Best Oil Poems
Below are the all-time best Oil poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of oil poems written by PoetrySoup members
Snake Oil Man In Milton CreekIt was about seven in the morn as the sun was starting to rise
Unbeknown to the folks of Milton Creek they were in for a...
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Categories:
oil, america, western,
Form:
Rhyme
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:
oil, god, life,
Form:
Sestina
Miss Amelia Havisham's Garden Shed
between the plant pots and the trays
the cobwebs had seen better days
and for all the wood and damp and soil
the smell was one of paint...
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Categories:
oil, death, garden, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
I Think of You - After the Fall - 5I could have cried like a bride at a funeral
Bled out, dry. I could have but I was already
dehydrated...I
i think of you
I wish someone could...
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Categories:
oil, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Soothing TomorrowsOh beloved,
I'm like Rumi without Shams.
A shivering summer soul,
secretly stalked by wild white winter wolves.
A chiffon child chiselling chimerical calligraphy,
cursed with invisible ink, silent in...
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Categories:
oil, emotions, love,
Form:
Free verse
Desire Love RomanceAll lovely words
when understood
All so misconstrued
silence envelopes our delusions
Desire, we lust the attention
at the forfeit of philosophy
Love, we crave at Kings expense
at times
Sacrificing those whom...
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Categories:
oil, art, heart, lost love,
Form:
Couplet
Between the Whispers and the SighsBetween the whispers and the sighs
The sweet taste of champagne,
still lingers on her lips
The fragrance of jasmine oil,
slides from her fingertips
I know that I'm ready...
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Categories:
oil, desire, love, romantic love,
Form:
Lyric
Come Into My House LordFor Brother Jacob, our fellow poet,
who lives his life
real and true to the call of God:
COME INTO MY HOUSE LORD
Come into my house Lord.
Anoint my...
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Categories:
oil, christian, family,
Form:
Verse
Heartbroken“I know my heart will never be the same
But I'm telling myself I'll be okay”
Sara Evans
My heart no longer
beats the same,
as I’ve wiped away
tainted...
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Categories:
oil, angst, break up, destiny,
Form:
Free verse
Will ShepardThe day Will Shepard shot my dog
His barn burned to the soil;
The flames licked at the Autumn sky,
The smoke as black as oil.
I dropped the...
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Categories:
oil, animals, cowboy-western, death, loss,
Form:
Verse
Shades of My GloomIn vertigo of night, in their riddled trance
Boldness of petals melt on washed-out shades,
As faces etch a quiet gloom in varied hues
Capturing splashed oil,...
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Categories:
oil, art, color, introspection, loneliness,
Form:
Lyric
A New Love FoundDEDICATED TO EVERY PERSON WHO QUESTIONED THEIR SELF WORTH BECAUSE SOMEONE THEY LOVED LEFT THEM
Love grabbed me by the throat with both hands
Choked away the...
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Categories:
oil, inspirational,
Form:
Free verse
Just a Tree - a RequiemSomeone who knows
Said You were an old ancient Tree,
But at the time, it didn’t really matter,
Or seem important to me.
I knew You only for...
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Categories:
oil, conflict, earth, heartbroken, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Meet Me In NaplesWe strolled hand in hand
along Naples cobbled streets
beneath nearly blown- off linen sheets
Hanging from old balconies.
Street musicians played their bagpipes
ciaramellas,mandarins
In this southern bustling...
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Categories:
oil, feelings,
Form:
Free verse
JournalYes, that is the role of the Teacher, as Shams was to
me – showing one ‘who they are’, so they can stop
bleating, crying at night,...
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Categories:
oil, devotion, love, romantic love,
Form:
Free verse