Best Abstain Poems
Below are the all-time best Abstain poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of abstain poems written by PoetrySoup members
Dancing With DeathA raven sits alone, perched upon a tombstone,
humming an eerie tone, which is sombrely known.
This deadly treachery is disturbing my reverie.
A shadowy energy, ready for...
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Categories:
abstain, death, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Under the SurfaceMind cannot comprehend, it finds it strange,
when ignorance reigns in human exchange.
Wonder if some people will ever change,
or wish to remain in the firing range.
I...
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Categories:
abstain, anti bullying, judgement, political,
Form:
Sonnet
-farewell My Beautiful Being-to all who know and love,
and who may not know at all,
i have told tales of adoring loss
and romance...
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Categories:
abstain, appreciation, goodbye, happiness, inspiration,
Form:
Verse
NirvedaNirveda (sansk.) - aversion to existence
"The existent there is no cessation". Bhagavat Gita, 2.16
Addicted to existence, I may slain
or, maybe, they may slain me. I...
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Categories:
abstain, death, life,
Form:
Sonnet
I Lay My HeadI lay my head upon the softness of its mane
My white charger, no knight for a swain
as I am the gallant rider looking for love.
Riding...
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Categories:
abstain, horse, love,
Form:
Rondeau
RemnantsSad Heart, now thou art wither’d from the Sun,
What man, or god, will near thee run?
Wrought in twist like branches in Tempests' gasp,
What Comfort, or...
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Categories:
abstain, allegory, angst, confusion, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme
Highveld StormOh Aphrodite! Mother of my two pearls
Venus of my night sky
Commander of my world
I fell for you like a comet
I burnt for you like Mars
Abide...
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Categories:
abstain, break up, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Beautiful Sadness"I don’t think of all the misery
but of the beauty that still remains."
Anne Frank
My heart does mourn looking through windows pane,
As my eyes adorn the...
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Categories:
abstain, beauty, love, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
The Life of the PartyRising
sprawled
amid the carcasses
of demons quelled
strewn
like soldiers slain
spent munitions
drained of all their fire
their bloodshed pooled
puddles
of watered down
egos and woes
glisten
in the morning light
as hangover destined
in reflection
one half...
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Categories:
abstain, addiction, drink,
Form:
Free verse
Tearful
Written: March 07, 2024 For Constance La France Contest
Quote by Rumi "You left and I cried tears of blood. My sorrow grows....
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Categories:
abstain, funeral, sad,
Form:
Couplet
The Vamperic Prayer-Dracula's OathIn the name of blood, for it is the source of life itself,
Plasma's crimson essence of liquid infusion, to the undead's
Pulsating heart.
Intravenously feeding cravings passion,...
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Categories:
abstain, dark, evil, gothic, halloween,
Form:
Free verse
A Country Song Gone All WrongI want so bad in Casarah’s pants
She said I had to offer up some romance
Off we went to a local dance
I bought her a flower,...
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Categories:
abstain, adventure, evil, gothic, humorous,
Form:
Ballad
Oh Beautiful GypsyOh beautiful Gypsy,
I see you there, in amber campfire mist.
On the banks of a crystalline pool, a bronze skinned lovely moving with intoxicating rhythm to...
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Categories:
abstain, beauty, celebration, leaving, longing,
Form:
Free verse
In Twenty Four HoursIn twenty four hours life can drastically change.....
One moment blissfully happy walking on cloud nine
Thinking life is beautiful and wonderful, oh so divine
Then something happens...
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Categories:
abstain, angst, hope, life, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
abstain, addiction,
Form:
Free verse