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On The Rocks Poems - Poems about On The Rocks

On The Rocks Poems - Examples of all types of poems about on the rocks 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 on the rocks.
Premium Member DELPHIC
...“The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.” Emerson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Slash, Loblolly, and Jelecote~curious names for the majesti......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, inspirational, tree,
Form: Free verse



The exterior mirrors from within reflect
...The exterior mirrors from within reflect Saddened universes, known only to their shadows. Not in the fears of the night, nor in the day’s bright gleam, But in the diffuse light where silence bloss......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Voyager
...Based on Psalm 23 NIV A Voyager The Lord is my captain; I`ve faith in Him. He asks me to sit down in the stateroom, He steers the vessel away from rocks, ......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, bible, christian, faith, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ship of Fools
...On a ship of fools without direction, Along a circuitous trajection, Sailors from every land and nation Drift not by chart, but hallucination, And their lofty voices, at once speaking ......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, allegory, environment, humanity, political,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member In Praise of Yelling
... Sometimes it's good to give yourself up in an heartfelt yell - to find a place out of earshot of others, a beach will do, or better, a shoreline with rocks and crashing waves, or out bush ......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, child, earth, peace, self,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Wild Rice
...Beneath the Wolf’s breath, rocks cradle my resting form. Wild rice sways, whispers— nature's soft secrets unfurl, beauty bathed in dawn's light. Note: Wild rice growing at mouth of Wolf River......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, native american, nature, river,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member Corn Dogs and Ice Cream Cones a song
...It's rare that most would call me a hot head I am usually the coolest cucumber instead I have no tells, so their heads don't swell and I don't get entangled to soon But there is this tall lanky......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, extended metaphor, funny love,
Form: Lyric
Divine Magnetism
...I am holding your eyes, feeling your words, The waves gently overwhelm me, coaxing, Pulling me under and luring me in. Recede, leaving me freezing, shivering. I am holding your eyes. If you wer......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, break up, conflict, crush,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member LOVE
..."One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. The word is love." Sophocles, Greek Poet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Forever in the caverns of my heart Roam spirits o......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, love,
Form: Sonnet
Communion Communes
...The memory of an agape lasts. communion communes. Was this why he desired to dine with his dear disciples? It's not a meal for a meal or a tune for other tunes. It's a psychosomatic soul beyond bi......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
Jesus Heals
...Those who were blind, deaf, dumb, and held by the evil powers Like chicks from the eagle-hold or deer from the tiger-hold They felt freedom dawning and mercies flowing like showers. Forgetting all......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, jesus,
Form: Sonnet
The Rocks of Edale
... The limestones are smoothed, ? rounded by time, fashioned and shaped? by sculpturing winds.? ? They remind me of village girls?, broad in the hips, love handles,? not at all like the bony wal......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Beneath the starry vault of memory, your voice lays down
...Beneath the starry vault of memory, your voice lays down Like a blanket of marble weathered by long-forgotten deities. I've allowed my hopes to be gently polished By the eternal warmth of your wor......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
I wish to break through, to heal my soul with the whiteness of words
...I wish to break through, to heal my soul with the whiteness of words, But they hide in my shadow like shy animals. My story is a forest where the echo of footsteps has been lost, And my pain is th......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
rainbow nation
...Rainbow nation It rained and rained, fine rain but persistent  mountains dissolved, and rocks turned into sand  When the rain stopped, a smooth landscape  of peace and camel dung Before the de......Read the rest...
Categories: on the rocks, america, anti bullying, arabic,
Form: Blank verse

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