Best Expectation Poems
Below are the all-time best Expectation poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of expectation poems written by PoetrySoup members
First CommunionThe powdery snow gloves the fingers
of maple forest, protecting barren bark
with the expectation of rose tipped bloom.
A meeting point between pristine
innocence and the...
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Categories:
expectation, caregiving, childhood, devotion, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
All I Am
Long slender tendril of mist in the morning
snakes slowly across the cool water, wandering,
endlessly,
searching, moving slowly, seemingly without purpose,
without direction, without destination.
It fades like a...
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Categories:
expectation, longing,
Form:
Free verse
Bookish Menagerie: A Time Traveler's LibraryToddlers' Exploration:
Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles...
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Categories:
expectation, adventure, books, childhood, imagination,
Form:
Narrative
Feverish Fear - POTD - A Visual Video Poem - In Collaboration With Victor BuhagiarPOTD 13 March 2019
Welcome! - We are excited to release our very first Visual Video Poem.
(I trust you will enjoy the complete production effects...
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Categories:
expectation, courage, evil, faith, fear,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Behind Those Beautiful EyesBehind those beautiful eyes,
So much anger,so much mistrust,
Always expecting the worst,
Always conversing about the bad
things life has to offer,
Behind those beautiful eyes,
So much hurt,so much...
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Categories:
expectation, fear, life, sad, beautiful,
Form:
Verse
Share NotWhen I go out to dinner,
I do not want to share.
I don’t care what is on your plate;
I don’t want to compare.
I scan the menu...
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Categories:
expectation, food, me,
Form:
Rhyme
The Treasure of GivingThe thing with giving is Expectation...
The treasure of giving is the giving itself without expecting anything in return.
A loan creates dependency, inequality.
***
I
bend over
and...
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Categories:
expectation, care, caregiving, feelings, love,
Form:
Free verse
You Tempt MeYou tempt me
As I sense your presence by my side
The whisper of your flowing silken dress
A whiff of fragrant jasmine scent.
You tempt me
With each...
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Categories:
expectation, passion, sensual,
Form:
Free verse
Pandora's Temptation
For the third time Pandora stands before the box
Inlaid with jewels ivory and gold
In her hand is the key – she closely examines
Intrigued by its...
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Categories:
expectation, desire, hope, love,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Fruit of Love - An ArrayNature unfurls charms
Loving emotions flourish
Her cup runs over
Exquisite passion
Limbs entwined in sweet embrace
Move in symphony
Senses on fire
Symphonic crescendos peak
Cocooned in slumber
Nature’s Miracle
Blooming as she takes...
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Categories:
expectation, celebration, love, mother, sensual,
Form:
Haiku
A Song of Michael's RoseThe cottage reeks with
fluid tides of hope,
incessantly commanding.
My baby’s here.
I’ve still no word
coming down the line from Dover.
Winter’s gone...
Spring rains have come
and with it...
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Categories:
expectation, me,
Form:
Narrative
Temptress : a Collab With EmYou tempt me
As I sense your presence by my side
The whisper of your flowing silken dress
A whiff of fragrant jasmine scent.
You tempt me
With each flicker...
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Categories:
expectation, desire, passion,
Form:
Free verse
DandilionWith Youth.....
Watch this girl...
she has her eyes
on a rising dandelion
sprouted in high grass,
a pensive girl,
weaving her way through the fields,
looking past weeds to her...
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Categories:
expectation, age, how i feel,
Form:
Free verse
Show Me What Life IsI move my hurtful head and stare forlorn
Over my non-existing boundary,
Where past is seen and future laughs decayed.
Here language is an unwelcome guest,
In stillness awkward,...
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Categories:
expectation, abuse, boy, child, child
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Hope'Tis a Dicken's prayer to arouse
Tired masses from their slumber
With an expectation born of trust
Leaving all in righteous wonder.
Hope travels light... a treasured friend.
It clears...
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Categories:
expectation, christmas, courage, hope,
Form:
Rhyme