Best Despite Poems
Below are the all-time best Despite poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of despite poems written by PoetrySoup members
Starry Starry Night - POTWPOTW
When Wishes were made on a shooting star
The Heavens looked down and smiled
With sprinkles of stardust on a whisper of moonbeams
They created for us a...
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Categories:
despite, anti bullying, art, beauty,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
This Spring the Poppies BloomedA field afire
papery petals glow like ruby votive candles
a collection of cupped solar flames
vowed to shine despite the dew before dawn
evaporating any doubt the sun...
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Categories:
despite, beauty, flower, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
Last LetterOh my dearest love, how longingly I recall
Amorous wink of joy, teasing zealous eyes
When you held my hand on journey of life
And never let go...
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Categories:
despite, farewell, goodbye, love,
Form:
Verse
Giving Godly GraceGrace-full is the lily born of virtue’s milk
Inspiring me with petals pure in my hour of need -
Vow and vim of passion vivid and...
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Categories:
despite, appreciation, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Acrostic
Unwritten InkThere you were - dancing,
unaware of the intense rain.
Despite grey clouds grimacing,
your radiant glamour enticed emotions.
Emeralds and sapphires shimmered
through those luminous eyes.
First glimpse of your...
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Categories:
despite, love, romance,
Form:
Free verse
Garden of MumMum sat in her aromatic garden,
admiring its charm and grace.
It was a cold morning,
but mum never seemed to feel it any more.
Her eyes were tired,...
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Categories:
despite, mother, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
In This PlaceI am the weed
Nestled
In a crack in the pavement
Dismantling concrete
Crumbling foundations
In this man made world
Rooted in the earth
Despite the city
I am the seed
11/05/18
Composed for Line...
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Categories:
despite, city, nature,
Form:
Free verse
An Omen of the Taste of TwilightVanished
the wild magic of this place;
this wilderness I now roam alone
as its lifeblood seeps
into
Afterlife
..my mournful howls
across time and distance
go unanswered -
Oh, how I...
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Categories:
despite, animal, death, fate, grief,
Form:
Free verse
FOREVER ADELINE - Narrated by Poetry Soup Poet - SAM SCOTT
FOREVER ADELINE
Acknowledgement:
A big thank you Sam Scott from our Poetry Soup Community,
for your splendid narrative contribution.
Synopsis:
A story of unrequited love that...
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Categories:
despite, lost love, romantic,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
despite, emotions, how i feel,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Liberty of Expression Is HereWhy I am here in Poetrysoup?
I like a seed carelessly thrown
upon dirty solid black, brown rocks,
I strive, thrived to grow
despite big rough blocks..
words......
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Categories:
despite, poems, poetess, poetry, write,
Form:
Free verse
New World OrderThe Rulers wield their silver shields,
wear golden coronets
while warders guard the prison...
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Categories:
despite, drug, society,
Form:
Rhyme
A Prince For RoseanneA long long time ago there lived a king.
His lovely daughter he’d give anything.
She walked about, jewels dripping from each hand,
talking down to all, thinking...
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Categories:
despite, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Vanity of PleasureA transitory phenomenon, a grand adulation of opulent desire,
Seeking mirth of heaven on earth, passions ablaze ignite fire,
A destination sought after; pleasure is aim of...
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Categories:
despite, desire, happiness, vanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Fallen StarI tracked along a silver trail
carved out from Earthly dust
by rays persistent in the dark
and midnight wanderlust.
It led me to a bubbling fount
of sulfurous...
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Categories:
despite, earth, hate, heaven, life,
Form:
Quatrain