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Best Lay Eyes On Poems

Below are the all-time best Lay Eyes On poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lay eyes on poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Feeling Blue and Knotted Up

in the fervour of my sweat
sheets drenched
i wake to the toxic bellow of my own voice
in the torment of my own thoughts

in the complexity of...

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Categories: lay eyes on, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Asp of Grief
ASP OF GRIEF

She buries her head upon this asp of grief —
soft with reptilian fangs, hard with poison.
Her covetous husband lies upon the Nile’s reef.
She...

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Categories: lay eyes on, beauty, death, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member 'rainbow Chaser'
Occasionally I can only see half of it
when I am lucky I get to see at least two

they always make me smile
remembering what they mean...

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Categories: lay eyes on, life, nature, me, rainbow,
Form: Light Verse
Shed the Shadow
Oh how he watches me in the shadow of his tree,
strong, bold and blocking out the glare of the sun.
He claims I shine like the...

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Categories: lay eyes on, celebration, faith, for him,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Moving On
in the heat of my mares
i wake to the scream of my voice
sheets drenched

in the torment of my thoughts
lay eyes wide open in the hours...

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Categories: lay eyes on, feelings,
Form: Free verse



Love Letter
When the night falls, slowly eating away at the blue day,
I lay, eyes awake, mind searching for a perfect image of you.
I search my ears...

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Categories: lay eyes on, love,
Form: Rhyme
To My Husband
You've always been there for me
Right from the start.
Everything you do
Comes straight from the heart.

When I think of you 
My heart fills with love.
And this...

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Categories: lay eyes on, anniversary, devotion, happiness, inspirational,
Form: Romanticism
Ocd
I feel as lame as a whale without its fins to swim in fine waters
Blue blasphemy break a spirit of slumberless insanity that rips up...

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Categories: lay eyes on, anxiety, , atheist,
Form: Free verse
Prey
Quick bold drums start out loud 
Pounding out the terms of war 
Race through the frantic jungle thick
Rhythms of pursuit take to the beat

Let the...

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Categories: lay eyes on, adventure, conflict, confusion, image,
Form: Epic
Premium Member Recipe For Change
With crack of first light of dawn
The day's work begins; sleep's gone
Gather food; cook
Aroma fills air, breathe on.
Spices, herb bouquet add-on
Day has great outlook
Just short...

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Categories: lay eyes on, bible, faith, food, life,
Form: Verse
The Strength of the Bald Eagle
The mighty bald eagle soars with grace overhead
wearing ivory feathers to show all he is leader.
Powerful orange talons watching as all his prey fled,
then perches...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: lay eyes on, bird, earth, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Polar Bears
Symphonic sirens serenade me from afar;
distinctive, delectable scents tickle and tantalise:
my senses awash with anticipation
as, finally, I lay eyes on my prey.

Slowly and surreptitiously,
I draw...

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Categories: lay eyes on, animal, environment, mother, mother
Form: Free verse
When You
When you lay eyes on me, I just wanna put them to sleep
Vision cost a lot, but I create it cheap
No matter what you do,...

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Categories: lay eyes on, lovelove,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member The Cyrillic Runestone
A journeyman once spelunked in a cavern beneath a marsh,
Whose oily layers of algae and water made his mission harsh.

For the cavern's entrance stood in...

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Categories: lay eyes on, adventure, fantasy, hero, light,
Form: Couplet
Hunter
She looked mighty contrairie
Riding on the open prairie
Astride the most beatiful horse 
I ever laid eyes upon

Eyes of pure brown
Soft hair falling down
All over her...

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Categories: lay eyes on, cowboy-western, love,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

Book: Reflection on the Important Things