Short Today Poems

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


Premium Member The Walnut Tree

Once summer green
then Autumn gold
bedecked this ancient tree-
Today silhouette laid bare
misletoed in winter frieze.
Form: Imagism


Green

Today I saw an open view
A vision clear of life anew
A path of love and kindness true
Today I'm green instead of blue.
Form: Rhyme

The Raindrop

Fell on my cheek today hiding my tear. Thankyou raindrop for falling in the right place to 
hide the sadness on my face.
sad
Form:

Birthday Poem

born today,
long ago,
another number,
as i grow,

im happy now,
as i age today,
another birthday,
along the way..
Form: Rhyme

We Write

Today we write in rhyme
To get it right this time
To remember it well
And assemble it well
So we don't commit a crime
Form: Limerick


Music Today

its  the sound
that's now around
hip hop
onetime it was bebop
dj. play
the music has a lot to say
its the 
MUSIC OF TODAY

Sunken Sailor

Tie one on
Yesterday I went to port
Today I'm going to court
I'm just a sad sailor
And I'm in jail
That's all I know
© Jim Bowron  Create an image from this poem.

Time

Yesterday was given and now its gone
Today is here and for a while here to stay
Tomorrow is it just time that we borrow

Teeth Grief

Cleaning teeth, what a relief,
When you know where they have been,
What I forced them to eat today
Really was obscene.
Form: Rhyme

Love Is the Limit Today

Everyone says love is no limit
if love is true.
I say that if love is true,
then love is limited to a limit today too.
Form: ABC

Premium Member Clouds Today

Fleecy clouds keep rolling by,
Fly  within a clear blue sky,
How  long it lasts who can tell.
But we'll find out soon.
© Wm Paul  Create an image from this poem.

Pledge of the Ex's

Today I'll give up all my ex's
for something that is true.
And hope to find just one more wreckless
man for paring to.
Form: Quatrain

A Welcome Note

Words that have been,
from deep within,
rhymed with time,
in joy or sorrow,
today or tomorrow,
I treasure them here.
Form:

Premium Member Watch Out For Mom

wielded wooden spoon
laughing kids ran like crazy~
screen time reduction

Senryu on Mother 
Sponsor - Jenish Somadas
Form: Senryu

I Think It Is Today

Watch the edges of my memories
curl slipping out of focus
The abyss slowly erodes
staring at my ethereal hand
it goes

Trump Cure Number 13

Trump discovered a cure today:
Lab-cloned alien DNA
From Tularosa*
(Is Amarosa
Collecting some White House back pay?)
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Graceless

Today, they choose calm above logic and hold scorn for education.
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Civilization Down the Drain

In WW2 Sweden sheltered
    Jews in desperate need

  Today Swedes burn a Torah scroll
     a brutish, dastardly deed
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member THANKFUL FOR THE OWL

Today I’m thankful for the owl…
A truly wonderful bird….
who reminds us we can be wise
without ever saying a word.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Abandonment

Running off with tomorrow
divorcing today
The moment left orphaned
— all time astray

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)
Form: Rhyme

The Way Things Are

Kids today cannot resist;
Technology entices,
So from our grands, we won’t be missed
When left to their own devices!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Being Who You ain't

If being who you are today
is making you feel faint.
What makes you think you'll be fulfilled,
by being who you ain't.
Form: Rhyme

Mirage Or Just Fake

Even as the mirage 
give me hope
to move forward,
be my motivation
whatever happens next 
i have you as my goal today
Form: ABC

Good Friday

Hot cross buns we eat
As we think of him today
Easter eggs remind
us of new spring life on earth
Our families together
Form: Tanka

Quiet

All is silent today on this little site,
But I did receive a message of light,
I bid you all safe dreams and goodnight..

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