Best Flayed Poems
Below are the all-time best Flayed poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of flayed poems written by PoetrySoup members
His Day Had ComeHis day had come, and so He went and prayed.
The woes of all mankind upon him weighed.
His brethren slept; He knew what would befall.
His enemies...
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Categories:
flayed, christian, easter,
Form:
Rondeau
Another Cruel Link In Their Chain Another Cruel Link in their Chain
1. Beginnings
Her babe was her joy, such a beautiful boy,
and he suckled her breast till...
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Categories:
flayed, body, life, men,
Form:
Ballad
Transition From Deep Dark To Brightest LightTransition From Deep Dark To Brightest Light
(Chained Sonnet--100 words)
Within dreams sent into this world of shades
shades full of heartaches and long slashing blades
blades severing sleeping...
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Categories:
flayed, art, creation, dark, deep,
Form:
Sonnet
BitternessA twinkle in her eyes tonight
evokes the thought that they invite,
though I recall, not long ago
my absence seemed more apropos.
The laughs that linger on...
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Categories:
flayed, love, smile,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fallen
“The Fallen”
Remote,
he sees himself
in the reflection of cold close
yet distant shop windows,
his final journey along the
Hard Time Road
walking alone,
unforgiven, no...
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Categories:
flayed, family, freedom, friendship, god,
Form:
Free verse
What Easter Means To MeHis day had come, and so He went and prayed.
The woes of all mankind upon him weighed.
His brethren slept; He knew what would befall.
His enemies...
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Categories:
flayed, religionday, day,
Form:
Rondeau
Old WomenOld Women
Old women are forgotten wombs
whose graceless bodies have fed
the word, then been sent
to sit in its shadow
not quite seen, not acknowledged,
not nurtured
They are more...
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Categories:
flayed, courage, endurance, wisdom, woman,
Form:
Prose
Slender BirchSteel Gray skies with threatening rain and restless wind
My breath gathers as mist on the inside of the window pane
...as I watched for the school...
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Categories:
flayed, mother, nature, seasons, tree,
Form:
Free verse
BreastsI never missed you
nestled high upon my chest
lovely soft round pillows
full haughty globes.
Admired. Yes,
even by me.
Prideful I was,
blessed among women.
Even when you were gone
it...
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Categories:
flayed, bereavement,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
flayed, angst, body, cancer, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
Memories of a Green BeretMemories of a Green Beret
“Where have all the soldiers gone, Long time passing,
Where have all the soldiers gone, Long long time ago,
Where have all the...
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Categories:
flayed, history, nostalgia, veterans day,
Form:
I do not know?
Harmony 69 1st MovementHARMONY 69
The night of twelfth December `69
knotted together an icy storm wind
that whipped False bay`s waves
to white -frilled blankets.
Thunderclaps against primal...
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Categories:
flayed, history, inspirational, love,
Form:
Epic
Ugly PoemBroken glass world
pithed with black flags
madmen and misfits.
Where is our god in all this fantastic muck?
Atop an out of touch mountain top...
Salving wounds of...
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Categories:
flayed, absence, war,
Form:
Free verse
Yellow-FinsOne by one
yellow-fins are gathering.
Their salty hearts gently filling
with the indigo currents
of struggle -of living.
Tide treading the present...
back-stroking(grimacing) the past.
Front-crawling into future's moaning...
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Categories:
flayed, allegory, business, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
War Is a War CrimeOnce wars were fought with sticks and stones
to flog the flesh and batter bones
and conquer lands, defending thrones -
though gods provoke, not one atones.
The...
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Categories:
flayed, war, world,
Form:
Quatrain