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Dead On Time Poems - Poems about Dead On Time

Dead On Time Poems - Examples of all types of poems about dead on time to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for dead on time.
Changing gears
...When mankind has been using gears, levers and pulleys, For thousands of years, To speed things up, Or slow things down, To make it possible to take heavier loads uphill, And to go faster on stra......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, 9th grade, addiction, america,
Form: Carpe Diem



Premium Member Land of the Dead Clocks
...n the land of the dead clocks they slither and slink Not caring about the time, without battery or blink Like snakes moseying around, they barely move at all Some linger and languish, others lie a......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, art,
Form: Rhyme
The House of the Dead
...Welcome to the house of the dead, from now on everyone will be fed Welcome to the house of the dead, you can have that gigantic bed and a comfortable place to lay your head; you will have food galo......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, appreciation, birthday, clothes, color,
Form: Free verse
The Hands of Time
...Does Time really run like clockwork, True to the dictates of mankind, Never more than a mill-second out? Or does someone or something have a hand, In giving some of us more time than others, W......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, analogy, appreciation, baptism, bible,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Edward Hyde's Sanctuary
...ACT I Night enters. Ned Sandy: paralysed in eye by gun shot. Scene: Mannequin with rotting limbs “Deadman on the Freeway.” And instead of being the good guy, he’s good, bad, worse. Why kil......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member A Special Marathon Runner
...Last night, I awoke drenched in a cold sweat.. At the finish line, a lei placed around my neck. The cameras clicked, oh, how the crowd roared! The joy, rumbled to be once again, adored! I......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, courage, fantasy, health, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bats Rats Cats
...Covid was caused bats to humans. Black plague was caused rats to humans. What is going to happen with cats to humans? Mats to humans? Slats to humans? Pats to humans? A million dead this ti......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, animal,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blackbird Is Dead Ii
...Blackbird, blackbird, where have you gone? Here the limbs you lately danced upon, In sunset orange, in sunset red, Now the grapevine says, "Blackbird is dead." Disbelieving owl cries, "Who? Who......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, bird, death, grief, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Wondering Why She Would Take Him Back
...Forgiving relatives are fleeting Bristling angry, feeling violated Listing all his bad points Wondering why she would take him back Her children are reluctant Want to stay with grandma, more s......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, abuse, family, hurt, marriage,
Form: Kyrielle
Premium Member When I Consider Life With You
...When I Consider Life Without You As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting me. Wa......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, appreciation, blessing, devotion,
Form: Narrative
Philosophical Fallacy
...living in this flagitious society life becomes numb yet we extrapolate irrespective reality till we become dumb mental break downs and frivolous exercises of intellectual contempt permeates a ......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, autumn, birth, inspirational, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Berlin Is Where It Ends
...Berlin was the last time we saw each other's eyes Berlin was different then Berlin was the last time I saw her beautiful smile Berlin was once my friend Berlin before the shadow stole the lig......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, absence, city, for her,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member When I Consider Life Without You
...When I Consider Life As a baby, I was laying in my bassinet when a rifle bullet was shot through our living room window and passed through right under my bassinet not hitting me. Was that Yo......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, blessing, dedication,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Muddy Trench
...For we stood For we stood out there On a field in France Staring straight at death in its lair Gun in hand, battle stare For we fought Man on man Bayonet or bullet, hand to hand For we sc......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, dark, death, friendship, memory,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Memo
...Words unsaid Loss is laid Gone too soon Ere next noon Dead on time A lost chime In life brief Echoes grief State too late Empty plate Loss feels deep Final sleep S......Read the rest...
Categories: dead on time, change,
Form: Couplet

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