Short Stiff Poems

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


Premium Member One Stiff Drink

One stiff drink
After another 
Celebrating the coming

My body touches oneself
Receiving the satisfaction 
That I am still here
In the company of a friend


The Stiff

(the word (moll) means a mobsters wife or girlfriend)



I heard of a wiseguy named Guido
Who suffered a waning libido
His disgruntled moll
Made a quick call
Now Guido is incognito
© Judy Bonin  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Stiff Attention, For Contest

Bart Bren was a novice politician      
Who was fair at stating his position.    
But folk who wouldn't listen
Caused a major transition.
Bart found his audience as a mortician.
Form: Limerick

Stiff Neck

I will not turn towards God,
I keep my face away from him,
I know he has blessed me,
But I choose to sin on purpose,
I am ashamed to turn my face toward him,
My neck has become very stiff.

Premium Member Keeping a Stiff Upper Lip

Now we have been released from the EU, and its cheap cost of living
We are now going British with prices that are more than unforgiving
Form: Couplet


Stiff Stuff

STIFF  STUFF



Old age in men  
is when 
joint parts supposedly flexible 
just aren’t any longer, 
but are stiff instead;
and parts supposedly stiff
just aren’t any longer,
and certainly no longer any longer.



10  April  2021

Premium Member Shadows Are Rather Stiff

Listen to poem:
Shadows are stiff
hard-edged, 
all telling,
not fibbing
nor forgiving.
The mind's eye is blind 
to the shadowy-side 
we carry in ruck-sacks behind
our backs.
Shadows are brutally honest,
dark and gloomy,
sketches of self in outline,
that we would rather lose
'cause they can't be
colored in.

Premium Member BONDED STIFF

BONDED STIFF

Our love knows no swiftness;
It’s tied and bowed in stiffness.

Our love life is no played game;
It is an everlasting bond attained.

May our love ever be as if a royal palace evening ball;
An orchestrated ball, admired and wished for by all. 

May this precious bond between you and me,
Be granted an ever-blessed bond of  eternity:-
Form: Couplet

Scared Stiff

Any noise, any sudden movement
Any voice calling me,
A step outside my door
A shadow in the street
A creaking stair
The rustling of fallen leaves
A tap on my shoulder,
Sets my heart pounding
My legs growing roots
My blood turning cold
My soul beginning to freeze...

I play possum!


~12/11/22
~Contest: A Brian Strand Premiere Choice #54

Premium Member BONDED STIFF

BONDED STIFF

Our love knows no swiftness;
Its tied and bowed in stiffness:-

Our life of love, is no played game;
Rather, it's an everlasting bond attained:-

May our love always be like a royal evening ball;
A loving affair desired and wished for, by one and all:-

May this precious bond between you and me, ever be,
A God-granted blessed bonding, deemed for eternity:-
Form: Couplet

A Cold Stiff Shadow

A candle light

in a dark smokey room

Flames dancing

on the walls across the roof


A twinkling star 

high up in the sky

Suddenly falls away

into the space yard of goodbyes


Dreams do die

in the bitter struggle for gain

The last high

usually's never the same


Until it's over

Only the drugs remain

And a cold stiff shadow 

Payment for fortune and fame
Form: Verse

Quiet, Stiff Thoughts

No speech, no thoughts, 
Quiet is what they want. 
So that is what they get. 
I will never speak about love or respect- 
For anyone, so I will still as a stone. 
Cold, frozen, and hard as bone, 
But bones can still break and crack. 
Pressure, consistently adding to the stack, 
Of many worries that hide inside of me, 
And they do not know or see 
Anxiety, is the name, 
Of the thing that came, 
When my friends said. 
“Love with him is dead...”
Form: Rhyme

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