If you're looking for love
Not a slap from a glove
Don't give too many secrets away
Form: Limerick

''she Who Dares''

Innocent Youth.
Potential Danger.
Worlds'collide in the path of an unwilling crane.
Yet,she excepts her fate.



by-Kacey Greenlee
kaceymike29

Premium Member Blank Canvas

I am a blank canvas
     My potential is
 limitlessness

  But that all depends
    on who holds the
brush, the artist



Alexis Y.
11/15/19
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Melancholy

Room’s messy.
Mind’s disorganized.
Emotions contained.
Thoughts emanating.
Art visualized.
Potential inhibited.
Poetry written.
Dreams unrealized.

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