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
Form: Tanka


Premium Member 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.
Form: Lanterne

Premium Member Full Speed

Full speed ahead 
in and
for the spot light
resting between the breaths
waiting for the next 
until 
the final rest.

Premium Member Risened and Resting-

you are not here you have risen
so rest. . . 2/19/21 Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2021
Form: Epitaph

Premium Member Twining

twine binds the years~ old cards resting on older letters, each one a small echo still reaching for me.
Form: Other


Premium Member CLERIHEW XLVI ecphrasis malevich

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

War

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

Premium Member 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
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Zen mode

resting mind that weighs and sizes
at source wherefrom bliss arises
we rest as presence self-aware
imbibing offered surprises
Form: Rubaiyat

Scar

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

QUOTE

"The constant feeling of melancholy made me embrace it. I learned to be happy with it resting on my shoulder."
— Rodrick Kamen JNR
Form: Bio

Premium Member THE RESTING POET

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ his silence isn’t empty~ it’s the space between keystrokes when the poem arrives
Form: Verse

Premium Member 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
dog
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Thought of the day

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

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?”

Visitation

Last night, while you were asleep resting your tired and sick body I visited you in my thoughts and danced with you.

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
Form: Tanka

Premium Member 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
Form: Monoku

Premium Member The Shape of Water

Melting Glistening, peace Streaming with epiphanies Resting gently in laughing sprays Descants of richest notes
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

Premium Member 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
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Life and Death

life
purposeful planned
exciting moving learning
hearth home heaven hereafter
reposing resting resigning
anticipated allusive
death
Form: Diamante

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
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...

Premium Member 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
Form: Tanka

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