Best Perilously Poems
Below are the all-time best Perilously poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of perilously poems written by PoetrySoup members
Unknowing HeartsWrapped in the passion of the moment
engulfed in a cascade of a emotion
carried by a gushing torrent of desire
dancing on the...
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Categories:
perilously, desire, love, youth,
Form:
Free verse
Cold Feetice-shrouded tree limbs
tilt perilously groundward
sparrows have cold feet
THIRD PLACE WINNER
written November 15, 2022
syllables checked by PS
for "Winter Haiku Poetry Contest"
sponsored by Tania Kitchin
#20 on Best...
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Categories:
perilously, bird, tree, winter,
Form:
Haiku
Glass ArtFrozen to perfect, stiff, fixed and fast,
Forever replicating exact,
Transparent colours of love and beauty,
Forever being abstract,
She’s a water kingfisher, with a purple song...
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Categories:
perilously, art, beauty, growth, peace,
Form:
Personification
The Fresh Blooding of a Sexton Grin
"The Fresh Blooding of a Sexton Grin"
Guns ...
are for p*ssies
you know, short for
pussilanimous plural
Words …
are sharper
more cutting
more lethal
clean
concise
quill slicing the...
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Categories:
perilously, courage, muse, strength,
Form:
Free verse
My Dancing QueenMy old bones swayed to the old tune
bringing back memories long forgotten.
My spirit rejoiced in exultation
of a ne'er forgotten loving excitation.
For you’re my Dancing Queen.....
...
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Categories:
perilously, dance, love,
Form:
Free verse
Don'T Be Afraid of the Big Bad WolfDo we dare decide to come to the aid of the big bad wolf?
Once upon a time wolves thrived from the Arctic Tundra to...
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Categories:
perilously, animal, creation, environment,
Form:
Acrostic
Kaos In -Part 5- Final PartHate the feelings of ew's and ugh's...let's pause before we put our paws on this unmanageable cause with silent applause (quiet interest or hushed enthusiasm)
What's...
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Categories:
perilously, abuse, deep,
Form:
Free verse
Soul Surfer
"Soul Surfer"
I bought some sea shell beads
today,
stood by the ocean
while the half sharp winter wind
washed
through
me
and
whispered stinging...
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Categories:
perilously, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Castles In the SandPicture a man’s solitary stroll on a sandy seaside,
Early time of day, just a short time after low tide,
Water almost calm, gentle waves lapping the...
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Categories:
perilously, beach, child, cry, metaphor,
Form:
Narrative
Recurring Dream 2 No TalentRecurring Dream – 2
No talent
Dreams come on the crashing waves of R.E.M. sleep.
They come from the darkest oceans of the subconscious deep,
whispers of time exhausted,...
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Categories:
perilously, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
DoorsDoors
How fitting that the band’s name derived from Aldous Huxleys’ treatise
‘The Doors of Perception’ that purely aesthetic philosophical story of
life through the window and...
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Categories:
perilously, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Chaos Theorychaos theory
hoping to figure out
what strange attractor
has placed his toys
so perilously near my feet
Published - American Tanka - Winter 2016...
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Categories:
perilously, child,
Form:
Tanka
Foes At My FeetEach night I dutifully latch the door
To keep intruders firmly without.
I retire to bed feeling blissfully sure
I am safe from what they are about.
Then one...
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Categories:
perilously, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Florida Ziziphus (For the Ode To the Endangered Contest Sponsored By: Amy Green)Spiny stemmed buckthorn, sunlight shimmers tiny shiny leaves.
Even though in pastures you are mowed down like worthless sheaves.
Ziziphus celata, your family for thee still grieves.
Future...
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Categories:
perilously, death, nature, recovery from...
Form:
Rhyme
Promise KeeperYea, it's pretty dumb this thing of ours.
They say over time it sours.
With us its been quite different.
Anytime is time well spent.
Our desperation, like a...
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Categories:
perilously, absence, addiction, devotion, i
Form:
Rhyme