Best Verbs Poems
When we are walking…
and we’re stepping on a spiky ground,
Walk lightly without looking down or turning around;
Ahead of us always awaits the finest sand
where we can lay down and laze in the sun.
When we are climbing…
and we’re going to climb a scree,
Dodge those stones that roll down on us freely;
And if we feel disdain and in vain,
remember that we’re unique, with special knacks and strength.
When we’re swimming…
and we’re swimming on distraught of morass counts,
keep dancing the minuet of life in mellow sounds;
When sable clouds and torrents of rain teem down too,
swim at our best stoke, on those clouds we’ll always float and glow.
When we are loving…
and we’re loving too much from the heart,
It hurts, but Cupid also heals wound with his magic dart;
Keep on loving others, never stifle and give up
Love is a berth of comfort, a precious gift, a great reward.
When we are standing…
and we’re lashed by cataclysm that mangled our heart,
Cling to the Lord, He will restore everything from the start;
He will reshape whatever was deformed
And make us stand straight, a forever cypress amidst the storm.
Dec. 9,2014 10.50pm
©2014Leonora Galinta
All Rights Reserved
-I hope this humble poem of mine can inspire or uplift. God bless! This was not entered in a contest because it’s too late but it’s ok with me.
Categories:
verbs, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Rhyme
She went into apocalyptic shock.
What is that?
I do not know, but it sounds catamorphic to me.
I smile at my aunt, who knows everything.
Always has, always will.
And that means?
It means a psycholometergist was called in.
Really? It sounds more like a medical condition to me.
Where did you get your degree? Online?
Talking to her is a treat.
She always speaks with authority using the biggest words.
Categories:
verbs, word play, words,
Form:
Light Verse
Savez vous planter les choux
A la mode de chez nous?
(French nursery rhyme)
You should eat your cabbage up my son
It's really quite delicious
May I forego the pleasure Ma
To me it is pernicious
But it must be good for you my dear
With vitamins A,B and C
I would eat it if I could mama
But it stinks like the Sargasso Sea
It's filled with anti-oxidants
Should give energy like a comet
Well that may be but quite frankly my dear
It makes me want to vomit
Won't you give them another try my love
And see the way it feels
I might have a go had they not
The redolent scent of performing seals
Should I work so hard to plant and crop
When you must reject my choring
Must you take it all so personally
It can be rather boring
How might I get through to you my son
I could e-mail, or text or whatsapp
A Morse code in cabbage and Brussels sprouts
Would still smell like a wrestler's ****strap
The government should pass a law
That cabbage shall make us all dapper
They can send me a personal copy
I will use it in the crapper
The schools must know that cabbage is good
They should teach it in all their classes
The schools can take their cabbages
And stick them up their curriculum
The pope ought to issue an edict
'Brassica salubritas est'
Enough! already! I will give it a try
If you’ll just get it off your chest
Aimez vous manger les choux?
Je crois bien que vous etes fous
Categories:
verbs, language,
Form:
Rhyme
HARVEST OF VERBS
storing.
vacuum-packing, freezing;
steeping, pickling, smoking;
crushing, slicing, grinding, cutting;
cleaning, peeling, skinning, coring, chopping;
Digging, swathing, raking, collecting, drying, bagging;
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NOTE
This “harvest heap” shape-poem is to be read from the bottom upwards. All harvest operations are in the best order possible, in a single sentence starting with capital “D”, ending with a full stop after the final word “storing”.
Categories:
verbs, autumn,
Form:
Shape
"Verbs" is an activity song for children. Start the lesson by saying, "Today, we're all
actors and the classrooom is our stage." Then, sing the following song:
Verbs are action words like
Run (have children run in place) and jump (have children jump up and down) and
shout (have children cup their hands around mouths and pretend to shout).
Let's think of more action words
That we can all act out!
Bonus activity: Ask each child if he or she can think of an action word then have all
of the children perform that action. If children need help, suggest:
Rake,
Bake.
Walk,
Talk.
Sigh,
Cry.
Words don't have to rhyme!
Categories:
verbs, childrenchildren, children,
Form:
Rhyme
Stripped of verbs
last night i slept with myself
i hugged and kissed before sleep.
In the middle of the night I was pushing myself off the bed,
There was no room and I wanted to step aside.
From my body, letters flowed,
I tried to squeeze my breasts so that somehow I wouldn't lose,
The words I would whisper to myself before falling asleep,
But my nipples were incapable of keeping marks
Teeth broken in a hurry.
Between me and myself I put the verb: "Shoot!"
And I pulled my buttocks closer
So that I can feel the blood running rebel
To the column of pulsations that ruled my body.
I sat down next to Me
And I was kissing my hair:
You know, we should be between our clothes more often!
Categories:
verbs, deep, faith, inspirational, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Written by Gail Debole
November 26, 2024
Adding "ing" to nouns has taken over the town.
English Traditionalists - turn your frowns upside down.
"Being an adult" is now one word.
We are all "adulting" or haven't you heard?
So I guess the next noun to be "verbed"
Is that a child is "childing" or is that absurd?
All languages evolve through the years.
Face the facts. Get over your fears.
Nothing you can do to stop the "ings."
"Verb-ing" the nouns is more than a fling.
Younger generations speak their own type of speak.
Older generations try to keep up so they do not look weak.
No one person controls the words we say.
New ones arise and old ones lose sway.
Now all the nouns can be "verb-ed" or "e-d-ed."
Language creativity cannot/should not (shouldnot?) be impeded.
And, in the future, how many words will survive?
Will acronyms and emojis be the language that thrives?
Categories:
verbs, education, language, teacher, write,
Form:
Couplet
SEXY SYNTAX and vanishing verbs
by V. Anderson-Throop
Syntax , syntax
I love you.
From your by to your through.
Syntax ,syntax
You are lost--
Like a letter in the post.
When I scream to find you there
I just look to from and where
Verbs tried grabbing my delight--
lost agreement gave me fright.
Alas, true lovers of fair words
Long return for horse and swords.
Categories:
verbs, funny, on writing and
Form:
Rhyme
Always use a verb
Over a noun…better yet…
Use an adjective!
Categories:
verbs, poetry, wisdom, word play,
Form:
Senryu
MY LIFE IN VERBS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Nothing, Something Treading, Swimming, Navigating, Vibrating, Penetrating, Dividing, Multiplying, Forming, Shaping, Moving, Kicking, Exiting, Crying, Breathing, Seeing, Sleeping, Being.
Suckling, Creeping, Crawling, Walking, Talking, Running, Growing, Playing, Adjusting, Adapting, Complying.
Enrolling, Attending, Learning, Reading, Writing, Socializing, Growing, Formulating, Postulating, Rejecting, Rebelling, Calming, Weighing, Accepting, Working, Earning, Idling.
Enlisting, Training, Deploying, Ambushing, Engaging, Killing, Wounding, Bleeding, Shaking, Praying, Repairing, Convalescing, Moving, Discharging, Homing.
Enrolling, Attending, Studying, Learning, Graduating, Working, Earning, Managing, Enriching.
Searching, Finding, Wooing, Marrying, Parenting, Guiding, Counseling, Bragging, Encouraging, Steering, Babysitting, Gloating, Watching, Glowing.
Retiring, Cruising, Visiting, Traveling, Tiring, Resting.
Aging, Slowing, Aching, Suffering, Failing, Ailing, Fading, Dying, Stiffening, Freezing, Cremating, Scattering, Nothing.
Categories:
verbs, analogy, death, introspection, life,
Form:
Free verse
My heart bleeds words which take the form of poetry – by poet
There is grace in the nouns
Freedom in the verbs
There is music in the prose
Whispers of light in the poem
There is hope in the thoughts
Promise in the ideas
There is silence in the heart
Joy in the kindest breath
There is faith in the inspirations
Rhythm in the stanza
Laughter in the romance
Feelings powerful and clever
There is expectation in the lyrics
Recovery in the soft conjunctions
Pearls of wisdom in the style
Life that welcomes gentle insight
There is harmony in the quiet songs
Magic that reminds us to love
Beyond the words and phrases
All the way onto the blank pages
There is beauty in the compositions
Tunes of melodies easy and gentle
Coloring souls in hues of serenity
Peace that surpasses the empathetic
There is kindness in the starry shimmers
Hearts both breathtaking and brilliant
Souls so warmed by their passions
They are shadowed by love without conditions
There is longing in the one who writes
Both sad things and glad things
Whatever details might enlighten
Bringing to life the story, the poem….
Felt by a heart who knows words
Give their lives the dance, the waltz
That brings life to their souls
And a narrative to their goals
Written by a heart who bleeds words!
Categories:
verbs, write, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Two Small Verbs/Nouns
Love and hate,
two peas in a pod.
Two words so alike
yet not alike.
Both filled with passion,
evoking strong feelings.
We act on them,
or not, each in our own way.
Both, the opposite end of
an emotional spectrum.
They are the root and evolve
into other verbs or nouns.
Two peas in a pod, so
similar yet so different.
They both lie deep within us.
Which one will we choose,
we are capable of both.
Two small verbs/nouns
with outsized results.
Categories:
verbs, hate, love,
Form:
Free verse
the year ends
auld lang syne my dears..
into eternity
Categories:
verbs, poetry, word play,
Form:
Haiku
VERB FIND...
the verb find
is not think...!
What do you think
milking the cow?
i find milk...
Categories:
verbs, allusion, analogy, appreciation, extended
Form:
Light Verse
verbs pranced across my mind
gardening, wiggling, giggling, slipping, sliding
jiggling, and sometimes sledding
jumping, jousting, boasting, ghosting
they were too fast to catch
but I ran after them, trying my best
Categories:
verbs, word play,
Form:
Free verse