Short Tried Poems

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


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My Headstone

Here lies Barbara She tried to write about life and living But couldn't write about death
Categories: tried, deathwrite, write,
Form: Light Verse


Quietus

demise
end Existence
takes without prejudice
with no care of after effects
ruin




I tried my hand at Cinquain.
Categories: tried, dark, death,
Form: Cinquain

Almost

Almost yours
Almost together
Almost in love
Almost forever
Almost worthwhile
Almost a fit
Almost tried
Almost quit
© Avery Won  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, lost love, love, love hurts, missing you,
Form: Rhyme

Melvin Slater

Here lies what's left of Melvin Slater,
who tried to ride an alligator.

written 11th April for Jesse's epitaph contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, death,
Form: Epitaph

Freak

Freaking out,
rolling back is rough and sweaty.
everyone knows it!
all has tried,
KitKat isn't for legends any longer!
Categories: tried, betrayal, black love, evil, fate, for her,
Form: Acrostic


She Had Standards

I tried
to tell her
not to resort
to slum
dating
and living

but she just
did not see
the queen
she was
inside.
Categories: tried, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse

Molly

Molly tried to out live her past
But too many people knew 
And loved to gossip, so it grew
Death has freed her, at last
Categories: tried, death, life, peace, people,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme

Free

He tried to control me 
but my soul needed to be free
He tried to make me need him
but my trust can only be given by me.
Categories: tried, life, loss, sad, me,
Form: I do not know?

Beauty

True beauty never fadeth
But shines in other forms
It can’t be hid
Though oft been tried
It climbs through all the ages
Categories: tried, life
Form: Free verse

More Than Once

More than once I beckoned
More than once I tried
To cower down beneath you
My shadow, my pride.

© Samir Georges
2004
Categories: tried, dedication, depression
Form: Rhyme

Love Forever

Love tried and Love failed
And to a cross
Love was nailed
To die in Love
But to live again 
Love forever
Forgiven sin
Categories: tried, love
Form: Rhyme
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The Controller

His goal to totally control
Harder he tried more life capsized
Now wonders what happened to soul
Eternity reveals untold
Categories: tried, satire
Form: Chastushka

Lost Love

When I think about the love I lost.

I tried to save it at any cost.

It just wasn't enuff.

So now I'm stuck in this rutt.
© Julie Hill  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, angst, depression, fear, girlfriend-boyfriend, loss,
Form: Ballad
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Bathroom Graffiti

There was a man who went out late
And tried to rape a .38
He called women "receptacles"
'Til one blew off his testicles.
Categories: tried, boyfriend, courage, death, girlfriend, men, violence, women,
Form: Quatrain

Blue Devils

Teardrops in my palms
Shapeless, bitter emotions

I tried relentlessly to caress
The sour taste, warm touch

Burns my flesh.
© Johan Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, depression, sad,
Form: Free verse
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The Card Game of Life

     Intrinsically dull
       he tried to raise hell... 

     In the card game of life
       invariably shelled
Categories: tried, giggle, life, loss,
Form: Rubai
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Clerihew Turnbull

US born John Turnbull
a portraitist so successful
The first graduate painter of Harvard
but perhaps tried a little too hard
Categories: tried, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
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Clerihew Pryde

Graphic artist James Pryde
a music partnership was tried
With poster design the genre did begin
operating under a psuedonym
Categories: tried, art, people,
Form: Clerihew

God Over All

he tried but was denie
won'ted thing his way
this is a new day
it for you and eye
we can get by
 if we just call
GODS OVER ALL
Categories: tried, adventure, faith,
Form: Light Verse
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Seasonal Melody

My middle name is Winter
My wise wife’s name is Summer
We both tried to Spring ahead
But had a big Fall instead

Russell Sivey
Categories: tried, life, seasons,
Form: Verse

Per Se 2

The truffle
an unexpected source of kerfuffle
who would have thunk it?
with all that fuss you'd think he'd tried to dunk it.
Categories: tried, appreciation,
Form: Clerihew

Try Your Best

Research papers, book reports
witty remarks, smart retorts
of these things none can I do
but I still tried and so should you!
Categories: tried, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
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Please Love Him

She wanted to love 
One hundred percent all in
She found his goodness
She explained him to others
Many tried to love him too
Categories: tried, love,
Form: Tanka

I'M Not

i'm sorry that i'm not skot
i tried to do the best out of my shot
i'm sorry that i'm not mr davis
but i know now what pain is
© Ralf L.  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, sorry,
Form: I do not know?

Shakespeare Clerihew

Shakespeare
Was said to take deer;
Once caught, he ran away
And tried his hand at writing a play…

For Freddie’s Clerihew contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: tried, writing,
Form: Clerihew
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