Best Perishing Poems
Below are the all-time best Perishing poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of perishing poems written by PoetrySoup members
Ballad of An Unsung HeroVivid flashbacks from bloodshed battles
his soul still ravaged by devious dictators,
cries from fallen comrades still echo in his mind,
but he continues to walk upon a...
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Categories:
perishing, analogy, metaphor, political,
Form:
Ballad
Hearts At Odds
Hearts made of wax, sent through the mail
Should help relax, instead I wail,
They will soon melt in time's hot hands,
Loneliness is felt midst life's...
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Categories:
perishing, emotions, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
When a Poet's Promise DiesI tried to create a poetic dream,
to fulfill our promise,
but we became a victim
to fate's wounding ways.
My flower garden lies in ruins,
suffering in silence...
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Categories:
perishing, death, lost love, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
WeatheredDiminished by age, a weathered existence limps
Crutching dimmed vision and impaired limbs,
Much wiser that before, it speaks wisdom words
Entertaining grandkids in stories that enlighten,
Wishing the...
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Categories:
perishing, age, old,
Form:
Free verse
I Lifted Upfrom suffering and pain
that is piped into veins
by the organ-less master
who relentlessly plays
from a congested gutter
of fake themes
hiding in deception
and callous clutter
from distaste of the...
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Categories:
perishing, environment, humanity, political, truth,
Form:
Free verse
valor's silhouette -
friendship - we have chased that apparition, endlessly,
but it's elusive spirit - always beyond our...
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Categories:
perishing, analogy, character, courage, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Shell From Sawed-OffI'm aware that
They'll dare me to surrender when my burner's unkindled
And the barrel is empty
Since their whiskey is missing
But it's in our blood and...
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Categories:
perishing, adventure, art, cowboy-western, philosophy,
Form:
Lyric
Exclusive Birth RightsExclusive Birth Rights
I am German and guilty as charged by history and evil parental culpability
privileged by life and proxy thus I refuse to forget ancestral...
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Categories:
perishing, humanity, , memorial,
Form:
Free verse
....Stealing Souls....Hues of a darker shade, cascading across skies of illusion....
Evaporating waterfalls, of lustful desires and want
Brought forth amid fairytale words, from within fantastical thoughts
And I...
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Categories:
perishing, life, sympathy, visionary
Form:
I do not know?
Born of LifeDrum beats inside black bare hairy chests
Tradition hidden in treasure chests
Chess played on mother earth , sounds like home
Home grown sounds ringing throughout the neighborhood
Stomachs...
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Categories:
perishing, africa, community, dark, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Divine Life Journey“Life --- commenced by God’s love, with soul quickened through His grace, spirit revived in His strength, faith buttressed upon His truth --- abides forever...
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Categories:
perishing, blessing, christian, faith, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Metaphors written in psychedelic ink
When words like seeds remain uncultivated,
in somber silence the poet within me dies.
In the misery of my perishing poetic oasis,
petal like poems refuse to infuse...
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Categories:
perishing, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
Writing NuancesAbove my head, a ray
where I sit on a mossy ledge,
stylus in my hand drips words
like acid upon thin papyrus sheets--
of myths and...
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Categories:
perishing, words, writing,
Form:
Verse
Impacting PollutionIn the rising sun,
Coming down by the mountains,
Echoes the sirens of seas.
Teaming with all life
Were clouds of foul defilement
Shifting torrents to crimson...
Metal vessel floats,
Tainting with...
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Categories:
perishing, allusion, corruption, environment, imagery,
Form:
Sedoka
Maid of the MistMaid of the Mist
Living on the mighty Niagara,
the Ongiaras dwelled in peace
but the village members were perishing
at the will of an unknown beast
They gathered fruits...
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Categories:
perishing, history
Form:
Rhyme