Short The Past Poems

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


Growing Up Black

thinking of the past
it was a gas
as a hard task
I tell you
to get thur
it s a fact card was stack
GROWING UP BLACK


Time

The time I spend
Spent thinking of you
Memories of the past
I fall behind
I am caught by the moment
A moment in time

Tasting the Past

The rusting of years,
the flavor of time

Calling you back
—patina unrhymed

(Ronald McDonald House: January, 2020)
Form: Rhyme

Inner child

I walk
Hand in hand
With myself
Hoping one day
I can let the
Pain from the past
Disappear
And let myself
Be whole

No Mans Land

Living in the zoo
hunting in the jungle
Dying in the space between
— buried in the past

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)


Lost Tears

Some never hear
the past whisper goodbye

Till perfidy shouts
— and destiny cries 

(The New Room: October, 2025)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member monk mode

bliss suffused 
emptiness 
is the norm

we look not
in the past
or ahead

all that is
is this now
where we dwell
Form: Other

Was It

Was it always black and white?
Don't blame the past, all right!
Focus on our inner zen,
Positive vibes for us to yen....

Twilight

The long gone down
sun's
last rays
burnt memories
on now cooling embers
of fading light
the past
bids me
goodnight.

Message Delivered

grave warning from the past
make no mistake of whose your maker
messenger from the past
left clueless
case of the world

Premium Member 'blank Canvas'

a new start blank canvas forget the past begin the year with promise and laughter
©010120121830
Form: Tetractys

Change

One must have change,
to understand and appreciate the past,
in order to move on!

(c) Rosemarie Schrock
 Dec. 11, 2008
Form: Quatrain

Autumn Blaze

With age
   the past grows
into an Autumn Blaze
   its fire balancing the shade



Written 5/11/22
for Naani Contest
Form: Verse

Closing

December shakes autumn.
Stern winter chill throws and shivers.
Swift, hold the moment. 
December crown to close the past.
© Kathy Bahr  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Orange

I recall the tiger sprawl that burned the skyline vast

                 How the break of day lit up to reminisce the past
Form: Couplet

It Is a Blessing

without a future
the present

without the past
a present

without
a past and future

the present
you can enjoy it.

the jewels of light

darkness i once walked
demons of the past followed
now...the path i walk
lights up my way, as i pick
up the jewels 1.2.3
© Markus Jay  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Bridge It


     The bridge 
     to the future
        a song

     Living in the past
     can only last
        ~ So long
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member CLERIHEW ecphrasis XI

Diezma's Still life 8 yards long
entitled 'Bodegon del Limon*
visual genesis of the past
suspended animation to  last&last
Form: Ekphrasis

Premium Member The past

Just because your past didn't treat you well doesn't mean you need to forget it -use it for a recap of things not to do again
Form: Monoku

Holy Water

Sacred in its offering,
christening the past

Wellspring of indulgence
—running free at last

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Clean Break

a clean break from the past
  perhaps too much to ask

delicately loosen, never yank
  rips and tears leave memoirs blank
Form: Couplet

The Past

Memories are stepping stones
As we journey through the dark.
Shedding light on our journey home
To rekindle with the past.
© John Read  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Questions

walking the halls lonely eyes review the past - - - questioning

sep 2011 Charles Henderson
for Constance's Monoku contest
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Bury the Past

Bury bad events
Close forever past chapter
Releases burdens 












Example for Setbacks Contest
7-7-2016
Form: Senryu

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