Get Your Premium Membership

Best Crumpling Poems

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


Premium Member Van Helsing
A gentleman dressed all in black, hides amongst the shadow realm,
This inquisitions exorcist fights on the altar of justice
And faith, a white knight of the...

Read more of this work...
© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, adventure, betrayal, gothic, halloween,
Form: Free verse



The Rocking Chair
Rocking Chair
(The Autistic Child)

Born with walls constructed in her mind, 		
She keeps the world and all its threat at bay,		
Inside her rocking chair day after...

Read more of this work...
© Karen Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, child, christmas, sister,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Tears of the Storm
At the center of the hurricane blast, within the lightning
Flash lies the wicked eye of the calming storm, a weeping
Echoing of a widow maker’s somber...

Read more of this work...
© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, adventure, devotion, fantasy, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Deer Crossing
I'm sitting cross legged on the side of the road
while Dad holds my shoulders, in trying to console me,
but tears, uncontrolled, keep tumbling down.
Most stunning,...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, animal, car, child, childhood,
Form: Narrative
Frozen In Time
~~

Hand in hand they meander through  the deserted lane, 
freshly fallen snow crumpling under foot 
Littering the sky, Bright stars,  glittering like coins...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, seasonssnow, snow,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Felt
"Felt" 


some people 
have magic 
in their bones
it speaks 
another language
silencing the 
Kurdaitcha Man
seen pointing
unnecessarily
without conviction

time is ours
in this endless place
we circle rings
rippling our marks...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, magic, muse, poetry,
Form: Narrative
Within These Walls
Within these walls
The walls were too high
Unable to break through
I struggled and fought
With determination 
Oh God how I tried
I climbed so high
You remained locked inside...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, absence, loss, universe,
Form: Free verse
Artie Chokes Three For a Dollar
Complaining of his marriage for thirty-odd years
He highballed his eyeballs, comforting his tears
The barkeep asked, what's troubling you son?
He poured out his life; I'm finished!...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, funny,
Form: I do not know?
The Fixer
“The Fixer”


While clearing gutters of the autumn leaves 
I was pushed by a wintery stiff breeze 
 Falling from ladder, by freak circumstance
Crumpling into flatness...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, addiction, grandfather, thank you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Aquatic Graveyard
THE AQUATIC GRAVEYARD

Beneath the deadly rough waves cryptic path of destruction,
There is an ethereal place of eerie silence, in the stilled frozen
Chilling depth, it is...

Read more of this work...
© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, adventure, conflict, imagery, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Letter To Eden
My deplorable emotional collapse. 

Lucky for me, she happened to be in her many hour siestas!

My dear sister amelie came over (previously arranged to pick...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, angel, beautiful, caregiving, child,
Form: Narrative
Words and Void
I'm trying to write about something specific for a change.
''I'm bored,  and suffocating in a desert
Of dull yearnings that gulp down my stale breath
Full...

Read more of this work...
Categories: crumpling, emotions, introspection, words,
Form: Free verse
Scowl From a Fowl
Scowl from a Fowl

Everybody had been saying their blessing
Started to eat turkey filled with dressing
Along with some salad and cutup tomatoes
And my favorite which is...

Read more of this work...
© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, humorous, thanksgiving,
Form: Couplet
Flash-Backs
I had a dream where nothing 
was what it seemed.
It was dark and then too bright 
and all my words left my mind.
I saw a...

Read more of this work...
© Ann Rich  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, adventure, allegory, hope, imagination,
Form: Narrative
Penta-Cinquains ~ Seasons
~~~
Summer
Hot sultry
Scorching burning de-hydrating
Breeze rustles the leaves
Sunny

Rain
Fresh 
Drizzling Refreshing invigorating  
Freshness in the leaves
Monsoon

Autumn
Bereft dull
Crumpling fading descending
Break off, the leaves
Fall 

Winter
Harsh cold
Snowing chilling ...

Read more of this work...
© Meghana S  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: crumpling, nature
Form: Cinquain

Book: Shattered Sighs