Short Simple Poems

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


Greatness

Simple books
   Simple hopes
   Simple dreams
   Simple aspirations
   Simple homes
   Bustling with...Great people!
© Seema Ali  Create an image from this poem.


Life Water

Life water
wash me down
simple moments water rushing
over winter white feet
tumbled rocks purple catches me
waiting.

Beauty

there is beauty
as far or near as
the eye can see
sometimes we have to
close our eyes and
open our minds
to see it.
Form: Couplet

Out of My Mouth

Slander like ivy,
Grows out of my mouth,
Maybe I shouldn't even if it grows anew.
Who am I to judge even if it's true.
© Mu Di  Create an image from this poem.

Hen Do

Chandela sex in the temple
Was certainly not so simple
To hold a pose
On tippy-toes
Whilst Shiva handles a limb pull!
Form: Limerick


Poet Qays Ibn Al-Mulawwah To His Beloved Layla

Layla, you were simple a girl.
My love has made you queen.
Now people worship you as a goddess.
What a power Love has!

Premium Member Paradoxes Can Resonate

Happiness and desire are not two

As Nothing and everything are not two..

No separation

Paradoxes can resonate...

Premium Member Expressions of love

With so many people in the world there are so many expressions of love but what it comes down to is the simple I love you
Form: Monoku

Premium Member tea

the hearth flickers 'neath a pot
water swirls and tumbles round
dried leaves bloom within the clay
misty cup of calm
Form: Dodoitsu

Premium Member a bellow beyond the pond

minnows barely swish
pond is quietly simple
cattails stand guard
bullfrog's belligerent voice
a bellow beyond the pond
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Clerihew Clerihew

This form I share called clerihew
perhaps it is new to you
A simple rhyme aa bb
each day poetry& art to share with thee
Form: Didactic

Premium Member 666

Why am I drawn
to the sign of the beast:
is it desire for danger?
A monster in me? or
just a simple love
of symmetry.

Plain Brown Wrapper

If the message complex,
the delivery simple

The meaning the magic,
the words zero-sum

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)

Bearing Fruit

It was not the want or the will
She lacked a simple reason
Seeds can bear fruit
But only in their season
Twas not hers

Simple and Deep

She loves what I love
She sure hates what I hate
Truly I love her
It is that deep and simple
It is this simple and deep
Form: Tanka

Love Sees It

She was a good girl
He was a bad boy
She loved him
And he loved her
Because in each other's eyes
They were both angels

Premium Member Triodyne

Easy form, just one, two, three done 
Doesn't have to rhyme, can be free
Three lines simple, I've messed up-ghee
Form: Rhyme

A

a simple game
a lover's lair
a cold spring day
a love affair
a first hug
a first kiss 
a memory made
a time of bliss
© Jo Bien  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Epitaph of Nature

Spring of lotus births
Summer of forest flowers
Fall of colored warriors
Winter of lamentations
Seasons of tragic dance

Premium Member Grateful to the core

A simple thank you seems so insufficient
when your thoughtfulness is always timely and efficient



AP: 1st place 2026
Form: Couplet

Premium Member THANKFUL FOR MY IMAGAINATION

Today I’m thankful for my imagination…
for this simple reason why….
without my imagination
I’d lose my ability to fly.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Necessity

The horse
simple symbol
power and beauty
said Lisa
I've never known her but I wish.
I see how her presence
is missed.

Premium Member Simple Life

don't ask much
just want a
simple life

live and love
completely
day and night

don't want to
worry 'bout
tomorrow
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Other

Premium Member Mother Goose, NYC Edition

For fame, young Zackery thought:
a train hop TikTok shot!
He struck his head
and wound up dead.
Now, damages are sought.
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Simple Observation 1 - Roses aren't all red

Roses aren't all red and violets all blue the grass is green most of nature is too. _________________
Form: Couplet

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