Short Twain Poems

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


Premium Member No Argument

Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.
Mark Twain


you’ll get no argument from me


Taken Into Care Slam

Taken into care

A desperate tale of despair

Both on social and an emotional levels

Never the twain

So much for family

Present To Future

Future is far,
present here,
the twain meet,
somewhere there,
you have to walk,
trot,gallop and hurry,
before you get buried.

Present To Future

Future is far,
present here,
the twain meet,
somewhere there,
you have to walk,
trot,gallop and hurry,
before you get buried.

Premium Member Twain No 2

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Mark Twain


no wonder Washington is a stinking cesspool!


Man and Monkey Thoughts

Unbeatable  and
Resourceful  'Anjaneya'
Is our 'monkey-God'

Ape is ape and man,
Man. The twain did never meet.
Nor will ever meet.
Form: Senryu

Memo Part V

Here Lies Dr. John Lang
A Good Man Who's  Heart Was Twain
His Last Words Spoken In Pain
"Never, Never, Never Again."




"The End"
Form:

Majorie Taylor Green In 25 Words

Thinking of Marjorie Taylor Green
Mark Twain wrote
"If you want people
To think you are an idiot
Open your mouth
And remove all doubt"
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.

Over Your Head

A river boat runs into a bar                                                                                            and says give me a mark twain
© John Beam  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Grook

Premium Member Twain No 8

I was educated once - it took me years to get over it. Mark Twain
at least I can still count to ten and spell cat
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Samuel Langhorne Clemens

Samuel Langhorne Clemens had a wit as acidic as a lemon to many pompous people he was a pain especially with his pen name Mark Twain
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Twain No 5

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. Mark Twain
we have two wonderful border collies~ I prefer their company

Premium Member Twain Quote number 10

'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'"[
Attributed to Mark Twain


anyone can tell a lie but it takes a politician to tell a statistic
Form: Monoku

I Quote Mark Twain

"Don't sass me"
Conscience will justify you in it
In all ages of the world fiction has lured the obtuse 
Afterward act accordingly to the dictates of your best judgment

1-2-3 , Nah 3-2-1

Life 
Stoops in
Awe of sea. 

The 
Sea yawn
Gulping waves. 

Life 
And sea, 
Twain depends.
        


Entered for 3-2-1, 1-2-3, haiku contest... Poetry soup.
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Love Is Not Bitter

Love is not bitter, for time is not long,
Love is the rainbow, and never the rain;
Love is the weakness that makes the heart strong;
Love me forever, two ones to a twain.
Form: Rhyme

A Twain Tyburn

Wildly

Witty

Very

Scary

Some say Mark Twain was wildly witty

But I found one tale very scary



(Tom Sawyer’s travels through the cave scared me as a child)
Form: Tyburn

Premium Member Twain No 6

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Mark Twain
I can’t remember what I said yesterday so it must all have been true
Form: Monoku

Premium Member The Ban's Their Plan

They've banned Mark Twain
  J.D. Salinger too
Faulkner, Shakespeare
  Next up, Winnie the Pooh

And because amorality's
  their ultimate end
They'll ban the Bible
  then the Koran
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member GIVE EVERY DAY

May we be blessed…
especially in this time of political upheaval and strife 

To give every day, as Mark Twain suggested,
A chance to become the most beautiful day in our life.
© Jim Yerman  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member This' Twainism's' Personal

   "The Jews are like everyone else, only more so."
                                             ~ Mark Twain

    
        Since I am ‘more so’ ~
          that explains my hefty torso
Form: Couplet

Removed For Publication

“Sometimes too much drink is barely enough.” Mark Twain, on Alcoholism


05 July 2015
Poem of the Day - 07 July 2015
Write With the Wit of Twain Contest - 4th Place
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Twain No 7

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
I have a ton of experience~ why am I still making bad decisions
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Twain Quote No 9

Good decisions come from experience. Experience comes from making bad decisions. Mark Twain
If that is the case~ how come I still make so many bad decisions
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Senryu 4

cycles continue
victims, weaker or smaller
bullies..born or made?


"It is curious that physical courage should be common in the world and moral courage so rare"
- Mark Twain

©Donna Jones, 12-9-2013
Form: Senryu

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