Best Demise Poems

*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been edited many times over the years. I consider it to be among my best. The meter and rhyme structure are...

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In primrose twilight, summer is still near.
She whispers in my ear; I hear her in
the one lone owl that hoots to only me.
I wake to find her shining through the clouds -
though breathing not so warmly on my cheek.
I glimpse her waning smile as in...

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Leaves talking, beautiful demise

If a leaf could talk, it would say, please, take your time
life is acted out in stages, every song has it's rhyme
When a leaf dies, its dynamic impressions in its flight
a stunning display of artistry, dazzling to the sight

Green turns to crimson,...

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Its delicate wings no longer wet, it stretched well,
And flew up high holding onlookers in its spell.
Round and around it danced over the eerie pond
All covered with water lilies but not beyond.

Elation, euphoria, joy and disbelief,
Emotions fell as it landed on fragrant leaf.
Up again, its...

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Tale Of Righteous And Just Demise Of Old Jack

Old Jack had shot many before, once just for the sheer hell of it
Never squeamish about the gore or splattered about fleshy bits
Once making it an all night spree, drinking whiskey after each shot
Only once did he...

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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
I think I made you up inside my head.
-Sylvia Plath

I see no reason to rhyme, 
but an aching heart, 
stranded in the midst of nothingness,
as quill rests in...

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In the lull of twilight
                   
sunburnt skies 
tell of the Sun’s demise 
below the unified realm of distant shaded shapes -

and the sprightly sea breeze dies
as night...

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As I watch Autumn’s grin when summer dies,
accepting seasons change for a reason, 
I’m captivated by our glorious skies,
which enthrall whatever the season.

Accepting seasons change for a reason
stunning sunsets, clouds tinged with gold;
which enthrall whatever the season
nature’s wondrous glory to behold.

Stunning sunsets, clouds tinged with...

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"Edith!  Edith!   I didn't find a Twinkie in my lunch bucket today!
What happened, Dingbat?   Why do you torture me this way?"
"But Archie, ain't you seen on TV they ain't makin' 'em anymore?
The company is foldin' up and they ain't stockin'...

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Before you reach for your axe,
There are some facts you need to know about flax.

A Flax rope made well
Will get you safely out of the well.

With a little toil,
You can make money from flax seed oil,
Or a basket you should try
If you want to pay...

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Hear the subtle cries
Slow death invades their terrain
Black lake mirrors event...

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Where no sound escapes unchallenged above the din
of too many wars, waged for profits that have no future.
Lost now, only darkness clutches, upon his demise.

Fables, told ‘round friendly fires, chant his name eternal.
Birds of the forest, and fish in the sea, remembered his kindness forever,
and...

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(7/5 Trochee Poem)

Chicken  Little, thinking that
sky was soon to fall,
saw a mortuary and
crawled beneath a pall.

He was in a strange dark box
where a dead man lay.
Then before he knew it, they
hauled that box away!

He was moved, but that poor bird
couldn’t get a look,
for they’d...

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In ruined scatter witnessing the greys into black
Why has it come to this as us humans finally lack
Through my eyes bloodied looking down on such

Crossed I've become in frenzied scarred mode
As to I I'm in awe as to the I that fuses
Centurions from Legions brave,...

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There was this guy called Jimmy Chong
Lived on the outskirts of Hong kong
Married his first cousin Susy Dong
Her dad said  "Jimmy this is wrong."

On their honey moon they went to China
Susy's dad was determined to find her
To put an end to this misery and...

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