Best Down To Earth Poems
Below are the all-time best Down To Earth poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of down to earth poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
down to earth, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun
I Wish I Were a Unicorn
I wish I were a Unicorn
So smooth and white with shiny horn
To prance and dance on clouds up there
And...
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Categories:
down to earth, horse, imagination, inspiration, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
Within Golden Walls, Love's Gardens Await(I.)
Within Golden Walls, Love's Gardens Await
Ripe are swelled grapes upon glowing vine
my darling on love's bounty we shall dine
in our paradise rests more than a...
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Categories:
down to earth, appreciation, art, beautiful, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Eve of EveningWhere to turn, oh friend I ask
I chose to turn to you,
if you'd be so kind.
Though I try hard to describe the beauty
heard...
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Categories:
down to earth, eve, life, music,
Form:
Verse
One Hundred Thirty-Six Pretty PetalsInside twinkling eyes of nights bloom
Garden flowers whisper
Peeking through...
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Categories:
down to earth, flower, garden, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Birds Eye Self SurveillanceTheres a man in the sky, can you see him hiding, crouching behind the grey mist rising.
Thunder and lightning seems to guide him to...
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Categories:
down to earth, 7th grade, blue, change,
Form:
Rhyme
The Mythology of PegasusBorn from the neck of his beheaded mother,
as her blood soaked the ground,
he rose and soared from the gore,
a beautiful winged stallion
most wondrous and divine...
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Categories:
down to earth, mythology,
Form:
Free verse
Oh Them Hot Air BalloonsSOCIETY AND THE HOT AIR BALLOON
Them that need to climb
ride as the hot air balloon--
soon come down to earth
© Harry J Horsman 1992
THE VIRTUAL HOT...
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Categories:
down to earth, people, philosophy,
Form:
Haiku
The Why of Who I AmThe why of who I am would take a book
to give full explanation, but right here
I’ll spell it out – though I cannot be brief,
for...
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Categories:
down to earth, me,
Form:
Blank verse
A Poem For Sam CookeDecember 14, 1965
"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You...
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Categories:
down to earth, america, celebrity, devotion, music,
Form:
Rhyme
How Poetry Began0ne Sunny day the angels sat, assembled on the clouds,
Some played harps, others sang, they all looked very proud.
A few were showing new wings, they’d...
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Categories:
down to earth, angel, birth, fantasy, heaven,
Form:
Rhyme
Between November and DecemberNovember comes down gliding on filmy wings,
Bringing cool and dank days on her way
Sweet it is to watch the spectacular changes she brings
In a...
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Categories:
down to earth, angst, autumn, beautiful, time,
Form:
Quatrain
Toms TravelsIn a show of manic one-upmanship
With my wife saying, “Just get a grip.”
I planned an adventure to show I’m well travelled
The spoiler to that is...
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Categories:
down to earth, humorous, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
A Pied Piper For MeHis line and verse flow like honey
Lovely, smooth, bright and sunny
A pied piper for me
He speaks of love in phrases pure
His words take wing, on...
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Categories:
down to earth, friendship, poetry, poets,
Form:
Tail-rhyme
Gypsy EyesThe pierce, the flame of gypsy eyes, that roam
about your cheeks aflame, that throb at knees.
...
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Categories:
down to earth, sensual,
Form:
Sonnet