Best Afternoon Poems
Below are the all-time best Afternoon poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of afternoon poems written by PoetrySoup members
Watercolor AfternoonThe rain set me adrift inside a dream
My mind was on a painting miles upstream
An unforgotten "en plein" I once viewed
A light pastoral springtime interlude
Two...
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Categories:
afternoon, brother, emotions, memory,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
Cinder GirlAn ember sparked will softly glow,
and fed by fuel, will grow and grow.
I once was cinder, sparked by you,
first timid. . . till the flames...
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Categories:
afternoon,
Form:
Rhyme
Wind From the SeaInspired by Andrew Wyeth Watercolor Painting -- Wind From the Sea, 1947
Standing in the old house
A strange mixture of feelings erupt within me
My roommates Depression,...
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Categories:
afternoon, conflict, depression, forgiveness, hope,
Form:
I do not know?
Sweet Sugar Cookies and Peanut Butter Bars"I dream of Candy!"
Sweet cakes and peanut butter squares
A living diabetic's nightmare. -- My heart
sings to the beat, Under the Neutron Star...
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Categories:
afternoon, addiction, candy, fantasy, funny,
Form:
Alliteration
In a Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find HopeIn A Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
(The Solemn Prayer)
Raining splashing, fierce winds...
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Categories:
afternoon, art, deep, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Texian Macabre ArenaThe First Texian Macabre Arena Ballad (The extended free-fallen edition)
In another life, is where I first saw your face!
One summer afternoon, lying wounded next...
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Categories:
afternoon, pride, sin, sorrow, symbolism,
Form:
Ballad
A PlaceI have seen fair lady April
Dance with daffodils;
I have seen the misty dawn
Light moors and windy hills.
Painted in dark shadows
Of a sunlit afternoon
I have smelled...
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Categories:
afternoon, life, dark, dark, daffodils,
Form:
Rhyme
EnlightenmentThere is a land where peaceful giants dwell
A magic forest, on a mountainside
Its waterfall carved out a wishing well
Where wishes ride a giant waterslide
An old...
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Categories:
afternoon, fantasy, metaphor, nature,
Form:
Sonnet
The Saint Patrick's Day Robbery At Milton Creek BankIn the town of Milton Creek the sun was starting to rise
And Jenna was planning for Ranger David a lovely surprise
Unbeknown to him preparations were...
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Categories:
afternoon, america, humor, ireland, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Once Upon A Time In Milton CreekThe sun was rising high in the east over the town of Milton creek
It was the eighteenth day of December, the start of Christmas week
All...
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Categories:
afternoon, america, anniversary, christmas, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Hot and Cold Comes the NightLIST POETRY - A FUTURISTIC INTERPRETATION
You
must know
I cried yesterday
and I think I broke the world
so I braided some words into twine
planted some sweet...
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Categories:
afternoon, depression, heart, introspection, love,
Form:
Free verse
House On Memory LaneFeeling nostalgic, I went back home
To a house on Memory Lane
A sentimental trip, through the years that have flown
To a three bedroom, small white, wood...
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Categories:
afternoon, memory, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
The ButterflyEnroling you a worm (cumbersome and)
hairy, you- scimitar of leaves
Knows the pain ,writhing pupae
Abandoned and convicted
Constricted hanging straightjacket
Squirming like a jackrabbit
Gagged nocturnally - ...
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Categories:
afternoon, angel, beauty, butterfly,
Form:
Free verse
My LadyMy lady is the wind’s soft sigh through fields of marigolds in June,
A beach night stroll beneath the moon, a cloudless sky, a butterfly.
She waltzes...
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Categories:
afternoon, august, Lullaby,
Form:
Personification
Yet My Mind Holds Invincible Summer HuesYet My Mind Holds Invincible Summer Hues
Bitter cold, ice ravages red-cliffs in my veins
Yet my mind holds invincible summer hues
O' Darkness thy black-hand my spirit...
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Categories:
afternoon, art, creation, dark, dedication,
Form:
Rhyme