Best Holly Poems
Below are the all-time best Holly poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of holly poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
holly, nature, winter,
Form:
Couplet
My Winter's WishesIn the May-time of my life
time bloomed each day a prickly boll –
but I, like the softest cotton within such a sharp seed
swaddled...
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Categories:
holly, age, god, hope, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Jailbreak At Milton CreekThere was a rumour that outlaw Kyle was to be sprung from jail
But Sheriff Koplin got wind of it and he'd make sure they'd fail...
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Categories:
holly, america, humor, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Holly's Christmas StoryOur sweet dog Holly lies under our tree
She is wagging her tail so gleefully,
Knocking about the light Christmas tree balls.
She becomes quite shocked as one...
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Categories:
holly, adventure, christmas, dog, snow,
Form:
Couplet
Winter's SongAutumn dripping leaves of weary gold
Exits quietly, fading through the trees.
Hawthorn shakes her cloak of ruby fire.
Naked to the woods and twisting breeze.
Winter’s breath...
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Categories:
holly, fantasy, imagination, nature, sea,
Form:
Rhyme
Little Ol' MeI wish I could write
like those others before me,
Byron and Shelley and old Edgar Poe
Flowery phrases
Thy love unforgetting,
chasing a raven as ink tends to flow
Follow...
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Categories:
holly, poems, poetess, poetry, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
holly, war,
Form:
Epic
Joy of ChristmasJoy of Christmas tolls hooray, buoying elation of Santa’s sleigh
As celebrating the birth of almighty sacred church bells ring
Reverberating in melodic music ~ chiming, jingling...
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Categories:
holly, celebration, christmas,
Form:
Villanelle
The Christmas GiftAnother Christmas season has arrived, at last
and like so many others from Yuletides past,
I'm glad some things have remained...
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Categories:
holly, christmas, emotions,
Form:
Rhyme
Universal HolidaysNever had a Christmas tree
or some mistletoe
No wreath of holly on my door
just a mezuzah there, you know
No stockings stuffed with...
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Categories:
holly, appreciation, chanukah, christian, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The Time of the Summer SolsticeThe Time of the Summer Solstice
Drums pulsing solemnly presage the break of dawn,
bonfires ablaze dot this auspicious June morn.
On the shores of Albion, Druid...
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Categories:
holly, celebration, religion, summer,
Form:
Rhyme
Flower GirlsA is for Annie Apple Blossom she buds in the Spring.
B is Betty Baby Breath she's such a dainty thing.
C is for Miss Candy...
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Categories:
holly, daughter, easter, little sister,
Form:
Couplet
A Visit From Santa ClausIt was Christmas Eve, not a soul made a sound,
And not so much as a mouse could be found,
The children had hung their stockings on...
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Categories:
holly, christmas, eve, fantasy, holiday,
Form:
Epic
Blessed OutcomesDecades of mystic dreamers have worn the path
trod across the leys, coupling pairs within Stonehenge.
Beneath the Wiltshire skies cornflower blue; they lust,
lotus-eaters, loose-limbed, seeking a...
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Categories:
holly, desire, devotion, love, mythology,
Form:
Alexandrine
A Poem For Sam CookeDecember 14, 1965
"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You...
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Categories:
holly, america, celebrity, devotion, music,
Form:
Rhyme