Raves Poems | Examples

A Seasonal Affair

A frigid spell of arctic air 
adorns the tranquil western scene; 
a stunning glimpse of fall’s affair 
with spring’s vivacious flower queen. 

When autumn’s cooling wind combines 
with April's warming playful breeze, 
a whirling tempest paints designs 
on grounds of winter’s icy freeze. 

On sculptured hills of milky snows 
October's tepid finger strolls, 
and May's seductive blossom grows 
when rising mercury controls. 

Two heated seasons blend in time, 
creating havoc in the sky. 
Through swelling clouds of grey they climb 
releasing moisture as they fly. 

A blizzard raves across the path 
of spring and autumn’s torrid flight, 
and winter smiles in aftermath; 
they outperformed this glacial night.

Oi Oi Hoi Polloi

All aboard the bizarre Farage barge.. 

Unless of course you are from abroad..
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Narcissist catalyst.. old school fraud..discord twist..

Can't resist.. staging the raging red mist.. 

Fist of Mob rule tryst does persist..  


Depraved raves..insist..craved faves..

Won't save slaves & knaves..

Hellbent they are sent..

To graves under the waves…

Foolish votes for ghoulish gloats..

Seedier media leaders lying..

Defying the dying..


Folks crying..ghastly ghostly boats..

Crude jokes delude..lewd masterstrokes denude..

Corporate rascal castle debacle floats..

On dank murky murderous moats..

Scuffles.. muffles ruffles & kerfuffles

Pokes & provokes just for bank notes..


The ubiquity of inequity

This poem or tome..

Every face…race should be.

Free to roam..

In this place..

We all call home..

Pearl misbehaves, throws fits, rants and raves

     If Pearl misbehaves
     throws fits, rants and raves
     What of the parents who raise her

     If Johnny can’t read
     or do simple math
     What of his teachers who instruct him

     If Darryl kills a man at age 14
     After robbing him blind
     What of the system which releases him too soon

     Where’s there no supervision or accountability, little teaching, less review
     the quality products turned out number between zero and a few

What a State

do you think it’s funny
hilarious, haha, a joke

how a billionaire’s money
is enough to make him an expert

on how to put his hands 
around your throat 
until you choke

how your taxes should be spent
and who should be sent away
to another place

to disappear without a trace
sold into slavery
or worse

to another time
when people were schooled
that rich white men ruled and 
everyone else was 
easily fooled

where women stayed
in the kitchen all day
preferably naked
and always ready to play 

nobody was welcome
unless they could pay 
their five million dollar
fee to stay

does it make you giggle
when our president
rants and raves
stomps his feet
and holds his breath
until his face
turns orange

says that only he
knows what’s best
for the billionaires
because quite frankly
no one cares about 
all the rest

everyone must bow down
lay down 
stay down
or get put down

orange marmalade
like fentanyl laced Gatorade
breaks the spirit
numbs the mind
until you find
you’re on the floor

too weak to
care anymore

Moon Memento - Silver Dust Tales

Written: April 14, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Suzette Richards

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In shimmering twilight, a memento on the moon lies quiet,
a story etched in silver dust, evokes the wanderer of the past.
Moon serenity is countless, and heart beats bear sureness.
Astral footsteps foster starlight, tracks of kismet smite.
Human creation will grow, even as infernal fungi blow,
Guided by its healing glow, ideas rise as heaven flows.
A beacon for cosmic treasure hunters, lost in wonder, 
Scattering nuclear waves across our broken raves.
Moon rulers of night's endless canvas, secrets soundless,
Each crater bears a mark of human spirit, etched by hopes legit.
Echoes of vast growth, the fallout of anarchy, and sloth,
A stark slant of man trespass, bloody scenes of raw gas.
Visions reveal paths daring, souls can roam in the glaring,  
A reminder that dreams stay, even under peaceful skies.

San Francisco’s Soulmates

                                        
                San Francisco Soulmates


You discovered the ever-seeking soul in me!
Looking for truth, for all of mankind to see!
Unaccepting of all common, unquestioned beliefs.
Ignorant, educated dullards brought to me,absolutely no relief.


Late, late into the foggy evening’s very last twinkling, summer star, 
Plato and Aristotle, greedily we devoured, while riding on a cable car, 
And, although you now are insensate and in an impenetrable grave,
See my soul, my sweet, for truth, it rants and in my poetry, madly raves.
      

                         Tribute to my Late Husband
                         With Deepest Gratitude

                       Inspiration:” When You Are Old”
                             Great Author: W.B. YEATS

Prepare

Listen to the thunder of waves
As it heralds the change of tides
It comes day or night, no fixed time

Watch out for the lightning that raves
As it does not choose any side
It strikes like a broken rhyme

Mark Skip Stubbs

In loving memory of our Mark,
Better known to most as Skip,
Reunited with Clegg up in paradise now,
Best friends back joined at the hip.

From thrashing about on his motorbikes,
Revving the **** out them in crickmere park,
To his mams house bouncing with hardcore,
As skip raved away to M.C's and afterdark.

He absolutely loved to spend time with family,
Travelling to raves and cutting shapes on the dance floor,
In fact if he was made to choose just one,
Wouldn't be sure what he said he loved more.

All the stories that so many have to share,
In the days ahead filled with both joy and pain,
Means his legacy shall forever live on,
Precious memories will always remain.

We feel you all around us buoy,
Your spirit will never ever be gone,
You never could call it a night,
May your soul forever rave on.

A Fight for Survival

    Whither rhyme and meter
      counting the number of feet or
    sustained metaphors, sharp similes
      framework for what we called poetry

    Alas, today, almost anything goes  
      slams and raves some tend to ‘fave’
    while others dig obscenities and graves

    I hear tell there’s ‘a poetry revival’
      ~ though I sense a fight for survival

London Calling

An old friend visited today, no longer young Men

Our hair changed, not with dyes or clippers anymore

Two silver foxes, a little rounder than before

We both have partners now, I have kids

Where once warehouse raves and Oxford st debauchery stood

Now roast pork and red wine abound

A bottle shared, just slightly older than the story of us

The bonds that held us together remain unbroken

We laugh and shared our tales, those funny sayings we had

Where’s so and so now, and how did we get here?

Twelve years, as if no more than a weekend had passed 

Promises to make it sooner next time

A warm embrace and gently to bed 

I love you brother

Let's Tango

Fragrance night, spicy
Breeze tangoes near tomorrow
to green world stage raves
Howling blues stir lilac dark
Starlight, whistling in the park

Clouds keep on drifting
in times of vanishing moon
It's nature's wild dance
a sultry summer tango
when super moon turns mango

Sea Pebbles

Gardens of sea pebbles
glistening 'neath the moon,
shining their finest glow,
ride the tide as it slinks
away in ebbing flow.

Gardens of sea pebbles,
bright with seafloor colors,
mingle with calm sea life
that hug nocturnal shores
beside Poseidon's wife.

Gardens of sea pebbles
bead chains of jewelry
sparkling with waning waves
that cleanses their design
in gems that garner raves.

Gardens of sea pebbles
vibrant as the youthful
Goddess Aphrodite.
Exquisite adornments
gifted by Amphitrite.

Tremolo Torrents - Anacreontic

Tremolo Torrents – 12-20-23 
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Tremolo Torrents

Thundering fat raindrops fall,
Driven deluge in wild squalls,
Gossamer drops stream in waves
Quivering mists pour like raves,
Frenzies of clear crystal pearls
Hang from boughs in flawless swirls
Downpours shiver in rain flows
Swallow remnants of rainbows,
Tremolo thunder prepares
Hot ripples through static air
As torrents pelt thirsty ground
Sheer rain staccatos resound
Each drop reflects lightning’s fire,
Pivots wildly with desire,
Tempest’s fury rides the storm
Wind-swept raindrops leap free form.

GOD'S GLORY ALWAYS -

Grandeur gloriousness reveal Renaissance God glory
Laurels tributes elevations treasured honored glory Always 
Omni acclaimed exhortations based hommage ovations
Renowned  p l a n d i t  repute raves glory God Always
Yahweh confident placed in almighty God glory always 

12/13/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023©

Pumpkin Winds

Pumpkin winds

Your amber-umber eyes, penetrate me
as saffron sun sets on faces, ashen
Your suspicious mind raves with jealousy
as pumpkin winds chill our summers passion

For contest Bite size Line Gautier
September 23,2023

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