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Ladders Poems - Poems about Ladders

Ladders Poems - Examples of all types of poems about ladders 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 ladders.
We all have ladders to climb
...Changed my mind and most probably my spelling and words quite a lot recently, thinking we all live in a simulation and are bodies are avatars or emojis, was watching high end particle o......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, creation, endurance, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Plural Sky and the Temptation of Its Mirrored Eyes
... I melt into the plural sky its rippling tableaus of tomorrow underneath open light waves see-saws the labyrinth like Delphi tendrils crossing channels all the changing faces played automati......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, i am, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member 1856
... During a bad storm one night I turned on my television Grey and black flickering lines appeared, obscuring my vision I went outside and saw the aerial had bent over but it would have to wai......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, dark, dream, surreal,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Babylon Hath Fallen
...Greed left a trail of crumbs for you to follow Don't ask why you can't put your hands on me I am the deepest, darkest part of the ocean floor That we've established is too dangerous to explore ......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, how i feel, irony,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Best Laid Plans
... Robert Burns knew schemes. Like all of us, His vanity Lent him an illusion Of control. How did his wisdom come? Did his head fall beneath the trap? The cat is away, time to play. What's dea......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, dream, people, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Nearer than sky
...Above: Blue Heaven. Heavens above: breath in spaces, breadth of wings, winding spirals. Loved ones leave: alive with God. Looking beyond tall ladders, high stairs, finding you, my Lord ......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, death, god, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member snakes and ladders
... well if one won’t stoop to fight the devil ~ he will always condescend he’s further up the ladder ~ but down a manhole so let’s not pretend and how do I know such things ~ on any level he’s......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, analogy, evil, perspective,
Form: Monoku
The Walk-In
...Many are buried in grave thoughts that linger like ghosts housing animosity A gracious host worries not for it knows hospitality is the key to open doors These doors lead to experiences in diffe......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, symbolism, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Same Thing
... Memory still anoints them, glowing in the ashes of childhood. The cypress trees in the parkland at the end of the street. Tall, knotted ladders to the heavens where a child’s outstretched han......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, childhood, imagination, memory, writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Firefighters
...You endured the fire before the fire, burning doubt thinking you wouldn't pass the test. The sweltering summer days carrying heavy hoses, that some of you firewomen thought you'd never lift. Alar......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Grades
...In numerology twelve has special meanings - they’re twelve days of Christmas, twelve months in a year, and Taylor Swift’s had twelve number-one albums. All we care about at Yale, are the twelve days ......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, best friend, education, holiday,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Lamplighter
...Written: October 30, 2023, For Brian Strand Contest ______________________________________________ as gloominess drops to the ground the lamplighter performs his ro......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, analogy, history, light,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Rum N Raisin 10 - Three Months of Crazy
...Raisin just stared at the chaos ahead A kitten, confused as she sat there in dread The world has gone mad, all the people have flipped She glared at a window where blood and gore dripped Folk w......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, cat, christmas, firework, halloween,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Two Ladders - Gertrude Abercrombie
...Should I look up, I see it all clearly The route, the goal, the possibilities To be cradled and lie on fluffy pillows Or perhaps impossible dreams Then there's the drowning Oh how I'll drown......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, angst,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Picking Apples
...On a cool, crisp mid-October morning, the sweetness of apples flavors the air. And a chevron of geese honk their warning that Winter is coming; stay if you dare. I loved picking apples,......Read the rest...
Categories: ladders, age, autumn, boy, cute,
Form: Sonnet

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