Best Turn Poems
Below are the all-time best Turn poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of turn poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Cathartic Weave of Three
listen,
the whispers
of leaves
turn colour
autumn is here.
now that you are gone
who will wake every morn
to lift the sun
unveil the sky
etch in the clouds
who will paint the...
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Categories:
turn, break up, celebration, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
tell the night to hold me -
I made for you, a castle
but I built it in the sand
I steadfastly tried
to constrain the tide
but the bastions didn't stand
I planned for you, an...
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Categories:
turn, forgiveness, heartbreak, heartbroken, lost
Form:
Lyric
One Brief MomentLook...See how long nights are drawing in.
Dreary birdsong gradually abates -
Opaque dusk grows dim;
And just outside the creaky little garden
Gate,
Stood opposite the empty wood
Where the...
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Categories:
turn, imagery, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
To Be With You -I love you,
that's not hard for me to say,
its not a prediction, or a reflection, it just is
a motion in my heart's ocean,
an ocean named...
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Categories:
turn, desire,
Form:
Ballad
Rape - trigger warningOctober: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy in my hand.
In...
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Categories:
turn, abuse, violence,
Form:
Free verse
Uncharted WatersAn ocean tumbles through dreams of you. In depths unknown,
I float above. Oh, how I long to dive beneath your surface,
yet I am...
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Categories:
turn, appreciation, longing, love, ocean,
Form:
Rhyme
At the Footbridge - Limerick CollaborationAt the footbridge Sue was meeting her beau
(He was married to a woman called Flo)
Sue soon found out his deception
She dismembered his ********
For his love...
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Categories:
turn, betrayal, body, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Touch Me"In Touch With Myself"
I can't seem to find her
The reminder of yesterday
I shut my eyes for a few seconds
Only there, can I reach to bear...
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Categories:
turn, absence, confusion, imagination, mirror,
Form:
Free verse
In the StarsWritten in The Stars
-----------------------------------------
Two hearts bleached by the sun
A poem's - fallen wish
...
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Categories:
turn, fantasy, love, muse, romance,
Form:
Free verse
I See You Says the MoonThey'll have you believe she was lost to the sea,
But the moon would beg to differ.
She was always lost,
Always looking for which way to go.
Or...
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Categories:
turn, moon, sea, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
No ReservationYou Are Not Invited
--Latching onto my soul without an invitation--
Elements around my shore expose more than air
--Playing with fire is not a game you will...
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Categories:
turn, abuse, bullying, deep, evil,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
A Poetry CollectionHourglass
Sand falls
Through the glass
Love falls
Within the past
Memories dance
They never last
Head in my hands
As I stare overhead
At the hourglass
Falling Down Stairs
Stairs broken
Wheels unspoken
I fell
Grasping for air
Are...
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Categories:
turn, art, guitar, humanity, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
The StoneThe tale below was carved one night
upon the stone, by candlelight
...most won’t believe, but some just might
.........most won’t believe, but some just might
...
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Categories:
turn, body, death, fantasy, kiss,
Form:
Ballad
No Thunder Without LightningLightning rarely strikes without thunder,
causing havoc in gloomy skies.
Humans can't control their plunder,
seeking shelter until the storm dies.
Once, I was your prince - full of...
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Categories:
turn, absence, angst, lost love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...
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Categories:
turn, death, evil, family, fate,
Form:
Haibun