Best Demise Poems
Below are the all-time best Demise poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of demise poems written by PoetrySoup members
Poe's Untimely Demise*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...
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Categories:
demise, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
And Sweet Is Her DemiseIn 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...
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Categories:
demise, autumn, death, summer,
Form:
Blank verse
tell the night to hold me -
I made for you, a castle
but I built it in the sand
I steadfastly tried
to constrain the tide
but the bastions didn't stand
I planned for you, an...
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Categories:
demise, forgiveness, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form:
Lyric
A Vanilla DoveCypress trees like evergreen steeples
rise above rows of gravestone woes,
their shadows lie side by side like railroad ties
across writhing paths banded like snakes;
the gravel...
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Categories:
demise, bird, death, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
No Such Thing As ForeverWe all arrive alone naked and vulnerable,
crying our eyes out, not knowing -
this is the first day of the rest of our life.
I guess the...
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Categories:
demise, analogy, death, life,
Form:
Free verse
All I Am
Long slender tendril of mist in the morning
snakes slowly across the cool water, wandering,
endlessly,
searching, moving slowly, seemingly without purpose,
without direction, without destination.
It fades like a...
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Categories:
demise, longing,
Form:
Free verse
Ungrateful ChildI woke up that day with tears in my eyes,
after I heard about your father's demise.
Guess you've never understood,
the point of being his blood.
I remember...
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Categories:
demise, anger, death, death of
Form:
Rhyme
In a Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find HopeIn A Sad Blindness, One May Yet Find Hope
(The Solemn Prayer)
Raining splashing, fierce winds...
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Categories:
demise, art, deep, encouraging, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Dear MenDear men,
Explain to me why I stand alone.
Women are quick to uplift their father, sons, and brothers
Quick to maintain the home,
But when she needs...
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Categories:
demise, abuse, anger, discrimination, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
PortraitPaint me blue like the sky
rainbow's smile; thunder's cry
clouded curtains rife with rain
till shroud is lanced and bluebirds fly again
Wistful...
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Categories:
demise, art, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Cradled In the Arms of MidnightAloft, the gem was mounted in black velvet skies
A refulgent pearl, surrounded by glistening stars
Cradled in the arms of midnight, it hung as a prize,
as...
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Categories:
demise, moon,
Form:
Rhyme
Gnarled ShadowsThrough shadowed trails, beneath the moon’s cold stare,
Its Amber gaze: a burden hard to bear.
This feathered prize found peace...
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Categories:
demise, conflict, dark, emotions, gothic,
Form:
Narrative
Winter Wonderland~ My favorite Thanksgiving memory was, quite simply, a walk at my grandparents house - I'll never forget how nature spoke to me that...
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Categories:
demise, appreciation, beauty, nature, winter,
Form:
Sonnet
RestRest now
O restless heart
released in ebb to flow
ride the other side of the king tide rising
buoyant your movement in rise with the waves
Rise!...
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Categories:
demise, death, freedom, heaven, journey,
Form:
Free verse
Beyond the Bloom of StarlightBeyond the sun's celestial dominion,
past purple shimmers of twilight,
I delve far beyond moonlight's golden glow
into the darkness of pilloried memories,
continually searching for answers...
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Categories:
demise, dream, emotions,
Form:
Free verse