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Shielding Poems - Poems about Shielding

Defense Mechanism
... Wall goes quickly up, Shielding fragile inner self, Safety sought within. ©bfa042925 ......

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Categories: shielding, life,
Form: Haiku
Stillness at the Crown
... The sun, a molten eye directly overhead, no longer a traveler on the horizon's rim, but a sovereign, absolute. Shadows shrink to almost nothing, hiding beneath the very things that cast the......

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Categories: shielding, nature, sun,
Form: Free verse



Flip or Flop
...if you see me sitting around with my head tilted down face wrinkled in a frown hands shielding my face just trying to figure out if I can survive in this place if I can finish this race I ......

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Categories: shielding, death,
Form: Free verse
Living
...We live in time, We coexist with the unseen, Or rather, the unseen coexists with us, We are on a journey guided by our souls. Time nurtures us. We blossom, and at times we struggle wit......

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Categories: shielding, inspirational, nature, time,
Form: Free verse
A Prince Forever
...To the world, he may just be a man, Chasing dreams, with calloused hands. But to her, he's the little boy still, With scraped knees and a stubborn will. She watched him stumble, watched him gro......

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Categories: shielding, mom, mother,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Under the fortune of a bent life, I was comforted by the love of many women
...Under the fortune of a bent life, I was comforted by the love of many women, waves of silk that soothed my soul, Delicate fingers twisting through my hair like the wind through autumn leaves, Warm ......

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Categories: shielding, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member something old, something new
... The US tariffs declares the plot is lost shielding the tired and old, from the new kid on the block. Focusing on the past admits failure to compete with others on a level playing field. It says......

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Categories: shielding, games, money,
Form: Free verse
Dear Fear
...Dear Fear, I remember the first time you were here. First day of my new school, my grandma warned me…, It’s a bad world, my girl, that won’t like you to be free. Remember these words, they will p......

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Categories: shielding, courage, emotions, grandmother, growth,
Form: Rhyme
THE MOTHER OF MINE
...To my dearest Grandma > *Allocasuarina luehmannii, known as one of the strongest trees in the world, symbolizes the strength, resilience, and enduring bond I share with my grandmother. Just as t......

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Categories: shielding, appreciation, care, devotion, emotions,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member True Beauty, Indeed, To The Number-Theorists
...True beauty, indeed (to the number-theorists), reveals the distribution of the primes. Beauty, too, is courage, the defiant fists of a defender whom we praise in rhymes. Beauty a......

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Categories: shielding, beauty, betrayal, hero, mythology,
Form: Sonnet
When Time Slips Away
...I’m always too late, When I have to say something important, When I have to keep a promise, When I have to call out to her, When I have to bring her back— I’m always too late. In the changing......

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Categories: shielding, analogy, blessing, dark, deep,
Form: Free verse
Pandemic Nightfall
...I hold your hand, Look into your eyes. I see fear there. You don’t want to die. I watch you breathe in. I watch you breathe out. My entire world is trapped in plastic. I’m surrounded by the ......

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Categories: shielding, america, care, career,
Form: Free verse
I thought I knew what love was
...I used to think that love meant being a protector, A shield against the world, both fierce and colder, To guard you from the storms, the cuts, the tears, To keep you from the weight of all my sile......

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Categories: shielding, feelings, love,
Form: Rhyme
Untamed Reflections
...It gets too much I hold back, shielding you from parts of me you should never have to fear. Some truths, I keep locked away, deeming them unnecessary for you to bear. Yet, you control me mind......

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Categories: shielding, allusion, anger, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Free verse
A Father's pleading
...By mystic river's waters, Shielding mountains, illuminating sun, With clear jade, embrace unintentional mistakes. Within five kowtow, seeking heavenly Kindness beneath. Just like this, Fuqin ......

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Categories: shielding, 9th grade, devotion, father
Form: Jueju

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