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Escaping Poems - Poems about Escaping

Escaping Poems - Examples of all types of poems about escaping 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 escaping.
Escaping Darkness
We sit in darkness hours before sunrise unable to sleep, listening to the faint sounds off in the distance windows open letting in the cool of autumn, breathing waiting on change hoping for enlightenment progress, hope, fulfilled...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, age, america, sun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Escaping Political Yuk
Nothing to say but that’s ok Watching too much political yuk… Time to step outdoors ...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, environment, humor, nature, political,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Escaping
It is not hard to slip away From generalizations They put on you in case you stay Within their observations They are the ones who hold the truth Which we supposedly deserve In truth they tell I see no use Cause I’m...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, deep, peace, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Escaping Class
Students escaping classes was always a problem. Yesterday, the headmaster caught Herpes on the corridor. *From Mr. Bean* September 17, 2023...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, funny,
Form: Prose
Escaping Summer Heat
ban the horizon harbinger of heatwaves abandon fever bound towards the sea embrace your transparent realm and thalassic depths...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, beach, sea,
Form: Haiku



Escaping the Voices
The night has fallen, turning the sky deep purple, the color of bruises. Outside the glass door of the place I call home, the noises, and the witchy voices on the intercom, are drowned out. Some men have tried to quell my anxiety. We've...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, mental health, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Escaping Reality
I sat by the dewy morning grass, as a robin drew scrawls in the air with her melodious voice. The sun's gaze prickled my skin, as the breeze twirled between evergreen leaves of a Willow tree. Chilly water flowing...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Escaping Fate
Do you remember when you told me that story of all the Planets in the sky and how they all had different jobs and had different people they were in charge of? That Uranus was a magician and he...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, fate, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Escaping Elysian Dreams
A single drop of water might be a source of solace. Since what is unseen is destroyed, allow me to stay. A magnificent ecstasy fantasy, a dreamlike palace Dreary midwinter is no match for Elysium malice! Hiding from prying...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, analogy, appreciation, dream, encouraging,
Form: Villanelle
Escaping the Mud
I can still hear her boots hit the pavement as she walks away. Her sanguine footsteps swallowed up by the greedy black night, feasting on her departure. Waning moonlight silhouettes every lithe movement, the winter air highlighting every hot breath. I fill my...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, longing, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member No Escaping Life Or Death
Though everything is made from atoms. Everyone someday meets their eves....Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, death, deep, destiny, life,
Form: Crystalline
Premium Member Escaping Is Surviving
What a busy day it was today, hospitals needing extra Staff as the pandemic increases in rate, numbers and deaths, My desk is cluttered, a challenge as two of our Recruitment staff are off sick, one with Covid. I’m...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, god,
Form: Free verse
Escaping Reality
High above the clouds, where you can hardly see, Escaping the world below is where you want to be. A fresh place, a new beginning to have a chance to go. Anywhere, any place that makes you grow. Reality...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, confidence, confusion, encouraging, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Escaping Parts of Ourselves
All attention, every conversation must lead back to her She swiftly turns everything into a “me” or an “I” moment. She gets louder, more abrasive when we pretend to not hear. The harder she tries to get our...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Escaping the Medusa
This Medusa had no power to turn us into stone but when she ran aground over Poseidon's throne his anger stirred, and into the sea the crew was flung. On a raft urgently built of salvaged timbers we...Read the rest...
Categories: escaping, death, sea,
Form: Narrative

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