Best Lightning Poems
Below are the all-time best Lightning poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of lightning poems written by PoetrySoup members
No Thunder Without LightningLightning rarely strikes without thunder,
causing havoc in gloomy skies.
Humans can't control their plunder,
seeking shelter until the storm dies.
Once, I was your prince - full of...
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Categories:
lightning, absence, angst, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
When I Stop and PrayWhen the storm clouds boil around me,
And the lightning splits the sky--.
When the howling wind assails me,
And life's sea is rolling high--
When my...
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Categories:
lightning, devotion, faith, inspirational, life,
Form:
Lyric
The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes
filled with zodiacal-light musings
of ancient cosmic dust
dancing in the arms of Sol..
windswept...
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Categories:
lightning, passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form:
Imagism
They Walk Amongst UsThey walk amongst us, but in silent ways,
spreading peace and love without any praise.
When thunder roars and lightning strikes in rain
they watch over us, healing...
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Categories:
lightning, angel, appreciation, tribute,
Form:
Sonnet
When Madness Rides On MoonlightDays pass into the weak, loveless nights. The moon blinks.
The stars swirl beneath Van Gogh’s brush, as he links.
Comet light passes twisting cypresses, a schizophrenic’s...
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Categories:
lightning, god, life,
Form:
Sestina
In Strangler's WoodIn forest's night, the trees bend low
beneath a slice of half moon’s glow;
silent shadows waver...
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Categories:
lightning, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors,
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...
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Categories:
lightning, analogy, how i feel,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
A Chorus Sang Its Last ConcertoI walked in darkness along the shore
seeking only solitude and nothing more
Thunder drummed from somewhere far away
like foreboding timpani as clouds began to play
They competed...
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Categories:
lightning, beach, emotions,
Form:
Elegy
OceanaOceana
Oceana flings her sequined petticoats
Upon the sands as if to toss the seaweed
From the swirling edges
While she dances with the wind
With each turn she...
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Categories:
lightning, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Life Spent All AloneLife Spent All Alone
I felt such joy when first my hull met sea.
'Twas years ago before my shattered shell
Was tossed and ravaged, fisherman and...
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Categories:
lightning, boat, death, deep, devotion,
Form:
Sonnet
Forget Our Hearts VisionsNow that only forgotten promises remain,
sounds of solitude are gifts I wish to obtain.
Sentiments are temporary in a world full of change,
affections are wasted in...
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Categories:
lightning, emotions, heartbroken, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
My Last PoemBecome my air,
pursuing my scent
in sweet fragrant fields,
where devouring tastes
of bohemian spirit,
delicately descend
...
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Categories:
lightning, devotion, love, relationship,
Form:
Free verse
Rainbow Promise
He has announced his arrival. She waits,
Listening to the thunder cracking through
the layers of air. Looking at the lightning,
brightening and frightening the darkness away,
Lapping up...
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Categories:
lightning, earth, rain,
Form:
Personification
Spring Petals Kissing Dawns Air - a Collaboration With Charmaine ChircopWhen miserable clouds assemble,
bursting with drops of sorrow,
gusts of torment bring dark tides to your door.
You feel hope is like forgotten pennies,
lost at the bottom...
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Categories:
lightning, angst, emotions, hope, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
In Soft Glowing Mistress Flame of the Beauty's Breath - a Collaboration With Susan AshleyIn Soft Glowing Mistress Flame Of The Beauty's Breath
- a collaboration with Susan Ashley
In soft glowing mistress flame of thy beauty's breath
your heart swears...
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Categories:
lightning, art, beautiful, desire, love,
Form:
Rhyme