Best Reaper Poems
Below are the all-time best Reaper poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of reaper poems written by PoetrySoup members
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my...
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Categories:
reaper, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Ethereal"At the end of my life, with just one breath left, if you come then, I'll sit up and sing. That cannot now be said...
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Categories:
reaper, assonance, death, loss,
Form:
Alliteration
Forget Our Hearts VisionsNow that only forgotten promises remain,
sounds of solitude are gifts I wish to obtain.
Sentiments are temporary in a world full of change,
affections are wasted in...
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Categories:
reaper, emotions, heartbroken, lost love,
Form:
Lyric
Poetry Numbs the PainOne day we will be, forever silent.
Where would we be without poetry?
As a child, I buried my heart,
drained from games death would play -
in adulthood,...
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Categories:
reaper, childhood, emotions, life, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Day She DisappearedA collaboration between Paul Callus & Carolyn Devonshire
Where were you when she disappeared?
Is the moment caught in your mind?
Were you nervous as the day...
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Categories:
reaper, inspirational, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
Silence of a Poet"When the Grim Reaper asked for my spirit,
I told him to take my poetic pen.
He walked away smiling, leaving me illiterate."
In the mystical wilderness of...
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Categories:
reaper, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Interlude"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In this performance we call life,
my spirit searches for an...
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Categories:
reaper, angst, death, emotions,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
reaper, society, war,
Form:
Ballad
Dancing With DeathA raven sits alone, perched upon a tombstone,
humming an eerie tone, which is sombrely known.
This deadly treachery is disturbing my reverie.
A shadowy energy, ready for...
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Categories:
reaper, death, life,
Form:
Rhyme
HeartbeatsThump, thump...thump, thump
Your heart beats with internal impediment
Making each breath a struggle.
I see your pain, I feel your anguish,
I dearly love your determination to...
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Categories:
reaper, angst, care, devotion, love,
Form:
Free verse
Empathy of Elements with Ink Empress
When life parades a fine line
between alienation and rationality,
internal intruders of the soul shroud spotlights.
In my dreams
I'm playing charades with the grim reaper.
surrounded...
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Categories:
reaper, analogy, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
DisorientationSomethings are best
said through blank
scriptures in sheer
silence, but pulling the
violin strings of
a poet strumming
to personify pain,
with tempests of
torment rushing
through...
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Categories:
reaper, angst, emotions, gothic, jealousy,
Form:
Free verse
Night OwlSitting by her open window
Was a girl deep in thought,
Lost within a book of Poe
A perfect poem she sought
With a curious eye
He watches her pen,
For...
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Categories:
reaper, bird, moon, mystery, night,
Form:
Quatrain
A Poem of RuthThe tears well up, and scarce could she not moan
When father, brother, husband, all have died.
She now has no possessions, neither home,
But travels to a...
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Categories:
reaper, bible, devotion, faith, journey,
Form:
Iambic Pentameter
The VampireFor I am death, the personification of pure evil,
The grand godfather, of legions of unnumbered generations.
Behold thy disciples, baptized beneath my crimson waters,
Of blood.
Then reanimated...
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Categories:
reaper, dark, evil, fantasy, gothic,
Form:
Free verse