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Recoiling Poems - Poems about Recoiling

Recoiling Poems - Examples of all types of poems about recoiling 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 recoiling.
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome... Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor nothing short of an imminent civil war dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021 oddly enough e......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse



The Broken Bridge
...When you stood on the bridge He along stood firmly by your side. When you almost fell off the edge That courage he never tried to hide. With his artful kind and peaceful mind The Portrait b......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, bereavement, crush, death of
Form: Epic
Premium Member gaslight me the movie
...gaslight me the movie of my underdeveloped consciousness give me a hand take thine arm without the silent treatment and a thank you for the mind fook hoovering is not allowed this is ......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Face In The Crowd
...The face in the crowd Walking through time The church on the hill That day Etched forever in silent loathing No word, no reason, long, long, gone Fifteen years The face, older ......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, death, wedding,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Measure of Time
...timing is everything pretty much anytime anyhow anyplace morning noon or evening whatever the birth date no matter the season or how tight the G-string victu......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, 12th grade, life, time,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Faustian Bargain
...Came back for no good reason, other than making a splash Recoiling in horror, when my demons emit a flash Anointed by unholy chrism, absolves me from the trash Can ......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, corruption, desire, money,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Ambush Hunter
...Ambush Hunter Raining, periodic glimpses of eyes glinting, stripes disclosing a tiger prowling through the forest: peering, listening, smelling, drooling, stalking, circling, pausing. ......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, animal, nature, tiger,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Cul-De-Sac
...Cul-de-Sac Quick steps slow to hesitate The sudden curve of a straight white line Into the mists of detour Lined with haunting facades Of blurred addresses And faded street signs Wher......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member How Do You Feel
...Suckled on time's lifetime of pure sadness where through my life's years were various wars the men who died were killed by the madness those who survived have scattered across shores this darknes......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, conflict, life, war,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member lets tango Poetry Contest
...Words on the wall. Go with Paul. So profound. Like a crystal ball. Okay, all coming back. Should have read. Julie, will you go with Paul. But it didn’t. Surely a message. A deeper meaning. ......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, death, feelings, humor, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Tale Told By Trees
... A tale told by trees, rooted in the things that yearn far from sight and light of day deep within the earth… Wisdom, cautious, heeds - woe befalls one who disturbs a tale told by tree......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, assonance, corruption, creation,
Form: Other
The Last Crusade
...Most of his mature life had been a process of recoiling and mending. Until late he had not suspected that this prolonged retreat had been his lot. He thought he was building bricks, const......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Blowout
...The image could not be more clear: the blowout from a diaper, recoiling from my precious child as though she were a viper. Olfactory assault enough to bring you to your knees, the onesie soiled......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, children, imagery,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Shearing Sheep
...My head hangs low above the sink, Ha, no, unlikely what you think! True, there were times excessive drink Did see the gut, recoiling, shrink. Nay, far more happy time and place Would best desc......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, hair, humorous,
Form: Quatrain
My Pendulum
...The pendulum swings Side to side, one to the other You can apply many things to the arc Emotions, behaviours, actions, life I find examples often in me Like a hot flame, recoiling away from this......Read the rest...
Categories: recoiling, emotions,
Form: Free verse

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