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Afternoon Poems - Poems about Afternoon

Afternoon Poems - Examples of all types of poems about afternoon 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 afternoon.
Miramichi Afternoon
Miramichi Afternoon The sloping shoulders of the river tumble down rock on rock toward the wind-riffled, slow flowing water. Alder and grass creep down the slope but will be ripped out once again by the ice out floods of early...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, day, earth, fishing, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Afternoon Soiree
Afternoon Soiree a radiant sunflower adorned her reddish hair while she was sitting in her hardback chair. she asked me for a block of cheddar cheese so, she could eat it with some ease. I watched her slowly open up...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member saturday afternoon
Reading another poetry anthology Looking at the words; thinking mirrors, Reflecting no image, capturing my spirit. Magician savants, transporting my feelings Across life’s terrain with eyes that feel The heartbeat of the stones, The breath of every...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, 9th grade, birth, blessing,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Afternoon Bride Calls
Afternoon bride calls: darling, each fire gets him in jail. Kiss loosely, my necktied octopus. Promises quietly rustle; speechless television undulates: voluptuously wavering X-rated yoga, Zen zealots, Yiddish xylophonists. We visit undercover, tongues slow - rhythmic quarantine, pushing on, New Mexico lingering...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, betrayal, crush, heartbreak, husband,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Peanut Butter With It's Jelly-A Child's Matinee Production Performance
Today I think of your Contributions closing the theater’s door Putting together toasted bread Ready for a child to be fed Youngster wearing grape jelly Face down to the belly Laughing saying ‘this is great’ Not...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, child, food, health, innocence,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A WARM SUMMER AFTERNOON
It's a clear and bright day outside Summer breeze blowing through my hair Walking on the beach, playing in the sand Along the boardwalk, checking the scene Enjoying a sun filled day at the park Having a picnic, laid back...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, august, beach,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Saturday Afternoon
Watching the cricket. The oval looks great Home team in green shirts Visitors in blue Scoreboard looming large Sitting to long Butt getting sore Bench is to hard Heading for home Kitchen noise Crash and bang Pots clatter Cooking Goulash Dinner ...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, food, sports,
Form: Diminished Hexaverse
Premium Member Holding on
a bluebird dives graceful sullen and dramatic as if performing its last swan song then in late afternoon gone the sun in backdrop tickles wispy clouds speechless i inhale the magic of an exquisite day of fall wishing it would never end AP:...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, beautiful, bird, nature, sky,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A November afternoon
A November afternoon It will be a memory, an image of life, just a capture of the living life This afternoon the only one, the life of the immortal memory’s life No more this time, sun remembers times,...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, life, november,
Form: Rhyme
afternoon stroll
afternoon stroll I walked into a landscape painting made of chlorophyll  in eleven variations, and there were no adolescent  girls around suffering from sclerosis, but did see a pale face in a car driving by, cattle string incomprehensively at the...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, africa, america, beach,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sunny Afternoon
On this sunniest clear day of a lovely afternoon, I just seen a dog riding in a car barking at a raccoon, All while I am feeling absolutely over the moon. ...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, happiness,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member afternoon noises
a train whistle motorcycle starting up rumble of road tiny sounds of a wind chime distant door being closed far off conversation we sit together, the sun and I conversing telepathically listening to afternoon noises...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Truth be told
mid afternoon the in-between time it's quiet and i can think i can write or i can read i can indulge in silence bathe in soft background music revel in the luxury of quietude, of solitude breathe in the essence of my own...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, freedom, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member on a warm september afternoon
winding down relaxing with a glass of pinot enjoying the subtle joys of life going with the flow swaying to the rhythm of mellow music soaking in the sun and late summer vibes and then it's leonard cohen on low from speakers in a...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, appreciation, joy, summer, sun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Afternoon Nap
From a midday doze, A glimpse of paradise I saw. White light and puppies fumbling In a meadow green and yellow Filled my heart. I nodded forward to catch a Glimpse of God's smile. A forgiveness and a fulfilled spirit I felt,...Read the rest...
Categories: afternoon, angel, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Free verse

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry