Best Reassuring Poems
In my arms you can forget your troubles
Close your eyes and leave them all behind
I’ll sway you tenderly to loving rhythms
I’ll comfort you to sweet musical perfumes
And protect you with all the serenity
Of a thousand starry midnights
Under feathery wispy lakeshore willows
That waver in cool late summer breezes
Close your eyes and leave all worries behind
posted on March 8, 2020
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Categories:
reassuring, health, love, Lullaby, sleep,
Form:
Free verse
She passed away into the veiled sunset;
her one-way ticket...stark reality.
Long nights; adjusting to an empty house
where memories haunt my sleep,
dark shadows flit on walls.
The months go by yet still I ache.
Although in time the heart should heal
with loneliness it’s hard to deal.
The smile I wear is but a fake.
Facing the ocean
alone, I pensively sit
my heart bleeding tears.
I miss the comforting moon
and her reassuring hand.
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Placed 2nd
© 6th September 2016
Categories:
reassuring, loss,
Form:
Verse
Cuddled in complacency
Assuring herself nothing will change
She is content
Personified oak
Wrapped in warm bark
Warm reassuring branches
Perfect husband
Happy children
Wonderful life
911 happens
To her
Tearing her limb from limb
Categories:
reassuring, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
I’ll watch
over you
my darling
as I prepare your bed
with gentle petals
of rose and peony
Close your eyes
and sleep
my sweetheart
surrounding you
with warmth
and love
I’ll soothe
your aches
and ease
your mind
I’ll watch
over you
my darling
with my heart
my life
AP: 3rd place 2020
Posted on January 29, 2020
Categories:
reassuring, caregiving, confidence, devotion, love,
Form:
Free verse
***A Parenting Tale***
He must’ve been
Just barely fourteen, but still off as
A ninja filling a pillowcase
with chocolate on Halloween.
Although through all other days
his ken was an avocado green,
That is actually a deep
nubby, buttery green.
The older teens, always girls,
Stood leaning on the fenders of their parent’s cars,
Twirling their lemon curls around
Still child-small index fingers
While foot tapping to some unknown
Time until night cloaked our court.
Then, with a wave of the girl’s arms,
our son collapsed to fit out through
Keyholes or go with the autumn mice
Under the garage door, to slink
From one girl’s car to three, where
Not one pair of pink lips cou answer
me if her parents knew her where?
Hardly a surprise then one night
near ten p.m.,
When authority alarmed, fist-knocking
on our front door. Police?
What is the, aaa, problem, sirs?”
“You’ve a son we’ve gotten word of.
Is he home?” Yes. Well, yes.
Certainly, yes. It’s bedtime…
He comes down, cool from his room to
Join us in the hall, looking face to face,
so sliced-olive green.
The officers, wasted not a second.
“We’ve a warrant for a missing girl,
A friend of yours said you knew.
Have you seen Anna Joe today?” No.
“Have you had company tonight?” No.
“Have friends up there with you?” No.
Then to us, “We’d like to go up to look.”
I was mother-so-proud assuring, “He
doesn’t lie. I’d’ve heard company.”
Within a minute, the parade came down
The stairs: handcuffed girl, officers
with son between them and coming to
Stand by me, supposing it was safe.
I screamed, “You lied! To the police!
To us!” Then, I swung my arm back
And forward again with force from
Knowing how he’d dealt us into danger.
I smacked him hard and loud
in front of the police in that
Scrapbook moment of parenting the idiot
Events of a bean-green teen, which also
ended musical car nights on our
court.
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(c) sally young Eslinger 2/6/22
Categories:
reassuring, angst, boy, family, life,
Form:
Narrative
Dreams…
The sea
Fluttering
Across my eyes
Shut tight for the night
Swimming in my own eyes
Moon peaking through the crevice
Humming with a blue liquid voice
Stars are shining, Moon reassuring
That I can swim a little bit longer.
Categories:
reassuring, imagination, peace, sea, visionary,
Form:
Etheree
The candle's faintly flickering flame
is somehow dim enough to darken
the indigo darkness around it ... even more.
Echoes of footsteps quiver in the hollow
hallway around the cavernous cathedral,
making the silence deafening ... even more.
Tonight the wooden kneeler, unforgiving,
torments my knees, but strangely dignifies
the core of me, reassuring me ... even more!
Categories:
reassuring, faith, forgiveness, happiness,
Form:
Alliteration
Purring Occuring and Reassuring
While a pretty kitty kept on purring;
Our God made sure it was occurring;
At Thanksgiving;
Will like living;
Still do see my mother's ghost stirring.
Jim Horn
PS. Some other poets had asked me
to write a poem about Thanksgiving.
Categories:
reassuring, allegory, analogy,
Form:
Limerick
What is a smile, and why was it made?
How did we grasp that we should be laid?
It returns as soon as we do, and it remains.
A half-grin, a full smile, and a hidden gains
Smiles are visible and may persist for a time.
Sharing one is giving the apex of the sublime.
Where did they originate in the first place?
Is it a clear display of one's heart mood pace?
For what does the cosmos hold?
Your face is all I lack to stay bold.
Only your voice offers me such delight.
I can just fly if I view your smile ignite.
All I needed to view were your eyes.
Surely you didn't grip who I was in ties?
You were cutting off my iron gear.
Your bright grin blew me away here.
Written: July 31, 2022
Categories:
reassuring, analogy, appreciation, character, cheer
Form:
Rhyme
under its umbrella
the weeping willow
calms the mourning
posted on June 27, 2019
Categories:
reassuring, encouraging, grief, sorrow, tree,
Form:
Haiku
Smiling at old folks
to reassure them you're
not a teenage thug.
Even though I'm in
my school uniform and look
like Mary Poppins.
I don't like talking
in front of a group of teens
- they're so judgmental.
Categories:
reassuring, 11th grade, high school,
Form:
Senryu
If you’re ever a bit down in the mouth,
Or even feeling just a little bit blue,
One thing you can rely on is,
I’ll always be there for you.
And if you feel in a bit of a hole,
Even if it’s one which you have dug,
You know you can rely on me to –
Give you a reassuring hug …
Categories:
reassuring, community, cute, friend, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
sleeping buddha
taming roaring dreams
gentle whispers
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Categories:
reassuring, dream, peace, sleep,
Form:
Haiku
Tucked in, good night
my sweet and lovely light
Sleep deep, sleep tight
don't let the dragons bite.
Don't let them crunch
you like a snack
Don't let them crush
and break your back.
Don't let them pound
you in the ground
Don't let them eat
your tiny feet.
Don't let them suck
your eyeballs out
Don't let them muck
you all about.
Categories:
reassuring, baby, children, fantasy, night,
Form:
Rhyme
pastel llama you think you are all that
you put on airs in front of the dog and the cat
you feel superior; you are fluffy and phat
we are not fooled by you said my brother Matt.
Ignore him please, I told my beautiful Llama.
When she returned from store, I would tell my mama.
Matt is always being mean, maybe he has hidden drama?
I spent the rest of the morning reassuring my llama.
Categories:
reassuring, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Rhyme