Short Thirteen Poems

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


Premium Member Thirteen Syllables Or Less

sun sets behind Pikes Peak

now bathed

with mellow moon

Entry for Timothy Hicks' "Thirteen Syllables Or Less" Contest
Form: Haiku


Girl Of Three, Of Thirteen

Titillations in the shallows.
All of life's! Before a wave.
Edging which twin immanancies
Of head's, heart's diving brave.
Form: Rhyme

Fragment Thirteen Point Four

You call me the god of discord
By many I'm being ignored
While by everyone you're adored
Getting used to it, more like bored
Form: Quatrain

Thirteen Syllables Or Less

from a night's journey--
I return with a lamp
and songs


Thirteen Syllables or Less
31 April 2016
Sponsor  Timothy Hicks
Form: Haiku

Thirteen Syllables Or Less Contest

Lunar experience


autumn moonlight
earth sun moon join...
darkness covers earth

13 syllables 4-4-5

Penned 30 March ,2016
Form: Haiku


Thirteen Dollars

We scrounged up
Every penny we could
The night the policemen took you.
We had thirteen dollars
For your five hundred dollar bail.
© Sun Lee  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Just Superstition

Just superstition?
Feisty black cat bearing claws 
the number thirteen  
tattooed upon its wild smile,
witches it’s your lucky day.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Standing proud

My dad had thirteen siblings
worked for every thing he ever got
many hand-me-downs but no handouts



AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Haiku Number Twelve, Thirteen

The Haiku Master
waited at the twilight hour
It dawned on him


Floribunda rose
Awakens to spill it's scent
Midsummer night dream
Form: Haiku

Isis

Isis trawls the Nile,
Finds thirteen dismembered parts,
The phallus missing,
Sings, resurrects Osiris,
Fashions gold phallus, conceives.
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Sixth Teen

New year this

Twenty eighteen?

In a count it found no eight teens

From thirteen to eighteen sixteens

Then this year twenty sixth teen!

Premium Member Cut

CUT 
Stitches 
Big needles 

I ran and I fell 
The jar broke and cut me 
Thirteen stitches in my hand 

"Never run with glass in your hand"

Premium Member Thirteen Syllables Or Less

thunderclouds shrouding the grave my falling tears 03~30~16 13 syllables or less contest sponsored by Timothy Hicks
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Thirteen Syllables Or Less

At noon time
two squirrels on lawn chair
awaiting lunch.




Sponsor: Tim Hicks
Contest Name: "Thirteen Syllables or Less"
Deadline: 4/29/16
Form: Haiku

Premium Member A Flag

thirteen kindled stripes
blazon fifty beaconed stars… 
   freedom burning bright 

           USA Flag
         17 Jul 2015
         David Mohn
© David Mohn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Senryu

Premium Member I cannot control my cousin

thirteen of us knew how to behave.
of course my cousin was not one of them.
they gave me grief, but no one can control that maniac.
not even grandma!

Thirteen Syllables Or Less

morning dew clings
silk dances in the breeze
deadly threads



Contest: Thirteen Syllables Or Less
Sponsored By: Timothy Hicks
Written: 3/29/2016
Form: Haiku

An Hour Past Midnight

Thirteen stricks the clock.
Cob webs dance in the corner of darkness;
Cats are always on the prowl, and ghosts,
Still scare little kids in their dreams
Form:

Minutiae

A goose egg of gold,
Six lambs in a fold,
The coconut fell from its tree.
A pet, granite rock,
It's thirteen o'clock,
The mountain slid into the sea.
Form:

Premium Member Thirteen

Her inner universe is chaotic.
Nobody gets how deeply misunderstood she feels.
The world cold and callous.



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2026
Form: Other

Premium Member Thirteen Syllables Or Less

rain come again
dry flowers with wide eyes 
look at sky.


March 30, 2016.
Thirteen Syllables Or Less - Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by: Timothy Hicks
Form: Haiku

Thirteen:

a hex slams the decks
in cosmic fashion
aloof, shedding proof
of boundless passion
covert to pervert
virtue left ashen;
once fed every thread
begs for compassion.
© John Weber  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Seven Spirits a Candlestick

Seven stars within Eternal's palms Philadelphia freedom 
Thirteen psalms and a will to be merry ?
                 
                        ...."In Progress." *:*(*
Form:

Unlucky Thirteen

comes from
Jesus and disciples
friends and foe
gathered together
for last supper


Author notes

Just a passing thought in thirteen words, seemed appropriate.

Road Trip

We had been on the road for about thirteen hours by then
So the traffic that we saw was a most unwelcome sight
A turtle, on his own road trip, crawled across the highway
© C.W. Bryan  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Sijo

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