Short Twenty Poems

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


My Wife the Cougar

my wife the cougar
Sue was forty when we met
I was twenty three



By Jack Horne for Dr Ram’s Cougar Effect contest
© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku


Premium Member 'haiku'

twenty critters crushed...

  car crash...driver tipsy...hah...

    we laughed...not funny


        April 25 2018
Form: Haiku

Premium Member What would You Do

What would you do
If you discovered
That you only have twenty hours left?
That your life will end tomorrow?

Do that.

Turaco Birdie

amazing colors
for a banana eater
pretty Turaco

Turaco birdie 
pretty bird loves bananas
twenty three kinds
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Pinnacle

at pinnacle of twenty-twenty-two kicking off old pair of shoes primed to dethrone the pine 12/31/2022
Form: Kimo


Rose Meadow 2

Rose Meadow 
A twenty five years widow 
Always looking by the window 
With her eyes on the street below 

May 11, 2023
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Sudden Wintry Blast

sudden wintry blast
four and twenty blackbirds caught....
last call all points south








For Haiku 2 contest
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Twenty Cents Thank You

a pair a docs said...
'to pair a phrase means
you are pair able...and
that pair amounts
to a pair a dime'


stan sand
© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Word of the year

In twenty twenty-six,
the word echoes loud,
annoying,
it sticks,
insufferable buzz, endless, tiring,
wears us down.
Form: Shadorma

Eight Oh Eight Through Eight Twenty One

Emotions poured out
Thoughts bound together and shelved
Dreams shared on paper

By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Hard Labor Creek

on highway twenty --
first pass Hard Labor Creek
then a sign - New Born 

Is in on I20 going from North Agusta
to Atlanta.
Form: Senryu

Walking Into That Bar

Walking into that bar
> That nefarious den of
> iniquity and evilness
>> Twenty drinks too sober

from Bad Craziness Rising
© Jake Aller  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Twenty-First Century American Pastoral

Stock-still statues
  Bucolic totem-poles
    Munching fly-swatters 
      Lazily grazing ... 

Invisible to driverless cars

Pistol-Packing Mama

The Mid-terms are over and done
The NRA says it was fun
By Twenty-twenty
Shooters are plenty
Your mother will need her own gun
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Wounded

if time heals all wounds, I have no scab and it’s been over twenty ~years

















12/13/2021
Alexis Y.
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Dare I Say

A bear crossed my path one day.
Less than twenty feet away.
Took one look at me.
Decided to flee.
I scared a bear, dare i say.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Blackjack Shadorma

Here are cards Fifty-two in all. Want to win? You beat me? You need more points than I have. Twenty-one is tops.
Form: Shadorma

Premium Member Phonetic Accusations

did he do it,did he do it
Judy did,Judy did
come out,come out-
The song thrush shouts

Brian Strand Entry for Twenty Twenty contest
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member silly me

cold toes peeking through
sandals on a winters day
silly little me

frostbite is likely
its twenty below zero
silly frozen me
Form: Senryu

Premium Member Magical Number

Twenty, the received magical number Exact amount is lustful Your kisses I have drawn
Russell Sivey
Form: Kimo

In Full Bloom

twenty yards distance
oh God, the sight, scent and sound
closer now, closer
let the droning, drowsy hum
of honey bees drift softly...
Form: Tanka

Cute Flowers Family

twenty three adults
a cute flowers family
rare pinky flowers
two so cute babies,
and one lovely teenager
that is the whole folks
Form: Haiku

Premium Member January Twenty-Fifth

January twenty-fifth 
silver locks idle talk with
age comes wisdom an old myth
a dance holding firmly fixed walker 


1/18/2020
© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Member Elation

Elation Haiku: by tom 12/25/2020 In seven days we’ll break free from twenty-twenty, and greet a new year.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Haiku

For the Glory

We Cannot Stop What Is Coming.

But, We Can Fight The Evil.

All For The Glory.




Christopher Bunton

For the twenty/twenty contest.

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