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Dampness Poems - Poems about Dampness

Mother River
...My mother is a river. Not a calm, deep river, lush with fish and plants, flowing by gently and powerfully...but a thick, white rapids, furiously polishing the jagged rocks into marbles. There i......

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Categories: dampness, mother, river,
Form: Free verse
The Key Bridge and Your Voice
... {"HOPE splurges angst my rib cage as I thrust aside the bed sheets and allow them to bundle up on their own. There was a longing extravagance in my spirit. The voices were painfully appalling a......

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Categories: dampness, absence, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse



Toll and tallow
...How dark the air that winter brings to bear Its dampness crawls into my very soul A sickly moon attempts some light to share As through the mist a bell begins to toll Against all odds, in satur......

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Categories: dampness, halloween, holiday,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Tears of Sky
...The air, thick with the promise of the coming downpour, held a peculiar aura. Not the sharp, acrid tang of the approaching storm, but a subtle, almost ethereal perfume. A dampness, a coolness, ......

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Categories: dampness, rain,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member The Slug
...in the remote remoteness of somewhere remote flew a fly this fly had realised gravity, relativity and string theory a professor and physicist wise to everyone else in the dark darkness of s......

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Categories: dampness, friend, fun, humorous, inspirational,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Fantastic Sky
...Gray rippled clouds create a tenebrous day A gentle easterly breeze cools it down But that sun, glorious sun Creates a red rose crown There is a chill upon the air A dampness mak......

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Categories: dampness, life, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Deception
...Standing on an abandoned beach On a deserted island Beyond fortune's reach Feels like a dryland Though dampness of ocean beseiges I scribbled my falsehood In sand of seashore Washed away the......

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Categories: dampness, metaphor,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member His Song
... In trembling winds, Softly blessing, Silent expressions, Gales of lasting, Serenity, sincerity. In breathless tears, Worn by spirits, Gentle as dew, Manifestations, ......

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Categories: dampness, appreciation, blessing, christian, hope,
Form: Free verse
This Place
...Shut in this place In close, closer, the walls move Waning light as darkness grows Ebbing joy and mounting woes Claustrophobia erecting and waiving its sullen hand Continually the mercury drop......

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Categories: dampness, dark, depression, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Enigma - contest
...I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which - James A Owens Take the fog It feels it knows you You walk headlong into it Intermingle, but non the wiser Despite the dampness on your skin ......

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Categories: dampness, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member dampness
...you play an old song as nights dampness kisses me and you hold me close......

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Categories: dampness, song,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Yearn
... Written: April 15, 2024, For Constance La France Y words Contest Rumi Quote: "Longing is the core of mystery. Longing itself brings the cure. The only rule is, suffer the pain. Y......

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Categories: dampness, analogy, longing, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Echoes Of A Shady Past Part Two
...n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night. This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.......

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Categories: dampness, character, dark, death, emotions,
Form: Prose
Premium Member Mom, when I Saw you Last
... Is not ‘Mother’ the sweetest word in the dictionary? She's one’s closest friend, companion, and guide. How can I restrict her within the frame of a poem, when my entire world circled......

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Categories: dampness, appreciation, farewell, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Happy Birthday Dear Mother
... I close my eyes for one second and suddenly I'm home again, next to you and dad You were born on Christmas Eve, just like the babe of Bethlehem ... Laughter peels the faded kitchen ......

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Categories: dampness, appreciation, celebration, memory, mother,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

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