Best Marathon Poems
Below are the all-time best Marathon poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of marathon poems written by PoetrySoup members
It Matters NotIt hovers here, a moon opaque,
obscuring mountain trails I take.
No other living things appear.
A moon opaque. . . It hovers here.
I follow on along a...
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Categories:
marathon, dark, lost love,
Form:
Quatrain
A Poets AbodeA Poet’s Abode
A poet’s peaceful abode surpasses bliss
Depicting imagery beheld by eyes.
Dreams revealed go beyond the great abyss
Of space with stars that fill our cobalt...
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Categories:
marathon, art, beauty, passion, poetry,
Form:
Sonnet
September"September, beautiful month of my birth, is nigh, but I cannot feel glad."
September, drifting in with glow of moon,
you stifle Summer’s ardor. . . and...
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Categories:
marathon, nature, sad, sun, time,
Form:
Terzanelle
no poet am I -
a poet, you say? pardon no, not am I
there's only ONE poet - He writes on the
sky
of sunsets...
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Categories:
marathon, blessing, faith, inspiration, poetry,
Form:
Couplet
I Wandered Lonely As a Boat"I wandered lonely as a cloud." William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a boat
a shallow dingy left behind,
alone in marsh...
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Categories:
marathon, age, boat, fate, lonely,
Form:
Lyric
Unsure the ShoreGrim fog, I praise the shelter of your drear,
the sundown ghost morose not grandiose,
I walk alone - but, no -- with my despair;
a bittern bids...
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Categories:
marathon, 8th grade, beach, bereavement,
Form:
Sonnet
Enraptured By Blue SeaEnraptured by blue Sea, Sun chose a place
above Sea, on a cliff. To touch her face,
Sun then sank low; final radiance fell,
a...
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Categories:
marathon, sea, sun,
Form:
Personification
The Blessings of PrayerLike a gazelle springing from left to right
Your prayers come winging through perilous night
Making swift haste to my ill beating heart.
I was amazed at...
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Categories:
marathon, blessing, butterfly, poets, prayer,
Form:
Couplet
BrokenI wonder about her
as I shave suet and place thistle seed down -
once again
she reveals herself to the corner of my eye
a slight movement caught...
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Categories:
marathon, bird, emotions, fate, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Whose Muse Elusive DewThe worldliness within the sphere
reflecting morning light,
as poignant as a single tear
idea bright is crystal clear
and frames...
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Categories:
marathon, destiny, life, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
Eroticism of Inspiration
In swoon ‘neath golden moon and sable sweep
let bathe with hues upon my canvas soak
romance a mingle,...
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Categories:
marathon, appreciation, art, inspiration, night,
Form:
Rhyme
Giving Godly GraceGrace-full is the lily born of virtue’s milk
Inspiring me with petals pure in my hour of need -
Vow and vim of passion vivid and...
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Categories:
marathon, appreciation, faith, god, jesus,
Form:
Acrostic
The Sham of My HumanityEvergreen flavored mantras
did nothing to purge bitter bile from my lips
nor slake the smoldering thirst for a Rosary remedy.
Tick-tock petals unfurled one by one
as your...
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Categories:
marathon, anger, grief, heartbreak, humanity,
Form:
Free 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:
marathon, 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:
marathon, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse