Best Lifespan Poems
Below are the all-time best Lifespan poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lifespan poems written by PoetrySoup members
enticing flowers and heartsthat first peep of the crocus
breaking through frozen earth
longer hours of sunlight
bulbs drawn by brief sensations of warmth
like hearts that had lingered in frozen graves
waiting...
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Categories:
lifespan, love, nature, seasons
Form:
Free verse
Ode to The Walkin' Man's FriendSeldom in life does one feel the effects,
Of another’s SIXTY YEARS of lifespan;
But now and again, God gives us respect,
For the lives of extraordinary men.
Such...
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Categories:
lifespan, appreciation, blessing, happiness, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
Anglo-Norman arising
the wealth of norman England is poised to grow
towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
kingdoms extend with...
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Categories:
lifespan, england, history, identity, immigration,
Form:
Narrative
Might As Well Have a Good LaughWhen you are in trouble
and start seeing double
you might as well have a good laugh
Cause sorrow and crying
and excessive sighing
can shorten your lifespan by half
If...
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Categories:
lifespan, encouraging, funny, humorous, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Just For YouHeavy steel blue clouds dominate
The morning sky before day
A cool but dampness fills the air
Out on the porch to stay
A short while to enjoy...
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Categories:
lifespan, color, life, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Our Trusting LandlordThis earth
Oh what a curious thing to perceive
Existing within its home, the Universe
A unique, rare and aqueous marble
With a lifespan well surpassing our own
We...
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Categories:
lifespan, life, natural disasters, nature,
Form:
I do not know?
HER MAJESTYEnglish oak tree, named Quercus robur; though known as Her Majesty now
Named Majesty of the Woods; etiquette requires in my presence one must bow
Growing my...
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Categories:
lifespan, age, old, tree,
Form:
Personification
Towards Deaths Door and BackI hope this letter, to you, a stranger
Becomes a letter to a friend
As we travel on this journey to its end
Yes we’ll start...
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Categories:
lifespan, cancer, death, encouraging, friendship
Form:
Rhyme
Raisin Expectations aka Her Name is not Sue FlayShe longed to be a baker
Though neither thumb was white
Couldn’t rise to the occasion
...
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Categories:
lifespan, fun, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
Haiku - Senryu CommentsInspired by Jan Allison:
~~~~~~
HAIKU
oft my morning call...
birds in the warmer months... sing...
my natural alarm...
your haiku on my shoulder...
your blackbird... softly chirps......
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Categories:
lifespan, nature,
Form:
Haiku
Untold agonyWhile my happiness hawls in a dark cave of self-doubt, I smile.
Burying my brain cells in the grave of immense fear, I speak.
While my dreams...
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Categories:
lifespan, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Incomplete songRemember the walk we had at a dawn?
You mocked the fog and sang me a song
I cursed the cascade for being so rackety
You...
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Categories:
lifespan, death, life, love, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
WHY AM I HERE AND FROM WHERE DID I COME - INDIVIDUALITYWHY AM I HERE AND FROM WHERE DID I COME - INDIVIDUALITY
I am a lifespan.
The future goes beyond that.
Anyone gives him or herself one hundred...
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Categories:
lifespan, philosophy, visionary, voice, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
AN INTRODUCTION OF NEFREDA MARIA CASTLE OF THE BEAN PEOPLEAN INTRODUCTION OF NEFREDA MARIA CASTLE OF THE BEAN PEOPLE
I am Nefreda Maria Castle of the Bean People.
Today, I feel appease and pleased by the...
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Categories:
lifespan, adventure, creation, children, kids,
Form:
Ballad
FLY FREE AND HIGH: BUTTERFLY
FLY FREE AND HIGH: BUTTERFLY
The
BUTTERFLY
Flutters
By
...
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Categories:
lifespan, animal, butterfly, imagery, insect,
Form:
Lyric
Fishy Science School of Geometric ArtsMath speaks through us
within us
of cognitive landscapes
imagined still and/or moving.
Primal metrics are rational and symmetrical,
good as true as straightforward,
complex creation story problems
unfolding with precise answers,
right...
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Categories:
lifespan, adventure, earth, life, light,
Form:
Political Verse
Nature's Meterancient redwood gleams
softly through the mists of time…
mayfly flitters by
-08 Jun 2014-
Average Lifespan:
Redwood Tree - 600 years
Mayfly - 1 day...
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Categories:
lifespan, age, insect, tree,
Form:
Haiku
The Golden Sun By Satis Shroff
THE GOLDEN SUN (Satis Shroff)
Through the cloudy veil
Appears the golden sun,
Changing the silvery North Sea
To a golden and crimson horizon.
The waves adorned with rich colours
Of...
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Categories:
lifespan, sea, sunset,
Form:
Free verse
MONKEY BUSINESS
Mind and heart know the way of flow,
Opt to receive the grace of zest;
Now sense the glow of love that shows,
Keep and achieve your affluent...
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Categories:
lifespan, change,
Form:
Sonnet
Calm - 'My Time Is Near'Soon enough,
In the makings of Lila,
And the growing happiness of the lamentable soul of Clementine,
I shall be utterly transformed once again
Imagine this!
Can I not...
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Categories:
lifespan, beautiful, blessing, dark, deep,
Form:
Narrative
Rule the WorldWe came, We saw, We conquered " Julius Caesar "
We conquered
then turned on ourselves without mercy
tens of thousands slaughtered
in the name of religion or boundaries
There...
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Categories:
lifespan, truth,
Form:
Free verse
OUTSIDE-IN INSIDE-OUT, REBIRTH, EARTH'S TIME SHARES,birth, creation, dark, death, earth, history, metaphor
OUTSIDE-IN---INSIDE OUT! © TANKA
Very green flushed carpets
Sky blue azure topped ceilings
Tree branched sofa chairs
Mirror sea rippling four...
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Categories:
lifespan, birth, creation, dark, death,
Form:
Tanka
I Am an Iris
I am an Iris
Sometimes sporting a fuzzy beard,
I hear wisdom say, “Do not shave.”
“It would come back thicker,” it warns.
To razors I’ll not be a...
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Categories:
lifespan, flower,
Form:
Rhyme
Slow DeathHe lay dying_ slowly did his life pass
Watching others as they moved about room
As his heart failed, fluid filled him enmass
More than his body could...
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Categories:
lifespan, death, pets, sadlife, death,
Form:
Sonnet
Wild Fire ManagementI suspect you are right.
We get confused about the messages Earth gives us
about what is optimally and sustainably healthy and inclusive of full...
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Categories:
lifespan, appreciation, discrimination, earth, health,
Form:
Narrative