Short Quitting Poems

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


Premium Member freedom's vibrant canvas

Where job creativity's hated
We will weep and feel castrated
But after quitting
It's real and so fitting
Without bawls anymore we're elated
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Maxim Effort

Maxim Effort Miracle Man 1-13-2025 We become failures only when quitting a task that God has given
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Retirement

Retirement isn't just about sitting,
That makes it look like I am quitting.
The work I do now is by my design,
I'm not watching the clock, a slave to time.
Form: Rhyme

The Banker

A banker decides to give it a shot
After quitting his job on the spot
He brought a nice farm
That sound an alarm
When animals start to swarm
Trying to woo him with charm
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

I Will Not Be Quitting You

I will not be quitting you


I’m not ready to be quitting you;
I still need your love.
You may be ready, but I will never be,
Ready to give up.


(C)2019 Aa Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
© Aa Harvey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Bio


Teasing

TEASING
Life is purely a teasing game
Are you quitting the calling name
We can shift all of our blame
Let's talk about the difference of the same
Tr?n Minh Hi?n Hien Tran Orlando December 30, 2016
© Hien Tran  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Sweat To See the End

The sweat of sweet effort
And not quitting nor running
Because no road is short
To the goal of winning
Giving up is not a option
And success through work
To reach your dreams there can be no caution
Form:

Trump Big Baby Born a Papoose

Trump Big Baby Born a Papoose

We gave up Trump saying what is the use;
Trump acts like big baby born a papoose,
Out words spitting,
And never quitting;
While in public pacifier he will produce.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member snippy snotty persnickety uptight and mean

my co-workers were snippy, snotty, persnickety, uptight and mean.
I had been discounting this for some time, but could not ignore any longer.
quitting my job was the right thing for me; I did not belong with mean girls.

Warming Up

It's a gun metal morning
nail-head rain hammers
a quitting earth.
The sky
is a technical knockout.
Making a third cup
of black coffee,
I elbow a dullness aside,
try a few butterfly steps
get ready
for the daily fight.

Smoke Free - Part Ii

I've been smoke free two months today.
I haven't smoked and I hope that's how things will stay.
Please don't start smoking, it wasn't a good thing for me to do.
Please say no to nicotine because that is what is best for you.
Form: Rhyme

Smoke

Smoke filled lungs
Cloud the oxygen trying to get in
Fat veins, dark hearts and burnt lungs
Straining to take a breath
Whilst you’re gripping at your chest
It’s an aggravation, and annoyance 
Quitting is always harder than it seems.
Form:

I Might Quit Here

quitting at painted perfectly.com,and thinking of quitting here.whats the deal with 
internet poetry?wheres the fun?too many old women run the places,where doa 
brotha go?show me some contempt room.for if you say words are bad in 
poems,god knows you as a liar.

Bad Poet

I have nothing to lose, by submitting.
My poems aren't perfect, I'm admitting.
A crime of bad rhymes, I'm committing.
A disease of word misuse, I'm transmitting.
I try to be hard-hitting, but my diction is unfitting.
There are times I feel like quitting,
Then a gem is born, after some diligent editing.
Form: Monorhyme

This Land Is Your Land But With a Quarter Life Crisis

This life is my life
Why is this my life
So I shout YOLO 
Maybe I'll try van life
Cause escapism
And romanticizing 
Are all that's really driving me

And maybe one day
I'll really do it
I'll quit my job and
I'll get right to it
Because they told me
That time is money 
So right now I'm rich as I can be
Form: Lyric

Fighting a Losing Battle

Have you ever wondered about giving up?
Throwing in the towel and just walking away. 
What keeps you from just quitting? 

Each new day brings a new struggle.
A new fight to be won.
Do you ever feel like you are losing the battle?

How can you win?
When the war is with yourself.
And you're fighting the battle alone.

A Wife To Warm the Home

A spot of rain
The flowers bloom
Masking the blocked drain
I retreat to my mind's inner room

I consider the children's clutter
The warm inner sanctum of home
My heart with thanks is a flutter
No need for my mind to roam

A man must give thanks
For leaving the single life
Quitting the single ranks
Having gotten a wife
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Education's Dissipation

Teachers quitting at record rates
     Why face daily violence and hate
  Public schools face colossal debt
     Yet teachers' pensions fatter get

  Unions clamor for more and more
     Though few are left to mind the store
  Education as the province of a privileged few
     ~ may again be the prospect we look forward to
Form: Couplet

Premium Member I Quit

I told myself I couldn't do it any more so I quit
I shut my mind out to all my friends I quit
I experienced something that made me think it was the 
end of the world for me, I said I might as well quit
I sit on my bed shook my head came to myself 
started to smile and said all this quitting is the beginning 
of a fresh start.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Keep Those Cards and Letters Coming

     No shame in admitting
        I love to read your comments

     And should I think of quitting
        I LOL at whatever Lawless sent…

     ‘Course, I’d sure like to get more of them
        Your thoughts brighten up my day

     Yet 8,340 poems posted, not one of them a gem 
        ~ They all come out from the same old leaky pen
Form: Rhyme

About Trump We Must Be Admitting

About Trump We Must Be Admitting

About Trump what we must be admitting;
If his childish behavior he is not quitting;
Big bother be;
No tranquility;
Will need much more aid and babysitting.

Jim Horn

MSNBC and ABC seem to match my way 
of thinking. They represent a combined 
75% of our total population. So guess I
must fit there somewhere.
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Caution's Warning

While mowing my fields, brief thought came to light;
I grasped that the wind was quitting the fight.
Noting the clouds gave attention with fear...
to move indoors was absolutely clear.

The still before the storm, just enough time
for safety,  an epiphany sublime.
When the warning turns to watch, best take care;
radar maps are a forecaster's nightmare.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Pen No More

Letting you all know that starting today.
I am now quitting from my addiction.
This pen made me a bad person.
Too bad, I had issued a memorandum.
surfing on other site while at work.
So now, I need to rest for a while.
Can no longer create new poems with these hands.
Pour this ink on my pen in trash.
Right time will come....
I'll be free to live my life with no tasks!

Toes

Filthy, grimy, yellowed
Strange buttons
Not
The stuff of legends
Nor epic tales

Why did we come
With these so-called toes?
Perhaps to remind us
That the meek and seemingly
Irrelevant
Parts of us

Lead silently
Fragrantly
Proudly
Worthy of our love
If not
Our recognition

Filthy toes
Never quitting
Dainty entities
Loving us
Granting peace

Please kiss them
If possible

Recapturing Myself

(I dedicate this to my battle of quitting nicotine)

Before I was anxiety with rage
Consumed by consumables

I finally forced consumables to retreat
I didn’t do it alone I had my angels

I can finally see the world with clarity
It isn’t so bad when your mind can breath

The irony with chemicals is toll one pays
First skipping a toll only later feel death
© Mark W.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet

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