Short Poems

Short Poems

Why a Short Poem?

A short poem may be a stylistic choice or it may be that you have said what you intended to say in a more concise way. Either way, they differ stylistically from a long poem in that there tends to be more care in word choice. Since there are fewer words people tend to spend more time on choosing a word that fits the subject to perfection. Because of this meticulous attitude, writing a short poem is often more tedious than writing a long poem.

62 Short and Simple Poems

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  1. 1. These Stories We Wear

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    these stories we wear –

    scars,
    stretchmarks,

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    • Rating 4.60
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  3. 2. Just The Beginning

    • By Caroline White
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2021 with permission of the Author.

    one day
    it will be so clear –
    what you thought
    was the end,

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  5. 3. Snowflakes

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I caught snowflakes
    on my fingertips
    but they melted
    to my dismay.

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    • Rating 4.57
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    Awesome. When more of us realize that, the better off we all will be. I really like this poem.

  6. 4. What Healing Is Meant To Look Like

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I don’t know
    what healing
    is meant
    to look like,

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    • Rating 4.56
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    I'm very fond of short, powerful, poems, and this is one for sure. Recovery can be the hardest thing we do, but it's always, always, worth it. Good write/read.

  7. 5. Choose How You Spend Your Time

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

    You cannot
    slow the setting
    of the sun.
    You can only choose

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    • Rating 4.55
  8. 6. The Dark Days Will Pass

    There will be dark days,
    when you feel alone
    with your aching heart
    but that doesn’t mean

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    I think that is true to every person's life, and what he or she needs is patience that brings a glorious morning after a gloomy night. I had also once gone through such dark days, which later...

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  9. 7. Just The End

    • By S.L. Gray
    • Published by Family Friend Poems January 2021 with permission of the Author.

    I regret the end.

    The way we couldn't
    leave one another

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    • Rating 4.47
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    Wow! Good job. Sometimes hindsight will have us saying "What if?" And in the final review of an ended relationship, there may have been something else we could have done to make things work...

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  10. 8. Your Wounds

    Time doesn’t heal wounds
    to make you forget.

    It doesn’t heal wounds to

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    Very nicely done. I totally agree with you. I've used this same approach in my own life. I think sometime we pay more attention to what we're about to go through instead of how much you've...

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  11. 9. Put Heartbreak To Rest

    Put heartbreak to rest.
    Untangle your soul
    from its tight grip.
    Say goodbye to the

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    • Rating 4.44
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    These are the word I needed just to be in peace. I have experienced broken relationship ties from friendship ties, family ties and relationship ties. It's hard to let go, but I have to....

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  12. 10. Like The Moon

    • By Sabina Laura
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    I will be
    like the moon
    and learn to shine
    even when

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    • Rating 4.43
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    Very insightful. Self-love can be (and maybe should be) the first love we encounter. Even when we're not perfect.

  13. 11. A Day Away

    • By Brian E Pardee
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Some feelings are shallow, some feelings are deep.
    Some make us smile, some make us weep.

    Some we love, some we don't.

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    I, too, have dealt with depression most of my life. I have learned two things. Feelings are just that. They are fleeting. They come and they go. I have also learned to rely on my rock, my...

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  14. 12. A Place To Be

    Ever gotten there?
    To that place where
    You have nothing to prove
    and can just be.

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    • Rating 4.41
  15. 13. Be Proud Of Who You Are

    • By S Raine
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2010 with permission of the Author.

    I come with no wrapping or pretty pink bows.
    I am who I am, from my head to my toes.
    I tend to get loud when speaking my mind.
    Even a little crazy some of the time.

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    • Rating 4.40
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    I love this poem! People are always trying to fit in and be normal. I've always disregarded being "normal." What's the point? Why would I be someone I am not? I am perfectly happy the way I...

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  16. 14. And The World Carries On

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2020 with permission of the Author.

    The plates will still shift
    and the clouds will still spew.
    The sun will slowly rise
    and the moon will follow too.

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    • Rating 4.40
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    Featured Shared Story

    This poem is really so good. I feel this poem; it's just amazing.

  17. 15. Seeing Ourselves Clearly

    • By Lauren Bowman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems November 2020 with permission of the Author.

    It’s difficult to take in the entirety of something
    when you are standing inside of it.
    Valleys are best seen from peaks.
    Mountains from their bases.

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    One should always keep an open mind when viewing the world around them, and what you say in your beautiful poem is so true, and other people often can see our inner beauty before we do. That...

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  18. 16. Camouflaged

    • By Kim McCrea
    • Published by Family Friend Poems February 2016 with permission of the Author.

    In all chaotic beauty lies a wounded work of art.
    Beautiful but torn, wreaking havoc on my heart.
    Camouflaged by insecurities, blinded by it all.
    I love the way you sit there and barely notice me at all.

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    With death being the only certainty of life, life is just a bit too short for regrets.
    Let's live while we're alive.
    Let's love while we're alive.
    Let's live and not just survive.

  19. 17. The Comfort Of Pain

    • By Blake Auden
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Live with it
    long enough
    and pain begins
    to feel familiar,

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    • Rating 4.39
  20. 18. Despite The Storms

    • By S.C. Lourie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Despite the storms,
    beauty arrives like
    it was always going to.
    Despite the darkness,

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    • Stories 3
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    • Votes 505
    • Rating 4.38
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    Featured Shared Story

    Part of the last line says, "Keep living." I'm saying keep writing. I like your style and sensitivity. Excellent flow and structure. I really enjoyed it.

  21. 19. Drowning

    • By Amy O Connor
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    They come in waves,
    my feelings for you.
    And not pretty whitecaps
    dancing at my feet.

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  22. 20. Nothing Gold Can Stay

    Famous Poem


    Nature's first green is gold,
    Her hardest hue to hold.
    Her early leaf's a flower;
    But only so an hour.

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