Miracle Lullaby Poems

Risking the wishes of a silent night,
Colored in hope, 
Silent and slow, rising far off,
Beyond the milky slumber of a sunset,
Blazing bloodshot and drinking
Melancholy, ruddy...

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She rocks her miracle baby
And sings a soothing song
Today, rest in peace
Because tomorrow, comes alarm
...and we're gonna rock around the clock

His little boy is his...

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"I don't have any talent for music, either to sing or play an instrument. But the lullaby I tune, puts my baby to sleep and...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Re-Creating Peace

The basket of castoffs is full. 
No one can wear clothes, torn and stained. 
Holes and rips that show use. 
The scissors cut them...

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The Dawn Ballet

Let me dance for You, 
before I put my feet upon the floor. 
Let me sing out your praise, 
before the day has...

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Her voice echoed through the hallways
Of the pediatric oncology hospital ward
When people saw the young girl who sang these songs
They were stunned and they were...

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With this needle and thread I stitch the wounds Avril left
but with this blade I angrily carve a new
rough, short, jagged adjacent from the bone...

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Sample Entries from PoemHunter.com. PoetrySoupers will not be in competition with these two poems. They are just to illustrate the diversity of approaches possible.
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Image-Nation: Does...

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Before I knew your face, your form,
or heard your sweet voice softly warm,
I felt your spirit calling me
across vast fields of destiny.

Across a wasteland stark...

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Monsieur L'Vampyre Meets Santa Claus
I'd settled in to embers glow
all tucked in wool to warm me right
with wine from vines nearby that grow
to help my...

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On the recovery bed
Oh so forlorn but full of hope
As they gather round all so sad
To pay tribute to the not yet dead
For I am...

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Day quickly passes
And following by night.
Won't there be a time
When the world is slowing down?

Crowded and lifeless
I'm standing here, 
In a shiny town.
But why a...

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for Chris Matt's
Favorite Songs and Lyrics Contest




“We were born before the wind”
  Held by angels and given wings
  To fly this world ephemeral...

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Mama,hush hush me to sleep,lullaby me to dream,take me to bed,kiss my 
forehead,as you cover me with perfumed white linen sheets.mama,i 
burnt my finger,i bruised...

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