Best Cactus Poems
Below are the all-time best Cactus poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of cactus poems written by PoetrySoup members
Feline Alert*The feline Texan way*
A clean coat of paint - on my nails
Red shade of lips - on my smile
Solid oak charms - on my wrist
Country...
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Categories:
cactus, adventure, beauty, body, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
A World Without PoetryAn empty look of sadness
That never bears a smile,
A malnourished mind
Aching to utter its voice,
A baby’s cry missing
The sweet tune of lullaby.
A dark moonless night
Reminiscing...
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Categories:
cactus, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
I Wander the Desert AloneAimlessly I meander in expansive barren-landscape
Whipped by the assault of rustling windy gales
Embossing sandy designs resembling ocean waves
Simulating pools of water in mirage of seascapes.
Plateaus...
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Categories:
cactus, imagery, metaphor, nature, onomatopoeia,
Form:
Free verse
Play RainPlay rain , play melancholic tunes
Play closely to my ear, I need to hear
I want to listen to Sinatra's toe-tap sounds
As you fall, fall slowly...
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Categories:
cactus, childhood, rain,
Form:
Free verse
Graceful"These woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before...
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Categories:
cactus, death, deep, emotions, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
My Family Is EverywhereMy family is everywhere like wild seeds sown
On the whim and bluster of a wind
Some left for Cuba before the revolution
Bring green stalks of sweet...
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Categories:
cactus, familyfamily, old, home, family,
Form:
Free verse
Riding MistyThough Santa never responded to pleas
There was just one gift on my list each year
A horse that could run at the speed of light
A bold...
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Categories:
cactus, adventure, animals, happinesshome, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Grinch: SupervillainThe cruelest of all villains lives on Mount Crumpit
for when it comes to Christmas, he says, "Dump it!"
He keeps trying to "Pooh pooh" that sacred...
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Categories:
cactus, christmas, evil, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Out of the DesertStiff, stifling, arid air: snakes, lizards, sand,
and cactus. Scorched red rocks and baking skin.
My canteen empty in a barren land -
my romance landscape till first...
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Categories:
cactus, first love, love, summer,
Form:
Sonnet
Sands of TimeScorching hot sun..
Sun rays omitting intense heat
The flames of fireballs ignite..
Desert air ..
So dry and still..
A cactus thrives in desert paradise..
Sands of time..
Heat soars to...
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Categories:
cactus, encouraging, endurance, nature, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond ReachAdrift her world no obstacles no dreams to moor, immobilized and still
she sailed through stardust particles then glode into the nil
Into the...
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Categories:
cactus, analogy, children, emotions, farewell,
Form:
Free verse
Nature's Beauty On DisplayTonight the golden glow of stars and the crescent moon's silver light are far more beautiful than mankind has the right to behold. The Creator,...
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Categories:
cactus, beauty, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Soul of Sea Stars
"Like a shooting s t a r,
plunging from lunar fields of lavenders,
to touch the...
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Categories:
cactus, dark, death, deep, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Summer WavePassion Wave
My tongue dares to taste
Craving a cold purified ice storm,
Trapped under a mountain of heat,
Yearning waters to cure this excessive hot weather waste
Prolonged periods...
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Categories:
cactus, confusion, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Flowering of SpringAmassed in flamboyant Azalea blooms when my garden is free of the cold.
Bird of Paradise, dressed in purple and orange, wear their colors so...
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Categories:
cactus, beauty, flower, spring, daffodils,
Form:
Abecedarian