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Best Betrothed Poems

Below are the all-time best Betrothed poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of betrothed poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member A Kept Woman
Dream-worker 
delves deeply into my dream;

vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed 
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...

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Categories: betrothed, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form: Free verse



Calling Cupid
Atmospheres afire with devotional dynamic desire
I call scarlet jasmine crimson vermillion and ruby red
We are caught in a crossfire as we perkily perspire
And cupid carries...

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Categories: betrothed, love, passion, romance,
Form: Sonnet
If the Gods Aren'T Sick, Then Crazy They Must Be
I felt the touch of the breeze on my face from my sleep
Oh! With the morning sun, i woke with a flip
And there staring at...

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© White Sage  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: betrothed, africa, allegory,
Form: Prose Poetry
The Dawn of Sunset
I loved you from the onset ...
at the twilight of our first romantic sunrise
Fading rainbow rays of the morning,
our love had such young, bright eyes
Dashing...

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Categories: betrothed, devotion, life, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Weep By the Tide
As mist descended far and low, 
dark storm clouds stirred the sea. 
Upon the rocks a maiden lay, 
weep by the tide did she.
 
Fair...

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Categories: betrothed, lost love, love, romance,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Skinny Dipping In Bygone Years
With her first words she mesmerized his soul,
Of rose water and lavender was her aroma,
Her tip tap of her fairy tale walk was majestic,
A woman...

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Categories: betrothed, marriage,
Form: Narrative
Poetry In Motion Challenge From Richard & Mary
Turbulent impervious obsidian lifeless world clouds God's compassionate
betrothed faithful prayer family.
Moonlight joy havens awestruck love elation.
Aquamarine wave spirits hot desire 
beyond passion.
Lilac crescent sky petals.
Life...

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Categories: betrothed, fantasyprayer,
Form: Free verse
Beyond the Lantern Light
'Twas a fortnight fraught with tainted stars;
'Midst mournful tears salting Neptune's sea.
A withered lass swallows internal scars,
'Twixt purist passions removed from thee.

Thoust bravest beloved her...

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© John Heck  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: betrothed, fantasy
Form: Rhyme
Chaucer Translation: Merciless Beauty
Merciles Beaute ("Merciless Beauty")
by Geoffrey Chaucer
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Your eyes slay me suddenly;
their beauty I cannot sustain,
they wound me so, through my heart...

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Categories: betrothed, beauty, heart, relationship, romance,
Form: Roundel
Falling Bridges
The greatest miracle in days of yore  
unsurpassed, two millennia past or more 
a carpenter by trade, Joseph by name
was betrothed to Mary, a...

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Categories: betrothed, angel, child, confusion, education,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Iowas Child
Gone are the fields of winter white
soon to be replaced by hues of greens and yellows,
in the interim, fields of barren brown and dirty gold
turned,...

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Categories: betrothed, dedication, naturechildren, mother, winter,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Lamentation
Lamentation

born among the travelers of her day  
she played in the sandpile with Woody Guthrie 
sung in the chorus with Allen Ginsberg 
walked in...

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Categories: betrothed, america, conflict, feelings, life,
Form: Light Verse
Sentinel of Strength
* This one is for my Mommy, her Mommy ETC- the lucky ones.


Nourishment- encouragement.

Minister of all heart's treasure
Donor of the kindest pleasure 
Infinite love, no...

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© Amy Green  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: betrothed, dedication, mother, women,
Form: Rhyme
Cain's Son
A.W. Nutter

Trespassing through my domain
Your excursion has become a habit
Sampling your fruit I must abstain
My lustful cravings I try to inhibit

Gliding across the forest floor
Your...

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Categories: betrothed, religion
Form: Rhyme
Legend of the Sand Dune Princess
Legends of the seas,
    Washed up on the white, crystalline shores,
Countless untold stories,
    Unlocking new doors.

If each shell was...

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Categories: betrothed, deep, emotions, fantasy, sad
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs