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Portrait Poems - Poems about Portrait

Portrait Poems - Examples of all types of poems about portrait 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 portrait.
Premium Member The Halusinating Toreador by Salvador Dali - 1970 Contest 1302
...Standing in front of this enormous masterpiece, Seeing his life story as the layers release. I wasn’t warned to expect a wonder so rare. I guess I expected a melting clock here or there. Venu......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, art,
Form: Ekphrasis



Oh, a shadow of the being in the tattered drapes of day
...Oh, a shadow of the being in the tattered drapes of day, You play upon the stage of the world with a smile borrowed from another vision. You are a dancer in the whirl of human bustle and retreat, ......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Your indifference is the abandoned torch that scours old bridges
...Your indifference is the abandoned torch that scours old bridges, Hiding in shadows the echoes of each tremulous and cold step. Your wounds, coppery reliefs that lure me dishonorably, Urge me to e......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Confidence
...Quote: “You are as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fears; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.”— Samuel Ullman In realms of self-assurance, let us dwell, Where confidence......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, confidence,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Twelve Bells at Midnight
...In the vortex of a maelstrom, I was rudely thrown drowning in turbulent waters for an error I bemoan, a blunder of loving someone who chose to whittle away at my heart until it became ......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, angst, relationship,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member House by The Railroad, 1925 by Edward Hopper 1301
..."Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house. There is a sort of elation about sunlight on the upper part of a house. Though I may influence genius, t......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, horror,
Form: Ekphrasis
Flesh Wounds
...The mirror reflects a lifetime etched upon my skin; a canvas of stories whispered through maturity. I stand before it, middle-aged and exposed, my nakedness laid bare. My image holds no ju......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, appreciation, beauty, body, growth,
Form: Free verse
WHAT LOVE MEANS
...Love is: The hallowed window, Through which our heart mirrors The intrinsic value in our fellow human being It is the manifestation of the portrait of our heart And inclination for the perpetu......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, beauty, celebration, humanity, true
Form: Free verse
My Unfold Love
...My Unfold Love Dr Ranjit Dutta Ledo.Assam A masterpiece unfolds In the depths of my bosom, In that art of love A story yet untold. With vibrant hues of passion I paint a can......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Haunting Waltz
... A Haunting Waltz As I recline, wearied, on this eve so dark and dreary, Whispers in the shadows, tales of Victorian eerie. The moon, a spectral lantern, spills its ghastly glow on cob......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, gothic, lost love, passion,
Form: Rhyme
Heart of Courage
...By Cherbo Geeplay This, to the commanding officer who led his troops to war, on one knee and won in the trenches on the battlefield littered with landmines. I held your portrait sir, this......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, christmas, courage, rights, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Portrait: Of a Lady
...She had never felt so loved, past threshold of turning back to familiar home There was comfort in arms that held her statuesque form, heart fine honed His cruelty made her kind, bound to commit......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, hurt, integrity, relationship, strength,
Form: Sonnet
MY HEART WITHOUT YOU
...MY HEART WITHOUT YOU ....... YOUR LONG HAIR STILL LINGERS UPON MY COLD FACE TOUCHING MY FINGERS SKIN AND SOULS CANNOT FORGET YOUR OPEN HAIR ON MY MIRRORS FRONT FORMING THE MOST STUNNING PORT......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, 10th grade, absence, angst,
Form: Vaasokht
Premium Member Yet Brokenhearted
...Some say Love is everything Some say love is nothing Of course, if one has never been loved, never felt such warmth from another; absent the caring nearness of a dear mother, father, sister......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, easter, emotions, feelings, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hidden Portrait
...Dear secret, have I depicted your story? Can I finally now lay you to rest? Please understand, I never bid farewell, Esteem I cannot forget, From mutual feelings shown through quiet years, ......Read the rest...
Categories: portrait, absence, art, beautiful, care,
Form: Free verse

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