Best Wantonness Poems
Below are the all-time best Wantonness poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of wantonness poems written by PoetrySoup members
StayThe voice of my eyes
Speaks silent words
A language to be heard
What does it say?
Oh baby, it’s telling you
Telling you to stay
The voice of my heart
Thundering...
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Categories:
wantonness, desire,
Form:
Rhyme
What Is PoetryWhat is Poetry?
It is a theosophy of thought and commentary;
transposed euphemisms of life’s temporal moments;
It is an attempt to fractalize single ideas and...
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Categories:
wantonness, allegory, poems, poetry, poets,
Form:
Free verse
The Hill FarmerHe tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's...
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Categories:
wantonness, nature,
Form:
Verse
CharacterAs the sunlight permeates the fog
Revealing dust's debris
Sunbeams filter within the soul
Exposes faults carefree
As selfishness dances around
Critical nature unfolds
A little pride displays itself
That...
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Categories:
wantonness, character,
Form:
Rhyme
Hollow ManHollow man
Hollow man, an empty vessel,
lived life with vain abandon
Selfishness and carnal lust
were his constant companions
Happiness was sought, indulging
frantically in fleshly pleasures
Pain was his only...
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Categories:
wantonness, happiness, introspection, irony, longing,
Form:
Rhyme
Princess Diana PoemsPRINCESS DIANA POEMS
Fairest Diana: an Epitaph for Princess Diana
by Michael R. Burch
Fairest Diana, princess of dreams,
born to be loved and yet distant and lone,
why did...
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Categories:
wantonness, angel, beautiful, beauty, england,
Form:
Epitaph
Categories:
wantonness, analogy, angst, bereavement, change,
Form:
Free verse
The FutureThe Future
One’s future footprints in the sands of time,
To be enshrined for all to see in time.
A time period of shall and shall...
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Categories:
wantonness, allegory, change, future, imagery,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
The PastThe Past
One’s former footprints in the sands of time,
Engraved and set for all to see in kind.
A time period of was and had...
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Categories:
wantonness, allegory, change, imagery, journey,
Form:
Heroic Couplet
Sweet Rose of Virtue: William Dunbar TranslationSweet Rose of Virtue
by William Dunbar (c. 1460-1530)
loose translation/modernization/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
after William Dunbar
Sweet rose of virtue and of gentleness,
delightful lily of youthful wantonness,
richest...
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Categories:
wantonness, character, desire, devotion, flower,
Form:
Sonnet
The Temple ProstituteTHE TEMPLE PROSTITUTE
The God came to me in the guise of a stranger
His gold body scent was of great sublimity
His arms were marble...
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Categories:
wantonness, body, creation, fantasy, forgiveness,
Form:
Sonnet
Forgive Us, Dr KingYou died for our equal treatment, and we demand "affirmative action."
You died for integration, and we justify segregation when we throw public brawls and destroy...
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Categories:
wantonness, africa, betrayal, black african
Form:
Epic
Delightful DisorderA sweet disorder in the dress kindles
In clothes a wantonness; a stole about
The shoulders thrown, a fine distraction; an
ErrIng Lace, which here and there enthralls...
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Categories:
wantonness, humorous, math,
Form:
Free verse
My Sin Is Great But God's Grace Is GreaterMY SIN IS GREAT BUT GOD'S GRACE IS GREATER
My sin is great but
God's grace is greater
Your sin is great but
God's grace is greater
I may have...
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Categories:
wantonness, community, engagement, feelings, forgiveness,
Form:
Pastoral
The Hill FarmerHe tills within the buzzard's flight
this cruel land he calls his home,
ewe and wether, milk and bucket,
broken spirit, ne'er to roam.
He's...
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Categories:
wantonness, dedication, writing,
Form:
Verse