Short Incense Poems

Short Incense Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Incense by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Incense by length and keyword.


Premium Member Engulfed

Soft whispers
of green breeze in leaves,
incense blooms.
Summer heat
is everywhere that I turn.
Sun falls through the trees.
Form: Shadorma


Breath Of Spirit



Each breath streams high through incense of  winds--
And my spirit feels cleansed from waves 
Gushing through heart's tower
Form: Kimo

Premium Member Letting Go

Incense meanders
Weaving a bridge of prayers
Here, your whispered vows,
Resonate like dull echoes,
In the canyons of your grief.
Form: Tanka

Worshipper

scratching his groin 
a worshiper offers food: 
the flattered deity 
in flowery garbage, holy 
water, incense and sweat 

--R.K.Singh
Form: Tanka

Mama

Florence of Lawrence 
Mother of sense
her learning curve incense
her colorful fence for defence
Progressing up the pyramid with boldness
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Candle Resmblance

There’s a wick over their heads Like a candle, incense found A wavy like expression Fits on their faces
Russell Sivey
Form: Dodoitsu

New Year's Eve's Eve

Capricorn morning
The day before New Year's Eve
The first touch of dawn
Blends with the smell of incense
And the sound of heartfelt prayer
© Jim Wilson  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Premium Member Lost and Found

Gunfire wounded
temple time passes by
fleeing dominance, anger,
lovers linger lost
freedom glorified, homage;
saffron incense calls prayer.
Form: Sedoka

Premium Member Rose Window

Medieval rose Multifaceted colour Fired by strong sunlight Lucent prism, incense smell Bricks and mortar come alive.
Form: Tanka

Drunk Gorilla

He can't sleep without alcohol.
What else can you expect from an old alcoholic but boasting!?
Staggering left and right and burning incense.
Form: Other

Premium Member Jasmine - Haiku

poet’s jasmine vine

      incense of inspiration

spirit in the night


Susan Ashley
November 8, 2020


~ Poem Of The Day ~
November 10, 2020
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Makes the World Go Round

L: living lovable, letting incense of love
O: overcome the heart’s desires while 
V: vibrant lovable vapors capture the soul 
E: exquisitely, for everlasting, with love
Form: Acrostic

Scents

patchouli incense
opens nostrils --
fragrant dreams

patchouli incense
smolders ethereal --
phantom dreams

patchouli incense
burns as fingers --
massaging dreams
Form: Senryu

Diamante

Perfume Floral, fragrant Smelling, refreshing, tempting Incense, pot pouri, aroma, odour Lingering, infusing, deodorising Scent, musky Aftershave
© Liz Archer  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Diamante

Premium Member Tanka 3

I give You my praise,
rising from this heart's altar
pillars of incense
pure fragrance softly spreading
bringing joy to You, my God.

Copyright, September 28, 2014
Faye Lanham Gibson
Form: Tanka

Rapturous Shine

The contours are mine 
The incense is thine
When the petals do float
This heart never gloats
Illumined and divine
This rapturous shine
Is sure
Merciful and benign--  



(c)copyright-vijay nair
© Vijay Nair  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Heavenly Scent

Incense imported from exotic lands
Favourites range: Rose, earthy Sandalwood, mystic Frankincense
~ Most soothing to muddled minds



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

Little Frailer

Oy little frailer,
Chaplain of the maple stocks –
Mother wants me home!

I must tell her of my kin,
The incense of rugged mud banks
Clinging tightly to my toes –

How shall I ever leave!

May I have a word

Free Speech is a pied-piper
of artificial colours and flavours –
mixing to grey, watching
The Censor’s Army
in red uniforms
march close,
as arson flames
turn to incense.
Who wants to be God?

Premium Member Heard a Who, Smelled a Who, Burned What

Horton smelled a Who, what about Hortense
  Did she have that special female 'sixth sense'
     It seems she was lacking
     But not 'cos of hacking
  'Hortense! Stop burning that freaking incense!'
Form: Limerick

Dream Fragment

I folded into the dark wooden foyer
that reminded me of the church confessional when I was a boy

the images that got conjured up in there
the smell of burning incense

I lit a match then
I passed out then
© Mike Funk  Create an image from this poem.

Vanity

Confidence drained out of my photographs 
Replaced by lines that weren't there 
All the hell's getting inside me 
Never imagined I'd be here 
Bowed on one knee 
Burning hope as incense at the altar 
Of vanity
Form: Rhyme

My Reverie

offerings of the soul

 incense for the gods

 fragrent  memories

 mixture of joy and tears

gathered   tenderly

thru endless  years

 time of quiet gratitude

moments spent with you

in my reverie

Free Cee Jesus It Stinks In Here

JESUS IT STINKS IN HERE

I’m telling you, man, church really makes no sense
But that ain’t nothing new
Why do you think they burn incense,
And call a row of seats the “pew” ?
     © 2012…copyright PHREEPOETREE…~free cee!~
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Out of Sight

the sun at twilight
leaving a trail of beauty
like smoke from incense

scarlet macaw flight
through deep green on verge of dusk
indigo follows

mysterious bug
fireflies twinkle all the June
in touch with the moon
Form: Haiku

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