Short Vacantly Poems
Short Vacantly Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Vacantly by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Vacantly by length and keyword.
Goodbye
She lies silently.
Vacantly staring at
the ceiling and plucking
nothing out
of nowhere.
She barely eats, she
barely drinks,
she barely moves.
But today is a good day.
Tomorrow she will be
gone....
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Categories:
vacantly, absence
Form:
Free verse
Hollowed
I lie crumpled at the foot of my own bed --
there are moments when I am empty,
rushing water pouring over smooth, flat stones.
I stare vacantly at the slow torrent of sky
and at the unchanging rooms of my life.
I commiserate with the moaning of the wind
and the battering of the tall grass of the plains....
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Categories:
vacantly, life
Form:
Free verse
Bus 268
Everyday for the last five years
His dedicated routine was the same
Catching Bus 268 at 9.30am to be with her
On Bus 268 at 5pm to return home again
Tuesday was like any other
Though the bus trip home was not the same
Tears fell as he stared vacantly out the window
Never to catch Bus 268 again
...
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Categories:
vacantly, age, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Bus Number 268
Everyday for the last five years
His dedicated routine was the same
Catching Bus number 268 at 9am to be with her
On Bus number 268 at 5pm to return home again
Tuesday was like any other
Though the bus trip home was not the same
Tears fell as he stared vacantly out the window
He would never be catching Bus number 268 again
...
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Categories:
vacantly, change, dedication, life, true love,
Form:
Rhyme
A Blank Face
A blank screen faces a writer
Intimidating
All that open space
What are the writer's odds?
A blank face stares dully at the psychiatrist
Unwavering, unblinking
Unengaged, uncomprehending
Where does the psychiatrist even begin?
A child looks vacantly at an empty plate
Listless, disinterested
No expectation of food on it
Not today, not tomorrow...
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Categories:
vacantly, child, food, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Homeless
The woman smiles vacantly
waiting for the bus,
but not climbing on;
eyes lined, hair matted,
hands in moth-eaten gloves.
She talks to a photo
she grasps in her hands
of sorrows and pain of the past,
oblivious to those who stare or ignore her.
Her old knit cap covers reflections
she refuses to share as a
refugee from a life of comfort
now at the mercy of the elements
and the law....
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Categories:
vacantly, confusion, life, sad, social,
Form:
Free verse
Dry Summer
DRY SUMMER
On Harcourt Hill the summer grass is parched and desiccated
All dry and flaxen neath the beating sun, its message carried
To teachers’ throats to give a thirst, a craving unabated
For College now is designated: ‘campus dry’ and arid
But when this season’s over and the sun’s becoming mellow
And classrooms echo vacantly with words select and wise
Then, temperance repealed, with soft tones as a solo cello
Some sweet and blest libations will restore, revitalise....
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Categories:
vacantly, school, summer,
Form:
Rhyme