Short Stale Poems
Short Stale Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Stale by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Stale by length and keyword.
Sharing loneliness
On a boat in a stale pond
We keep throwing rocks
To imitate the great seas
Too cowardly to explore
Categories:
stale, boat, courage, loneliness, relationship, sad, sea,
Form:
Tanka
Stale waters go deep.
Sneaky double mountain peaks,
Death environment
Inspired by Raul's Morning Ambience contest
Categories:
stale, angst, death, depression, loss, natural disasters
Form:
Haiku
dusting stale portrait
graying visage from my past
gilds blithe memories
romance stilled in time capsule
shadows my jealous lover
Categories:
stale, lost love
Form:
Tanka
Stale the ale
Rancid the memories
in my pail
Bruises, injections
bloody reflections
A life thrown away
no more to say
Categories:
stale, abuse, drink, drug,
Form:
Rhyme
impatient lover
white prehensile phalanxes
smell of stale kisses
© RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY
12 DECEMBER 2014
Categories:
stale, horror,
Form:
Haiku
My grandma once de-skunked a skunk
for reasons I still have not thunk
she knew what to do
without a pee yew
and never the stale air did stunk
Categories:
stale, animal, funny, giggle, grandmother, humorous, silly,
Form:
Limerick
once a breadmaker named peas
his shop it smelled of stale cheese
so patrons complained
and a court arraigned
he'd open after a breeze.
Categories:
stale, fun, funny, giggle, hilarious, humor, humorous, silly,
Form:
Limerick
I want my toast and ale
and use the bread that's stale;
for a breakfast so hardy
I'm on time and not tardy,
so feed me and don't look so pale!
Categories:
stale, friendship
Form:
Limerick
stale, stagnant, unmoving
going nowhere,
forgetting to live
stuck in the muck of nothingness
dried out, dried up,
closing inward
forgetting to care
Categories:
stale, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Matzo cost a fortune
seemed so precious
just days ago
Now flat and tasteless
stale crackers, crumbs
~ sans Passover’s glow
Categories:
stale, food, holiday, jewish, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Each gamepiece knows its role
Back and forth and so it goes
~ eventually the board goes stale
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Categories:
stale, fun, games,
Form:
Other
i opened the door to my stale heart
and much to my dismay
found there was much
room for improvement
AP: 1st place 2025, Front Page Pick 2025
Categories:
stale, heart, sad,
Form:
Free verse
A day laborer was he
His diet, stale bread
and weak tea
Hadn't much to say
for he wasn't well-spoken
Never took a break
'til he was already broken
Categories:
stale, life, pain, work,
Form:
Couplet
in hills where buffaloes roam
i brew coffee with much foam
excess grounds water cold
bitter stale tastes too bold
grateful when the wife gets home.
Categories:
stale, angst, anxiety, dad, drink, father, urban, wife,
Form:
Limerick
when the light of youth
twinkles far above you
and death is just a breath away
you fear you'll just follow the same
stale breadcrumbs from life to life.
Categories:
stale, birth, death, life, remember, spiritual,
Form:
Tanka
Inhale Without Fail
There are things that we will inhale,
Which we love to do without any fail;
Agreed,
We need;
Unless at many times may be stale.
Jim Horn
Categories:
stale, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
Balls crash together,
bounce from corner to corner.
Bets placed one by one.
keeper yells last call,
smell of cheap smokes and stale beer.
what hustlers like here.
Categories:
stale, life
Form:
Haiku
A dinae ken ma purage frae ma ale
Ma heed is burlin roon, a canae stan’
A’m no the yin tae swalie toast sae stale
an’ cannae yet get up withoot a han’
Categories:
stale, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
In aid of a jumbo sale,
I turned out some cans of ale.
‘I’ll drink these,’ I said.
‘And give them my bread -
‘Although it’s a little stale.’
I wouldn't really LOL
Categories:
stale, food
Form:
Limerick
Stale air permeates the mind atmosphere
Contaminating the happiness of the soul
Until one day, light shine again with intensity
December 4, 2016
Categories:
stale, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Trying to normalize
My differences
They took my spine
And crumbled it
As a stale bread
Now they’re enveloping
Their parts
With my pieces
So they can taste better
Categories:
stale, analogy, body, conflict, environment, humanity, identity, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Stale mate?
Rebate...
7/7/15 Caryl S. Muzzey
Copyright © 2015 by Caryl S Muzzey
First Place Winner ~ "One Footle” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Judy Kono
Aug. 8, 2015
Categories:
stale, divorce, humorous,
Form:
Footle
choosing the road
of oblivion
a cold
stale breeze
my only sign
and source of comfort
as nature wraps up
this dreadful winter
she's suffering
and she knows
she knows
Categories:
stale, desire,
Form:
Free verse
When we were young,
New lovers discovering,
Hot flesh sliding,
It was fresh.
But now memories of before,
Stale and settled,
Cloud my lungs and each breath seems stifled
Categories:
stale, lost love, passion
Form:
Free verse
Unique, oh you are so
Let the red carpet roll before
We have to hear you droll
On and on
About how great you
Are-
PoetLaureat
You’re greatness to me is
Like stale piss in my car
Categories:
stale, heart,
Form:
Blank verse