Short Territory Poems

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


Beyond

Where darkness,
Goes to rest,
Cold, unwelcome,
Territory,
Silence towards the end,
Fleeting figures,
Whisper,
From,
Beyond.
Form: Elegy


Premium Member Cardinals

two male cardinals fight over territory.... corn tassels rustle
in an instant from the kitchen window view
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Maps

Maps

Arise appearing

To make sense

Of the unknowable

Territory~

But the territory is

Totality including all

Maps~~

Premium Member Canadian Constipation! (bawdy limerick)

A constipated Canuck named Rory
took an atomic suppository.
It exploded his guts
and they soon found his nuts
somewhere in the Yukon Territory!
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Alien Territory

alien territory
the visade is
mandatory- it's
easy to forget
underneath we
have let our
selves fade from
sight- just as
dawn swallows
night.


New Territory

A white layer, 
So enticing and 
Humbling. 

Where you my master, 
My Teacher making
A canvas unpainted, 
Unstained. 

An exploration is in 
Order.

Doubtful

Open Arms...  
the words you give to someone, just may be the strength of reflection needed and neither of you even know it....
             Unknown territory

Premium Member Waterfalls

Falls over steep rocks
As a crystalline cascade
Pristine waterfall
In the undiscovered and
Unconquered territory













Nayda Ivette
1-4-2015
Form: Tanka

Collar

i smell
of her
pee

between
my legs
when she

was in
wolve's
form

marking
territory
now she

owns me
as i've
been

barking
up a
tree

call her
Form:

Premium Member Words and dreams

All words 

Assume to map

The unknown territory..

Careful observers of

Illusive appearances..

It's what dreams are

Made on..to borrow

Some words...

Picking My Own Kind of Slapstick

Every treaty they make 
makes to cheat me
to
dislocate me 
from my
territory

and on the plains
it is so plain to see
that a treaty's not
worth
diddly squat.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member 2026 Word-Toy Soldiers

Word of the Year 2026 Poetry Contest
Sotto Poet

ICE Agents,
poised as Trump's puppets,
take the stage,
like mad dogs,
marking their territory
without lawful cause.
Form: Shadorma

amethyst starling

on little insects the amethyst starling feeds ~ violet hue haunts whistles, trills, mimics for territory and love ~ nature's purple gem
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Red

Birds were very 
aggressive today

There is a ragged loud 
screeching swooping Hawk

Outside always
Protecting his territory 

Scarring the little gentle songbirds away

winter tracks

snowy trail. paw prints;
freshly impressed, substantial-
cat territory.

* 'A Fall or Winter Nature Haiku' Poetry Contest
* Sponsored by: Tania Kitchin
* Entered on: 11/11/2025
© Talia Hill  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Kashmir File

Both sides want Land
Both sides want Kashmir
Both sides want Milk
Both sides want Kheer
No one wants Ranjha
Both sides want heer.
What could be more devastating than a piece of land.ARK

Premium Member Sample Her Biscuit

One thing leads to another, then to sex To be perfectly honest, it's what guys expect To sample her biscuit Maneuvering his digits Caressing all the territory below her neck
Form: Limerick

The College Experience

Uncharted territory,
An interesting new story,
One I'm likely to forget.

New people,
New places,
New situations I'll regret.

Conversations,
Contemplations,
To be or not,
To do or not?

Premium Member The moon trip

The
moon trip
a story unfolding
in time and space~
quantities and
calculations are
precisely and 
crucially told
as plans for
minimal risk~
a map is drawn
as the unknown
territory looms~~

Premium Member A Hopeless Romantic

meandering
along the hinterland
relentlessly I search 
for innocent love
in the remoteness
of unspoilt territory…
a hopeless romantic
making inroads into
inaccessibility

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Premium Member Patriotism

Patriotism

An energetic

Belief arises

With apparent

Identification~

And stories of

War and peace

Saturate the 

Airwaves~

These stories

Map the boundaries

Of the boundless

Territory~~

King Forever

king of the castle
master of all I survey
my territory

panoramic view
rough stonework castellation
fresh breeze, muffled sounds

see people below
most will not/cannot see me:
ancient castle’s ghost

Jack Horne
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Rodentia

You are a rodent
                                                      to a snake if you walk in
                                                              its territory.
  



Pace, G
INK-U-SCRIPT

05-10-2012
Form: Haiku

Experience and Knowledge

words are like a map and experience is the territory a map can only give knowledge "about" the territory it can never give knowledge "of" the territory this can only be obtained through direct experience

Not Be On Bounds

Love has no boundaries 
One can enter the other's territory 
Arming not as for the enemies 
Harming not the other any 
To feel alike
To heel one another 
To share alike 
To live together 
No matter what bothers in between

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