Short Rocking Poems

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


The Old Rocking Chair

Midnight, glow of a pipe and squeak of the rocking chair, made me feel at peace
penned 6 November 2016
Form: Verse


Premium Member Alfonso On a Red Horse

Alfonso on a red horse
   a huge rocking of the stars
where twinkling lasso stirs up
the sparkling dance floor
Form: Dodoitsu

Green

Rocking in his chair
Thick smoke drifts everywhere
Dark eyes behind hair 

By Robb A. Kopp

All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Senryu

Comfort

Sometimes
When I am very still
I can feel my heartbeat
Rocking me back and forth
Ever so gently
It's a very small motion

Mama Rocking Chair

she love to sit 
and do this
while she dip
the chair shifts
and rock non stop
she still has long hair
in her
MAMA ROCKING CHAIR


Rocking Chair

how can i forget
how grand mama set
non stop
and rock
me to sleep
as she would eat
meat
with love in the air
in that
ROCKING CHAIR

Premium Member Sea dreaming

I close my eyes
savouring the memory
of the clash of waves
and rhythmic sway
that rocked my childhood


AP: 2nd place 2025

Premium Member Stop Rocking the Boat

Please stop rocking the boat.
I would like to remain afloat.
I don't feel like swimming ashore.
Please don't rock the boat anymore.

Premium Member Grandma's Old Rocking Chair

The cat invariably got his tail crushed as Grandma rocked in her old rocking chair. 

Entry for Rick Parise's "One, One Liner" Contest
Form: Monoku

Big City Shopping

the city is jumping
shopper or thumping
getting ready
there minds or steady
some or windor rocking
walking and stopping
BIG CITY SHOPPING

Blue/Green

Blue green water, gently rocking
Caressing my bare flesh
Soothing my soul, calming

To be ever suspended in this sea of tranquility...
Form: Lyric

Premium Member The Old Rocking Chair

The old rocking chair slowly rocks with the breeze on the porch of the empty farmhouse, waiting for new stories to be told.


Heidi Sands

The Boat

we  were old but gold
still the feeling
our boby was reeling
it was hot on he boat cot
we were to old goal
rocking and socking
THE BOAT

Float

A large boat sailing and never stopping.
It began swaying and rocking.
The captain lost control of the boat.
I hope they know how to float.
Form: Quatrain

The World Is About Sex

its here there everywhere
theyer rocking and reeling
with that hot feeling
the mind gets
its also wet
you can bet
THE WORLD IS ABOUT SEX

Premium Member Rocking Robins - Ah

raucous red robins
rocking, rolling, ring refrain ~
redwood ricochet

2/26/23
Contest: Alliterku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina
Form: Haiku

THE OLD ROCKING CHAIR

MOM AND DAD STILL HOLD HANDS

AT TENDER AGE 92

WATCH THE PIT FIRE

NOTHING MORE TO DO

BUT SITTING IN THOSE  

OLD ROCKING CHAIR'S
age
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Rocking and Rolling

It's not very nice to gloat
When anybody rocks somebodies boat,
But some people are bad
And I am glad,
When it's Trump's, a senile old goat!
Form: Limerick

The Old Rocking Chair

The old rocking chair is still the same, even after its retirement,only location varies



Dedicated to my grandma.A 84 year old brave lady.
Form: Monoku

The Old Rocking Chair

Front porch patterns from her old rocking chair, memories that have patterned my life 




For The Old Rocking Chair One Line Contest
Form: Monoku

Rocking Chair

the sky  was blue
it was loving too
we rock none stop
that chair was hot
as it move we grove
we pull each hair
it was sex in the
ROCKING CHAIR

Child In Mother Wakes

Rocking wooden horse
                                        flourishing guffaw of kid 
                                         child in mother wakes
Form: Senryu

Dim

Footsteps echo, whispers fade,
grief lingers where light once dwelled.
The earth sighs, arms stretched wide,
cradling silence, rocking pain and loss.

Premium Member Maternal Gifts

Baby powder soft, Warm security comfort - Worthiness restored. Rocking, patting my back cures - Maternal gifts give lifelong.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member On the Old Rocking Chair

where she used to rock her kids to sleep; 
arms empty now, she starts to weep.

4/24/2023 For  Line Gauthier's 'Bite Size Contest no.62' Poetry Contest
sad
Form: Couplet

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