Short Resting Poems

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


When Mortals Apologize

A mortal's mistake
Ruining the perfect portrait
For the resting head
Fearful heartbeats now echo
A thousand apologies
Categories: resting, betrayal, emotions, relationship, trust,
Form: Tanka


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Giant Ferns

Goose
in the
archway is
nestled between
trees 

Ferns
ease claim 
resting on
natural moss
sill

3/17/2019
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: resting, bird, nature,
Form: Lanterne
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Full Speed

Full speed ahead 
in and
for the spot light
resting between the breaths
waiting for the next 
until 
the final rest.
Categories: resting, death, future, happiness, life, today, work,
Form: Free verse
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Risened and Resting-

you are not here you have risen
so rest. . . 2/19/21 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2021
Categories: resting, analogy, bereavement, blessing, confidence, encouraging, inspirational,
Form: Epitaph
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CLERIHEW XLVI ecphrasis malevich

Prolific Kasmir Malevich
a diverse talent so very rich
'Resting*'with figuarative guile
a contrast with his abstract style
Categories: resting, art,
Form: Ekphrasis


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Pumpkin

pumpkin harvest
from fields of bounty
~ pregnant moon resting



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on November 5, 2018
Categories: resting, autumn, moon, nature, night,
Form: Haiku

War

Afore likewise yonder lies the way of peace 					
								
							                
Resting in another’s prayer and sacrifice
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: resting, dedicationprayer,
Form: Imagism
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Cancer

you prey on bodies
causing them to bow on knee
i ask for God's grace

while family watch me die
not resting till your job's done
Categories: resting, sympathy,
Form: Tanka

Scar

Skin therapy couldn’t materialize
Consequently leaving behind a blemish
An injury that is permanent
Resting deathlessly on me
Categories: resting, sad,
Form: Acrostic

Solitude

Idle hands,
resting on the table. 

All strength sucked out, 
lifeless. 

Touching, 
feeling, 
but sensation is no more.
Categories: resting, death,
Form: Free verse
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Untitled

I am a young pup named Spot
today I will be resting on my cot
I would say 
to you cats today
get plenty of rest you’ll need it
Categories: resting, dog,
Form: Limerick
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Thought of the day

after affirming ‘I am’, pause
we are awareness without cause
resting in subjective knowing
free from attachments, free from flaws
Categories: resting, i am,
Form: Rubaiyat
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hiku 48


chin resting on his cinched fist a writer stares with glassy eyes pondering the white page
Categories: resting, art, nature, poems, poets, writing,
Form: Haiku

Happy In Bags

Seeds complained bitterly;
“We were resting in bags,
happy and safe we were!
Why take us away by force
to be buried in wet soil?”
Categories: resting, betrayal, leadership, loss, satire,
Form: Personification

Visitation

Last night, while you were asleep resting your tired and sick body I visited you in my thoughts and danced with you.
Categories: resting, missing you,
Form: Free verse

Tanka: Butterfly's Wings

The butterfly's wings
Moves to and fro when it flies
Like a wooden fan
While resting on the flowers
Look like slopes of muddy land
Categories: resting, nature,
Form: Tanka
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Silence of a Woman

When a woman is silent, she's either resting or giving you the cold treatment.


Monoku Madness of John Hamilton
8/21/2016
Categories: resting, character, woman,
Form: Monoku
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The Shape of Water

Melting Glistening, peace Streaming with epiphanies Resting gently in laughing sprays Descants of richest notes
Categories: resting, appreciation, blessing, inspiration, peace, river, sound, water,
Form: Verse

Divine Messenger

It was an evening walking
In the moonlit night standing 
Saw an angel resting
In the golden light
Of the night
Keeping 
An eyeing
Categories: resting, angel,
Form: Free verse
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Life and Death

life
purposeful planned
exciting moving learning
hearth home heaven hereafter
reposing resting resigning
anticipated allusive
death
Categories: resting, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Diamante
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Inner Shift

Ceasing all striving
Resting now in contentment 
Joy scintillating 
Not so easy as it sounds
Din of ego all around

15-October-2020
Categories: resting, spiritual,
Form: Tanka

Rejection

"Nap," written in blue
Resting means I'm a burden
Get no rest at night
To see the depths of my soul
You might just know rejection
Categories: resting, depression, loneliness, mental health,
Form: Tanka
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Stick Figure

3-d stick figure
lays upon grave gray gravel —
imaginary
line drawn around circumnavigates
the resting place of dead wood

9/25/2018
Categories: resting, nature,
Form: Tanka

Me, With Myself

when i wake for life
  l carry the young me with me
    that me i talks. walks...
  leave my aged me, in bed 
     resting in peace...
Categories: resting, allegory, allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Light Verse

Your Grace

Your pain
Will not
Justify 
The 
Deseased ridden
Whole
That lies 
To 
The empty
Cold
Fear
Resting
On
The 
Putric
Disguise
Of 
Your 
Grace.
Categories: resting, fear,
Form: I do not know?
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