Best Expansive Poems
Below are the all-time best Expansive poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of expansive poems written by PoetrySoup members
Soft WindSoft wind, warm and weightless
That brushes my cheeks in cool of day
And on warm moonlit nights of summer
Let me lay upon your expansive...
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Categories:
expansive, blessing, faith, hope, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
In Scarlet DawnIf I have the time, I’ll wait eons, to greet you in scarlet dawn
As you marvel its vermillion garb embossing marigold arc
Emanating golden sparks, piercing...
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Categories:
expansive, imagery, love, nature,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
I Wander the Desert AloneAimlessly I meander in expansive barren-landscape
Whipped by the assault of rustling windy gales
Embossing sandy designs resembling ocean waves
Simulating pools of water in mirage of seascapes.
Plateaus...
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Categories:
expansive, imagery, metaphor, nature, onomatopoeia,
Form:
Free verse
What Might They Find ThereWhat might you find there
down deep in my soul
Within the darkness
of that expansive hole
Will there be substance
Will there be diamonds or coal
Step down the...
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Categories:
expansive, angst, conflict, desire, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Remember MeRemember Me
Cold wet coastal today
I escaped
Sat myself behind a sanctuary
The rain beating rhythms
On window panes
Hot coffee and brandy
Warm inside The Athena Café
Radio spends its missed...
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Categories:
expansive, loverain, rain,
Form:
Free verse
When Yesterday's Song Forfeited RhythmWhen yesterday’s song forfeited rhythm
And past surrendered to dreams undone,
Spontaneous clamor of poignant echoes
Shattered her image in saddened mirror
Disillusioned by her heart’s revelation.
Merely clinging to...
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Categories:
expansive, emotions, heartbreak, love hurts,
Form:
Free verse
AlbatrossFarewell. Great lady of the sea,
your sad expression impressed
against the wry wind screen,
your final moment fixed
within a haunting mind. One by
one the family file out,...
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Categories:
expansive, angst,
Form:
Free verse
Who We Are~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We are like a magnificent tree:
Expansive and deep.
Our branches and leaves grow towards the light:
reaching, unfolding, and becoming.
Our deep roots ground us:
holding us steady connecting...
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Categories:
expansive, introspection, tree,
Form:
Free verse
Winter's Journey - Part 1b
“Winter’s Journey” (Part 1b)
Your mother's Universe resounds inside you
where you are every single sparkling star
in every planet’s sky, the Galaxies are vast...
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Categories:
expansive, daughter, love, mother,
Form:
Free verse
The Empty QuarterDesirous dust devils dance for a glowing gold god,
withering winds wandering whither they wish.
Silenced as shadows stretch, silhouetting strange shapes,
elongated ellipses etching the expansive emptiness.
Quickly...
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Categories:
expansive, earth, nature, stars, universe,
Form:
Alliteration
Things We ThinkThings We Think
He said, “Every man is busy earning money.”
She said, “Is there anything more important than love?”
He said, “Is there anything more important...
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Categories:
expansive, death, love, money, space,
Form:
Sestina
When I Think of YouWhen I think of you..I get the warm feel of friendship,
born not in a place, but from time and space.
Friendship has a price --...
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Categories:
expansive, friendship, heart, poetry, time,
Form:
Verse
Forest TrailI am the forest trail
steep and dangerous
expansive and free
my rocks could be your bearings
or they could give away under your feet
I can offer water and...
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Categories:
expansive, confusion, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Denali National ParkTravel with me to a nature lover's dream
Denali's grandeur is the unfolding theme
Expansive vistas paint a wondrous scene
Snow covered peaks look quite so pristine.
Morning sun...
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Categories:
expansive, nature,
Form:
Quatrain
When I Think of YouWhen I think of you.. I get the warm feel of friendship,
born not in a place, but from time and space.
Friendship has a price...
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Categories:
expansive, friendship, heart, heart, poetry,
Form:
Free verse