Short Reference Poems

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


Premium Member Clerihew Merz

Mario Merz of Art Povera
an ace in multi media
He even made reference to Fibonacci
though a bit difficult in art you see
Form: Clerihew


Unheeded

You have become an 
unnoticed benchmark; a strong
yet hidden point of
reference that I found so 
natural to hint at you.
© Diana Bosa  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Death Finally Here

Death Finally Here
Horn Haiku

approaching and near
and are afraid of and fear
death finally here.

In reference to RBG.
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Flashpoint

The immediacy of time,
its reference untold

The beginning repeating,
not young—and not old

(The New Room: January, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Without the Other

Life without death
  joy without pain

No reference, no bearing,
   no loss—no gain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
Form: Rhyme


Incertitude

I keep my distance
Even, when I am under her skin.
Her eyes are my reference; 
They reveal the depth and
Tell the difference.
© Atef Ayadi  Create an image from this poem.

Without the Other

Life without death
  joy without pain

No reference, no bearing
  no loss—and no gain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015)
Form: Rhyme

Letting Go

Is time but a reference
to prey and confound

(while)

In memory eternal
—enlightenment found

(Dreamsleep: February, 2023)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Veterans Day, November 11

“We don’t know them all, but we owe them all” is a reference to veterans. I’m grateful to each one.
Form: Ninette

Untitled #2 6-28-05

Are we reality or are we dreams?
Without a point of reference, who can say?
And does it matter anyway?
Reality is only what it seems.
Form:

Adversity Vs Death

Sting of bee,
shakes you up,
Bite of snake,
makes you dead,
that's difference,
when you have adversity vis a vis death in reference.

Color of Love

Ceramic feelings
cuts my skin
photo-shopped a dream
inserted you in

Pain is reference
years never knew
time card punched
Love is a color
BLUE
© Chris Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Haiku

perilous waters….

        first star of evening tide

               point of reference








For Annalise Brigham's contest
"What My Eyes See"
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Shelf Life

for your reference

i'm an open book
but you can't check me out

i'm an open book
but sorry
i'm closed right now

please
come again

don't stop asking

Another Silly Idea

For years historians dismissed it.
Calling it nonsense,a fairytale,certainly not a mystery.
Its the first reference to Medieval plumbing.
The Bayeux Tap History
Form:

Premium Member That To This

over the years
that
become this
with a small 
reference to that
of the past

it is difficult 
to stop this
it takes the form 
of what
it is
here and now

Power and Money

How much is enough

When trying to reference 

Power and Money

Is it ?

To infinity and beyond

Or rather to the corridors of power

And the ear of the man

Quiz No. Four

The correct answer was "virtual particles"- they just pop out of nowhere...Ex-lax 
reference was to "physics", and, yes, Shar almost nailed it- she is the declared 
winner.
© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.

My People John Doe Slam

When you reference

And say

My People

I take it then i am excluded

I take it then by stict definition

I am not an actual person

Kind regards
Yours Sincerely

John Doe

Premium Member M'Lady Malady

No ladies, these bugs, not quite. Asian lady beetles Little thugs: they like to bite!
————— An American 767, like a haiku, and must include a reference to a bug
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member John Lawless Has Me Thinking Again

  If a problem disappears, is its solution still viewed in arrears


     
              Please reference John Lawless' Monoku, 
               'A Problem's Problem,' Sept. 21, 2024.
Form:

Miracle Reference

If you don't believe in Miracle's 

I refer you to

Anfield,  Liverpool 

Tuesday 7th May 2019

Liverpool  -  4

Barcelona  -  0

Miracle's are not Dead 

God supports Liverpool

A Moon Manakin

A Moon Manikin 

A moon manikin;
Yellow and round as ever
And I so clever.

Ho, ho.

In reference to Moon over Poet Destroyer,
not Miami.

James Thomas Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

I Wandered

I wandered lonely as a cloud  (REFERENCE TO THIS POEM) 
While being surrounded by many
Where everyone bounces to
The beat of their own drum
As we make our
Own unique sound
Or moment in life
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.

War inside all of us

Drinks can be helpful,
escaping is not all bad,
but when your belly is full,
sad or mad better be glad.

Because hyde - the hulk -
and it will smash inside.
Comic reference at a book club.

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