Free Verse Poems | Free Verse Examples

A velvet-heavy, honey-spiced cake sat on a table spread vast. soft enough for fingers to disappear into, dense enough to still even the most restless tongues. Its candles flickered like stars. No one asked who baked it. No one wondered how long the oven stayed warm. They just took— with knives that glinted like treaties, with fingers that didn’t wait for plates. Frosting smeared like...

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Warm yellow light. Chilly for indoor. Music. Soft, soothing, piano— Door slides open. A man walks in— Rain’s wailing outside. He talks to the nurse. His voice hoarse like sand— Flash, lightening. Raindrops darken the dusty walk— Thunder. He sinks into the bench beside me. Stinging smell of cigarette butts— Another thunder. Door slides close and muffles it. Nurse says my name. I walk into the doctor’s office— Another thunder. I don’t remember seeing...

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Before your clocks, before your name/ Before dust whispered into bone/ There was light-I was flame/ Crowned in brilliance, alone/ Not fallen. Not damned. Just other/ Too bright for Heaven's fragile sky/ They called it pride, not knowing the shudder/ Of a God who dared to cry/ They shaped me from the holiness' edge/ But chained my glow in fear/ I rose beyond their sacred...

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I tried the blade, but it was too cold to follow through. I considered water, but I wish to leave looking like me. Rope seemed too staged—too dramatic. Gravity breaks every waking bone. Pills just make you ache and vomit. In the end, it’s easier to endure than escape....

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As I walk through the light of hope, the trees stretch over me, folding in— as if they want to hug me with the full force of the wind. I feel all the baggage I’ve carried being swept away. I fall, and the world pauses— everything is muted. I let myself drift, not stopping, just floating, letting the earth pull and take control. I...

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You laid me in the earth But I am with you, you are not alone. I caress your check disguised as the wind. I hug you as the warmth of the sun. I sing to you as birds tweeting And the owls hooting. I am the movement of the clouds Sheltering you from the heat. As I watch over...

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In January, the kaboom of fireworks, redefinitions: what if skies were pink, or purple rains should befall us In February, the appearance of bouquets, cordate chocolates In March, the hope of summer springs like anxious fledglings pushed off their perch In April, the ascendancy of kites, compassionate Christ, innocent rose In May, the juggernaut of time, mother's five-foot smile In June, the wonder of rivers,...

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“what hurt the most?”, he asked. Struggling to hold back the tears that were threatening to resurface I replied, “I’m not sure but, maybe it’s the fact that you didn’t hurt as much as I did, You were not the one churning through each of our memories late at night and wondering where it all went wrong, you were...

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And then it stopped. The jagged edge of anxiety smoothed by the fall in slow motion - A tumble into a pool of tranquility. Suddenly awakened from the angst by the splash of a refreshing reality; reminding me that I need to swim in peace for a while. The pool is deep and calming. It soothes the rawness of disquiet and the cruelty...

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Unmet expectations strike hard, hurting where they languish long. Unkept promises are blows earned, hitting where they find no resistance. Unkind words are slashes harsh, ripping through the calm conscience. The dormant volcano within the soul then gets the upsurge of melted psychic mantle in the crust of brittle tolerance, that collapses in the caldera cradling the vent, reaching the magma chamber...

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The Nurse of Zionism (part 1) She visited the stolen land loved putting her feet in the sand the sand was not pleased the crushed bones of Palestinian dreams olive trees burned so Europeans could party Over three hundred bullets in a six year old "Its complicated" Thousand of children slaughtered "Its complicated" Doctors raped in IDF prisons "Its complicated" Children used as human shields "Its...

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as a child i often found myself participating in sadistic activities. i felt my sins rotting into my body- into my soul as-well my veins. it kept my blood pumping throughout my body that i did neglect. i protested against consuming meals as if they’d make me feel holy again, sick i was. the blood that clawed out...

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Cool green wind Intertwined with trees Keys it removes May be in the grooves Session is over Blows from here to there Shifting to balcony Picking up pink smell From the fewer spells Monsoon rain here Sharing wet clouds Shouts the large rooster Hey, where are you all Calling the guitar Stars from the strings...

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red linen table cloths with white lace overlays sprinkles of confetti shaped like snowflakes evergreen plaid napkins rolled into a Santa napkin holder Holly berry china, only brought out one time each year Santa Claus cups and Rudolph candles Every part of the table is yelling “Christmas!” red and green Jello cubes rice Krispie treats shaped like Frosty the snowman Everyone wants to...

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I am drawing cartoon trees challenging myself experimenting with new designs some have hearts, one is full of rainbows Several have faces, mostly women’s because they are easier for me than a man’s one outrageous cartoon tree is doing the splits I need a grandma tree, I think Picking up my pencil...

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