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Best Dreading Poems

Below are the all-time best Dreading poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of dreading poems written by PoetrySoup members


This Was Me
it began so innocently
we exchanged ideas on poetry
his art, the suffering he endured
he preyed upon my compassion
as he meticulously bided his time...

i felt safe as...

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© Lynn Marie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreading, angst, confusion, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Miracle On Ford Street
St Anthony's orphanage was founded some thirty years ago
For homeless and orphaned children, by a priest Father Angelo
Every child was made welcome; race and religion...

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Categories: dreading, care, children, christmas, prayer,
Form: Narrative
A Rainy Train Journey - Happy Father's Day
A sudden rain
cloaked the rail path
Lightning strikes were furious
Thunder storms drum big
Windows drenched in rain
Unable to see the scenes
Uncertain about the future 
As we were...

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Categories: dreading, daughter, father daughter, fathers
Form: Free verse
My Time To Shine
Running barefoot through the open field
No worries, enjoying what the day will yield
Free spirit, given free reign to roam the town
Sun up to sun down,...

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© Tim Smith  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreading, life, mom,
Form: Rhyme
When She Was Young
When She Was Young
When she was young she would sleep 
holding her dreams in her hand next 
to her heart to protect them from being...

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Categories: dreading, dream, emotions,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Dark Surrender
for days he follows   a man dressed in black   eyes fathomless pools
I feel his yearning    his hunger ...

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Categories: dreading, abuse, dark, evil, hate,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Alone In the Crowd
amid scurrying feet, 
in the whirling humanity,
with divided aims, 
and sizzling brains,
she paused with singularity of purpose.


never in a hurry, more at peace,
on a park...

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Categories: dreading, angst, destiny, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Plockton - Wester Ross
The greatest holiday gift I ever received  
Goes back so many, many years
Before my life became turmoiled
And before my tears for fears

I was a...

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Categories: dreading, adventure, angst, death, fear,
Form: Rhyme
Dedicated To Uncle Lester Deschler
Looking Back Long Ago

We had been looking back long ago
While time crept by seeming so slow;
Distance between time kept spreading;
May do something they were dreading.

On...

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© James Horn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreading, analogy, beach, memorial, war,
Form: Couplet
I Look Back and Smile
I remember how I would cry myself to sleep
Night after night then I would wake the next morning 
Dreading the moment I stepped into the...

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Categories: dreading, abuse, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member First Snowfall
Snow falls softly late one night
In the darkness it does bask
I dread the job tomorrow
Shoveling will be my task

Beauty is in the eyes of the...

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Categories: dreading, funny, life, snow, winter,
Form: Quatrain
Shouting In Raging Silence
Lyrics Cliché Image - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Silent One


Lyrics to "The Sound Of Silence"

Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: dreading, anger, death, silence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Allow Me To Dream Your Dreams
Allow me ~ to be your dream of dawning
When song of love the robins are singing
While rustles of trees whisper to soft winds
And golden morning...

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Categories: dreading, love,
Form: Verse
Premium Member I Bear-Ly Survived
The beauteous days of summer were here at last,
And the primetime of nature was coming so fast!

We sat on the porch, watching a lazy day...

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Categories: dreading, adventure, animal, fantasy, flower,
Form: Couplet
A Solitary Road
When we travel through the solitary road
Not taken by many of those happy crowd
Hardly we glimpse the direction board
Rather drench in the showers of depreciative...

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Categories: dreading, angel, appreciation, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs