Short Superficial Poems

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


Premium Member Corpus to Corpse

       a corpus of data
          may be superficial
          might be beneficial 

       ~ a corpse if artificial
Form: Rhyme


Young Buck

Despair not, 
The wound is superficial 
The arrow only grazing 

Your death mask delayed

The pain is real
But the end, 

far from us

Premium Member Gets tiring

Slapstick humour is ill refined
It will do when in a pinch
~ Don’t quit your day job



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Premium Member Eldritch

We skate the frozen face of reality
Above the deep dangerous dark
We make our superficial marks
Not too deep
For fear The Dark will mark us
And visit
© Lee Leon  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Superficial Love

She pooh-poohed his smallish gift.
He looked glum and she looked miffed.
	No diamond in sight,
	She did not delight.
Her love for him was set adrift.
Form: Limerick


Ever Change

Glass looking 
Mirror shots
Happy times 
Post mark
Expensing just character
Improvements pattern cast
Dividing superficial power
Melting pot requirement

Premium Member Devotion

so potent,
a scarce resource
the essence of
true love,
comes
not by chance,
oust the negative
radiates
itself
hold love aloft-
the only antidote
to all things 
superficial
Form: Verse

Premium Member Single Still

Harold's hope at love was nill and none
A groomsman at fifteen weddings
No pretty gal caught his eye
They seemed superficial
He was a great catch
People liked him
Mom said so
Single 
Still
Form: Nonet

Fake Gold

Only fake gold needs to be gilded with gold,
Real gold doesn’t need a gold mask to hold.
To pass the exam entails years of great effort,
It’s no use talking ideals for superficial comfort. 
(Tran.)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Judgement Statement Or Statement About Judgement

These superficial notions of love,respect, and morality have a tendency to tell others how to think and feel about them. Anyone's way is no one else's business, anyway. To a large extent, at the very least.
Form: Epitaph

Our World

Love is poison masked as bliss
People change like the seasons
Life ends, oh to soon
Young grows before it's their time
yet,here we are
Living in a superficial world
Oblivious of that that goes on around us.

Premium Member PART OF YOUR NATURE-

means that someone or something is entirely charming, delightful, or wonderful down to their core. It emphasizes that the trait or sweetness is not just superficial, but a deep part of their nature.

6/2/26

Radical Man

FDR said, "A radical is a man with both 
feet planted firmly in the air."
How inspirational.
How impossible!
A radical is original,
Revolutionary!
Just as long as it's not a 
Superficial 
Conservative!

Premium Member Playing Musical Chairs

superficial courtesies hollow social chatter mundane inanities are so wearisome let’s go extempore rid of habit patterns free from all bondage in communion with soul 16-January-2023

Premium Member We Have Options

Be an evil Zionist 1 
Support genocide and Zionism 2 
Be silent 3

or


Be a human 4


The difference between Love and Hate
obvious to some
oblivious to the superficial

Dial 0 for Freedom Fighters

Happy In 4,3,2,1

The 'crucial' material, superficial and trivial,
Affects subjects in context of perfected defects,
Venial miracles, remedials for the cynical,
Introspect. Project and infect, this selected side-effect.

14/08/17
Form: Rhyme

Beauty

Touching the divine
Immersed in the Aesthetic
Finding beauty in Simplicity
and a true Wonder in Functionality

to gaze upon true beauty
is to see the Glory within
in lieu of superficial pleasure
free of virtue, free of sin
© Syd Floyd  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Premium Member Buying and Selling Tickets

Like Hollywood
politicians play a part; 
not from deep within
nor high above,
their common nature
a superficial ego…

though as poets
we command our seats 
of beauty at all cost--
as God
Our obedience
to enter….

Premium Member Superficial Wounds

Never known such an obedient dog Our Annie, understands our human dialogue We often have to tell her “Stop biting”, she concurs The flesh wounds are usually superficial, thank God © Jack Ellison 2015
fun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member LEITMOTIFS-:-

LEITMOTIFS-:-
mature
 elevating
styled

sketchy 
superficial
as CRITERIA OF THINKING
elicit
 liberated
backlash 

freeing
constraint
for POETICALLY CREATED
familiar 
 involuntary 
notions 

beyond
eccentricity
Form: Other

Premium Member ELASTIC DEFINITIONS

ELASTIC DEFINITIONS 
pivotal
  awareness
of
inner
enlightened 
  necessity 
spurred on
rediscovered
stimulii 
renewed
   perceived
paradigmatics
in
 trivalised 
   superficial
     traditional
engagement
Form: Verse

ghosts in my walls

“do it”
“ no one would notice”
“it’s just a scratch”
“ your overacting”
“superficial”
whispers, mumbles 
when i’m alone
they never leave
never will
so i will not sleep
never, never will
when i can hear the ghosts in my walls.
© alex hayes  Create an image from this poem.

Further Or Worthier

Further Or Worthier

Maybe impact might have been initial,
Wondering how much to make it official
After analysis which was much further
Decided to facts no one mat be worthier
Looked deeper to see what was superficial.

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

Premium Member TOUCH OF THE MYSTERIOUS-:-

TOUCH OF THE MYSTERIOUS-:-
absurdly
  anonymous
attributes

realistically
rearranged
as a YARDSTICK
choosing
  effect
purely

implicitly
worked
in FASCINATING OPTICAL
superficial
 placed
pleasured

iconic
afterthought
Form: Other

Until Eye Meets Eye

Until eye meets eye
The thought wavers:
Appeal I, to his
Superficial need?
Albeit the heed
Of skirt-chasers.

Until lip greets lip
Doubt's chill sets in:
I'm not loveable!
As worthy a love
Felt but for a shove
Friend's friendly in!
Form: Rhyme

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