Best Downtime Poems
Below are the all-time best Downtime poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of downtime poems written by PoetrySoup members
DowntimeThe world continues its rotation
with or without your attendance.
It has been so since the earth cooled
and mountains and seas became.
Give it up and
check out –
to...
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Categories:
downtime, introspection, loss,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
downtime, beach, morning, ocean,
Form:
Haiku
Categories:
downtime, night, uplifting,
Form:
Haiku
A Question In the SkyThe Epitaph of Earth may soon be writ
Upon the memory of a glory gone
For all things bright and beautiful, that inter-fused with death
Like harmony and...
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Categories:
downtime, adventure, allegory, beauty, bible,
Form:
Verse
June's PrideJune's Pride
June's summer haze a craze on lazy days,
while memory plays to bring back youthful ways,
of swimming fun and splashing in the sun,
downtime of none...
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Categories:
downtime, nature, summer, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
'soul Sessions'Some day
One day
How about today?
Let all that is you
Dance to the rhythm of your soul
Indulge in some soul sessions
Whatever they might be
Acknowledge who you...
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Categories:
downtime, introspection, life, self,
Form:
Free verse
Let It Be That By Vera Polozkova TranslationLet it be that - we are simply disconnected
And all of it that was before is now neglected.
Just as in an international call
And I'll stop...
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Categories:
downtime, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
I do not know?
The Emperor's New Clothes
"The Emperor’s New Clothes"
We write about beliefs
our prayer flags flying
like chrysallis books on a branch
of those higher deities we trust,
submerged, we are...
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Categories:
downtime, muse,
Form:
Narrative
Ain'T Many Days Till My BreakdownJust sittin alone at my barstool
yes, darling, I'm feelin real fine
and I confess, I admire your dress
yet I have to withhold the next line.
Cause there...
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Categories:
downtime, depression, drink,
Form:
Rhyme
JesusThe way..' Which way? Shown them; us.. One life.'
In a world containing many angles.
Having doubt as downtime probes in' faces observe,
Backs hold awareness yet in...
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Categories:
downtime, blessing,
Form:
Narrative
On the Inside Looking OutI’m on the inside looking out
as springtime slowly flutters by;
my leisure time is in a drought,
and leaving me to wonder why
I work so hard when...
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Categories:
downtime, angst, retirement, spring, work,
Form:
Quintain (English)
Happy HourIt's Recess, or whatever
He calls his downtime. God's
at play in the sky, bowling popcorn
balls of cumulus against the walls
of a...
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Categories:
downtime, christian,
Form:
Ballad
Disturbed ShadowsDISTURBED SHADOWS
Blinds closed. Dank darkness. A scintilla of frosted sunshine on a cloudy day. Dim lamplight. A doleful chirp. Quiescent but not in a peaceful...
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Categories:
downtime, nature,
Form:
Haibun
Two To Tangle -Dinda MinardiTWO STRENGTHS (( COLLABORATION ))
by~ Dinda Minardi
Do you still remember how we played around?
Mocking each other over our guys
We were princesses...
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Categories:
downtime, family, me, me, strength,
Form:
Free verse
Two To TangleTwo To Tangle -Dinda Minardi
TWO STRENGTHS (( COLLABORATION ))
by~ Dinda Minardi
Do you still remember how we played around?
Mocking each other over our...
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Categories:
downtime, me, sister, strength,
Form:
Free verse