Best Look Back Poems
Below are the all-time best Look Back poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of look back poems written by PoetrySoup members
Its a Part of MeOur lives are not immune to the impact of time,
nor is our mind between the tensions of love and hate.
That's why I curse this wanderlust...
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Categories:
look back, emotions, introspection, life,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Even In Silence We Have Our Wordssometimes
we are afraid to jump
but we take the leap
sometimes
when we fall deeply
it's not our limbs injured
sometimes
what is meant for us
hurts too much
sometimes
nothing makes sense
confusion reigns...
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Categories:
look back, philosophy, poetry, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Black CloakIt's like a black cloak around our world bringing misery and death
Virologists are saying " you ain't seen nothing yet"
If only our leaders would...
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Categories:
look back, death, evil, goodbye, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
look back, emotions, heartbroken, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
A Need To Be Somewhere ElseI’m the one who needs to be somewhere else,
I cannot stay in one place.
The grass is green where I’ve never been
and never have shown...
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Categories:
look back, moving on,
Form:
Rhyme
Stardust Road“Stardust Road.”
"Soft defense is driven by my thoughts,
I vanish away into yesterday’s scenic road,
Set the mood among the dark clouds,
Wish I could go back to...
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Categories:
look back, adventure, nostalgia, travel,
Form:
Free verse
We Are OneWe Are One
Dear Ancient Sister
I hear your distant calls finding me on a gentle breeze
You have lived in my dreams for many seasons
My voice
Your...
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Categories:
look back, blessing, celebration, community, courage,
Form:
Free verse
The Train - POTD POTD 25 Nov 2020
Manage your Stress … a peeling faded poster boldly declares
I do get it about advertising campaigns.
Enough to know that,
‘strategically...
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Categories:
look back, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Memories In the SandIf ever a moment in real life deserved a romantic, melancholy
backing track, it would have been that one ... we'd spent the
entire afternoon at Ferry...
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Categories:
look back, memory, missing you, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Holding Back the TimeIn visions of yesteryear where there was love
Nothing but despair on the faces of hope
And shattered remains of a romantic fairytale
Whose happy ending has been...
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Categories:
look back, lost love, sensual,
Form:
Verse
Letter from the Grave
Is the ship
still in its bottle..
Have your lips
become dry,
tired from yearning.
Do you still wear
my sage shirt.
Are you still crying,
are all those tears for...
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Categories:
look back, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Shattering Rose GlassesUncomplicated me
I thought I was coloured blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting
of the ones I find
Yet my blindness
Is that of...
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Categories:
look back, education, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
The Last Love Letter To the WestI can't recall the day you left
Empty words going west
~To The West Coast~
My love, my sweet love -- my soulmate
I will cherish our time,...
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Categories:
look back, deep, feelings, heart, leaving,
Form:
Free verse
Shattering Rose Coloured GlassesUncomplicated me
I thought I was colour blind
free thinking and kind
with an evolved mind
Loving and accepting
of the ones I find
Yet my blindness
Is that of...
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Categories:
look back, betrayal, black african american,
Form:
Political Verse
ButterfliesBUTTERFLIES
Clouds passing by swiftly.
Like the desert sands,
tiny grains rest in my hand.
Here I lay peaceful on the ground.
My life finally reached its final strand.
Breathing faintly...
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Categories:
look back, death, life, me, life,
Form:
Free verse