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Best Postponed Poems

Below are the all-time best Postponed poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of postponed poems written by PoetrySoup members


Looking Down My Street - a Collaboration
Looking down my tree lined street

the setting sun casts her glow

upon the Chestnuts, Maples, and Oaks

dressed in worn out yellow ribbons 

telling the story of...

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Categories: postponed, friendship, loss,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member By Water's Edge
Sitting reminiscing
About the subtle signs
Along one’s journey
The roads not traveled
The messages so hard to read
Reminders meant for the soul
Heart longings heard
And those that aren’t
Life passing...

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Categories: postponed, friendship, journey, life, longing,
Form: Free verse
There Is Nothing Like Tomorrow
.Loniliness is what you've given me

Solitude is what I chose

I kept falling down 

rolling like a clown

till I found myself

in a distant land

lying on the...

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Categories: postponed, absence, beautiful, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Death
A mystery for us mere human being to unravel;
B elief and logic fight over our world, all in confusion.
C ome stealthily, it does, while as...

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Categories: postponed, bereavement, change, death, emotions,
Form: ABC
Premium Member On Loving a Rock Star - Redux
Lavish locks sprawl pillowed in peace this morn.
Gently whiskered cheeks hint of last night's lipstick
Tensions banished blue grassy fiddling lingers
Let's take it easy

I'll make the...

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Categories: postponed, love, , Lullaby,
Form: Rhyme



Sped Up Or Slowed
2/8/17


Straight, curvy and bumpy roads
Some with cones
All across the globe
Tools made of stones and from bones

Got to stay in the zone
Wherever I may roam and...

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Categories: postponed, poetry, rap, word play,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member So Late So Soon
Dr. Seuss: “How did it get to be so late so soon?”

I sat down to write, 
but no thoughts would come.
Still thinking and thinking,
I said,...

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Categories: postponed, time,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Throttle Up, Challenger
Synchronicity woven by fate’s volatile hands
   Gave rise to calamity in deceptive, calm skies
   Creating tragedy so harsh that reason defies
Into...

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Categories: postponed, grief, space,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Premium Member Sign of the End of Time
I saw a feller today with a sign readin', 'WORLD ENDS TOMORROW!"
Lord! Have mercy! That's all I need - more troubles to borrow!
I called the...

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Categories: postponed, funny, religion,
Form: Rhyme
The Avon Lady
Having another crisis,
and feeling overwhelmed,
Kim stared at the bottle, 
with all the pills,
feeling depressed and dismayed,
she felt she couldn't live another day…
Reaching for the bottle,
screwing...

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Categories: postponed, faith, suicide,
Form: Light Verse
One Step Back, Two Steps Forward...
Before I start I just want to say that I will always love you Baby..

I am letting you go, so go you are free
Free to...

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Categories: postponed, lost love, love, me,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Leading the Way
In her soul she exposes naked memories and lust for life

          A rebel conceived in a...

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Categories: postponed, art,
Form: Free verse
Sick and Tired of This Virus
Corona Virus, Corona Virus, that is all we hear!
You turn on the television, it's Corona Virus on the news!

The commercials come on it's Corona Virus...

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Categories: postponed, abuse, allusion, anger, bullying,
Form: Free verse
The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance
The Empirical Veneers of Decency and Acceptance

It’s funny how perceived intelligence 
Is not necessarily a measure of true smarts 
How the genius, the barrister and...

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Categories: postponed, life,
Form: Rhyme
To Know She Still Loves Me
To Know She Still Loves Me

Was years ago meant to be an introduction
To thread a line; between, to one day reconnect
Was it chance that she...

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Categories: postponed, love,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things