Short Serious Poems

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


Family Affair

Family Affairs 

Uxorious 
Devotion to wife 
Dotingly
Submissive 
Sounds like a serious offence 
In the dictionary
Form: Sestina


Premium Member I Am Anger

As anger, I wager
Of you to take control
To put you in serious danger
Of losing your soul
As you become ever stranger

CAGE BIRD

When you try to 
Cage a bird that has
Been free to fly anywhere
In the world you're
Going to have a 
Serious problem
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Inappropriate

inappropriate humor of senility super-silly-ous not the super-serious first aid for friend and his wife
Form: Tanka

Release Canadian Geese

Release Canadian Geese

Canadian Geese,
On life received a release
And it will increase.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Have a Haiku Form

Have A Haiku Form

A form of a form;
Wonder what will be the norrn,
Between cold and warm.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member At Risk

At Risk Haiku: by Tom 12/26/2020 Serious problem, compromised immune system. Some don’t show concern.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Quick Introspection

wonderful melancholy,
happening lonely,
dreadfully happy,
serious sappy,
live to die,
oblivious sigh,
why cry,
its just bye
Form:

A Gravely Serious Matter

Here lies what's left of Knobby Clark;
he didn't hear them shouting, 'Shark!'

written 13th September for Jesse's epitaph contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Epitaph

Three Serious Scandals

Political Senryu 5-7-5   




     "Three Serious Scandals"

It’s second watergate
three scandals rock the white house
Shaking Obama.
© Mya Thein  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Serious Dissappointment

Turn That SMiLE
Upside Down...

Make EVeRY: Body
KNOW How To
   ---Frown.---

-Gray Squirrel

10-10-2025
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Serious Stuff

           Why can’t I write serious stuff ~
                                               Well, I can, but I’d call my own bluff
Form: Monoku

Duniya

Sain Dunya mein kaisay kaisay ghatya log hain,
Kuch log to apni orat ka bhi bund maartay hain.
Note.Bhai me haqeqat bayan karta hun serious.

Don'T Take Me Serious

Late at night
I'm out of sight 
We always want what we can't have 
I'm just playing games
Sorry my heart's broken
Don't take me seriously
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Boy I Saw

~ A boy I saw ~

  cradled a glass jar
  full of twigs

  his name tag is off
  on the playground

  quite serious
  eating his lunch

Premium Member Secrets Clandestine

Glances dart serious, flutter-mysterious, loll deleterious   
  
   ~ Secrets clandestine, in silence predestined, love's tremolos blessed in

Magic Of A Rose

She's standing 
Like a security guard
Someone giving her a rose
Her face transition
From a serious one
Change to a charming
Sweet Officer.

Premium Member Serious Limerick 2022

A limerick should be fun and silly
It should not be sad and chilly
I must confess
things are a mess
A prayer for the world this poem will be
Form: Limerick

Premium Member How Doubts Wear

serious vagueness to choppy doubt ,
always an affliction .
prolonged this will burden !


(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 24–30, 2026)

Premium Member Twunkies

Twitter is an addiction
A serious affliction
Like heroin, meth, or crack
With this monkey on one's back
Lost between fact and fiction
Form: Limerick

Combine Each Haiku

Combine Each Haiku

Combine each haiku
Together so only you
Know my point of view.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran nd a Poet
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Number of Elite Horn Haiku

Number of Elite

Number of elite
All of them that trump may meet
Led to his defeat.

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

Changing

Child

Young, Innocent

Laughing, Playing, Smiling

Preschool, Middle School, High School, College

Working, Working, Working

Serious, Tired

Adult
© Selena R  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Boa does not clown

want to see me eat a pig? Boa said.
I’d have said no, but the pig was dead.
he shoved it in and squeezed it down
boa is serious, he doesn’t clown
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Beach Brawl

In swim trunks, the balls were out.
Each one scored a mighty shout.
	digressed to a maul,
	in a beachside brawl
Winners were in serious doubt.
Form: Limerick

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