Short Verdicts Poems

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


Life Changing Moments In the Shower

Life changing
verdicts in
The shower.

Proposal,
on knees in
The shower.

Conception,
first child in
The shower.

By: Sabina
Form: Senryu


Premium Member Decisions

Verdicts
Edicts
Effects
Judgement
Assessment
Rulings
Findings
Outcomes
Decrees
Resolutions
Conclusions
Determinations
Evaluations
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member HOLLOWED JUSTICE

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peeling columns stand~ whispering verdicts of dust through my cracked windows. The gavel’s ghost still echoes in the hollows of our laws.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Poetry Defined

Poetry describes the essence of living. It is the indispensable rhythm to the body of ones work. It will be left up to others to offer verdicts on the essentials that define one as a Poet...

Scruple

Plying depravity from a string of unblemished guile,
Candor and virtues put on trial.
Mute complications hang the impassive jury,
Corrupt verdicts subjugate while the ingenuous worry.
Grasping for lone echos left by forgiveness and mercy,
Abolish authenticity with fallacy bred controversy.
Form: Rhyme


Guilty

guilty until
proven innocent
never once
innocent until
proven guilty 
seemed to be    
the standard
practice within 
this maladaptive 
relationship 
guilty verdicts 
pilled up within
the heart 
till one day 
there was 
no space 
left over for 
love to reside
anymore it 
had been pushed 
out by contempt
Form: Lyric

Premium Member At the Judge's Mercy

Here comes judgment day
The day of reckoning
Where fates are decided
And verdicts rendered
Futures lie in the wait
The drumroll of anticipation
Admitting there’s no hope
For submissions that are late



AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on March 6, 2019 for contest JUDGE THE JUDGE sponsored by BOBBY MAY  -  RANKED 2ND

Soren's Trials

Sued three times…
your wrath indicts
Prostate, throat,
and kidney cites 

Each time you threatened: 
“This is the end”
I wasn’t ready,
mistried again

I kept my counsel
and shut you out
The jury hung
to scream and shout

Your will or mine,
it’s zero sum
I still live on
—three verdicts shunned

(In Tribute: October, 2020)
Form: Rhyme

Court Date

12 Jurys
1 Judge
1/2 a chance walking free tonight
10 years
1 pen
5 years probation
2,000 dollar fine
1 man waiting to hear
1 attorney tring to get him free
2 court dates up ahead
15 minutes for lunch
2 times I've got sick
1 crime committed
1 chance to go home
3 hours the verdicts in
10 years of my life 
Time to serve for 1 crime committed
Form: List

Premium Member A Fly on the Wall

Halls of justice full of gloom
criminals and victims in every room
Some hide their face, others sly 
Glaring at others with a stink eye
Guilty and innocent, a mix of fears
Torment is pacing, verdicts bring tears
A silent witness, no words has thee
invisible to all, but large eyes do see
Who are the guilty, in justice hall
Ode to be a the fly on the wall.
Form: Couplet

Rip Video Star

Radio murdered the live musician.
It had no regrets,
this was the intention.

Video killed the radio star.
Beauty became the focus,
more important than playing a guitar.

The internet shot music videos down.
Took a whole network with it,
no one needs their MTV now. 

Who will massacre the internet?
The verdicts still out,
I'm not ready to place my bet.
Form: Rhyme

Down, Down We Go

verdicts lie in mind’s eyes
supposition a waste of time
should I, could I, might I, may I...
smaller still into the rabbit hole
I fall with you standing over
stories, cover up falling down
aplomb recognized as truth
what is truth? don’t believe
we can ever know through
the veils of maya, illusion,
forgetfulness – waking up to
fall asleep again...down and 
down we go...

Premium Member " Mental Illness Isn't A Crime. Judgement Is"

Mental Illness is not a violation. 

It's a human experience.

One many carry unspokenly. 

The real harm is uncovered

How others respond:

The quick labels, the cold

Stares, the whispered verdicts. 

A mind in toil needs support, not punishment,

Compassion, not condemnation. 

Because the truth is straightforward:

The crime is in the person 

Who sees the hurt and chooses to

Judge it.

Premium Member A Mari Usque Ad Mare

The judge sits
Solemn and orderly
Weighing salient points
Juggling facts
Deciphering nuances
Pondering implications
On justice and righteousness
Upholding the law of the land
A mari usque ad mare*
Rendering verdicts
Remotely somewhat
Inspired through time
By King Solomon’s wisdom



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on March 13, 2020 for contest STRAND CHOICE F sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  HONORABLE MENTION

Premium Member Celtic Faerie Queen

Celtic faerie queen
With hazel eyes and body lean
We the fey are in your debt
Your gentle ways more than inept

The highlights in your golden glimpse eyes
Give us a daily offering of complete surprise
Your verdicts are swift, but always fair.
We love hearing your prayers in the air

You have inspired us all to do a bit better
Justice prevails in the land of Metter.
Celtic faerie queen, you are such a rare one
Your decrees are never overdone.
Form: Rhyme

The Verdict of Betrayal

He wore the robes of justice,
high and proud,
And passed his moral
verdicts to the crowd.
But far from chambers and
the legal light.
He breached his sacred
marriage in the night.

The gavel falls to punish
wrongful deeds,
Yet he ignored the vows his
wife pleads.
A double sinful life behind a 
heavy lock door,
He breaks the very laws he
swore to obey.

The bench holds honor, but
his heart is unfaithful,
A hollow promise that he
failed to keep.

Premium Member Vultures

silence can be 

proverbially golden


when cracks appear

patina can seal the fissures 

and cradle what is left 

once speechless bubbles 

make reason and sense 

until the arbiter of emotion 

glows from the dark


peace emerges 

from quietude and honesty 

as alchemy turns falseness 

into precious verdicts


little birds start talking to a rainbow 

in between picking at the worms 

of time and growth


the albatross is set free

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