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Star Poems | Examples of Star Poetry

Star Poems - Examples of all types of star poetry to share and read. This list of star poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of star poetry. This list of works about star is an excellent resource for examples on how to write star poems.
Premium Member Starlight Starbright
They say when you wish upon a star That it makes no difference who you are I don't know if that's true But between me and you What I really need is a new car...Read the rest...
Categories: car, star,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member Dancing Stars
The stars in the sky throw a party at night A million twinkling points of light. They come and invite me as a guest To witness the dance and judge the contest. The Big Dipper’s ladle scoops the dark Orion...Read the rest...
Categories: celebration, moon, night, star,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Please Don't Cry
The star that you are reaching for Maybe falling from the sky; Waving at you as she passes by. But you need not bother to cry. There are more stars that are not falling but stalling and waiting just for you....Read the rest...
Categories: cry, star,
Form: Free verse
The Green Devil
Underneath the Southern Cross, the comet makes its way, A trail of greenish fire, igniting night from day. It came from distant realms, from icy, darkened space, Returning after decades, with its horned trace. Devil Comet streaks the sky,...Read the rest...
Categories: star,
Form: Couplet
Birthday Poem to Myself
Birthday Poem to Myself by Michael R. Burch LORD, be no longer this Distant Presence, Star-Afar, Righteous-Anonymous, but come! Come live among us; come dwell again, happy child among men— men rejoicing to have known you in the familiar manger’s cool sweet light scent...Read the rest...
Categories: star, birthday, dark, death, life,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Trips Around The Sun
Days come and days go, again and again rushing forward, knowing it'll never slow. Modus long before first life could begin, crossed the cosmic face of sun's starry glow. Time turns into weeks and melts into years. Years form a...Read the rest...
Categories: god, journey, life, star,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member single star
single star in sky shines brightly through bare branches on cold winter's night...Read the rest...
Categories: star,
Form: Haiku
dEDAN eCHAPPE
Half concealed her devotion and desire to be with me half disclosed she curses to have me hear her might I remedy her need The confusion of Introduction The havoc of struggling to find the right words to direct his or her's attention to what...Read the rest...
Categories: character, leaving, music, star,
Form: Bio
Premium Member astral plain
astronomers often describe the path of their heavenly ride far off in the distant night sky defining what's higher than high luminous wavelength emitters heavenly hosts all aglitter lost in gravitational trance each dancing unique cosmic dance charted starlight guiding the way for ships...Read the rest...
Categories: star, creation, culture, encouraging, light,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Boy's Fantastic Voyage
He began a voyage to a land afar, But on every step in his journey, he shrunk. He wanted to go to a far distant star, But soon diminished to the size of a skunk. He...Read the rest...
Categories: childhood, fantasy, star,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Purple Clouds
When dusky, purple clouds cross the restless sky, the angry moon frowns with whispered sigh. Darkened storms threaten to weep, discouraging sleep where dreamers lie. Star streamers stare and proudly peep, promising soft light will sweep welcome diversion to weary eye when dusky, purple clouds...Read the rest...
Categories: star, dream, environment, moon, purple,
Form: Rhyme
Dwarf Star
The universe swallowed my thoughts In another instant of uncertainty Truthfulness and doubt together were something Morphed into a new creation of nothing As if my time itself were the black hole And I, a dwarf star in the...Read the rest...
Categories: star, age, emotions, identity, self,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member AN OWL, A MAGNOLIA TREE AND ME
I stopped to admire the stars this morning long before my walk was through. When the moon has set and the sky is clear it’s something I often do. As I stood there gazing up…there…in the blink...Read the rest...
Categories: nature, star,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Starlight Ballet-dodo
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ moon in romantic roll-play dancing his poetic waltz vo dee oh doe, vo dee doe ballet in starlight ...Read the rest...
Categories: moon, star,
Form: Dodoitsu
A shooting star
A tombstone is my thought, I made my tomb out of thoughts I knitted my shroud from hundreds of ideas And out of sadness I finished my coffin. I buried myself in the sunrise When no one was outside Just me,...Read the rest...
Categories: star, creation, death, destiny, faith,
Form: Lyric

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