Best Verso Poems


Premium Member Falling

Falling so hard for you
        beat will not wane
dark blue nights dreary cold
      ran down your street
   to see if you were home
      tapped on your pane
   come feel my soft touch
        dance on bare feet!










Written - August 19th, 2015

Nette Onclaud's contest - "Visual of a Verso"



(We were asked to categorize our poems as rhyme, but mine is also a personification... of the rain.)

Premium Member The Soldier's Girl

Like the note she let fall
her heart is torn
With the downpour she weeps
while far away
on streets where hell rained down
Night is reborn
blood on slick stones now washed
from where he lay!

Written 8/20/2015 by Andrea Dietrich
For the Visual of a Verso Poetry contest of nette onclaud

Premium Member My Father

When my father was in a drunken stupor,
He could be a disgusting, nasty pooper
His paranoia would send him into a rage
Everyone was against him took advantage,
So he thought, while inflating his self-worth
A vain man of massive ego and matching girth
He lashed out at those who loved him most,
Of his superior qualities he would often boast.
When he was sober, he could be Mr. Milquetoast
Some said he was one of the finest men on earth
It is true, he could exhibit considerable mirth
We wondered how he could turn the page
He was, indeed, a smart man, …even a sage.
Among friends he was considered a trooper,
But he could be a disgustingly nasty pooper
When my father was in a drunken stupor.

Written March 8, 2022
[Verso-Rhyme]

#68 on List of 100 Best Poems
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April 1, 2022


Premium Member Rejuvenated

Rejuvenated 






All desires washed away 
The azure weeps
To dark night's illumine
Sobs subtle heart
Some reflections of past
Usurp my sleeps
As all life rests tranquil
For a fresh start !




Written August 21st, 2015
© Dr. Upma A. Sharma
For contest "visual of a verso" by Nette

Premium Member Dimension of Safe-Keeping

Your father is neither dead nor is he sleeping.
He has traversed the thin line of demarcation
Into a marvelous dimension of safe-keeping,
Consider it a marvelous realm of preparation
For what we earthlings refer to as eternity,
An exciting adventure into the vast unknown
Frightening, our limited concepts of infinity,
Where true being-ness in never outgrown,
The gracious Almighty sits on the throne.
No end to the delights of the ultimate reality
To this place your father has quickly flown
Where he shall experience no law of gravity,
Beyond all fantasies of human expectation
Where no longer is one exposed to weeping,
We might think of it as an awesome vacation
Your father is neither dead nor is he sleeping.

Written June 18, 2022
[utilizing my own verso-rhyme]

Premium Member Dark Coal of Night

Vibrations from a Verso  7-25-25  Sponsor: Nette Onclaud Theme Chosen: Dark Coal of Night
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Dark Coal of Night

Moonbeams, morning’s prophet,
Chase coal of night
Into wombs of white fire
As flames imbue
Dreams with clarity’s gems
Facets of light,
Glittering stars of dawn ~
Diamonds of dew.


Song In the Night

A quiet night like this
Has its twin stilled
Yet echoes in my heart
A siren song
Notes find their way to yours
Till flesh is filled
With urgent steps for home
For each we long!








Kim Patrice Nunez
20 August 2015
Visual of a Verso Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
© Kp Nunez  Create an image from this poem.

Visual of a Verso

(Wined Floor)

The wine brewed without
Drip drop drip drop
Visual temptations lured me
My bronze tresses wet
Down the nape to my soul
Red painted toes
Danced on the wined floor
Decked for love.

Balveen Cheema
Contest: Visual Of A Verso
August 20, 2015

Nunca Te Voy a Olvidar

Nunca fue mi intención decepcionarte
perdoname porque a tiempo no pude contestarte
ahnelaba el poder verte y estar contigo
abrazarte y besarte y ser tu abrigo

Se que eres algo impaciente y no quiero causarte estres
y quizas pienses que todo regrese a la normalidad si ya no me vez
pues segun tu estoy contribuyendo a tus problemas
tu vida estaba en orden y yo quebré ese esquema

Baby yo no estoy pa' esto pues a pesar de todo aun te amo
pongo mis cartas sobre la mesa siendo contigo franco
quieres definir nuestra relacion con claridad
entonces saquemos a la luz lo que hemos hecho en la oscuridad

Si mi presencia no es lo que tu corazón desea
mejor me alejo sin que nadien me vea
y asi dejo de ser un estorbo mas en tu vida
ahora tienes tu tranquilidad a costillas de una despedida

Que feo seria que todo terminara de esta manera
y todo porque me enamoré de una mujer que no era soltera
si tiempo es lo que quieres para poner en orden tus pensamientos
haslo para que luego no andes con arrepentimiento

Lo hecho ya hecho está y no hay manera de cambiar el pasado
mientras tu lo amas a él yo sigo aun esperanzado
pero no quiero ser la razon por la cual dividas tu corazon y mente
y aunque llegara a volver a tener tu cuerpo eso nunca va hacer suficiente

Amor, considera este poema como una carta de amor
sacrificando mi felicidad me hago a un lado y me llevo mi dolor
me aparto de la senda de tu vida para que puedas tener paz
recordando aquellos bellos momentos que vivimos tiempo atras

Con el corazon en la mano te dijo todo esto
pues ahora todo mi amor se resume en un solo verso
gracias por haberme permitido amarte con tanta intensidad
en mi corazon siempre te llevaré por si algun dia decides regresar.

Premium Member Genoa By Night

Genoa by night

Meandering streams of light
Like wisps of smoke
Wrap themselves on the hills
Of the dormant city,
Sliding towards the sea.
Genoa beautiful appears
By night too
Almost as awaiting
For the new day
Silently.

Genova di notte (italian version)

Rivoli di luce tortuosi
Come volute di fumo
Si avvolgono sulle colline
Della città addormentata, 
Scendendo verso il mare.
Genova bella mi appare
Anche di notte
Quasi attendesse
Il nuovo giorno
Silenziosa.

Premium Member Downpour

She sits with heavy heart
Watching the rain
Pouring relentlessly
As feelings flow
Warm tears run down her face
Easing the pain
Until the deluge stops
And street lights glow!

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Paul Callus ~ 18th Aug 2015
Contest: Visual of a Verso
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
Placed 4th

Premium Member I Miss You By My Side - Verso Contest

She’ll never give up hope
He will return
Searching all avenues
Calling his name
Longing to hear his voice
Full of concern
Since Rover slipped the lead
Life’s not the same!

Jan Allison
21st August 2015 
Contest Visual of a Verso
Sponsor Nette Onclaud
Checked using How Many Syllables

Siempre Te Voy Amar

Asi como las olas del mar que se levantan con la tempestad
asi mismo se levanta mi amor lleno de ternura y verdad
es un sentimiento mas ardiente de la lava de un volcán
y mas apacionante y devastador que un huracán

pues no hay nada ni nadien que se compare con esto
como podre resumir este amor en un solo verso?
solo hago mi esfuerzo por proclamar este sentimiento
escucha mi corazon hablar y no te enfoques solo en lo que estas leyendo

como una leyenda asi es mi amor algo eterno
en el verano te da frescura y calor en el invierno
dime cuanto amor te hace falta y te dire cuanto amor tengo
un amor incondicional que te regalo y no te lo vendo

y mientras sigo estas lindas palabras escribiendo
cierro mis ojos y puedo sentirte a mi lado con tu lindo atuendo
te extraño asi como ahnela la venida de mi Salvador
desesperado estoy por volverte a ver mi lindo amor

pideme el universo y comenzaré con darte una estrella
preguntame si eres bonita y te diré que eres la mas bella
y una vez que las olas se hayan apaciguado y la tempestad se haya ido
seguire amandote asi como una madre ama a su niño!

Pollice Verso- Thumbs Down

Jean-Leon Gerome’s Pollice Verso pleases my artful eye
As a gladiator boldly stands thus alone
With foot upon a defeated soul
He awaits the Roman crowd’s reply
The great coliseum is filled high
A populous with thumbs down does yield 
For slaughtered blood to flow a ground
Thus the conquer will most likely fulfill
With blade in hand
His beating chest
Pollice Verso the given sign
Their savage eyes drawn down with cries
For to come will be the gruesome fun
Yet I in vision another martyred Christian
He surely 
Will shortly
Die

Premium Member The Sounds of the River Drums-French Verse Part 3

LOS SONIDOS DE LOS DRUMS DEL RÍO-verso francés Parte 3
THE SOUNDS OF THE RIVER DRUMS-FRENCH VERSE  PART 3


SONIDOS DE LOS TAMBORES DEL RÍO
COMO EL SONIDO DEL BEAT VA, TUM, TUM, TUM
A medida que el sonido del tambor late boom, boom y boom
Corriente de las aguas del río fluyendo;
Bajando los valles gritando.
Fluyendo donde puede tragar;
Las aves descienden, picoteando los cuerpos de peces que emergen ahora flotando;
Las olas gritaban los nombres de los que se alejaban, se escapaban;
Olas de las aguas aguas poco profundas turbulencia aguas agitadas;
Evita que la premisa diga
Corriendo por la corriente corriendo contra los troncos contra las orillas del río
En voz baja oímos los tambores de las olas que golpean en sus orillas;
En silencio oímos los tambores tum, tum, tum, boom, boom boom;
Tum,
     Tum,
        Tum,
El sonido de los tambores de río;
Hacer peaje
Los sonidos de los tambores de río, llamada;
Están llamando nuestros nombres;
El sonido de los tambores de río;
Beat tum, tum, tum;
Los sonidos de los tambores de río;
The sound of the river drums;
Beat tum, tum, tum;
The sounds of the river drums;
           

 1/16/19                                                                                                                                                  

Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.©2019

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