Best Pavement Poems
Below are the all-time best Pavement poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pavement poems written by PoetrySoup members
Umbrella*I Will Cry*
If this world really mattered,
Why does it bleed?
I could tell you how much I love you,
But, that will never heal the pain.
I am...
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Categories:
pavement, beautiful, cry, rain,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Red Leafthe raspy whisper
finally
gets my full attention -
wistfully I smile
..for its persistence reminds me of you..
the crisp red leaf
scuttles scrapingly
across the gray pavement
to and...
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Categories:
pavement, death, emotions, grief, heartbroken,
Form:
Free verse
In This PlaceI am the weed
Nestled
In a crack in the pavement
Dismantling concrete
Crumbling foundations
In this man made world
Rooted in the earth
Despite the city
I am the seed
11/05/18
Composed for Line...
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Categories:
pavement, city, nature,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of----
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone to forget the taste of air.
Overwhelm by the...
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Categories:
pavement, abuse, bullying, color, discrimination,
Form:
Free verse
WeirdoDeclared an outcast,
shunned by society -
but she's the same
as you and me,
but You can't see her pain
hidden behind her coy smile.
You can't wipe away those...
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Categories:
pavement, abuse, bullying, society,
Form:
Free verse
I Can'T BreatheIn memory of---- all lives taken by unfair justice.
Solely in my room, I can't stomach the sound of my pulse
I sit here alone...
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Categories:
pavement, abuse, community, death, dedication,
Form:
Free verse
Your ManYour man
O' fallen leaf of barren branch
doth charge my heart, my aching heart
with missing you, needing you
On sun dried earth I lay,
grasping at my...
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Categories:
pavement, good night,
Form:
Free verse
Invisible: Co-Written With C Devonshireclad in rags, he wanders on Wall Street
he is invisible to hustling stock brokers
he is...
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Categories:
pavement, remember, veterans day,
Form:
Free verse
A Talk With HimOutside, a table awaits idle: I join as though it was my companion
Pondering about life as if it were water appeasable to the deepest canyon
Trees...
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Categories:
pavement, faith, life, religion, me,
Form:
Free verse
Dark RainstormThe chaotic cadence of falling rain
begins striking the pavement in evening's hours.
Up on the roof I hear the steady gain
of drops as sprinkling now becomes...
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Categories:
pavement, dark, imagery, rain,
Form:
Ottava rima
A Look Back At Eighteen Months Here-The Show Is OverA Look Back at Eighteen Months Here-The Show is Over
When your poems reside in a shoe,
like mine,
pounding the pavement to nowhere.
The onset of blisters isn't...
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Categories:
pavement, change, sad, mental health,
Form:
Free verse
Muse In FreedomI walked through the desert looking for my muse, on barren land so dry
Sand stinging in the wind, across the cliffs, beneath the sky
I walked...
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Categories:
pavement, freedom, journey, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
The Lesson a Dog Taught MeOn a stone wall, by the solitary pavement,
Annoyed and angry, with daggers drawn at everyone,
I saw my neighbor sitting dejected and depressed.
Though known him for...
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Categories:
pavement, anger, emotions, forgiveness,
Form:
Free verse
UnrequitedUnrequited
The things i think about,
never settle below
they float instead
and fester inside
as I pluck your name in the air
a sacred memory folds over
foaming layers, floating vapors
Creating...
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Categories:
pavement, angst, change, conflict, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Let the Rain FallI could smell and sense
the showers coming in the air
with an approaching storm.
I inhale this
light little scent of heaven.
The rain will never dampen...
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Categories:
pavement, how i feel, night,
Form:
Free verse