Best Unrepentant Poems
Below are the all-time best Unrepentant poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of unrepentant poems written by PoetrySoup members
My Heart Will Go On - POTDPOTD 30th August 2018
The gently swaying branches of the old oak should elicit calmness
And yet a sense of foreboding permeates the midnight air
Wild imaginings?...
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Categories:
unrepentant, grief, heartbreak, lost, romance,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
In Sandalwood DreamsTurned and tossed like toys
Riding the mighty waves
Their master does what he wilt
To them his humble slaves
Rudely he flings their boats asunder
But calm can be...
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Categories:
unrepentant, boat, fishing, ocean, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Asp of GriefASP OF GRIEF
She buries her head upon this asp of grief —
soft with reptilian fangs, hard with poison.
Her covetous husband lies upon the Nile’s reef.
She...
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Categories:
unrepentant, beauty, death, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Gold FeverGold Fever
History will not record the bloated weight
Of this pious and bigoted race
Or count the fat and flaccid wealth
Of religions idolatry
Those pages have...
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Categories:
unrepentant, faithfaith, political, perspective, ,
Form:
Free verse
Soliloquy To My Future SelfI often cower at the thought
of conflict, and what grief it's brought -
while you have courage to engage the fight
for what is right.
I frequently will...
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Categories:
unrepentant, courage, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
A Storm Came LateFrigid, knife-edged winds from the northwest
sweep down like hungry raptors on
pewter gray skies. Feral eyed, keen on destruction.
Late May. Sullen skies discharge sleet and...
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Categories:
unrepentant, nature, spring, storm,
Form:
Free verse
Confession Seeks Forgiveness - I Do NotConfession Seeks Forgiveness – I Do Not
I will not confess, nor beg forgiveness,
for the sins of others, unrepentant,
nor succumb to “Inquisition’s” game,
accept their scars in...
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Categories:
unrepentant, abuse, recovery from,
Form:
Verse
Tivoli Deja VuA place called Copenhagen, do you know its song?
Joy and laughter safely ride waves of light.,
and summer days are twenty-five hours long.
Do...
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Categories:
unrepentant, friendship love, fruit, holiday,
Form:
Free verse
See How You Left MeSee how you left me
Just see how you kept me
A lonely canoe paddler
In turbulent and windy waters
Let me go into oblivion
For i am lost in...
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Categories:
unrepentant, absence, betrayal, break up,
Form:
Free verse
EmptinessI am full
Of emptiness
I long for longing
Crave contentment
The insensate pain
Of intangible touch
Indecipherable ciphers
Choreographed madness
Craggy comfort
Of blunt condolence
The decorum of anarchy
Deserted crowds, social solitude
Miles given to...
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Categories:
unrepentant, depression, loneliness, longing, lost,
Form:
Free verse
Visitation Time
Faint barks, evening, wind, and rain
I'm standing outside these gates again
staring at her long twisted cobbled grey
She'll be pleading and crying for me to...
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Categories:
unrepentant, abuse, addiction, anxiety, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Erring SoulIs He watching?
When my tongue thirsts for sin,
Gamble my faith with filth,
When my tongue spills its worst,
My ears long to be filled with corruption,
When my...
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Categories:
unrepentant, appreciation,
Form:
Didactic
The RangeThe rivers rise, released, unrestrained
Reborn of unrepentant rain
Recalling remnants of rimrock gained
Wrecked residences, drifting rafts, remain
Though dawn's rays reveal ruin and regret
Resolve ran through the...
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Categories:
unrepentant, community, endurance, leadership, natural
Form:
Alliteration
StarThe star sharpened, quietly bright,
as shadows darkened into night,
a point of shining light that guides
three kings to where the child abides.
They visited, arrayed with treasure,
gold...
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Categories:
unrepentant, hope, inspirational, star, star,
Form:
Verse
You Must Go AwayIn the small verdant village of Kora-Kay
Live peaceful folk who fish, eat and play
At sunset they dance around drum circles and sing
Of yesteryears’ joys and...
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Categories:
unrepentant, community, conflict, culture,
Form:
Couplet