Short Public Poems

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


That's All

Thoughts recycled, jumbled into plastic
Perhaps a bench, sturdy for public use,
That's all the old lady shared with me.
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Premium Member The Door To Education

Public schools closing again
  Teachers abandon the halls

Slamming the door on education
  Mayor, just fire them all
Form: Rhyme

The Ink Stick

The Ink Stick

. for public domain

Rubbing ink calms the mind
so hairs may glide,
to bequeath
long lasting lines.

Food Fibs

sneaks chocolate bars 
but eats salad in public... 
dieting falsehoods


6 October 2022
Syllable counter poetry soup
Form: Senryu

Speakin' In Spokane

I ain't got nutt'en to say,
I be shy, an scared anyway,
To public speak,
My mind too weak,
I'll only go on if you pay...
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Clerihew Bly

US   poet Robert Bly
brought Neruda's verse to the public eye
His himself with poetry 'politique'
of Minnesota made him tick
Form: Clerihew

Stupid Ignorant

who thinks he knows everything
does not even know what he does not know
until the others find out
and that it is public domain
Form: Epigram

Isn'T It Amazing

Isn't it amazing in this day and age
How often the phrase
In the interest of Public Safety
Is used to take our free speech away
Form:

Premium Member Health Care

Voting
senate members, 
amid public outcry 
against government run healthcare,
pass it.

© Mar 22 2010      Charles Henderson
Form: Cinquain

Our curse

Of valor and honor
For we should seek and strive
But public notoriety 
Is what we treasure and what makes us think we've arrived
Form: Rhyme

Mask

Making sure to look perfect in public so that no-one will think there's something wrong with you.




Aqua Marine: 02/12/2024
Form: Monoku

Musician

A public coward
who fears to talk
but wraps words
with a forest
of beautiful noise
to deceive audience
that he/she is terrific

Premium Member Word of the Day : March 18, 2021

fiscal
adjective FISS-kul
1 : of or relating to taxation, public revenues, or public debt
2 : of or relating to financial matters
Form: Quatrain

Legitimate Public Discourse

McConnell now says, "I was there!
It was NOT a social affair!
It was insurrection
Attacking my section
How dare RNC not be fair?"
Form: Limerick

Slick Willy

Bubba likes his fill of pie
when he courts the public eye.
If not for one dress
not one little mess
would mar his effortless lie.
© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Public Serpents

often, those who piously claim to be

                  taxpayers' servile servants

                    are but public serpents!
Form: Kimo

Tadpoles -Haiku-

They rest on a rock basking in the sun's warm light at the public park. Copyright Cynthia Jones June.8/2007
art
Form: Haiku

Risky Stupidity

Larry, oh poor, miserable Larry,
there is nothing wrong being gay;
but was it worth pursuing ecstasy 
inside a public men's lavatory?
Form:

Recognized

Public language
And body talk reveal your
Personality.

True conversation
Reveals your hidden man's heart
Known here by your face.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Mark the Shark

There once was a gambler named Mark
At cards he was somewhat a shark
	he missed his cue
	lost his juju
Now he sleeps in a public park
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Strode

William Strode loved to recite aloud
a public orator so proud
Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford
perhaps he read his poetics to his 'Lord'
Form: Clerihew

Traditional Re Creation

A Chinaman had an "election"
That warranted public inspection
No one was fooled
Some ladies drooled
And promptly applied their affection.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Boulevard

With complete freedom 
to wear anything one wants
in public: 
hamster ball.

Very dapper
sauntering the boulevard
in one's hamster ball.

Highfalutin

. for public domain

Rootin' Tootin' Putin
can't get enough of shootin'.

The world is puttin' down it's foot,
'n giving him the bootin'.
war

Fragment 8-29-2024

Unflattering Echoes

.for public domain


My echoes return
from barren canyon walls,
absent of the flattery,
I often seek from mirrors.

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