Best Wakes Poems
Below are the all-time best Wakes poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of wakes poems written by PoetrySoup members
The SowingUpon the wind sheltered hillside,
the sharp tang of metal and the sting of salt air lay
over a field of blood-red poppies, no Flanders Field.
At years...
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Categories:
wakes, devotion,
Form:
Free verse
Unseen Rainbow
I've never ever seen her face,
but in my mind, she's the color of love
Black
strong like dark coffee
She wakes you up early in the morning,
gives...
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Categories:
wakes, allusion, beauty, love, rainbow,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
A Kept WomanDream-worker
delves deeply into my dream;
vibrations fondle anticipation
foreplay wakes wide-eyed
swells of liquid libido quake the rendezvous edge -
a primordial being in his prime
a masculine...
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Categories:
wakes, allegory, betrayal, fate, imagery,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
wakes, society, war,
Form:
Ballad
Heroes
Heroes
When need arises they rise up in every town
No matter the toll it takes, they just carry on,
But not everyone will recognize who they are
For...
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Categories:
wakes, hero,
Form:
Verse
The Solo PianistAnother Sunday evening at the street-corner
next to the coffee parlour, overlooking the ocean
The solo pianist with desert-lime eyes
sits once-again on the piano chair.
His hair,a...
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Categories:
wakes, absence, emotions, music,
Form:
Free verse
Fractured SoulShes sits in her worn out familiar chair
As the sun wakes for the day
Her being weary before the day begins
From wishing her life away
Nothing matters...
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Categories:
wakes, grief, loss, sad love,
Form:
Rhyme
- Au Revoir - Goodbye -- 2016 -
- JANUARY -
A freezing cold evening
Where the stars shining bright
With frost blade flanks
From mouth and nose steam
In the clear silence
White untrodden snows
Nature's frozen...
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Categories:
wakes, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Now I Lay MeNow I lay me down to sleep
In my home that's really sweet
Had three large meals and a snack
There wasn't a hint of any lack
Comfortable shoes...
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Categories:
wakes, 7th grade, africa, angst,
Form:
Lyric
Finding Happiness In Everyday PleasuresFinding Happiness in Everyday Pleasures
Happiness is bathing in glorious, golden sunshine,
absorbing the beauty of sunsets deliciously divine.
Dancing through cool droplets of silvery rain,
feeling cleansed, refreshed,...
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Categories:
wakes, happiness, joy,
Form:
Rhyme
Miracle DivineIn the midst of great turmoil and strife,
There is a force manifestly to be heard…seen….touched
A voice—ever so soft… yet loud enough to break mountains...
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Categories:
wakes, analogy, blessing, change, deep,
Form:
Free verse
The Life IsThe Life Is …
The Life Is …
When I was young, there was no pain,
The only pain was to complain.
When I was young, I did not...
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Categories:
wakes, allusion, angst, life, old,
Form:
Masnavi
Sunday MorningSunday Morning
I try not to wake him, though he stirs slightly
As I crawl out from the warmth of the covers.
I'm tempted to change my mind,...
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Categories:
wakes, child, children, family, morning,
Form:
Rhyme
Paper Dollsshe is everything you have seen in the movies
crayola hair
velvet dress
sugar in her veins
tears glued to her face
she fingerpaints the kitchen walls like a little...
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Categories:
wakes, addiction, beautiful, emotions, fire,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
wakes, earth, introspection, nature, soulmate,
Form:
Rubaiyat