Short Terrible Poems

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


Pol'Tics Three - Debatable

“Margaret Thatcher you ain’t!”
“You ain’t old Reagan in paint!”
slinging mud
with a thud
terrible taunts tossed to taint
Form: Limerick


Terrible Twos

two years old
always wanting his mommy
screaming when he wakes
and she's away in the kitchen
quiet the moment she holds him
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Shoot Me Doctor

Shoot Me Doctor Miracle man 2/4/2025 Doc. I need a shot or do I need to be shot? I feel terrible!
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Untitled #71 / That Terrible Light

Ah! Already I can feel that
terrible light dimming in my heart!
Come back! I would rather live with agony
than be dead to love!

What Was Your Sin

America, what was your sin
For the Lord, he sure has the hump.

It must have been really terrible,
For he sent you Donald Trump.
© Gary Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Couplet


Have Attitude

Don't erase your voice   for fear!

  don't  repress a terrible secret,

  evil cannot prevail...

Love yes, must always win..."

The Origin of Be Prepared

After Moses emptied his tush
God set fire to the only bush 
A terrible plight
No paper in sight
All the leaves went up with a whoosh!
Form: Limerick

Tariff marriage

It seems the dear old UK 
has now become
Trump's best friend,
Hopefully now those 
terrible tariffs 
will eventually come to an end.
© John Read  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

A Rustle in the Night

I heard a rustling in the night.
It gave me such a terrible fright.
"Is there a monster under my bed?"

Nope—just my silly cat, Fred!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CLERIHEW ekphrasis GAUGIN

CLERIHEW ekphrasis

Artist Paul Gaugin
enfant terrible type of man
Experimental with many  trick
settled & died in the South Pacific
art
Form: Clerihew

Unrequited Love

What is felt without end by one and is fleeting for the other, is sometimes contained in the mind, but can cause terrible pain in the heart.

Lifes Curse

Often people have said to me.~

Living a long life is a terrible curse.~

But i say too them this day~

Never being loved is far worse~
Form: Quatrain

Nuances of Memory

There is white and pale nostalgia
sweet memories and terrible ones
treat  pain softly to have, analgia
you be eaten by termites moths, none
Form: Quatrain

As a Poet

AS A POET I AM TERRIBLE NEWS
MY EFFORTS JUST GIVE ME THE BLUES
FOR IN TRYING TO RHYME
I SELDOM CAN FIND 
EXACTLY THE RIGHT WORDS TO UTILYZE

Outback

God just made a terrible blunder
Clearly revealed by claps of thunder
There was no sinner
Just Aussie dinner
After poking around Down Under
Form: Limerick

Tornadic Activity

Terrible tornados toppled trees tearing trenches through the terrain,
“Took my tonsils,” told Timmy Thompson, “like taking a tongue twister train.”
© Tony Lane  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member My Wife Came Up With This

Piggable - Jiggable
Ivan the Terrible
Strangely proposed to 
Elizabeth One.
Russian society,
Antiediluvian,
Made her refuse him
Spoil his fun.

Ludicrous Caligula

all hail the world's bane
ludicrous caligula
terrible buffoon
riding on an ass, an ass
sliding on banana skins

© Gail Foster 20th January 2017
Form: Tanka

Salt

The girl spilled a box of salt
Then had a terrible thought
The spill meant bad luck
Suddenly, she was struck
By a truck carrying a large bank vault
© Daisy Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Baking Bacon

Baking bacon tis a terrible sin, 
regardless of the pain I am in. 
I'll fry till I die, 
with grease in my eye, 
and blisters and boils on my skin!
Form: Limerick

The Mutt

A mutt may show up with a rat
Do some terrible things to your hat
But he’s happy for sure
Just to roll in manure
And so grateful that he’s not a cat
Form: Limerick

Lips Chirping and Badly Burping

Regardless of weather,
Or else lips like leather;
Are chirping;
Badly burping;
Like a ball that is tether.

This is Trump the Terrible.

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

Ginger Whinger

There once was a terrible whinger
Whose hair was incredibly ginger
No one liked him at all
So he ran off from school
And went out to train as a ninja
© John Fenn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Weekly Woes An Alliteration

Miserable MONDAY
Torrid TUESDAY
Woeful WEDNESDAY
Terrible THURSDAY
Frenzied FRIDAY
Sorrowful SATURDAY

SUBLIME SUNDAY....carpe diem PRAISE THE LORD
Form: List

Premium Member CIRCADIAN ALLITERATION

Miserable MONDAY
Torrid TUESDAY
Woeful WEDNESDAY
Terrible THURSDAY
Frenzied FRIDAY
Sorrowful SATURDAY

SUBLIME SUNDAY....carpe diem PRAISE THE LORD

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