Best Obelisks Poems
Below are the all-time best Obelisks poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of obelisks poems written by PoetrySoup members
At the Golden Dawn of Understanding PotdIt was late in gorgeous springtime, and I was teaching my class,
A lesson in African history, and the events of time's hourglass.
My fourth graders were...
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Categories:
obelisks, africa, christian, education, history,
Form:
Couplet
A Tomb of Ancient BloomTake me to the place where the aromatic fragrance
threatens to envelop our obelisks glorifying death;
to the place where the seraphim of old long to steal...
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Categories:
obelisks, appreciation, beauty, devotion, emotions,
Form:
Romanticism
Desert GloamingIn the stray lavender of twilight
as cactis' spindled obelisks
brush spreading lapis sky
a honeyed sun
holds tight
to desert crags
for a last glimpse
of fulgid sage
and adobe rainbow...
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Categories:
obelisks, nature, sunset,
Form:
Ekphrasis
The Curse of NefertitiIn golden chains of bondage, was the royal queen
Brought forth, force to kneel, before the newly crowned
Pharaoh of Egypt!
Branded a heretic, a blasphemer of the...
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Categories:
obelisks, adventure, halloween, history, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
AlexandriaLong before Babylonians, Assyrians, Persians and Greeks,
Before Hammurabi, Sargon and Ramses ruled
The world below their feet;
Before biblical scenes and mythological dreams
Of magical...
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Categories:
obelisks, history, world, sea, city,
Form:
Rhyme
TotemsThe Totem ©
The totem speaks of the tribe’s history, lore,
deeds of courage
Animals, fish and gods
carved in reverence,
from a...
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Categories:
obelisks, devotion, faith, inspiration, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
Upbeat, the Islander: Upbeat Comes To TermsI'm a simple guy,
I like video games, music and succeeding without trying,
So when a man comes up to me and tell me he can save...
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Categories:
obelisks, bible, hope, jesus, journey,
Form:
Rhyme
Fifty Shades of HellForgive them Father for their souls unclean
Hardened hearts that demonically demean
Camouflaged cathedrals a silent smokescreen
The towers of Babylon crumble as foreseen
Inauspicious idols obelisks of the...
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Categories:
obelisks, conflict, deep, philosophy,
Form:
Monorhyme
Shaman Untitled... long ago
in the timeless now,
we traveled, when
came a shaman
giggling in the glee of bringing us chest-to-chest,
his eyes mirroring our
lustful wonder of nipple-kisses
in burnished darkness,...
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Categories:
obelisks, love, kiss,
Form:
Ballad
Tanka Duo Cleaved - Unity RealisedI weave rhapsodies | words dance before you
Enshrining words on paper | obelisks of enlightenment
...
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Categories:
obelisks, poems,
Form:
Tanka
In GettysburgIn Gettysburg, the soldiers fell
In shock, in pain, in death,
As thousands from the North and South
Cried out with their last breath.
Their bodies lay in bloody...
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Categories:
obelisks, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
obelisks, adventure,
Form:
Prose
The Sameyou will go there
one day
where i once was
in the air i will leave a trace
where the obelisks point the way
when the great shapes shift
you will...
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Categories:
obelisks,
Form:
I do not know?
Where Is the Pharaoh's ToysI have seen the formation
Of ancient lands
I have seen the creation
Of ancient hands
Pyramids
That soar to the sky
Here amid
Temples majestic and high
I have seen
Wonderful things
Tombs and...
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Categories:
obelisks, adventure, africa, age, analogy,
Form:
Rhyme
Menu a Or Menu B Is Quite a Dashing DilemmaMenu A or Menu B ? oh dear! quite a dilemma really. ha
Tadpoles induced symphonies in a bowl of custard cued. But cued is neither...
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Categories:
obelisks, autumn,
Form:
I do not know?