Best Finishing Poems
Below are the all-time best Finishing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of finishing poems written by PoetrySoup members
Swan Ballerina PagesLike delicate white swans were they,
the white swans of a grand ballet -
ballerinas waiting in a row
underneath the candlelight’s soft glow.
But what are ballerinas with...
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Categories:
finishing, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Personification
There Lies ArtThe easel beholds a half finishing painting
The paints beside have all hardened
Pain reflected in the partial emptiness
Staring back at that gathered crowd
The sun melts on...
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Categories:
finishing, art, death, drink, lonely,
Form:
Free verse
Simple Musings From a Heterosexual Male With Unkempt Facial HairEvery discovery started with absolutely
no idea of where to start...
...
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Categories:
finishing, muse, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
My Thoughts On Psalm 23Beside the still waters he leadeth me
Shepherd of my wandering soul
I do not want for anything, you see,
My shepherd has made me whole.
I have walked...
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Categories:
finishing, religious, spiritual,
Form:
Quatrain
One Last DreamTo shivering seas
mirroring cracked crystals,
I am searching for a righteous rhyme,
to orchestrate eclipsed realms
with blue orchids
...
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Categories:
finishing, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
On Four WallsTheir young strong-willed son,
ever resourceful,
has been given "time out" for bad behavior.
There is no noise coming from the room.
After two hours,
the mother grows concerned.
Why...
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Categories:
finishing, child,
Form:
Free verse
Not Built Strong EnoughErector sets and wooden blocks
Dominoes and house of cards
Built way up to be knocked down
Scattered all across the ground
Model cars and airplane kits
Making sure each...
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Categories:
finishing, love, relationship, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry ThoughtsPoetry Thoughts
I write my poems in a deep thought
with the pain my life dearly bought
Lost, listening to my vanishing muse
this world's whispers I often use!
Words...
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Categories:
finishing, appreciation, art, beautiful, passion,
Form:
Rhyme
Three DoorsI see three doors before me.
The one to the left is blue, a beautiful lupis blue
with ornate lacework in its center.
Parisian-esque, it looks likes an...
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Categories:
finishing, metaphor,
Form:
Prose
Because You'Re a Poet, That's Why - a RepostBecause you’re a poet, that’s why
Behind the thick crimson and gold thread curtains
he stands listening to the din of the audience
searching their seats for...
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Categories:
finishing, poetry,
Form:
Epic
A Casual ObservationIt was not that she was the only woman in the group, when mingling precariously beneath the bronze figure of William Booth, or her classic...
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Categories:
finishing, angst,
Form:
Haibun
Lending Both HandsLet me
lend a hand
I can’t sit
when you
have to stand
When you
can’t do it all
together we can
It’s not
a woman thing
It’s more than
just gender...
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Categories:
finishing, care, thank you,
Form:
Rhyme
A Bigger Lifesome days you may
be low on strength
i’ll give you mine
life is bigger than cancer
we feed off each other
the closeness of our bond
finishing each other’s
thoughts and...
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Categories:
finishing, cancer, confidence, encouraging, life,
Form:
Free verse
Hues of Heartfelt
Where dreams sit, in the moments just before a smile – in the hesitance just before a word – in the memory who holds so...
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Categories:
finishing, appreciation, confidence, dream, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Another Criminal ActBefore sentence is passed, please hear my plea
I promise to be the man that I should be
Don't give me death. Please be kind
I have a...
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Categories:
finishing, funny, life, me, me,
Form:
Rhyme