Best Thro Poems
Poe's Untimely Demise...*Note
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been edited many times over the years. I consider it to be among my bes......
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Categories:
thro, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
As We Walk Hand In Hand...As we walk hand in hand
Today as we walk hand in hand
Happily through pure white sand
The love within my heart for thee
It flows to you so tenderly.
The ocean waves ebb to and thro
As hand ......
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Categories:
thro, happiness, how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
Comin' Hame - Coming Home -Scottish Dialect...A angry sky, as cauld as Loch Lomon'
fair drew me out from cot o' peat, an' bed.
The wolves wus wailin', an' thund'r respond'd
Ah gather'd tam, me tartan, an' dug Red.
To 'orse ah took an' found the......
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Categories:
thro, absence, culture, faith, farm,
Form:
Terza Rima
A Place In the Sun...A day in the springtime, so balmy and sunny,
A few precious moments with nothing to do
Found me on my lawn, in the sunrays of honey
Which poured from the heavens of delicate blue.
I thought as ......
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Categories:
thro, analogy, bible, christian, introspection,
Form:
Rhyme
We'Ll Meat Again ....The deli-girl fumed and was swearing
At the Frenchman's request , so uncaring .
"Sir you are the dregs
NO !! I don't have frogs legs .
It's these 5 inch high heels that I'm......
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Categories:
thro, funny
Form:
Limerick
Himalayan Trip-Trap-2...Himalayan Trip-Trap
They poured in, before the deluge
To surpass the natives in numbers
folks in their cribs -through-hearse stages,
trusting like kids, a burnished sky, blue-white,
a ......
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Categories:
thro, natural disasters, nature,
Form:
Free verse
Tickle Trout...In the cool of the evening he laid there basking
as my fingers touched the gleaming surface of the pool.
Deeper i penetrated till my hand was beneath him,
slowly my fingers engaged his slithery b......
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Categories:
thro, adventure, food,
Form:
Narrative
Elizabeth Ii...See there! She flies about the moor
Upon her favoured mount.
The waving, flowing grassy shore
bears hoofprints all about.
The waves her steed surmounts.
Her hair is flying here and there;
She h......
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Categories:
thro, children, dedication, england, horse,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
The Iceman Cometh!...Ambling thro' the museum today an object caught my eye,
Inviting me to pause and reminisce about a time gone by.
'Twas an old oaken icebox standing there on display.
That ancient relic served as t......
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Categories:
thro, nostalgia
Form:
Rhyme
The Alpha and the Omega, the Lamb of God...The Alpha and the Omega, the Lamb of God
In the valley and on the mountain
In the ups and downs on the plain
A solid rock that never changes.
The supreme is with us
May he be baby Jesus......
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Categories:
thro, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Springtime Rose...Beside a gilded wall of white a dainty bench is resting;
Victorian accents swirl about the ornate room, providing
An elegance, a beauty in each line and curve, attesting
To cultured tastes and ups......
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Categories:
thro, art, beauty, crush, flower,
Form:
Quatrain
For Andrea Dietrich...Say something nice, and a short little while
She will respond with kind words and a smile.
True to her nature, she always will say
Something so nice that I cannot repay.
Bright and unique, every ......
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Categories:
thro, bird, happiness, inspiration, ocean,
Form:
Couplet
Elaelana...Elaelana- A Nymph In the Forest
Inspired by Charles Amable Lenoir's painting, "A Nymph In the Forest"
Pronunciation:
Elaelana; Eh-lee-LAY-nuh,
Naphesai; Nah-feh-SIGH,
Mylesia; My-lee-SEE-uh......
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Categories:
thro, art, flower, nature, woman,
Form:
Ekphrasis
I Knew You From a Distant Dream...I knew you from a distant dream
The sweet streams cry out
The dumb rocks perspire with dew
My heart flutters in your comely grace
You're more beautiful than the flower
And more sweeter......
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Categories:
thro, dream, imagery, romantic,
Form:
Free verse
Belly Dancer...I walked in and found a chair,
And sat down and saw you there;
The light was shining, the light was low,
The candle flickered soft and slow.
The lonely music filled the night,
I felt right the......
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Categories:
thro, imaginationlight, light, me,
Form:
Lyric