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Afternoon(A) Poems - Poems about Afternoon(A)

mermaid
...Mermaid This afternoon a mermaid swam to the shore and took flight, so you didn’t, know that the beautiful creatures who live in our seas can fly, she lifted her delicate silky wings and flew seeing......

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Categories: afternoon(a), absence, anti bullying, blessing,
Form: ABC
Premium Member Charming
...A picnic basket I will bring Inside will be most everything I know you like, and also more I'll pick to try from favorite store A picnic blanket where we'll sit The grass so green, your hair ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), i love you, imagery,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Yes Obscessed With Poetry
...*** Yes…Obscessed with Poetry! *** As the moon was releasing finale beams And the sun was dressing For her later, post-solstice, winter rise… I had not yet slept, kept Awake by epiphanies of ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), conflict, god, identity, imagery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Aloft a Tune of Yesterday
...Moody Blues is playing through my speakers And my mind A gentle tune of yesterday that feels so ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), memory, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Delight
...Sun-ripe strawberries oh so sweet Tempting swollen fruit to eat Red berries in dish of cool ice-cream Awesome moment a summer dream Wonderful taste ling......

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Categories: afternoon(a), summer, sweet,
Form: Acrostic



Easter Two-Fers
...What's an Easter twofer? Rose and Ted celebrate Jesus first, then bunnies. Bible story done, then read the Sunday funnies. What's an Easter twofer? fancy hat Rose will wear, new clothes, the......

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Categories: afternoon(a), 11th grade, bible, candy,
Form: Monchielle Stanza
Premium Member Dear Brother
...A poor soul approached who was singing the blues He asked, 'What does God no longer want me to do?' 'What is hateful to you, do not do to others All the rest is commentary, my dear brother' ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), history, jewish, spoken word,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Afternoon Tea
...Strains of chamber music fill the air Invited guests have come to share, Cozied pots filled with steeping teas For the Kitties, Collie, Bear......

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Categories: afternoon(a), celebration, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
A Bird Has Wings, So Do You
...Philosophy: A Bird has wings, so do You... The leaf blower sweeps the damp leaves- they swirl, spin-a congregation of tiny fluttering wings-whose colors are of light umber awash in an October apr......

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Categories: afternoon(a), autumn, beauty, bird,
Form: Prose Poetry
An October Afternoon Beauty
...The leaf blower sweeps the damp leaves- they swirl, spin-a congregation of tiny fluttering wings-whose colors are of a light grey storm- cloud awash in an October apricot- gold sunset. The dead l......

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Categories: afternoon(a), autumn, beauty, bird, blessing,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member A King's Finery
...Friday afternoon a Jew's week winds down His business shuttered Tired sun sinks toward the ground A workingman puts away his modest dress ~ A newly crowned king dons his Sabbath bes......

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Categories: afternoon(a), change, clothes, work,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Roadkill
...At a checkpoint sits a four-door sedan, brown paint faded by years of unremitting sun, pitted by hundreds of sandstorms. Only bullet holes exposing fresh metal and the still-inflated tires are new. ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), death, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Thoughts On a Rainy Day
...Gloom of morning comes calling With fog rolling off her back Gray skies are equally appalling When nimbus clouds are black Bringing steady rain without slack. Late afternoon a feeble sun appea......

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Categories: afternoon(a), day, hope, rain,
Form: Quintain (English)
Premium Member I Was Feeling Unsettled
...Greeting children at our school from the car line yesterday. First car seemed to be parked. No one appeared to be in it. Maybe someone is gardening, I thought. The garden is six feet from it. The ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), school, teacher,
Form: Narrative
Today March 2 2021
...Coasting on a thermal that is how I feel today so many changes my head and heart are relieved Today I breathe the sea this morning I glide on a smooth coating of perhaps Hear the sound of ......

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Categories: afternoon(a), change, future,
Form: Free verse

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