Best Downs Poems
Below are the all-time best Downs poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of downs poems written by PoetrySoup members
TranquilityOh little one, how soon you'll be
In turbulence of puberty.
I will hold tight your days of youth
And share with you my honest truth
That...
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Categories:
downs, children, god, granddaughter, grandmother,
Form:
Couplet
Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~
i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...
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Categories:
downs, angel, beauty, love,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Haiku - Celestial Seductionlights weave through snowflakes
teasing and twirling about
distant stars dancing
a brilliant display
wearing only hand-me-downs
the moon steals the show
~FJ Thomas
01/01/2020...
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Categories:
downs, moon, night, snow, stars,
Form:
Haiku
Like the Tide My life, like the sea, ebbed and flowed,
A world littered with peaks and valleys
A painted vision like a chiaroscuro,
When times were sometimes light,...
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Categories:
downs, love,
Form:
Free verse
An Insignificant Life - Collaboration With the SeekerThat godless sound
His head explodes at 6:01am
Same as every day
He falls out of bed
Steps on the cat
Slides into his slippers
Shuffles to the kitchen
Puts the coffee...
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Categories:
downs, absence, break up, divorce,
Form:
Free verse
StreetlifeI’m on my way into the grocery store
when I see him huddled near the shop doorway
In his outstretched hand
an empty coffee cup
I throw in a...
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Categories:
downs, environment, society,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
downs, betrayal, , memorial,
Form:
Rhyme
To Sleep'O dreamy night
with wandering eyes
you could not lie to me;
deceive the drifts of snow
with crystal glitter...
Like...
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Categories:
downs, cool, dream, winter,
Form:
Light Verse
Life's StoriesHis eyes are dark, but, there's still a spark.
There are canyons in his face.
His lungs are gone and it won't be long,
'Till his heart...
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Categories:
downs, journey, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry Soup Heroes For ContestTo single out special people on soup is such a hard task
So many people have helped me, so it’s a really big ask
I discovered on...
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Categories:
downs, angel, for her, for
Form:
Rhyme
A Ha MomentSometimes I feel lost and unappreciated
I ponder why I am here?
Sometimes I look for approval from
others.
I want someone to give me a pat on
the back...
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Categories:
downs, engagement,
Form:
Free verse
Just Saying My PieceWhen Poetry Soup becomes infested with partisan rubbish,
It will be difficult for liberal, creative poets, like me to flourish
Who seek a safe place...
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Categories:
downs, perspective, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Because I Live- Mr- POTD“Who will not open a gift given with love? Life is a gift, own it and treasure it.”
...
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Categories:
downs, cheer up, life, light,
Form:
Couplet
Worth the FightI travel this road all alone
A journey unlike any other
Setting my pace and tone
Starlight becomes my lover
Need to travel my own voyage
Before I can...
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Categories:
downs, courage, growth, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
downs, angst, growth, hope, how
Form:
Rhyme