Short Spelling Poems

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


Premium Member Scrabble Fun

Scrabble was a funny name
For my favorite spelling game
Letters Connecting
And Words Correcting
Often landing just the same
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Clerihew Ingelow

Bankers daughter Jean Ingelow
Tennyson &Browning she got to know 
Her novels were very telling
but her poesy had archaic spelling
Form: Clerihew

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

Premium Member Sillybilly Spelling Bee

"Antidisestablishmentarianism"  isn't the only long word I can spell.
I can also spell, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" as well.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Jig is On - spelling edit

When Anthony started to trip,
he turned it into a back flip.
He then finished big
by dancing a jig
and closed with a hop and a skip.
Form: Limerick


Miss Pelled

To spell wrong, 
should not be a miss.
'Miss' as I miss you
feels wrong,
for wrong spelling.
Miss as in you,
is so deeply heartfelt.
© Tom Pen  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Prose

Naturs Mistakes

In a given sequence
Alter in a letter
Affects all lives

Spelling bee in nature
Mistakes of unfortune
Experience the pain 
The way is learn
Form:

Premium Member spelling bee

my friend cannot spell it is true

and was stuck on the word iq

when teacher did shout

before passing out

my library books overdue.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Seasonal Decor

A set of pumpkins One atop of the other Each with a letter And spelling out the word boo Lovely seasonal décor
Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

Primi Entis

Trapped in time waves a banner
  spelling ‘truth awaits’

But being first is the flag
 —that flies forever

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2018)

Premium Member Poetry Forgive My Fatigue

my poems my spelling oh this tired girl
forgive me all poets crows and squirrels
it's been a tough week or two
doctors, medicines so I tried to redo
Form: Rhyme

Spelling Trouble

The smartphones we’ve all come to use
Have features too good to refuse,
   Like autocorrect—
   Though, in retrospect,
This blasting is also a cruise.
© Ed Morris  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

True Writing

a spelling error bites like a snake
I could write without a mistake

pay attention to detail
I’m not going to fail

writing I will do
poetry makes it true
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Nate

There once was a lad named Nate
Who in the spelling bee did participate
But the audience did blush
As poor Nate got flush
After failing to spell constipate
© Joseph May  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Spelling Thy Name

God, my Lord,
Finally have I learned,
After innumerable trials and errors,
To spell correctly Thy name:
LOVE!  


© Demetrios Trifiatis
    30 AUGUST 2014
Form: Epigram

Premium Member He Won'T Leave

He says he won't leave office Even if he loses, we must be cautious Bodily if necessary Big Macs, orange hair Plus a spelling book for novices
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Physician, Heal Thyself

Could a soul find room
at the core of an atom?
So Eve changed the spelling
thinking dim of such wit –
thought an apple a day
would keep both of them
fit....

Grammar OCD

I’ve got a thing about spelling
I'm not averse to showing or telling
But an apostrophe out of place
Is just a disgrace
And it always ends up with me yelling
Form: Limerick

Squawking, Talking, Humming, Spelling

A talking bird is smart let’s agree,
they have a wonderful vocabulary,
so it may seem bazaar,
that as smart as birds are;
Are they smarter than a spelling bee?
Form: Limerick

Disease

D
I
S
E
A
S
E
that's the spelling of disease,
harmful and painfully killing me.
How in the world will I combat thee?

Take one tablet by mouth 4 days a week.
Form: Rhyme

I Ajolipize

There was a man that criticized
And asked the other to ajolipize (incorrect spelling on purpose) 
I said you there
Don’t be so square
words are a form to Politicize
Form: Limerick

My Bad English

My English is a bit
What rhymes with tit
And my spelling is awful 
But my grammar is worse
And my punctuation stinks
So at very best 
My Poetry is
Awful tit bit's that stink

Premium Member Poor Spelling Wbm

Paw smelling it often bugs me Small errors I can clearly see When you sit down to write Ensure your spelling’s right and consult a dictionary! 7/27/19
Form: Limerick

Antique Store Find

A wall of printer's blocks, in rows, in ink, in metal, wood
Jumbled letters, thoughts exploded, chaos in unsteady line's eyes
with dusty vacancy slots formerly spelling: "I love you".
Form: Sijo

Premium Member Why Should I Know Multiplication

When will I need
Multiplication?
Why waste my day on it?

When will I need 
This long division?
Why are we doing this?

I do not need 
Spelling or writing
That’s your job, isn’t it?

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