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Best Espy Poems

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


Premium Member Kensington Avenue
"Sweet child in time,
you'll see the line
the line that's drawn between
good and bad"

Having cold sweats again in this godforsaken ninety degree heat. Shivering uncontrollably. God,...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, emotions,
Form: Haibun



Premium Member Swim
I watch a golden sun slowly rise above the eastern sea and my thoughts naturally drift to
her.
I wonder what she is doing, and if she...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, confusion, desire,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Nocturnal Message
NOCTURNAL MESSAGE

I must say
This, my dream, now seems
Not a series of unrelated happenings
In course of a night’s sleep

But were surrealistically constructed
From life’s timeless values lay
Hidden...

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Categories: espy, dream,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member With My Dying Breath
* My take on the theme of my contest. Just for fun. 

A canopy of silvery stars speckle the ebon expanse above me, at once...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, anxiety, fear,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Watching the Twinkle Fairy
Oh how I do love November,
that magic month that outshines September,
where I look upon the face,
of the Twinkle Fairy in all her grace,
as she blesses...

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Categories: espy, autumn, fairy, nature, november,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ignis Fatuus
Okay, okay, I confess. We stole the only hyperdrive ship that wasn't destroyed in the war. But what choice did we have? Our world is...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, destiny, hope,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Gift
From the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form: Prose
Premium Member I Am a Red Rose
Regardless of the scene, I, determined to stand tall
Wavering, bending slightly on breaths of breeze
Allowing pertness to show flaunting to thrall
My stem of strength tipped...

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Categories: espy, beautiful, beauty, flower, garden,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member On Maydays Day
I turn to my girl highlighting Mayday is near
A day of spectacle that the whole village views
There's Jesters of folly and Knights without fear
Witnessing lances...

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Categories: espy, beauty, class, fear, history,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Beautiful
Bright colourful delicate orchid blooms 
Enchant many gardens and living rooms 
Alluring flowers in pretty hues, each one
Uplifts its perfect petals towards the sun 
Tropical...

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Categories: espy, beautiful, flower,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Percy Penguin Finds a Partner
Percy penguin tried to dance
Sadly he had two left feet
Waltz and Tango – he took his chance
But he couldn’t quite get the beat

Then one day...

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Categories: espy, fantasy, fun, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Writing With Weeping Words
Wistful weeping willow why do you cry,
did you espy your leaves falling from on high?

They can’t cling on when a breeze is around,
see them cartwheel...

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Categories: espy, nature, tree,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Charms of Nature
Charms of Nature

Noontide cordial sun immerse golden spheres
Birch and aspen leaves rhythmically quake
Susurrate deep in quietness appears
Timidly on soft earth shadow path wake

There, where nesting...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, bird, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member A Valentine From Long Ago
Mine eyes espy thy golden hair
No crown of gilded jewels more fair
Wither you go, you go with grace
Sweet one, ye who are so fair of...

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Categories: espy, love,
Form: Couplet
The Autumn Creek Hotel
It is a small investment; this property out in the scrub.
A building that is shabby in it’s ‘hey day’ was a pub.
Blackberries scramble over it,...

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Categories: espy, humor,
Form: Rhyme

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