Rays Poems | Examples

Premium Member She was light, I was glass, a reflection of the rays passing through me

She was light, I was glass, a reflection of the rays passing through me,
A dance of shadows and glimmers on the surface of my cracked heart,
Perhaps I wasn't the purest altar, for something in me always resisted,
Trying to mend her, to hold her, but shattering her fragile outline.
Her light scattered into shards when it passed through me, a sad kaleidoscope,
It wasn't her that bent, but all that was good in her warm essence,
I held her with sharp edges, how could I keep the light alive?
So, in the end, she faded, not from desire, but from the lack of a clear path.
I left her without ways, a labyrinth of cracked mirrors and lost illusions,
And I wondered, how can a broken heart offer shelter to the light?
She vanished, like a memory shrouded in mist, letting the shadows fall,
But perhaps in my reflections, she will always continue to dance, unceasingly.

Premium Member Short Rays of Envy

Parity  e y e s, potency  f l i p s!
String bean was asked about his lips,
Stretched out for drink of cool water.
The desert wind, so hot, brought her -
“Long Tall Sally,” with spikes of glass;
With blue skies, standing in the grass.
He strums the strings of Summer sun.
Short rays of envy track the fun.


Premium Member soaking up the rays

soaking up the rays
plugged into the source
regenerating



AP: 2nd place 2025

Hard Rays

We fight stubborn ground, 
Heavy panels, slow progress,
Clean power awaits.

Premium Member Amber Rays of Sun

"A new relationship is like a seed that we plant and nurture ~ 
           it grows into something beautiful and everlasting."
                                                              ~ Jodi Picoult



When the veins of indigo thoughts in my broken heart
were gently touched by the golden glow within your soul
we blended together in a splendid hue of luminous sheen.

Upon love's palette, we are a soft shade of verdant green
awash in a crimson rouge of blush when I first felt the rush
of romance ignite my senses on our first night together.

So, I'll write what's in my heart, and the verse would start
with white rose petals of rhymes about the many times
I felt blue, wishing you'd recognized what was in my eyes.
Now, they shine with love brighter than amber rays of the sun.


Premium Member Spring Is Here

tulips turn their heads toward the warm sun
they drink in the sun’s bright rays
springtime is here to stay

Premium Member Warmth

warm rays of the sun
penetrate the frigid air
the snow takes notice

Sun Rays

SUN RAYS

Sun Ray's blowing through the Sun kissed Wind
Arrows flying through
Barely able to Bend
Light shining Bright
Brighter than the Eye can see
Vision being shuffled 
Who might this Be
Knock, knock, knock
Always come in Three's
Standing at the Door
Looking down at Me
Was The LORD'S HOLY Angel
Who might hold the Key

17 May. 2022
By: Xanthe LaDale Smith

Premium Member RAYS AND RAINS

rays and rains
blessings from God* of heaven
scorching or drenching???
since health matters most
umbrella brings hope

*Zechariah 10:1 - Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

December 29, 2024
2nd place, "Sanford-style tanka - A PICTURE PROMPT" Poetry Writing Contest	Sponsored by Suzette Richards; judged on 1/8/2025

Premium Member cascading rays

cascading rays
the heat made bearable
under cover
the mist of the waves
cooling her weary soul

Moon Rays

Moon Rays

The aquamarine moon rays can now 
recharge bus, train, and 
tram plastic 
fair cards.

Premium Member Rays Of Spring

Freed from burdens of cold ice carpets
Grasses resurrect from marshy pits
Rays from a red fireball from far
Shine like gold dust from a long lost star.
Songs of each bird have volumes hidden.
From freedom no one is forbidden.

A Crown of Rays

The sun waits in the shadows, ready to crown the morning with gold
If I could fold the suns rays, form them into a crown of gold
Then you my lovely princess, would always be decked in silver and gold

Premium Member High Noon Rays

So
soothing,
the moisture;
Cooling my core
I’m in a state of
bright ataraxia;
A barricade for brittle,
fragile skin is now protected;
If only your touch contained aloe,
instead of the high noon rays that fry me.

Premium Member Paying Respects

fresh fuchsia flowers
sunny rays splashing faces
across closed casket

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