Best Fleetness Poems
Below are the all-time best Fleetness poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of fleetness poems written by PoetrySoup members
For the Fallen In Flanders Field - OriginalFamished and flagging footsoldiers;
formerly fitters and farmers.
Facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.
Forsaking fissures and furrows,
forced forwards with...
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Categories:
fleetness, conflict, death, history, memorial,
Form:
Alliteration
The Moon As a Metaphor For Your MouthThe Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch
When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing...
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Categories:
fleetness, candy, love, metaphor, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
The GazelleAmong Solomon’s first love commands in the book of his Song of Songs,
He adjures the young maidens by the gazelle, and how charm makes them...
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Categories:
fleetness, animals, nature, beauty, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
For the Fallen In Flanders FieldFamished and flagging footsoldiers;
facing fatigue, fitful fever,
faeces and foul, foetid fungi.
Fostering feelings, frustrated,
for this faraway, foreign field.
Forays so fraught with fine failure;
forfeiting furtive and fiendish,
fatally...
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Categories:
fleetness, conflict, death, history, remembrance
Form:
Alliteration
White LilacsWhite Lilacs
Memories rise
like the scent of lilacs in the air
simple yet fragrant filled with now forgotten cares,
once so important
...
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Categories:
fleetness, age, life, memory, time,
Form:
Rhyme
Love Poems IiLOVE POEMS II
These are love poems by Michael R. Burch: original poems and translations about passion, desire, lust, sex, dating and marriage. On an amusing...
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Categories:
fleetness, desire, love, lust, marriage,
Form:
Rhyme
Fire of the Forrest DragonFire of the Forrest Dragon
I foretold the coming storm
The signs so plainly warn
Like sparks floating amongst a darkening night
The earthen moistures and cool air...
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Categories:
fleetness, fantasy, natural disasters,
Form:
Couplet
Where Does the Butterfly GoWhere Does the Butterfly Go?
by Michael R. Burch
for the children of the Holocaust and the Nakba
Where does the butterfly go
when lightning rails,
when thunder howls,
when hailstones...
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Categories:
fleetness, holocaust,
Form:
Verse
Caveman Atmosphere Re-Created with a TwistShould a caveman or woman accidentally wander into our time zone,
He or she would feel right at home,
With their keen ear easily able to interpret...
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Categories:
fleetness, adventure, africa, animal, brother,
Form:
Light Verse
Surrender'Time's restless surrender is but a charade,
tender and giving, but meant to dissuade'...by poet
If Time has its way, we must surrender
to each moment passing swiftly...
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Categories:
fleetness, flying, myth, time, trust,
Form:
Dizain
Ancient HuntMoccasins crunching on crusted snow,
wolf-fur hood warming what I breathe,
jogging with lance and tomahawk,
other friends spread out, left and right.
The wapiti run before us,
big elk,...
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Categories:
fleetness, environment, history, image, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
Categories:
fleetness, faith, hope, imagination, love,
Form:
Verse
SerenaHer opponents on the court
Must battle inner quaking
In anticipation of the shots
That she will soon be making.
Watching her attack the ball
Is so intimidating,
I would hate...
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Categories:
fleetness, people, sports,
Form:
Rhyme
After the DelugeShe was kinder than light
to an up-reaching flower
and sweeter than rain
to the bees in their bower
where anemones blush
at the affections they shower,
and love’s shocking power.
She...
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Categories:
fleetness, goodbye, relationship,
Form:
Verse