Short Sentence Poems

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


To the Bone

The shorter the sentence
the greater the impact
Its focus unchallenged
—its meaning refined 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)


Premium Member Phased

The moon took possession
of the sky
a blank slate of atmospheric haze
punctuating
the seasonal sentence
of solar cycling.

Six Sentence War, Israeli Style

Tic Tac Toe
No Honour, No
Tic Tac Toe
No  Result, No
Tic Tac Toe, two sides go to war
Tic Tac Toe, No win, No lose, No draw
© John Scott  Create an image from this poem.
age
Form: ABC

Pressing the Word

I press the word
to find what juice
is inside

No idea can hide
as I press down
firmly

Sucking the sentence
for its worth.
art

Premium Member One After Another

One
   One letter
   One word
   One sentence
   One paragraph
   One page
   One chapter
   One section
   One book
   One


Premium Member A Spelling Trick

I often forget how to spell a word, so I apply this little trick;
I'll change the entire structure of the sentence to avoid using it.
Form: Rhyme

Have Attitude

Don't erase your voice   for fear!

  don't  repress a terrible secret,

  evil cannot prevail...

Love yes, must always win..."

Satan's Sentence

From Satan you will recieve outright persecution for love distribution.

Nicole S. Brown ,Truly blessed daughter of the king! 1-11-11
Form: Rhyme

Innocence Lost

Her innocence lost,
Shattered and shamed, scared alone.
Picked up the pieces;
She waited for the sentence.
Forty-eight months, not enough!
Form: Tanka

If I Was a Judge

I’d be fair yet tough
N rule the courtroom
With a iron mallet, fist
Saying order in the court
& sentence killers
N others as I see fit
© Leah Ross  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Life In One Sentence

Life is lived like Lucky Luke: Labor, Lead, Lecture, Law-protect, laugh, love, leave!

Contest : One Liners Five
Date : 10th December 2015

Premium Member Mistakes While Writing

erasers are nice
 but we learn from our mistakes
so why erase them

why not cross it out
jot down another sentence
and make it complete
Form: Haiku

Premium Member a spin

everyone is born with a death sentence and the penalty is life everyone is born with a life sentence and the penalty is death
Form: Senryu

‘tis All What We Need

Love, 
four 
letter 
word, so sweet 
and will surely last 
forever, when you really know
how to use it in a simple sentence of your life.
Form: Fibonacci

Awesome Sentence

A-crostic
N-ote
A-dvances

E-very
N-ame
C-reatively
I-mplementing
N-ifty
A-wesome
S-entence

Topic: Poem
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Pi Day 2026

The ratio 'round to across,
That's pi, in a one-sentence gloss.
It may not seem much,
But still, it is such
As that to all rhythm, it's boss.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Running For Colour

dropping words
                                        mid sentence
                                      twilight beckons






5/5/2019
Form: Senryu

Child With a Sword

Immaculate Son
Sent for division, not peace
Giving His sentence,

He is not guilty.
But as blood drips from his blade,
He cries out for life.
Form: Haiku

Sentences For Treason

Hanging
Drawing
Quartering 

no sense
Void of reason

Somewhere along the road we all must take
Goodness will survive

or

evil may wake

HOW AND WHAT IS LIFE



        

      Life is not a short street
      with a single address... 
    Life is a long road with many
      addresses along the way
Form: Epigram

Written Savior

my words are my soul, ripped into shreds
once written and twice read...
my mind rejuvenates after the sentence slams out
one breath and two exhales...
Form:

Premium Member WRITING DESK RITUAL

the pen hovered over the page, unsure. then a sentence arrived shy, but determined~ a small creature swimming out of the ink.
Form: Other


Premium Member Picasso In Pieces

Picasso in pieces —
a puzzle, out of sorts…
a commentary slice.
the raw rooster of war,
cocked and loaded —
a worldwide death sentence.

10/13/2019

Just the Sense

Does silence kill the sound
Does light hide the shadow
Does the word make the sentence
Does the touch make the sensation
Does the thought make the I am

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