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Short Punishment Poems

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


Pain
What is Pain
Pain is
Punishment...

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Categories: punishment, abuse, bible, black african american, care, christian,
Form: Free verse



Punishment For Gluttony
She hurts me so much
never want it to stop...

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Categories: punishment, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Quiet
Quiet of the day.
Solitary confinement.
Peace or punishment?...

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© Rachel W  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: punishment,
Form: Haiku
Haiku: the Earthquakes
The curse of earthquakes
Punishment for unknown crime
Given by nature...

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Categories: punishment, nature,
Form: Haiku
The Custodian
Mom, our custodian
The house, cleanliness observe
Punishment deserve....

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Categories: punishment, family, leadership, mother, philosophy,
Form: Haiku



Haleem
Clement-
Forbearing,delays the punishment and forgiving of all who bearing!...

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Categories: punishment, god,
Form: Blank verse
Baith
Infuser of life-
Raising from death for reward or punishment is good faith!...

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Categories: punishment, god,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Climb and Punishment
If people don't stop stealing ladders, police say steps will be taken!...

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Categories: punishment, humorous,
Form: Monoku
Capital Punishment
been sentenced to death
appeals process has expired
high voltage, seat wired...

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Categories: punishment, death
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Mother's Fury
A mother's fury Unleashing her punishment ---- Sweet revenge is dealt
...

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Categories: punishment, nature
Form: Haiku
A Poem On World
The
world is 
here if thee
be loyal concerning life
that is about true faith....

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Categories: punishment, love,
Form: Cinquain
Premium Member Word of the Day 3062021
impunity
Im-PYOO-nuh-tee 
exemption 
or freedom from punishment
 Harm
 or loss...

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Categories: punishment, christian, family, god, jesus, spiritual, word play,
Form: Free verse
Stolen Calendar
Two burglars stole a calendar just once, 
As a punishment, they each got six months....

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Categories: punishment, humor,
Form: Epigram
Wit and Wisdom
on this planet there's so little time left
just for kicks, lets let punishment fit
the crime....

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Categories: punishment, imagination
Form: Verse
Victim of Self
Often, the worst punishment 
you can suffer 
—is not getting caught

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)...

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Categories: punishment, self,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Longer a Glutton For Punishment
bits? crumbs? dregs?
smoothed-over leftovers?

     No, thank you
     I've had enough.

5/14/2019...

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© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: punishment, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Racism
Biting your tongue until it bleeds
not saying a word.
The taste of blood
is the punishment for your silence....

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© Theresa T  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: punishment, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sin Punishment Eternal Death I Crave Repentance
the wages of sin
is eternal death onslaught
what's left repentance

2/28/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©...

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Categories: punishment, absence, assonance, endurance, forgiveness,
Form: Haiku
Heresy
the punishment in ages past
was to have your words written like on a scroll
on your back
carved in with or without you....

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Categories: punishment, adventure,
Form: Alliteration
Sharing a Volume
"Crime and Punishment"
lies open upon his lap.
A fly alights page
two hundred seventy three
and both continue to read....

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Categories: punishment,
Form: Tanka
Sharing a Volume
"Crime and Punishment"
lies open upon his lap.
A fly alights page
two hundred seventy three
and both continue to read....

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Categories: punishment, imagination
Form: Tanka
The Crime
a punishment for every crime
 the deadly price to pay
 when only he stole but a dime
 given something never seen in my day...

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Categories: punishment, conflict, murder, society, sorrow,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Death of a Child
King David was completely forgiven for his sin by God
     But still had to endure the death 
     of his child as punishment....

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Categories: punishment, black african american, christian, devotion, faith, religion,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Noble Find
nobility provides 
empty spaces 
where true life 
opens the doors
to a solid meaningful
adjustment for crime
and punishment...

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Categories: punishment, philosophy
Form: Light Verse
Dentist
Here I sit
in the painful
chair I avoided
so long

waiting for the punishment
denouncement
and judgment
to come to my gums....

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© Alan Inman  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: punishment, art, beauty,
Form: Free verse

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