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Best Flashbacks Poems

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


Premium Member Shadow
It was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...

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Categories: flashbacks, dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Eternal Life and the Total Self

Life is but a fleeting whisper echoing through time,
never dying, always being- magnificent and sublime.
The body's a receptacle, a superficial shell,
but in it dwells the...

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Categories: flashbacks, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ballad of An Unsung Hero
Vivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, analogy, metaphor, political,
Form: Ballad
This Was Me
it began so innocently
we exchanged ideas on poetry
his art, the suffering he endured
he preyed upon my compassion
as he meticulously bided his time...

i felt safe as...

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© Lynn Marie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, angst, confusion, introspection, life,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Graveyard of Poets
There's an obscurity on the threads of darkness
dare I peer beneath the starless shroud of midnight's veil
as I walk through the misty breath that beclouds...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, analogy, death, lost,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Silent Abyssinian Agapornis
His scarlet head droops
towards his soulless emerald chest.
Perched upon a fruitless branch,
his spiritless eyes stare 
at the emptiness of freedom.

Above, streaks of ruby hints
flow among...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, angst, freedom, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member As I Watch the Waves Crash
From precipice of memories, flashbacks nostalgic billow,
Thinking of you as I ruminate, adoring the views below,
Where waves oceanic dance, leaping on windy tempos,
Propagating ambitions of...

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Categories: flashbacks, life, lost love, love,
Form: Verse
Anxiety
This is what it feels like to have your heart racing 
and not knowing when or if it will ever slow down.
Your fatigued body can...

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Categories: flashbacks, anxiety, slam,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Drunk Drivers Guilt
I drove home from a party one winters night
I'd had quite a few drinks but I felt alright
It was pouring rain as I approached our...

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Categories: flashbacks, car, death, drink, family,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Etheree of Seasons
Spring
summons
season of
rebirth, where birds
build nests for new-borns.
Nature's palette spreads joy
as bright colours flourish with
buttercups, daffodils, bluebells,
blooming with rows of vibrant tulips.
Golden orb begins to spread...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, appreciation, nature, seasons,
Form: Etheree
Premium Member Vibrations of heart - Blitz with Ink Empress

Can't stop flashbacks
Can't stop vibrations
Vibrations like echoes
Vibrations irritating wounds
Wounds that bleed
Wounds that torment
Torment the mind
Torment emotions
Emotions of guilt
Emotions full of anger
Anger from the past
Anger from...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, angst, anxiety, mental illness,
Form: Blitz
Graveyard of Poets
There's an obscurity on the threads of darkness
dare I peer beneath the starless shroud of midnight's veil
as I walk through the misty breath that beclouds...

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Categories: flashbacks, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ingredients of Life
Sweetness and sourness of life
depends on the seasoning of emotions.
We are blessed with the gift of birth,
but our thoughts are processed
using different ingredients.

We all explore...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, analogy, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Backdrop of Cupidity
Love is a swooshing whirlpool,
swirling, twirling and whirling -
intensifying porcelain emotions.

Floating helplessly,
like bubbles in a tepid breeze.

There are still flashbacks

an unforgettable memory,
where poets, painters and...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: flashbacks, beauty, love, romance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Close Encounter
I'd finished work at ten PM and got in my car
It was dark as I drove home and in the sky noticed a star
Could be...

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Categories: flashbacks, car, fantasy, surreal,
Form: Narrative

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