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Best Hesitation Poems

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


Premium Member Windswept Heart
I always answer
     Without hesitation
          To adventure’s calls
Through waves that toss
 ...

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Categories: hesitation, loneliness, sea,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member NOTHING LESS - NOTHING MORE - POTD
POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its...

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Categories: hesitation, deep, emotions, inspiration, new
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Depth of Passion's Kiss
I woke trembling on the threshold of dawn 
as dappled sunlight through my window shone 
Upon my primed canvas there had been drawn 
a masculine...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hesitation, desire, kiss,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Feverish Fear - POTD - A Visual Video Poem - In Collaboration With Victor Buhagiar
POTD 13 March 2019

Welcome! - We are excited to release our very first Visual Video Poem. 

(I trust you will enjoy the complete production effects...

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Categories: hesitation, courage, evil, faith, fear,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member My Muse and I
Hey dear muse, come out from behind that chair,
You can’t hide from me for your hair is too fair,
And I desperately need your input, creativity...

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Categories: hesitation, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme



Soulmate Love
Finding love is our unsure heart’s goal as edged on by our confident souls.  Some journey through life with love as their primary dream,...

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Categories: hesitation, best friend, blessing, devotion,
Form: Free verse
As I Plot Just One More Day
I am immeasurably honoured to have been invited to collaborate with as fine a poet as Robert Lindley. Our first collaborative process has been very...

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Categories: hesitation, death, desire,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member As I Plot Just One More Day
As I Plot Just One More Day

Desperate as the waking at blackest dawn
I seek only moments within eternity,
for the day upon me is long 
and...

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Categories: hesitation, appreciation, art, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hazy Tears Burst
Midnight hangs in  deepened revelation
as the  cry of elegy  flows within its waiting,
hazy tears burst to deny sleep’s interval
when baby - lullabies...

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Categories: hesitation, angst, death,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Swirling Leaves
The leaves were changing as I walked my way, 
All different colors they were today.
I felt a calm presence I’ve felt before. 
A feeling of...

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© Bill Baker  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: hesitation, autumn, creation, nature, peace,
Form: Rhyme
A Slave's Cry
Stranded in this place
I cannot recognize
Abandoned and lonely
No one hears my cries
AS i walk through this wasteland
Of wilderness and desolation
I am consumed with anguish
I walk...

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Categories: hesitation, abuse, angst, black african
Form: Prose Poetry
Speak Up
When you take a stand and say what you choose,
Without hesitation, or being confused,
Not holding a fear of what others may say,
But to say what...

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Categories: hesitation, hope, inspirational, strength, truth,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Pandora's Temptation
For the third time Pandora stands before the box
Inlaid with jewels ivory and gold
In her hand is the key – she closely examines
Intrigued by its...

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Categories: hesitation, desire, hope, love,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Total Enigma
I can’t be branded and put into a box
I’m a rhyme wrapped within a riddle a complete paradox
I won't  carry the labels, or walk...

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Categories: hesitation, introspection, riddle,
Form: Free verse
A Magic Adventure of Peter the Pan--Part Ii
Inside the Dishwasher everyone rushed!
Clinks, clanks, rattles, 'Ouches' and ' Ohs'!
"Would you pa--lease, settle down!" said Deb--They hushed.
"Now we can hear...let's just see how this...

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Categories: hesitation, allegory, faith, family, fantasy,
Form: Personification

Book: Reflection on the Important Things