Short Unexpectedly Poems

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


Premium Member Utters--

utters unexpectedly unknowingly updates unconditionally



8/16/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020 ©


Premium Member Useless Unreal Unexpectedly-

We're useless so upset untimely so unreal to us up unexpectedly 



8/13/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020
Form: Monoku

Premium Member pendant beauty

unexpectedly
the town's fountain was frozen 
in pendant beauty 
we marveled for seven days
until the sun released it
Form: Tanka

Premium Member SOFT CENTER

I bit into the candy the center giving way~ warm, sweet, unexpectedly tender. people sometimes do the same thing.
Form: Other

Premium Member How My Love's Perceived

One found my love to be so unholy.
Another found my love to be so unruly.
Many so soon went away unexpectedly.
This final one though loves me so truly.
Form: Quatrain


Pink, Red and White.....

As a Wedding guest
I wore Color
and a smile
and had the time of my life....
but love crept in unexpectedly...
and that I almost did not 
recognize......
Form: Bio

Premium Member boasting about killing watches

Watches do not work on my daughter or I
The ones we wear unexpectedly die
Our body electricity is different than most
We kill watches the old lady did boast
me
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Hoot Owl

Hoot owl
Distinct owl voice
Echoes favorably
Nocturnal and mysterious
So unexpectedly forest friendly
Hidden away, a dark shadow
Unique who sound
Hoot owl

God Bless America Contest

Unexpectedly,
Panic consumed our Nation,
Fanatic cowards
Tried to shatter our union,
But United We Stand.


Always and Forever
God Bless America

BY: Sabina Nicole
Form: Tanka

Time Alone

Unexpectedly, it all began
Two people longing for comfort
Enjoying time together
Intimate moments shared
Senses awakened
Desire looms
Relaxing
Touching
Kiss
Form: Nonet

Premium Member The Courtship

The first shy, eve-avoiding glances
   Cautious, desire pops up, looks around
Unexpectedly, eyes meet; cheeks flush crimson
   Could you... Would you... Could we...

Beyond the moat


Though it is rare in everyday's sail
It does happen quite unexpectedly
Sea arrives in the shape of a vessel
Pulls the existence beyond the moat

5 September 2025
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Curtain of Complexity

The dream play

May feature a

Curtain of complexity

Drawn over the

Simplicity of

~No-separation~

~Which unexpectedly~ 

May appear

As the curtain~~

Premium Member Autumn Reverie In a Graveyard

this poem is a single line tanka


Unexpectedly strolling into a daydream filled with bright colors, still seeing you here not there alone beneath cold marble.
Form: Monoku

Premium Member Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer cried 
When unexpectedly all of Santa's elves upped and died 
Not only did poor Rudolph have to fly 
But he now had to give toy making a try
Form: Clerihew

The Star Has Fallen

Unexpectedly somewhere the star has fallen,
Having dropped a thin ray of hope.
And the trains have rushed along the world 
To shout about great grief, about unearthly love.
Form: Lyric

Premium Member Two Lost Souls

Two lost souls met one fateful day 
 They both were so sad and lonely
    Love was a fairy tale until, 
 It showed up so unexpectedly 









Alexis Y.
08-01-16
© Alexis Y.  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Arrival of Luna Maura

Luna Maura arose unexpectedly, unbidden
In the midst of the lake of the waterfall
We recognized the power of this water faerie
Legend had predicted her for thousands of years

Premium Member Plane Is 78 Years Late

The airplane had been missing since 1944.
We were shocked to see the phantom soar.
It unexpectedly appeared on a summer’s day.
Flying at us between clouds orange, pink and gray.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Summer Returned

Summer returned
    unexpectedly
    in the form of  
      a bumblebee

  It buzzed everywhere
    as surprised as I...
    then put its stinger away
  ~ watched the day go by
Form: Rhyme

Universal Law

Earth 
Unexpectedly
Rocked
Sun darkened
Moon dimmed its light
Stars  
Falling 
From heaven
Famine
Pestilence
The designing of sorrow
Seems like the end
My lawyer is screwed.

Premium Member Love Quells

Listen to poem:
when feelings rage
to fever pitch
and seas rise
to tortuous,
the simplest
open arms, loving embrace,
with puppy pats on the chest
quells and dispels
the fury
quite unexpectedly.

Premium Member Making our Day

   The element of surprise
       often wide opens eyes
    in a most delightful way

    Be it a dramatic sunrise
       or a foe’s compromise ~
    unexpectedly making our day
Form: Rhyme

Underneath Umbrellas

Unusually uninviting ultraviolets unleashes unrelenting unpleasantness underneath unique umbrellas,

uncomfortably upsetting us, 

until umbra unexpectedly unloads ultimate Utopia upon us.

Premium Member A Harlot's Fire

An aging streetwalker, she
   A hell-and-damnation preacher, he
      Met at death's door, unexpectedly

His life she saved, as hers expired
   Ministerial brimstone melted
      ~ by a harlot's fire
Form: Rhyme

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