Short Shelter Poems

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


Premium Member Adopt a Pet

When you adopt a pet from a shelter, two lives get saved by you.
The one you adopt and its replacement that gets rescued.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Here It Comes

shouldn’t 
but
feeling
the
necessity
to
shield
and
protect
myself
from
abuse



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Premium Member Devoted To Love

A heart devoted to God's love would never give shelter to hate!







© Demetrios Trifiatis
   07 December 2018
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Nights Show Me Naked

nights show me naked 

flying far from lights 
I took shelter upon nights ---
just for lonely vein 

12 December 2022
Form: Haiku

Premium Member My Home

You are my shelter
My foundation
And in between 
The room
To furnish 
With a dream



Circa 2006
Posted 3/14/2017


Somebody To Love

I have no roof to shelter under
When the sky begins to rain
For an umbrella through the thunder
I will always hope in vain.
Form: Rhyme

Cinderella

I am your cinderella make me your bride,
Give me shelter I have no place to hide..
Cinderella kisi or ki dulhan na ban jana..
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Saving Animals

taking animals home
from a kill shelter
is not a hobby
or a right
or a mission
it is a given
i have done it nineteen times

Falling Leaves

Falling leaves 

announce colors 
pronounce change 
demand sweaters 
shelter 
hot tea 
stories 

available upon request
Form: Haiku

Marriage Merriment

Bombs blasting indiscreetly
Love seeking shelter from the fallout.
Marriage merriment—

© January 2, 2012
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Form: Burlesque

Family

Familiar
Annoying at times
Miracles
I love them all!
Lend me the shirt off their backs
Your family tree is the best shelter!
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Belay To Becalm

Listen to poem:
give a little,
squeeze a little drop,
give up on,
the illusion of seclusion
belay to open up,
to be becalmed
to be becoming.

Wet Feet

this i can't forget
you can bet
it was a pain
it begin to rain
my phone begin to beep
i ran shelter  i seek
ending up with
WET FEET

Premium Member The Eagles Nest

The Eagles Nest


The master’s shelter

      Once promised eternal reign

                                   My city strangles
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Rich Man, Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Rich Man Poor Man

Rich Man, Poor Man,
Beggar Man, Thief.

A Soldier, Sailor,
And a Tinkering Taylor.

All shelter me
From this intolerable grief.

Premium Member Life Rhythm

Life Rhythm


rain drumbeats my shelter


reach for the blanket you made me


_____________________
For Brian's Spaces Contest
Form: Imagism

Summer In South India

blue clear cloudless sky
                  It is humid and hot sans breeze
                  Rich shelter a/c houses Poor sweat suffer
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Lamb Stew

Sheep Sleep
Lamb chop and Lilly
Seldom sees shelter
Butcher brings pot boil


8/02/18
written  words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018

Premium Member A Tent In the Woods

so where do I live
in a tent in the woods
shelter kicked me out
after 90 days
with no other
place to stay
I had to fend
for myself
© Cs Parker  Create an image from this poem.

Late Summer

late summer
we gulp spring water from mason jars
during the harvest
and lay out sandwiches for lunch
and shelter in the barn from storms
Form: Tanka

Thankful Tanka

appreciation,
     receiving food and shelter,
           opportunity,
     supportive family, friends;
don’t waste this chance existence.
Form: Tanka

Fats Of Nature

People fight with nature
They dig the ground for gems
For oil, for water, for shelter
For energy, for food, for life
And for regeneration.

Secret Shelter

night's moonlit arbour
         laden with blooming desires,
                            lovers' secret shelter


Date : 07/09/2017
Form: Haiku

Shelter and Jail

no home feel alone
lost it all
so you fall
seek help
put this under your belt
 wrong house somtime fails 
can be you see
SHELTER AND  JAIL

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