Best Architectural Poems
Below are the all-time best Architectural poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of architectural poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Old VictorianMy great, great Aunt had a lovely old home,
with many a wonderful story,
hidden within its walls.
A Victorian, architectural designers dream;
vaulted ceilings, full of ghosts;
where spirit...
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Categories:
architectural, home, house, poems, poetry,
Form:
Prose
Negative LoveOur eyes met
Across the room
The sight of her
My heart went boom
Her shiny hair
Skin so fair
Slimline body
Shaped to stare
I introduce
Myself to her
Her accent...
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Categories:
architectural, love, passionnight, me, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Sara's Waters
I approach the wooded trails and hear nothing save for my footfalls crunching in the soft snow. It is the kind of winter day that...
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Categories:
architectural, analogy, nature,
Form:
Haibun
As I Paddled the River NileAs I paddled the river Nile
I met a monstrous crocodile.
She smiled at me enticingly.
I smiled deferentially.
Through large white teeth...
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Categories:
architectural, adventure, funny, me, me,
Form:
Light Verse
City of the Sky Gondola'sThe city of Prague
In a different world
Its centre ripped
The whole world heard
Its now separated by
Canyons so deep
The day it happened
To hear a country weep
...
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Categories:
architectural, fantasycity,
Form:
Rhyme
The Gate of DeathTHE GATE OF DEATH
I will shut my gate; and no man can open it.
And if I open it; all men shall come in once...
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Categories:
architectural, abuse,
Form:
Light Verse
Italian Road Trip
My wife and I share a passion for travelling, the world we love to see
We travelled through France and Switzerland and we're now in Italy...
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Categories:
architectural, city, holiday, mountains, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Brideshead RevisitedI lay awake in that dark hour and was reflecting on my life
From all the travelling I had done to the breakup with my wife
I...
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Categories:
architectural, england, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
What Comes After Tuesday"I'm hearing images, I'm seeing songs no poet has ever painted
Voices call out to me, straight to my heart"
Cold, emotionless, and her nature, defiant
Hard...
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Categories:
architectural, analogy, character, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
Pastoral Passage - Church CryptButterfly wing door vestibule builds anticipation
Shuffled, carpet muffled greetings, familiar embraces ...
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Categories:
architectural, baptism, bible, celebration, christian,
Form:
Rhyme
Notre DameNotre Dame...Notre Dame...
your eight hundred years of wisdom’s gone;
eight hundred years of beauty strong;
architectural sage, Notre Dame.
Notre Dame your life has seen
so many broken centuries...
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Categories:
architectural, art, beautiful, christian, fire,
Form:
Rhyme
Unity In Cultural DiversityThe westerners eat Amala and Ewedu
We eat Akpo and Ofe Nsala
They dance Juju and Apala
We dance bongo and atilogwu the beat of life.
T^he Northerners speaks...
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Categories:
architectural, art, beautiful, , western,
Form:
Free verse
The Cost of EducationOssenburger, the business genius,
when he graduated from college,
he started a budget mortuary service.
Five dollars a corpse!
He was the Wal-Mart of death.
Burry ‘em, burn...
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Categories:
architectural, business, death, education, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
The Finest Antebellum Mansion In the SouthThe Finest Antebellum Mansion in the South
By Elton Camp
Windsor was near the banks of the Mississippi River
Extreme luxury, size, beauty and comfort it did...
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Categories:
architectural, historyhouse, war, house, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Black Helicopters Overheadi hope you don't mind
if I wander in through your front door
and reset your clocks to headlight savings
life requires humor he said to the...
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Categories:
architectural, howl, slam,
Form:
Free verse