Short Upstairs Poems

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


Premium Member It Happened One Rainy Night Continued

Just a maid & just sixteen
a serving girl  a go-between
upstairs and downstairs  her  scene
was true  love  to intervene?
Form: Quatrain


Susan Showering

Susan Showering

 
Brilliant 
May morning.

Upstairs
Susan 
showering,

singing
as the children 
waken.


Donal Mahoney

Cozy Cute House

cozy house one room
upstairs, nice kitchen downstairs 
sea in front of you
behind is so rich green farm
mountains on right desert left
Form: Tanka

All Of Us

a tomb
   you say
domed 
and grand
and cherubin
   temerity
a mass grave
of all of us
but 
who still
creeps around
upstairs

The Man Upstairs

'Pon thy throne
He sits in wait

"Son"

He says 

"In time, he finds his way"

Then smiles as He clears the path
that leads back home


Face Towels

Face Towels

I won’t anymore check on 
the German and Japanese face towels in the 
upstairs linen cupboard for 
they’re pro-recycle toothpaste cap.

Please Hide Me

Please Hide Me

Please hide me under the blanket,
There’s somebody coming upstairs.
I’ve taken off my night shirt,
and don’t want to be caught unawares.
© Kevin Shaw  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member April Snow

April snow still batters my soul Someone upstairs is asleep at the controls A negative tone One person alone Still wreaking havoc on us a-holes
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Ghosts Populating the Attic

Achtung!  Ghosts populating the attic
Electricity fills air with static
Normally buy a new house
And worry about a mouse
But footsteps upstairs are so emphatic
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Bats Everywhere

Bats are in my house They are in my head as well They’re looking for food They flutter around upstairs Catching the leery stray bugs
Russell Sivey
Form: Tanka

The Abandoned House [for S.R. 1988]

green and white 
he asked  
why was it covering the peeling ochre walls  
and the moldering door  

she said 
it was different then  

an artist used to live 
upstairs
Form: Elegy

Round Trip Ticket

The union shop decided to picket.
The union rep got a round trip ticket.
To meet with those upstairs.
And voice the workers cares.
Butt in the end, they told him to stick it.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member What I Do For Fun

Sometimes for fun I take walks out in public in my underwear,
because as long as I keep smiling nobody seems to care.
They just assume that I'm senile and not quite right upstairs.
fun
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Quandary

Which came first, the chicken or the egg Brain's in a quandary, I'm on my last legs The world is flat And stuff like that Think something upstairs has come unpegged
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Who Gets What

Which granddaughter gets which ring and which watch?
To care at all would take it up a notch.
I’ll be upstairs, seeing what heaven brings.
No worry about these soulless material things.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member A Quandary

Which came first, the chicken or the egg My brain's in a quandary, I'm on my last legs The world is flat And stuff like that Think something upstairs has become unpegged
Form: Limerick

I Need More Time

“I need more time!” You yelled from upstairs
“I need more time.” You demanded under the door frame
“I need more time,” you whispered breathlessly as you were running, but the bus left anyway

Premium Member broken glass in the kitchen

Glass
Slivers
Broken chards
In the kitchen
We are all barefoot
Daddy’s eyes are not sharp
Baby wants to help of course
Big sister takes baby upstairs
Mama heads for the broom and dustpan
Form: Nonet

Old Light

Light, for a duller world-age
Candle-carried.
Light, reflectively symbolled
Value of this:
Shone, holy, from out whose room
Higher, upstairs 
The king of kings occupies.
Snuffed too, now is?
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member How Many Hairs

The head contains 80,000 to 120,000 hairs Daily we lose a whole big stack with no spares So much for fashion Hairs are rationed Baldness is not the desired fashion statement upstairs
Form: Limerick

Brittle

Please be careful with me
I'm brittle, break easy
Not the outside of me
The inside and upstairs

Takes a long time to heal
It could take many years
So be careful with me
Please its all that I ask
Form: Lyric

An Old Plantation

An Old Plantation

While walking by an old planation
Heard them singing an incantation
And when I started to go upstairs
Found find poet who always cares
About my poems and great creation.

Jim Horn
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Kicking Up Dust

Another day and I'm still kicking up dust Sucking in air and blowing it out my butt If I stop blowing and sucking That's the day I stop clucking And get ready for my trip upstairs or bust
Form: Limerick

Lost Wishes

She says First, I'll go upstairs, with you!

Second, I'll make your love making wishes come true!

        But as once I was told,

        you know you're getting old,

when you can only, do one of the two!
Form: Limerick

The Collector

Take me there,

walk it upstairs,

do it anyways,
ignore the plains,

you've been there before-
within a walk or a gaze,

it's sin to return these ways,

so heed the fault,
build and then praise.
Form: Imagism

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