Short Swan Song Poems

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


Swan Song

Apollo now guards
   my Prose and my Verse

His Swan sings at last,
 —the Raven in search

(Villanova Pennsylvania: April, 2017)
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Swan Song

Twilight torpid pond Shadow falls on lily pad Silence broken, croak Autumn plume of winter air Watery hibernation.
Form: Tanka

Swan Song a Spring Haiku

SWAN SONG

black ice fools
swans’ midnight landing
feathers slide

winds laughter
tickles newborn twigs
raven’s smirk


Victoria Anderson-Throop
Form: Haiku

Twisted tongue

Melancholy melody of mania and madness.
Ceaseless Swan song a symphony of sadness.
Counter to composure comes cacophony of chorus.
Oscillating operatic overture of Opus.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Swan Song

The opera singer sang her high 
note,
Fell dead, husband stood there
to gloat.













05/10/2022
Contest:Killing Me With An Epigram
Sponsor:Margarita Lillico
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Winter's End

The change in the air is palpable
      Winter wrens are singing
            Their swan song...
               Spring is nigh!



Date written and posted: 03/16/2019
Form: Verse

Premium Member Swan Song

Swan song
Amazing, surprising
Splashing, displaying, underwhelming
Sometimes I'd dream about foreshadowing
Possession concert


6/23/19

Swan song - A Didactic Cinquain
by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member The Object

How many objects were there?
And of those that remain.
Then from the great Moon
An ageless quote came.
About an unknown led goat.
The swan song was not played.
A Small Obelisk of note.
Rock And Roll Hall of Fame.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Swan Song

When scuba diving in Iceland need to wear long johns Under your wet suit, at 32F, you'll never see swans They tried wearing sweaters Now they know better Otherwise, they'd have been singing their swan song
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Inspiration Minichu

seek beauty in being 
feel the loving faith in omnipresent Supreme 
inspiring

bathe, radiate
softness of the silver moonbeam
relate

swan song 
fulfill a dream
long

seek beauty in being
softness of the silver moonbeam
long
Form: Rhyme

Swan Song

Lovelorn; My love, Breaking my heart, Left me forever to mourn.
Forlorn; I Lament, Singing the blues, My pining heart pleads:
Return!
Dr. Ram Mehta's "Longing" contest.
Form: Cinquain

Premium Member Swan Song

Swan Song

I slid silently past
soft silenced down
laid in rest
amid fresh sprouted grasses
no viewing hours posted
only the few drifters
heads bowed
paddles idled
an homage
to nature’s beauty
spent.


John G. Lawless
5/28/2017

Premium Member Swan Song

When scuba diving off Iceland, you need to wear long johns Under your wet suit, it's so freaking cold, you'll never see swans They tried wearing sweaters Now they know better Otherwise they would've been singing their swan song
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Why Do I Go on Singing

Why do I go on singing song after song? Because the times I have been most alive in my life are those precious moments I spend, well, just loving you, sweet Susan, just loving you.
Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008

Premium Member autumn's entrance

in change of season
autumn makes a grand entrance ~
with subtly chilled winds

twirl then arabesque
leaves are dancing a ballet ~
unscripted, unstaged

one last performance
their swan song without encore ~
bare, the maple limbs
© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Swan Song

Beauty and serenity meet
  and become inspiration.
Silently gliding on liquid love.
Cool and calm floating gracefully,
  the majestic swan
  silently calling, beckoning,
  "Join me".

By:  Carole O'Terry Duet
Copyright:  2016
"All Rights Reserved"

Premium Member Today You Seem So Wondrous Fair

Today you seem so wondrous fair,
your lips and cheeks and eyes and hair
so touched with angel shining grace,
that I, poor beggar, take my seat
and wait in wonder at your feet,
to catch a glimpse of heaven’s face.

Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Monoku A Philosophers Song







     In Judaeo-Christian cultures, when we equivocate, evil as 
     good, it marks the very beginning of our soul’s swan song.  

 
 
                                    9/19/2024        

                             @ Panagiota Romios

Form: Monoku

Premium Member Summer's Swan Song

The calendar announced today the first day of Fall,
But the weather in South Georgia did not hear the call.
It is near 90 today, and Fall is in hiding.
It is Summer's swan song, and it keeps on smiling.





Late September Standard Contest
Brian Strand sponsor
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Keep the Dream

Not simply these
Something's wrong
Ponzi scheme
Moral's lost
Wanton greed
Swan song
Eagle scream
Far too long
Keep the dream
Leave what's wrong
Change the scene
Stay Strong
Keep the dream 
Move on
Easy to See
Things are Wrong
Keep the Dream 
Stay Strong
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Holding on

a bluebird dives
graceful sullen and dramatic
as if performing its last swan song
then in late afternoon gone 

the sun in backdrop
tickles wispy clouds
speechless i inhale the magic
of an exquisite day of fall
wishing it would never end


AP: 1st place 2024

Premium Member December's Swan Song

Breathtaking build up
With Santa’s coming
Hoping for snowfall
Christmas caroling
And season’s greetings

An endless list
So much to do
Festive details
Invitations

Midnight mass
Excitement
In the air

Did it~
Survived

Whew!



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Premium Member Like Any Given Star

Like any given star,
no matter how distant you are,
you become brighter still,
and I guess you always will
as I learn better yet to know
undimmed radiance, steady glow
of your magical self and the hope
you still bestow on this lovesick dope.

Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Steppin' Off

Steppin’ Off My Platform I Will Miss you, It’s only so long And not a swan song I have projects awaiting They need some attention An untenable encumbrance Far too many to mention So I’ll be takin’ time out Or bound to get worse September First Steppin’ off
© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Shape

Premium Member In This Quiet Aftersea

In this quiet aftersea
of beach and sky,
where my dreams
mingle with the clouds,
and clouds touch the sea,
your hair hangs down
sunwarm on my skin,
brushing all
my thoughts away,
and then, then, nothing
is found on my body
but this memory
of you.

Christopher M. Swan, “Song of Susan,” 2008

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