Best Risen Poems
Below are the all-time best Risen poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of risen poems written by PoetrySoup members
Tears to Weep
When I lay me down to sleep,
And cry the tears that sinners weep;
To speak the words of a contrite prayer,
And know that someone listens there.
He...
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Categories:
risen, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
JesusOn the day our eyes open to the prism of the sun
On that day, Winter solitude would be gone
The avalanche of differences melts into...
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Categories:
risen, blessing, easter, forgiveness, jesus, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Letter Home To Rome'My dearest Claudia,
For eighteen months, I've been at this Jerusalem outpost.
"Tis you and young...
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Categories:
risen, faith, inspirational,
Form:
Rhyme
SHE - Epitome of Erotic Love An Ode to Femininity and Romance -
The background music of this delicate poetic arrangement is intended to be played softly as you sit back and...
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Categories:
risen, love, romantic, sensual, sexy, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Moon in Pale DepressionMuted evidence proclaimed the subtle oddities of night
Lunar time should have reached the zenith of its height
No chirping crickets were heard, nor...
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Categories:
risen, sorrow,
Form:
Rhyme
The Blood Stained BridgeInto the timeless wood he fled, running from the night
While demons of his past gave chase beneath the pale moonlight
The man dressed in soiled rags,...
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Categories:
risen, allegory,
Form:
Heroic Couplets
A Getaway To Ancient VeniceI can still recall the look upon His face
Each thought still makes me go to that enchanting place
The vernal air was floral sweet and honey...
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Categories:
risen, love, passion,
Form:
Prose
Come and See JesusCome and see the tiny baby,
sleeping on a bed of straw.
The angels came and sang His praises,
and shepherds watched in silent awe.
Come and see who's...
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Categories:
risen, jesus,
Form:
Rhyme
Elegant Dance
Rhythmic pose arcs lifting elegant ambience
Graceful dance enshrines artful renascence
Visceral posture invites emotional response
Festive celebration of aesthetic renaissance.
Attired in red and blue of simple elegance...
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Categories:
risen, art,
Form:
Quatrain
Endymion,Lover Of The MoonOn summer hills I watched you
I know you watched me too
Every night you waited for me
Every night I came to you
From shallow oceans I...
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Categories:
risen, love, muse, mythology,
Form:
Rhyme
The Fall of The Winter KingThe Fall of The Winter King
He had risen to power
fueled by a vicious and ruthless determination
to reclaim a lost throne.
His tactics...
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Categories:
risen, flower, nature, seasons, spring,
Form:
Epic
Washed Away What Easter Means To MeFriday, I see the wounds and bow my head
I find no peace in the life I've led
There were no victories nor battles won
Oh Father, You...
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Categories:
risen, faith
Form:
Couplet
Blood Of Your PassionHe's staring off into oblivion;
dead-lights, who of their own free will choose to illuminate
the gray matter microwave that is TV:
too vain, too vulgar. Thought Vanquisher,
brought...
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Categories:
risen, allegory, america, angst, today, wisdom, world,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Giant of LisbellawStood I there, that last day,
On an iron bridge...
An aqueduct by design,
Where, looking dreamily out over
The Ernes Lower Lough,
My compressed shadow
Momentarily paused -
To contently...
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Categories:
risen, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
Waiting For You, the Return of the LightWritten for the Winter Solstice sunrise at Avebury, Wiltshire, England
I have waited for you
Where no shadow seeps
Deep in the earth
Where the slow damp creeps
Under the...
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Categories:
risen, england, light, longing, nature, psychological, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
BALLASTThis love, enduring - ballast of the soul
is ever curing, thee to mine, not role,
but a clear stream of commonplace, of knoll,
that not division's grinding...
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Categories:
risen, love,
Form:
Rhyme
I Stand HereI stand here at the center of the world
embraced by a sweet joy that makes me feel
so good! I'm melting ice cream that's been swirled
with...
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Categories:
risen, romantic,
Form:
Sonnet
Sweet JesusOn the day our eyes open to the prism of the sun
Winter solitude would be gone.
The avalanche of differences melts into nothingness.
Through the same...
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Categories:
risen, jesus, true love,
Form:
Free verse
Much Needed WindI’ve watched the societal winds of change
blowing all my life.
The transformations they’ve brought about,
to say the least, are rife.
I know of many who once served...
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Categories:
risen, analogy, bible, books, change, children, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Lie, Truth, & RealityI walk above all pain
risen and relentless
...
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Categories:
risen, introspection, loveheart, heart,
Form:
Free verse
JerusalemJerusalem, in the white of night,
with all the ages steeped upon your shoulders,
and the tombs of fading kings;...
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Categories:
risen, christian, forgiveness, religion, violence, war,
Form:
Free verse
Upon a Desert SeaThe full moon was half risen above the Earth
shining her nightlight across cooling desert sands.
She smiled, deep in thought and a sense of mirth,
"This could...
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Categories:
risen, moon, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Hallelujah, What a SaviorOn that fateful day He went away,
His disciples hid, full of fear and dismay.
His family gazed through tear filled eyes,
At the man non believers had...
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Categories:
risen, celebration, christian, easter, god, good friday,
Form:
Rhyme
This EasterI listen and see, but mind is asleep
This Easter galore, can be such a bore!
Same story, same tune, we’re all fed by spoon
Now swallow it...
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Categories:
risen, inspirational, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bare Infinitive and the Meaning of LifeTHE BARE INFINITIVE
Look: up above the stratosphere
Outside the earth's blanket veneer
Beyond planets stars and galaxy
Past even faintest nebulae
Far from the pull of gravity
Free...
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Categories:
risen, life,
Form:
Rhyme