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Askance Poems - Poems about Askance

Askance Poems - Examples of all types of poems about askance 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 askance.
Premium Member Kicking Tires
...Kicking Tires So that is next year’s model, is it now? The vintage being deftly moved aside. I feel oddly sorry for them both, and how Her sleekness won’t survive the filthy ride. The vintag......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, vanity,
Form: Villanelle



Premium Member what has landed on my head
...What has landed on my head? The child asked, askance. No one replied until a guy named Mr. Fancy Pants. I believe it is a parakeet, and good luck, so please enjoy. But I do not like it! Whined the......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, bird,
Form: Rhyme
At a Craft Fair
...At a craft fair, people’s projects Proudly are displayed, So would-be customers can stop To see what they have made. From jewelry to knitted hats, To paintings, quilts and soaps, The crafters......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, art, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member mice in baby cats bath
...what are mice doing in your bath asked mama mouse? She was askance after returning back to her loving house. Her daughter said “I have decided I would rather dine on clean meat.” Then she and her ......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Becoming Me
...Music came out of my fingers made me dance all over the wall My parents were askance For I was a newborn from a small town I was tapping my fingers on my highchair tray at one Loving the feeli......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, me, music,
Form: Prose Poetry



Premium Member Sheila Loves Dancing in the Rain
...She grabbed her cat and ran out to dance The cat was horrified, annoyed, askance! Why does she do this to me every time? She loves the rain, to me it is cold and grime. The cat did not have wor......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, dance,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fluttering in Moonlight
... Their fluttering starts in moonlight When Luna reaches zenith height She croons as butterflies take flight Magical night Magical night I was in awe without askance Mesmer......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, butterfly, dance, moon,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Robots
...Smooth paper lay up on the desk. My thoughts were odd, but not grotesque. Will robots take what I did write, extracting words by dark of night? The robot came with stealth today. It took my th......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, poetry, satire, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member You Ordered Legs
...Chef Frog was askance Someone had asked for legs! He was a chef who usually did what the customer wanted But this was outrageous, even in Winipegs! He demanded to know who the culprit was. Wai......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, animal,
Form: Light Verse
Dangerous Dalliance
...Yesterday the world engaged askance And as you held my hand As surely as the firmament of Earth The hardening of your gaze Assured my spirit of your recant It is in the world we know it as tim......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, emotions, feelings, husband, longing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Doesn'T Everybody Have a Bikini
...All That Hen came out of the dressing room to prance and strut She wore an orange bikini that showed off her enormous butt. The other hens were askance, thinking her off in her head. “Doesn’t ever......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, animal,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Our Crown Glistens
...Our crown glistens, as rapture peaks Borne by magnetic heat God focus stops energy leaks Our joyous heart’s upbeat Hermit, look nor askance This life’s our only chance To Moin th......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fear of Freedom
...As in Plato’s allegory of the cave, accustomed to darkness, we disown God’s light, yet cry out to heavens, asking Him to save us from thought demons, that make us crouch in fright, althou......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, fear, irony, spiritual,
Form: Ottava rima
Premium Member The Aabba Form
...There was a young man from France who led his friends a fine dance Some thought him a prude others said he was rude Looking at him quite askance......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, poetry, word play,
Form: Limerick
Fairy Romance
...What a beautiful fairy with a face like the sun She winked at me and then left me to stun I couldn't feel my breath, I felt none I've been looking for my missing rib. I wish she was the one Los......Read the rest...
Categories: askance, dream, fantasy, feelings, imagination,
Form: Epic

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