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Best Relishing Poems

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


Reaping and Relishing
REAPING AND RELISHING SAPODILLA PLUMS

Reaching out towards freshness all ripened,
Holding onto huge branches hovering high,
Not bothered about tan getting deepened,
I hand pluck lush naseberries straight...

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Categories: relishing, fruit, health,
Form: Quintain (English)



Premium Member Not Relishing Cake
My baker’s commissioned to bake 
A huge cow shaped iced wedding cake
The groom is a farmer
He sure is a charmer
Its design could lead to heartbreak

When...

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Categories: relishing, conflict, food, humorous, wedding,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Because I Live- Mr- POTD
“Who will not open a gift given with love? Life is a gift, own it and treasure it.”
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Categories: relishing, cheer up, life, light,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Aspiring Love Blossoms
Smiling mirthfully, relishing amber twilit theme,
Bedazzled in musings, reveling memories agleam,
Oh! how you charm, gazing eve’s blushing arc,
Where scarlet hues delight, igniting love spark
When impulses,...

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Categories: relishing, love, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Luscious Mango
luscious fruit of the tropics
sphere-shaped, tapered, oval-faced
beneath the sun dripping yellow;
tangy as cocktail's zest for happy hour- kisses 
on lips that crave for its moist
sweet...

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Categories: relishing, fruit,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Rain
Last time it rained was in April.
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Categories: relishing, rain,
Form: Haibun
The Thief
She remained silent amidst the squeaks of the bats
Sleeping on the hostel bed, she dreamt of winging like a dove. 
Her tears were blended with...

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Categories: relishing, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ache of An Abandoned Wife
She did not have to guess.
She felt it in her bones. 
Unfaithful he always was,
Unfaithful he'll always be.
She knew where he would be.
 
Anger flared...

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Categories: relishing, abuse, wife,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Having Enough-Remembering Thanksgiving
I awoke to the familiar sound of dishes rattling in Mother’s kitchen and to the thick scent of coffee wafting through the air. I glanced...

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Categories: relishing, thanksgiving, thanksgiving day,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shadow Lovers
Could it be love when shadows overlap
Their beings blending, doubling to dark
Embracing tiled or terra cotta floor
Sliding silently as silhouettes of shame
Clinging to the still...

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Categories: relishing, love, lust, mystery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Ghost Train
Along the mountain pine valley did the Iron Horse roar,
A steam belching black demon, burning red hot coals
Within it's steel belly.
Speed's hell bound creation, driven...

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© Cherl Dunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: relishing, adventure, america, fantasy, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Purveyor of Ecstasy
Miles in a coaster, a day and hours elapsed, 
Felt the utmost relief when the whirling wheels halted; 
So weary and dizzy, even a smile...

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Categories: relishing, appreciation, beauty, education, environment,
Form: Quatrain
Adorable Quiqui
Adorable QuiQui

A green-feathered, yellow head beauty,
that’s my prized pet parakeet, QuiQui.
Even when she’s often crabby and snappy,
she succeeds in making me extremely happy. 

QuiQui loves...

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Categories: relishing, beautiful, bird, happiness, pets,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member An Eight-Tiered Cake
An eight-tiered cake, rose frosted, nothing fake
but purely sweet and white down to each flake
of coconut! Oh how long did it take
the artist of this...

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Categories: relishing, wedding,
Form: Monorhyme
Premium Member Summer Siesta
relishing

       an afternoon nap

      drowsy sunflowers


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Categories: relishing, bereavement, summer,
Form: Senryu

Book: Shattered Sighs