Best Compresses Poems
Below are the all-time best Compresses poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of compresses poems written by PoetrySoup members
Slinky SpiralsA helical "Slinky" type coil
Compresses or springs without toil,
It’s spiral at times,
Or stretched to the nines...
Like worms that are happy in soil!
Beneath or on top...
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Categories:
compresses, earth, growth, spring,
Form:
Limerick
SorrowShe sits alone
She draws her knees up to her shoulders, hugging them tightly
She shivers in the icy wind
Her teeth chatter and the stream...
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Categories:
compresses, death, depression, loss, sadheart,
Form:
Narrative
Singularity
Falling into the vortex,
there is no escape
You're sucked in,
getting sub-atomically stripped
is your inevitable fate
No more straight line of linear time
No more clearly defined dimensions of...
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Categories:
compresses, perspective, space, visionary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
As Little BoysAs little boys
we rode bikes
fast down the dunes,
on the vertical side
of Sand City
Big tires creased
deep furrows
in the down-slope,
same as boats trailing
wakes upon the...
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Categories:
compresses, childhood,
Form:
Free verse
Half MeasuresThis is how it starts
the decline of who we are, the decline of something more
the start of wars
Installed in us is confidence
confidence, a blessing or...
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Categories:
compresses, suicide, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Hypocrisy of the Village FlockHypocrisy within the Village Flock
As the seasons of my life changes, glorious it may not be!!
Valley bells summons the flock to chapel.
Heavily polished Pews squeak,...
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Categories:
compresses, betrayal, character, christian, conflict,
Form:
Pastoral
Goddess In TrainingI wade into the water that is my aquatic sun,
suited to perform miracles, refusing reprieve until work is done.
I exist as a modern day...
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Categories:
compresses, funny, health, inspirational, recovery
Form:
Rhyme
Angry Earth
The power we now witness is only the start
An angry earth she is, her tectonic plates in depart
Seconds later they again meet with abrasive force
The...
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Categories:
compresses, loss, natural disasters, sadcare,
Form:
Quatrain
First Day of the Year, Translation of Pierre Emmanuel's Premier De L'An By T WignesanFirst Day of the Year, Translation of Pierre Emmanuel’s Premier de l’an by T. Wignesan
Each moment of waking up is an act of giving birth
I...
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Categories:
compresses, birth, mother daughter,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Your Absence- a Nightmare and An Absolute DisasterYour chase!
Reminiscing on the oceans I had to dry up
and the volcanos I had to ice up
just to capture the epicenter of your heart
well protected...
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Categories:
compresses, loneliness, lonely, love, relationship,
Form:
Rondeau
The Big Bang TheoryIn the beginning there was a "Big Bang"
God spoke and the universe ring
Everything in the universe sing hail to the King
He said Light Be, light...
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Categories:
compresses, age, beauty, bible, courage,
Form:
Rhyme
Love's Timeless WorldMy love floats across the ground of my eyes.
Coming nearer to unravel love's heart,
And claim reason for its deeper sighs.
To lift these eyes, joyous love...
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Categories:
compresses, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
Topsy-Turvy LoveTopsy-Turvy Love
Love turns the world upside down
slows the axial rotation
draws out passion’s sunset
compresses the hours together
shrinks the horizon to one face
cresting pillowed mountains.
5/2/2016
submitted to –...
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Categories:
compresses, confusion, love, lust, passion,
Form:
Verse
FireIt can kill you.
The more you feed it, the more it craves
you. You try to control it, but the chemistry is
too heated up, so you...
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Categories:
compresses, life, lost love, love
Form:
Free verse
ImportantBlock after block there is a man.
Outstretched hands
presenting a brown-stained
Starbucks cup.
Steadfast, I must look straight.
Businesslike gait
creating the illusion that
I have somewhere important...
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Categories:
compresses, urban,
Form:
Free verse