Best China Poems
Below are the all-time best China poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of china poems written by PoetrySoup members
BelongingsShadowed in the silent room, the daylight's nearly gone
Dusk climbs in through window glass, with one last ray of sun
I start the task, climb on...
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Categories:
china, loss, love, me, mother,
Form:
Rhyme
C'Est La VieThey had fought.
He left without a word...
...while she was sleeping.
She threw on the gown she had worn for him the night before,
pushed off the...
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Categories:
china, lost love, love hurts,
Form:
Narrative
Moon, Youyou ...
are my moon
(whisper me, coolly)
wan and pale as porcelain
milky moll - `china doll ...
dancing the sky like a Ginza geisha
stars tickling your toes
prettily petulant,...
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Categories:
china, analogy, love, metaphor, passion,
Form:
Free verse
Wabi-Sabi
Cars are the wind on the streets
semi-truck wheels shriek thunder,
rain shatters against stone and brick walls
on dusty roads, oak trees fence with twigs—
wushu wooden clatters.
Dreadful...
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Categories:
china, analogy, appreciation, introspection, nature,
Form:
Free verse
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
a caramalized breeze of fruit odours
reverbrating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back in ninth grade
where we sat side by...
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Categories:
china, absence, love,
Form:
Free verse
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
a caramelized breeze of fruit odours
reverberating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back into ninth grade
where we sat side by side
Your...
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Categories:
china, absence, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
I Think of You - But I - 2The rain outside plays games with the webs that cloud my mind,
I think I hear a tune. A drum solo that heralds memories buried deep
and...
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Categories:
china, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
I Belong To the Lake I wander far from the coal-tar smog
and buzzing sounds of the city
to a place where I can smell
fresh-cut hay in a tepid breeze.
I stroll...
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Categories:
china, beautiful, mountains,
Form:
Free verse
Where the Heart ResidesLike open arms
These broken gates reach out to me
And lead me to the lonely house
That overlooks the sea
Her door once proud and stately
Now splintered hangs...
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Categories:
china, heart, love, me, old,
Form:
Personification
Categories:
china, silly,
Form:
Concrete
The TeetotalerIn Ordinary Cups
The blades of winter grind into the ice
like blood on a bitten lip
two lovers spin and twirl
The days pass from teacup to teacup
in...
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Categories:
china, memory,
Form:
Terzanelle
The Scent of Your SoulThe scent of your soul
A caramelised breeze of fruit odours
reverberating softly through my memory
Throwing me right back in ninth grade
where we sat side by...
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Categories:
china, absence, memory,
Form:
Free verse
The TaskThe old screen door still welcomes me, a familiar song I've heard before..
But oddly now, it's out of tune, a strange new wail of some...
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Categories:
china, death, friendship, loss, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Shade From the PastJust as days long ago, when decorum resolved,
before composure, and poise,.. were corsages, unknown
Where propriety mattered, and was favored as gold,
high society, has gathered...
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Categories:
china, art, nostalgia, people,
Form:
Sonnet
It Is the Scent of Your SoulIn my arms secure I delicately brush back your hair,
Touch your skin almost imperceptibly
Your eyes vanish into mine.
I feel miraculously lost in your splendor...
but...
it...
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Categories:
china, love, romance,
Form:
Free verse