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Only Poems - Poems about Only

Only Poems - Examples of all types of poems about only 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 only.
Perhaps a Dream
...Perhaps a Dream By Benjamin Mui Or was it all just a dream? And I’ve finally woken up To a wondrous morning glow With a kite dancing in the wind You and I running amongst the grass Only to......Read More
Categories: only, crush, dream, romance,
Form: Free verse



Miscreant
...Cautiously stepping onto the slate grey staircase to nowhere I confronted the meandering, menacing miscreant Only to find out that his conniving knife can’t cut......Read More
Categories: only, anxiety, fear, stress, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Losses and Gains
...I was a perky lost and found coordinator, reuniting people with possessions, As pink-orange, diamond sunset rejoins us, reminiscing sunrise impressions. I liked blithe smiles of pleasure and reli......Read More
Categories: only, appreciation, fantasy, imagery, life,
Form: Couplet
Me the joke
...Love is a joke. A joke that is found funny by everyone but me. I would say that I am unlucky in love but I am so often told luck does not exist, so therefore I must conclude that love is just not for......Read More
Categories: only, depression, loneliness, love, love
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Calling All Butterflies
...calling butterflies to the tropics orchids, hibiscus, bromeliad, clivia, lovely red hot cattails raring to show off their flamboyancy brilliant colors fragrance usually only found in the tropics......Read More
Categories: only, flower,
Form: Free verse



Heartless Glare
...Heed the sweet whispers of the evergreen, Its song like string weaves through the canopy's hair, But I promise, no good it brings to you, my dear To offer to her, your love’s binding ring, For s......Read More
Categories: only, heart, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member This Maze Called Life
... As we stroll through this maze called life, we stroll through many twists and turns.  Some are sharp and will cut like a knife, ......Read More
Categories: only, friend, happy, life, people,
Form: Rhyme
Roses and Weeds
...Such long hours he spends - back bent and head bowed, laboring at a battle that will last far beyond the day when death leaves him cowed, to time when his name lives only in past. "You fool! Wh......Read More
Categories: only, beauty, life, rose, work,
Form: Sonnet
Crazy
...Crazy Call me crazy/ And I just might be/ Because I love those/ Who do not care/ And condemn their own souls/ Care for those/ Who do not care for me/ Give to those/ Who only take away/ Be......Read More
Categories: only, anger, betrayal, corruption, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Eternal Embrace: A Sonnet for You
...In twilight's glow, our love begins to bloom, A sonnet forged from heart, not ink or plume. For you alone, this verse of passion weaves, An ode to love, that only you shall perceive. In realms ......Read More
Categories: only, feelings, for her, longing,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Keep Walking
...Keep Walking I was told Warned by travel agent When leaving airport At a tourist location That many would approach me But she did not get me ready for this As I walked through a door Here come......Read More
Categories: only, fate,
Form: Free verse
Magic Reclaimed
...The power of one word a sentence to shame Whose meaning suborted and magic reclaimed Only one syllable quiets the storm Where poets can dream —in beauty reborn (The New Room: June 9, 2023......Read More
Categories: only, magic, words,
Form: Rhyme
I want Her
...I wonder if there is even a clue in her mind Or is she just in denial Maybe I should be straight forward and tell her how I feel Although I know she is not healed From her past I don't think I ......Read More
Categories: only, best friend, blessing, courage,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member It's Axiomatic
...An axiom I heard once states: If you always do What you've always done, Then you'll always get What you always got. To paraphrase and reiterate: What's worse, Waking up one morning And real......Read More
Categories: only, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Pirates
...Their ships must ride a rolling sky, masts too high to sail into view. They appear, board the land, they buccaneer. The clamoring mob fall upon a scuttling prey pluck the weakest into hun......Read More
Categories: only, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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