Short Stagnant Poems

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


Premium Member Gray Tones of Blahness

gray tones of blah ness
settle into apathy
yesterdays flatline

pathetically plain
ridiculously stagnant
my mind plays opossum


Premium Member Comfort Zone

Every now and then one should step outside their comfort zone tolerance,
discovering they are no longer stagnant, complacent, unmotivated or ignorant.
Form: Couplet

Premium Member The Mind

Born for awareness,
the mind spins stagnant
while thoughts
remain hidden 
with scabbed over pain.
The soul weeps
in darkness.


Janet L Vick
Free Verse
© Janet Vick  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Forgetting To Live

stale, stagnant, unmoving
going nowhere,
forgetting to live
stuck in the muck of nothingness
dried out, dried up,
closing inward
forgetting to care

Premium Member Truth

Truth is not stagnant
nor a shallow trickle
of comfort; it is a
living word--a doorway
leading to eternal life.
To enter Truth
is to enter Freedom.


Premium Member Oxymoronic

oxymoronic cruel kindness of blacks and blues ink blots as its spent sweating profusely…it stinks a stagnant pond with no life
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Blessings where least expected

Rooted in muddy stagnant waters.
Suddenly up blooms the most pure lily.
Reminder to never judge harshly.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 3rd place 2025
Form: Other

The Ruts In Life

The Ruts in Life

A stagnant routine
Stops happiness…depresses.
A heart changed enjoys.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
March 16, 2010
Poetic form: Senryu
Form: Senryu

Stagnant Pools

There was no place to wade
in the stagnant pools of Corona.
The virus sank our feet into the mire.
Help was on the way, as we submerged
into the cesspool.
© Mary Bone  Create an image from this poem.

Melancholy

Melancholy is a dreary morning;
hidden within our souls
like mist spread over the marsh—
upon the stagnant waters
and the treetops
that refuse to drown.

Balls

Now American football enthrals
There are plays there are tackles and falls
It’s not stagnant or staid
And it’s usually played
By men with oddly shaped balls
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member One With the Earth

stagnant swamp
unbearable overgrowth
animals staggering
through dampened weeds
what life has this swamp taken?
what life can this swamp give?
God only knows

Premium Member The Hanging Tree

In ancient times in yonder Hebers Ghyll*
alone stood the hanging tree---
stagnant redundancy.

*Hebers Ghyll Ilkley West Yorshire UK

 © Harry J Horsman 2012
Form: Kimo

Polarity

Polarity, inception within a feigning ascension. Bleeding continuity grasps doubtful 
insanity. Paths diverging into a convoluted bereavement, a stagnant validity.

Premium Member Confusing the Issue

shattering 
his serenity...
roiling
the stagnant waters
of his bitter past

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Sponsor: Scott Thirtyseven
Form: Tanka

Premium Member the heat

too hot to smile
too humid to move
too stagnant to do anything

July’s heat has incapacitated me
will August be a blazing inferno in Kansas?
or will autumn come early?

Premium Member Maritime Limbo

in stagnant water aesthetic ecstasy sinks~ engulphed by a lake planks in protrusion brooding clouds enshroud a pier~ silver lining plush
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Outside


"Outside"

The wings inside 
spread wide 
lifting 
the other up

outside 

up above 
the stagnant 
left far 
behind

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Form: Narrative

Premium Member A Stagnant Condition

Joel once made a New Year’s Resolution To put an end to procrastination But half way through the year He found himself waiting there Lost in his stagnant condition ~*~
Form: Limerick

Premium Member No Secrets After Dusk

still, silent, stagnant harbor at dusk
lies among her orange and coral ribbons
bedding down for a cool evening
normal conversation travels across the water
there are no secrets here

Premium Member Waves Shape Ocean's Floor

waves shape ocean's floor

diurnal, nocturnal sea

stagnant never once

 

 

 

(February 5, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved
Form: Haiku

Stagnant

Life gone stagnant
Like an idling boat at sea
No beacon in sight
Just left to drift
To the whim of time
Let the winds blow
Let the currents push
The vessel of my existence
Anywhere but here

Trump Morally and Mentally Vacant

Trump Morally and Mentally Vacant

Trump appears to be highly opulent;
Saw size and seems to be stagnant,
Among multitude,
He is always rude,
And also morally and mentally vacant.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Dutch Up On Courage

The time is now such
All must Dutch up.'
In 2023 speak out free.!
Value freedoms prize
Not humanity's demise
There's scum afloat 
On a stagnant moat.'
Skim the surface
And ready the boats '
Form: Rhyme

The Unmoved

I am a disaster,
wallowing in self-pity.
Delusions strong,
paranoia in overdrive.
I am stalemate.
Stagnant.
Watching life pass,
and I cannot move.
No dreams, nor nightmares.
Life hurts.

Checkmate.

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