Best Devour Poems
Below are the all-time best Devour poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of devour poems written by PoetrySoup members
Waterfall of ShadowsI watch
as sun slides down in the sky.
The shadows increase in length,
a dark waterfall descending
upon the sandy beach.
Slowly I inhale and exhale,
savoring the fresh...
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Categories:
devour, eve,
Form:
Free verse
Where Gladiators FoughtPart I
Where gladiators fought for life,
we meet to fight for love
The constellations in the Roman night sky,
celestial spectators, bathe the Colosseum
in the white blood of...
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Categories:
devour, passion, places,
Form:
Epic
My Solace, a Poet's Thoughts On PoetryThe wonder of nature you describe with the color of feelings
that even the blind sees the beauty, for you anoint with your sight.
From my...
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Categories:
devour, imagery, metaphor, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Little FireI witness you fading away,
The winds blow frantically
They are against us, as all are
Little fire, rise in my cupped hands
Be it my life I shield...
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Categories:
devour, courage, death, fire, growth,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Soul of Seaside Sepulchre
When the
seaside sepulchre
of a kingdom,
without its queen,
is smeared with
screams of lighting,
I wish to crackle
these slivers
of silver shakle,
and...
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Categories:
devour, angst, betrayal, dark, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Hiya's Words
"There'll be a zealous zephyr
that isn't tamed by time;
I'll be the lunar princess,
...
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Categories:
devour, appreciation, friendship love,
Form:
Free verse
Fondant GatesThe distance between us means nothing~
l've f a l l e n in love with you, despite the moon...
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Categories:
devour, love,
Form:
Free verse
ObsidianAn almost stillness came about
as she strode into my door,
like breath itself refused to move,
fearful of touching her mysterious beauty
But her obsidian eyes betrayed her....
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Categories:
devour, abuse, dark, mystery,
Form:
Free verse
I Think of You - But I - 2The rain outside plays games with the webs that cloud my mind,
I think I hear a tune. A drum solo that heralds memories buried deep
and...
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Categories:
devour, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Agatha Christie Taught Me To Be a Book WormBehind a chair
Below a desk
with my bare feet on a wall, in my flannel pajama...
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Categories:
devour, books,
Form:
Free verse
Course CorrectionLight the nation a new fire;
Awake the apathetic’s desire;
Like sheep to Shepherd’s crook;
We need a new course, old Book.
Our founders risked it all;
Starting with Lexington’s...
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Categories:
devour, leadership,
Form:
Political Verse
NonethelessI sigh …
pushing warm, wordless weight
onto the twilight mist,
where its folly hangs like old sackcloth,
the silver-doubloon moon dripping
it’s wan wonder to daub
breath and bones alike...
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Categories:
devour, lost love, moon, ocean,
Form:
Free verse
Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast
In the deep core of her skin
I feel a human who is no saint
Cutting out her heart, ripping everything to...
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Categories:
devour, abuse, beauty, dark, emo,
Form:
Epic
Your Seductress SpeaksYou don’t know this woman
You haven’t got a clue
This paragon of beauty
Is a mystery to you
You think that I’m so gentle
You think that I am...
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Categories:
devour, sensual, sexy,
Form:
Quatrain
Miracle DivineIn the midst of great turmoil and strife,
There is a force manifestly to be heard…seen….touched
A voice—ever so soft… yet loud enough to break mountains...
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Categories:
devour, analogy, blessing, change, deep,
Form:
Free verse