Best Dearth Poems
Below are the all-time best Dearth poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dearth poems written by PoetrySoup members
Comes a WindThirsting, thirsting. . . shriveled earth
suffocates in summer’s dearth,
yearns for rain clouds’ forthwith bursting:
Shriveled earth. . . thirsting, thirsting.
Browning, browning in their beds,
flowers parched hang...
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Categories:
dearth, daffodils, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
dearth, nature, winter,
Form:
Couplet
Of Road Rage and the Poetrysoup Profanity PolicyAs Joe was biking down the side of the road
He ran across a chap with a dearth of driving skills.
Or more accurately, the...
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Categories:
dearth, anger, conflict, culture, funny,
Form:
Light Verse
Wingless AngelsAngels are heavenly beings who minister to our needs we are told.
'Tis said they are celestial spirits with wings who play harps of gold.
But I...
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Categories:
dearth, angel, care, caregiving, day,
Form:
Rhyme
In Thrall In Thrall
I’ve scooped plasma from the sun
To cook meals and heat my bath,
Moved Mount Everest just for fun;
None can ever walk my path.
I’ve had...
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Categories:
dearth, fantasy, fun, humor, life,
Form:
Quatrain
Love Is"Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch ,but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same"
...
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Categories:
dearth, beauty, life, light, love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Quaint and Ancient RiteNothing stirs the blood more than lies
I stand upon sacred ground of honor
Defend the truth with my soul's honest sword
I'll hold character before dishonor
And cut...
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Categories:
dearth, anger, character,
Form:
Sonnet
The Kaleidoscope of TimeWritten: June 26, 2023
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In this vast realm of treacheries untamed,
Where existing accessories are named,
No spry remedies to heal the soul's plight.
We're left to wander through...
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Categories:
dearth, change, earth, environment, time,
Form:
Rhyme
I Sing AfricaAll's not about Darfur
I've seen it, eerie winds
Moonlight through our thatch
We kissed round, one *palmie gourd
Kigali was but a miss
Waist-beads - beats to love
Have you...
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Categories:
dearth, black-african amergrandmother,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Conflicted LoveMy mind is burning, blazing, turning
With doubts and irrational drivels
My heart is livid and hardened
For it freezes in the potentials of disappointment
Of failure, downfall, and...
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Categories:
dearth, anxiety, conflict, confusion, crazy,
Form:
Free verse
Bucket ListTo see earth's face through angels’ eyes
Afloat upon cotton clouds 'neath the skies
And hear noth but the whistling soft winds
Which encircle me like feathered wings
Too...
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Categories:
dearth, happiness, journey,
Form:
Sonnet
Dove Bleeds PoppiesI'm but a frail bird tasked to bring hope and spread peace.
How shall I fly high in the sky with such a brittle burden!
My heart...
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Categories:
dearth, sorrow, war,
Form:
Personification
Crying In the RainCrying in the Rain
Lurking behind the curtain of world war ;
You cheer to a Monday Night Raw;
...
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Categories:
dearth, abuse,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
The New WizardsNEW WIZARDS
In legend, gods and wizards roamed the earth
A theatre drawn by magic spell creation
No one dominant in what was real - a dearth
Of fixed...
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Categories:
dearth, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Meld of MusesMy mind is a house with a thousand rooms
That burst at the seams with recollections
In vain I have tried with a thousand brooms
To sweep...
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Categories:
dearth, memory, time,
Form:
Sonnet