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Best Scarlet Poems

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


Premium Member Cinder Girl
An ember sparked will softly glow,
and fed by fuel, will grow and grow.
I once was cinder, sparked by you,
first timid. . . till the flames...

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Categories: scarlet,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Twilight Aurora
Like an interrupted dream
shadows of the one 
who inspired it
linger like morning dew.

No aroma and no taste,
yet I'm left breathless,
as thoughts reminisce.
I listen to this...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scarlet, absence, angst, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member View It From Afar
To appreciate our planet;
begin with its snowcapped mountains,
where sunbeams morph crystals of ice
into gems of glistening light.

Witness white clouds traverse the skies
floating on a vista...

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Categories: scarlet, beautiful, earth, imagery, imagination,
Form: Blank verse
Letter To Rhapsodical Rose

Here, I scribble a letter 
to the rhapsodical rose, 
dipping my quill in 
stardust that slips 
like a violet waterfall 
from the tips of 
white...

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Categories: scarlet, emotions, fantasy, feelings, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member This Spring the Poppies Bloomed
A field afire
papery petals glow like ruby votive candles
a collection of cupped solar flames
vowed to shine despite the dew before dawn
evaporating any doubt the sun...

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Categories: scarlet, beauty, flower, life, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors, 
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scarlet, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Oh, Autumn
Oh, splendorous, spectacular, resplendent autumn!

Boldly you dye cypress ~ flaunting ochre, cinnamon,
Yellowing sugar-maple, glazing tangerine emotions,

As scarlet winds warble in accents of majestic aspens,
Responding in...

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Categories: scarlet, autumn,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Sham of My Humanity
Evergreen flavored mantras
did nothing to purge bitter bile from my lips
nor slake the smoldering thirst for a Rosary remedy.
Tick-tock petals unfurled one by one
as your...

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Categories: scarlet, anger, grief, heartbreak, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pathway To Love
As I sit watching fusions of saffron and scarlet hues 
elegantly charm the horizons.
Silently, fluffy lush clouds float by
like a magnetic field drawing me closer,
in...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scarlet, longing, love, , Lullaby,
Form: Prose
Premium Member The Day I Became a Poet
I remember the day I became a poet.

In the magnificence of the submerging sun,
I glanced upon her admiring its majesty.
Amidst hues of clementine and lilac,
her...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scarlet, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Just August
In my little garden, balmy blooms are on display.
My purple Zinnia wears the crown in August sun
attracting tiny Hummingbirds and butterflies.
Ripe golden mangos blush with...

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Categories: scarlet, august, bird, fruit, garden,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Canyon Reverie Constanza
I stop to watch the eagle soar.
At dawn his silhouette flies high
Through brilliant tinted scarlet sky.

Below the gorge at valley’s floor,
The creatures rise up one...

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Categories: scarlet, autumn, nature, wind,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member My Garden
My garden is such a colourful sight,
with pretty roses and scented sweet peas.
An abundance of blooms, what pure delight!

Beautiful butterflies gently alight
on flowers dancing on...

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Categories: scarlet, beauty, butterfly, flower, garden,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member H Stands For Human Resources
The Scarlet Letter H



Two Windows                    The...

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Categories: scarlet, philosophy,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Poet's Adoration of Nature
As dusk's misty tones awake from silence,
darkness fades, as birds gather to rejoice.
A beautiful reminder of patience,
their sweet melodies give nature her voice.

Darkness fades, as...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: scarlet, analogy, nature, poetry,
Form: Pantoum

Book: Reflection on the Important Things