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Shrieks Poems - Poems about Shrieks

Thunderstorm
...The fury of a thunderstorm Should not be a surprise, For prior to its sudden booms Come dark-as-nighttime skies. The wind whips up, the branches sway, The air cools down a bit And lightning z......

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Categories: shrieks, storm,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ceasefire
...white flag shrieks across skies drenched with stale war -"peace!"......

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Categories: shrieks, hope, peace, sky, violence,
Form: Lanterne



Premium Member I name him marshmallow
...They hop into my sister’s garden They are adorable! I say, watching their cheeks chew up her lettuce. I know they are rodents But they look like stuffies One is almost pure white, I name him Ma......

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Categories: shrieks, animal, garden,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cowardly Buffoon
...He is a cowardly buffoon Less cowboy than poltroon Cringes in fear at the moon Afraid of bubbly lagoon Doesn’t make anyone swoon Terrified of a small raccoon Shrieks and hides from a blown-up......

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Categories: shrieks, humorous,
Form: Monorhyme
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado......

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Categories: shrieks, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Martyred for Freedom
...Masha Amini was an Iranian woman who was kept captive in jail for clamoring for Women’s Rights. Later she died in police custody under suspicious circumstances. Her death led to widespread civil ......

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Categories: shrieks, abuse, betrayal, leadership, woman,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hitchcock
...I remember reading a short story by Hitchcock. Three friends walk and converse as they make their trek home from work. Huddled in mind, independently fearless, the cold air or hot night baring their......

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Categories: shrieks, fear,
Form: Haibun
The Leaves Are Hushed
...The Leaves are Hushed Alone she stares through a skylight playing I spy with the sky, creating fantastical creatures out of skimming, brimming clouds. Suddenly a shadow swiftly smears a w......

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Categories: shrieks, death, fear, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The sad Happy New Year
... The human creatures dancing To the rhythms of blood and flesh Shrieks and sobs of soft babies......

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Categories: shrieks, new year,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My First Ever Poem
...Down a grassy lane, I trudged beneath pale blue skies, a rambling spirit, vivid scenic hues a spur, to a literary verse Images abound, for me to seize and savour, in a magic whirl, or vorte......

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Categories: shrieks, art, birth, creation, deep,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member TANKA show tell COLLECTION
...without- the waning sun warms my face shalom cloaks the wells within with a tremor of light- daybreak tinges the nigrescent sky grey- the horizon appears distinct in my mind's eye on ......

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Categories: shrieks, poetry,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Somewhere On Foot Part One
...I peered deeply into a water trickling dyke clustered by pale blue and green peebles. “Oh dear I sometimes dig too deep or maybe not diffidently. Damon Deep thinker, lost in thought type.” There ......

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Categories: shrieks, beautiful, character, city, deep,
Form: Prose
Generations
...I often ponder about the perpetuous anathema in my household, because growing up, that abominable behavior was quite normalized. I’ve always heard derogatory, disrespectful remarks or comments, God,......

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Categories: shrieks, abuse, angst, child abuse,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Why am I like this?
...He finally asked me out After a year of anticipation and waiting He finally asked It should be an exciting time A time that should feel like a high that only teenage love can bring A time that ......

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Categories: shrieks, crush,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Winter's Lullaby Lyrics
...Choking noble light held by the hands of Fate As deceived Persephone enters Hade’s gate The burning suns falling through the universe. ......

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Categories: shrieks, dark, death, emotions, grief,
Form: Lyric

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