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Gentler Poems - Poems about Gentler

The Quiet Things That Saved Me
...I was saved by quiet things— The rustle of the morning breeze, The way the robin spreads its wings, The golden drift of autumn leaves. I was saved by threads of light That touched my skin thro......

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Categories: gentler, bird, health, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Breeze
...Please gentle, calm and sweet Breeze. That stems from off the sea, Breezemy spirit gently and calmly, And bring to me softly Thoughts and dreams of kinder times past When I was young and had a ......

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Categories: gentler, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Ballad



A Remedial of Love
... A Remedial of Love When silence carved its name in stone, And hearts grew cold where warmth had shone, A whisper rose from broken ground— A balm in words, a gentler sound. It wasn'......

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Categories: gentler, care, feelings, joy, life,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member What Stones in Rivers Remember
... Stones remember, the first cold plunge in ice-melt currents hurling the sense of fear. They remember each bump, each grind, each sudden collision, that carved their surface to soft compl......

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Categories: gentler, river,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Love Beyond Compare
...Words By: Melancholy Of Innocence A place where love awakens with silent truth un-binding A breath a speechless word whispered by an eye's caress anchored deep within insid......

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Categories: gentler, love,
Form: Couplet



Snow of My Silence A Prisoner’s Lament in Siberia
...In the frostbitten belly of Russia’s spine, Where the stars are mute and the sun won’t shine, A man with chains and a shattered past, Counts the heartbeats that may be his last. He once wore la......

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Categories: gentler, allah,
Form: Free verse
To Walk Beside You
..."To Walk Beside You" I met you in the silence Between laughter and retreat, Where fire met still water And wild hearts dared to meet. You saw the storm inside me And called it too much fl......

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Categories: gentler, care, courage, fear, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member At thirty-eight, his story seemed to have already been written
...At thirty-eight, his story seemed to have already been written, he sipped his coffee and recalled where he went wrong or maybe got it right, for he had grown tired of the insurance game, of small o......

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Categories: gentler, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Moon And Sea Collaborating
... Each pulls the tide in two sockets Where moon and sea hang like lockets One friction between two wading bodies — The pale head of moon, on cue with sea The gentler anesthetic of the glass......

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Categories: gentler, angst, beach, lost, love,
Form: Couplet
Life Interrupted
...I had a map, a steady pace, A dream unfolding, full of grace. The morning sun, the clear blue sky Then came the silence, no goodbye. One call, one truth, a single tear, The life I knew slipped......

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Categories: gentler, destiny, love, motivation,
Form: Free verse
The Quiet Strength Of Grace
...In halls where voices rise and fall, Let kindness be the thread through all, Not every clash must end in fire— True strength is found when hearts aspire To listen more than they defend. The el......

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Categories: gentler, blessing, care,
Form: Rhyme
Lao Tzu: English Translations I
...LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS I An unbending tree breaks easily. —Lao Tzu, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Nothing is weaker or gentler than water, yet nothing can prevai......

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Categories: gentler, fish, heaven, men, sea,
Form: Free verse
Fighting 4 My Soul
...Looking in the mirror I saw an image it was clear. I told my reflection you are loved and shed tear No longer prisoner to shame, I watched my shoulders slowly rise. The person that I dare......

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Categories: gentler, freedom, metaphor, peace, poems,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In my heart, a reliquary, gather teeth that do not belong to me
...In my heart, a reliquary, gather teeth that do not belong to me, but are those of voices I swallowed out of politeness, unwillingly, they echo in silence like relics of a gentler, forgotten violenc......

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Categories: gentler, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Circus Days
...I ran away to the circus at the age of two on a sad day when it was raining. At first, I didn't know what I should do, not having the proper training. I started with an elephant and began to s......

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Categories: gentler, nonsense,
Form: Rhyme

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