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Languishing Poems - Poems about Languishing

Languishing Poems - Examples of all types of poems about languishing to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for languishing.
can’t denyyy
...I beg for your forgiveness once more I said too much again…need I say more? It’s been a crappy, snappy day for me and today will be my day An attitude of gratitude instead of dismay would be nice ......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, emotions, fear, feelings,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member Anomie
...In a never sleeping metropolis, In the dungeon of a room, My days and nights are locked! I am a traveler on a street, with no end in sight, But just the bustle of the moving crowd, And a handfu......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, betrayal, discrimination, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Authenticity isn’t GMO
...Push the limits…try to find outlets and coping skills for yourself Pull away from the urge to throw those childish, languishing fits Explore and implore with me now Feels drown away and fade someh......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, angst, deep, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member How to Peach a Troll
...Languishing in liminal limbo Feathers fray before striking harmony Tidal waves in my brain have ebbed and Flowed, expanded and contracted guiding Wings of my astral soul across desolation; ......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, appreciation,
Form: Alliteration
THE RAT IN THE ROOM
...The wise bald old man was languishing in his chair In front of his mud bunk, when his son sauntered in, He cleared his throat, took a sip of burukutu Googled his son sneakily: WISE BALD OLD MAN: ......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, humanity, philosophy, poetry, silence,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Retirement Paradox
... sleeping in at will languishing in the new thrill no jobs to fulfill take a peaceful walk listen to birds tweet or hawk call a friend to talk retirement is fun working is dismiss......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, angst, retirement,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member If you asked I would tell you of my secrets
...If you asked I would tell you of my secrets Soft furry things that comfort weary souls Harsh thorns rebuffing prying doubts Stoic sentries peering through stone eyes Cold lips that scorn the warm......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sullen Sorrow Sadness
... tears freezing crystal fingertips upon cryptic cemetery cheeks under claustrophobic clothing clouds fresh fangs of finality fires morbid mournful mind hearts rot as the reaper's ro......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, death of a friend,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member In Memory of Pocket Knives
... On those long days when it was too hot to ride or run, a boy would find an island of cool beneath a tree and sit there with his pocket knife to whittle away time and a piece of wood. A goo......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, childhood, creation, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Soul Cry
..."Pick -A- Title Vol 42 Poetry Contest" "Cry for the soul that will not face the body" Dory Previn Soul`s Cry ......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, journey, life, self, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ephemeral Essence
... Listlessly marooned last mile fading fast in obscurity beyond the tapestry of twilight the ambiguous path seeking definition in configured mystique metaphor engraved within pen......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, analogy, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Seraphic Scene Extant
... The long journey of the slithering stream on the languid lap of pensive plateau, meandering montage in ebony melancholy of forlorn forest, flows on contorted contours of languishing......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, analogy, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PORTRAITISTA observations
...warhol's marilyn had everything but just a flaw... she was ever so unsure hopper's lady of the empy chair... with such sadness in her stare michelangelo's girl ..less a picture of sleep m......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
The Temple of the Butterfly
...I am the void I am the wrath I am the undulating sun seraph In the temple of the butterfly The shadow is my alibi ~moths, in rooms full of angles circle, languishing slow as death caugh......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, death, humanity, silence, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Taunts
... Winter taunts with his sunset blushing the underside of clouds with colors of Spring blossom pinks stretched across the waning sky. Painted as with an artist’s expert brush......Read the rest...
Categories: languishing, depression, spring, sunset, winter,
Form: Free verse

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