Best Fable Poems
Below are the all-time best Fable poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of fable poems written by PoetrySoup members
Fable of the Night
O, my angel, how smitten are yearnings of lonely night!
Will lover’s fantasy enchant, dream of this dreary night?
Though alluring is its rhythm, are you aware...
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Categories:
fable, romantic,
Form:
Ghazal
The Fable of the Fox and GooseThere once was a fox, as wise as can be,
He lived in the hollow of an old oak tree.
Not so very far from...
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Categories:
fable, parody,
Form:
Quatrain
Eulogy For God
Oh, Lord! Lest one is asleep,
the purge to kill you,yet again,
is quite deep.
Some, who read your word in
the Bible, re-create it, with myths
that are long...
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Categories:
fable, abortion, faith, god, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
It Was Beautiful YesterdayBha e brèagha an-de
(It was Beautiful Yesterday)
There was a sailing vessel
With many a sail proudly lapping in the wind
A flag of the Celtic honor, in...
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Categories:
fable, angel, angst, bereavement, feelings,
Form:
Verse
Midnight RomanceMidnight Romance
Dusk falls quickly on cerulean skies
Day morphs from ash of roses to sable
Our love's vision flashes before my eyes
Midnight romance, like an ancient fable
Charcoal...
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Categories:
fable, desire, dream, imagery, longing,
Form:
Sonnet
Summer NightsSummer Nights
Setting sun, the light is fleeting
as this day in June’s retreating;
twinkling stars, the darkness greeting,
welcoming this summer night.
Sparrows in the treetops nesting;
daytime bustles...
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Categories:
fable, night, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
Darkness Where Now Poe and Raven Reside, Part OneDarkness Where Now Poe And Raven Reside,
(Part One)
As the Raven cross into the dark pits
Those in torment went into heaving fits
Its shrieking calls, alarms even...
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Categories:
fable, dark, death, evil, fear,
Form:
Rhyme
Magic BeansIt was magic beans you placed in my hand as we held
Ones you nurtured, embedded deep within your love
I know because it tormented me with...
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Categories:
fable, love,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
fable, adventure, beauty, science fiction,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Categories:
fable, appreciation, bird, , cute,
Form:
Shape
The Lost Fisher BoyPlaying at night on rocky ground, he sprained his foot.
He hobbled onwards careful where his foot he put.
The lonely shepherds had long returned to their...
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Categories:
fable, christmas,
Form:
Couplet
Timeless adoration
“A lover asked his beloved,
Do you love yourself more than you love me?
Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you.
I've disappeared...
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Categories:
fable, love,
Form:
Free verse
My Mental HealthMy mental health is complicated
Now euphoric, next sedated
Nightmares daily duplicated
All my friends are alienated
Happy times? They're confiscated
Mental health is complicated
My mental health is...
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Categories:
fable, anxiety, mental health,
Form:
Rhyme
Gathering of the Golden Girls - Soup ConventionFour “Golden Girls” seated at a table
Grey streaks our hair, but minds remain stable
Convention is underway
...
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Categories:
fable, friendship, funnytime,
Form:
Limerick
A Poem For MichaelMyself I’ve never been
much of a mathematician
Algebra and stuff
didn’t add up to much
when I made the decision
to respond to you
our multi-versed
mathematical...
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Categories:
fable, abuse, angst, discrimination, identity,
Form:
Rhyme