Best Sumer Poems
Below are the all-time best Sumer poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of sumer poems written by PoetrySoup members
Frequency
“Frequency”
we are separated
from the others
by a thin membrane
electromagnetic
we are receptors
unignited ununited
only tuned into our own
frequency
existing to be lit
the fuses touching
reaching delicately
that which...
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Categories:
sumer, future, humanity, muse,
Form:
Narrative
EnochEnoch was the great grandfather of Noah and the father of Methuseleh and his book gives a unique view of the world before the flood,...
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Categories:
sumer, history,
Form:
Free verse
Ishtar's InvasionIn Sumer land, you first appeared.
A potent god, both loved and feared.
Queen of Heaven, joined to its lights.
Moon your father, Sun your brother.
Venus was your...
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Categories:
sumer, betrayal, corruption, dark, evil,
Form:
Free verse
The White Lady of Skipsea
"The White Lady of Skipsea"
Last night I dreamt
I dreamed of you
a kind of dream
within a dream
Diaphanous,
my soul escaped,
this firmament,
my immaculate heart
held...
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Categories:
sumer, dark, fantasy, gothic, history,
Form:
Free verse
The Stela Epic, Part 1 of 8The Stela Epic by DR. Mohammed F A Alrazak
The grains of sand, the drops of rain, makes the stage for souls to play
The prints...
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Categories:
sumer, culture, freedom,
Form:
ABC
The Song of He Retired FarmerOh, I sit upon my porch, just to get a bit of breeze,
On the north side of my house, under over-hanging trees.
I feel so contented...
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Categories:
sumer, life, dog, home, dog,
Form:
Rhyme
Late Night ConversationsI was talking to my female friend the other night around 11 and she asked me
Her: Can I ask you something
Me: Yeah,wassup
Her:...
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Categories:
sumer, anxiety, feelings, for her,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Epigrams VEpigrams
Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch
It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.
Piercing the Shell
by Michael R. Burch
If...
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Categories:
sumer, giggle, humor, humorous, irony,
Form:
Epigram
Punctuation Police PatrolDictionary in hand Bobbies
manned state of the spy craft created
strategic peripheral outposts
a comma dated,
(sans syntax...
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Categories:
sumer, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Oracle of GizaA new day perhaps, of immeasurable tin, sound of din
A hurricane noise, a thrall of riotous cuts, although thin
The blood-curdle choke of rage from before
Now...
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Categories:
sumer, 11th grade, absence, allusion,
Form:
Abecedarian
CuriosusAugust fools
gust for a lust
a thirst of just
what truth is first
“Mulder” is spooky
but a pretty smart cookie
“she called him Fox”
but he didn’t lookie…
greys the...
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Categories:
sumer, adventure
Form:
I do not know?
Imp-Ulse Attraction
The seductive voice
emanating from the Cyclops eye,
whispers: Don’t believe what you see!
Only trust what I say,
when you zombie sleep turn off the...
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Categories:
sumer, allusion, imagery, satire, surreal,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Lament To the Spirit of WarLament to the Spirit of War
by Enheduanna (circa 2285-2250 BCE)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
You hack down everything you see, War God!
Rising on fearsome wings
you...
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Categories:
sumer, allegory, analogy, conflict, death,
Form:
Free verse
Fahr An' IceFahr an' Ice
by Michael R. Burch
From what I know of death, I'll side with those
who'd like to have a say in how it goes:
just make...
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Categories:
sumer, death, drink, fun, humor,
Form:
Light Verse
Mysterious ReindeerI stepped out of the house a little before noon
with hope in my head
courage in my feet and faith in my knees
I knew that...
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Categories:
sumer, angel, animal, autumn, blessing,
Form:
Narrative