Short The English Poems

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


Premium Member CLERIHEW eliot

Missouri's Thomas Sterns Eliot
loved the English life quite a lot*
His style remained American
as a very poetical craftsman
Form: Clerihew


Writer's Block

There are thousands of words in the English language
Right now they're all knocking on my door
I hear them 
But I can't bring myself to answer

Eisteddfod

A pub that's typically Welsh
Has music the English can't squelch
Hymns and arias rule
But, like any gene pool,
The loudest is always a belch!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Mastery

One of the smallest, most powerful words in the English language is “Yet” the next is “Will”. Kale Brereton Oct 6/2018

The Sun

Today it rained
But only for a while
And then the sun came out
Which if you live in a good climate
May seem quite confusing
But to the English is amusing


Premium Member Tea for two

Two giraffes decided to see
what the English have for their tea.
They stuck in their necks,
and each of them checks,
then ruled it was too bourgeoisie.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Close To the Heart

They
kept
a lock
of his hair-
a devoted pair,
life-time in-laws,with love to share.

Note:Mother& Wife of Disraeli the English 19th century Prime Minister
Form: Fibonacci

Premium Member The English Gent

There was a gentleman from England
Who boasted how his land was so grand
Big Ben, Scotland Yard
The Changing of the Guard
It's too bad all the food is so bland!
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Clerihew Lawrence

Sir Thomas  Lawrence grew up in a pub
prolific paintings meant he never needed a sub
Favourite of the English ruling class
but a legendary repute never came to pass
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Short, Shorter, Shortest








             The English language~ lovely.
             To crush poetry to the size of a pea, balmy!

                             7/28/2021


Form: Epigram

Premium Member Lexical Abuse

The English language slapped me down.
I stabbed it thrice in its flabby gut.
I threw it in a pond to drown.
I asked myself as I made each cut, 
“Is this lexical abuse?”
Form: Rhyme

Zapata Flies

Zapata flies

no grand illusion

channel disappears


Note:https://www.npr.org/2019/08/05/748219809/this-time-franky-zapata-makes-it-across-the-english-channel-on-a-hoverboard
Form: Senryu

The English Science Made a Big Discovery At Last

The English science made a big discovery at last:-
A girl with very large and solid ears,
If  wind is blowing straight towards her rear,
She get to  school of her as twice as fast.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Bows Enlighten Us

prim and proper
showing Amish upbringing
she has chosen to live among the English
we see her plain ways
when she turns her white bows on her lacy socks show
enlightening many of us

The English Channel

Addressing a student looking in the air
The teacher asked, "The English Channel is where?"
He said, "Well let's see..."
"I do watch TV,"
"But I haven't heard of that channel on there!"
© Pat Adams  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Hello Not the Other One

if you decide to call your girl any word in the english language
use the best one
the b-word is the best 
no wait, you get me wrong!!!!
its not what you think...
the word is beautiful
Form:

Strange Beauty 2

sijo    

Tolerance and empathy between people of opposite stance
could take a lesson or two from the English countryside.
There single hedges fuse the best of holly, hawthorn and yew.
Form: Sijo

Premium Member English and Their Tea Invite

The English are civilized with their tea.
So let’s run over there. What do you say?
They invited you and probably me.
Lemon my favorite but yours Early Gray.
Terrific way to spend part of our day.

Premium Member Clerihew Rackham

Arthur Rackham the English illustrator*
had drawing at his very core
A leading figure of he 'Golden Age'
of Fairy Tales drawn on a page

*https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/arthur-rackham
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Rightly Vexed

We know that the English are rightly vexed
Queen Mary we bought; London Bridge annexed
Big Ben's up for bidding
So's the Thames, we aren't kidding
Then London and Leeds and Stonehenge are next

11/23/22
Form: Limerick

Hindsight

Of all the words in the English language
"should'a" is the most useless one
And I know it's a sin
but I'm gonna give in
I'm gonna put some eyeglasses on my buns
and tell everybody what they should'a done

Swear Word Scrabble

Great fun games for the English summer
They don’t have to be expensive
Play new swear word Scrabble
It’s a simple game not for the pensive
All words must be in common usage
And should be genuinely offensive
Form:

Cat On a Broomstick

The English say black cats are good -
They think we bring them charming luck;
But in the States, black cats are bad,
So trans-Atlantic flights just suck!

for Deb's metre contest
I think this is iambic tetrameter
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member The Ugliest Word

Cancer is the ugliest word in the English language Trust me, no other word conjures up so much sufferage Most results concur But can be blurred Surely cancer tops them all, it's brutally savage
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Stressed Desserts

"Stressed" is just “desserts” spelled backward Do not fret, things will make a reverse traverse Bet that's a new one on you A new one on me too The English language is filled with stuff reverse
Form: Limerick

Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace