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Sphinx Poems - Poems about Sphinx

Sphinx Poems - Examples of all types of poems about sphinx 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 sphinx.
SPHINX STONE
...SPHINX STONE I am Sphinx Stone Sun stationed statue silent sculptured synoptic not marble or granite nor black tourmaline or crystal sapphire quartz vortex for Void actualising sacred a......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, africa, age, color, extended
Form: Alliteration



Villanelle: Remembering Not to Call
...Villanelle: Remembering Not to Call by Michael R. Burch (a villanelle permitting mourning, for my mother, Christine Ena Burch) The hardest thing of all, after telling her everything, is reme......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, absence, children, death, eulogy,
Form: Villanelle
Premium Member To Save their Skins
... On the ash-heap of history strewn towers and pyramids ruined Of civilizations long since extinct alive only in pottery and sphinx They once fought the Jews tooth and nail ......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, death, hate, history, jewish,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Whispers of Grandeur
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ behold pyramids timeless, grand sentinels, silent and wise curators of ancient souls ancient mysteries locked inside in solitude they stand in desert, mystic la......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
In the shadow of the night, when the wind weaves endless spells
...In the shadow of the night, when the wind weaves endless spells, There you stand, eternal rock, at war with time itself. The night, with its new moon voice, whispers to you its secrets, And you, l......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



i can't touch you
... i'm forbidden to touch you to think of you, to sigh but i can see the seagulls flying over the sea, and screaming and flying i see how the waves are throwing stones at them, i”m forbidden t......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Walking by; I can feel you
...Walking, walking, thinking One mood of music, one single song Repeating, repeating, repeating… …fading in and out of my consciousness Now the cold breeze making me feel formal and stylized in my......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, child, day, emotions, growing
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Riddle of the Sphinx
...Face of femme fatale, she soars across the sky, lionhearted warrior, asking all who catch her eye, ‘Tell me the creature, with only one voice, on all fours from morning, two feet by noon and......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, allegory, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Great Quotes To Ponder
...There are various eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes: and as a result there are various truths, and as a result there is no truth. Nietzsche......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, betrayal, truth,
Form: Epigram
Richard Mcgeehan Poem
...Richard Mcgeehan Poem Poetic license I employ to match inventive wisdom and witticism regarding (brother in law of mine husband of eldest sister of same) interspersing, initiating, incorpora......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member In One Moment
...In One Moment In one moment, naked branches will bloom, And be flush with green leaves and flowers, And they can bear the sweetest ripest fruit, Before the leaves turn brown and scattered, ......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Like the Sphinx
...Like the Sphinx Igor lies regally With eyes closed off To the world. He finds his zen And feels the breeze But knows not how much He is revered.......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, animal, appreciation, cat,
Form: Rhyme
Testing Music Equipment
...Sphinx applied for a job at Duel Tool Instrument Manufacturing. During his first days he was assigned four breaks and lunch at Noon which lasted for 45 minutes.His work days would be four days a w......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, guitar, music,
Form: Ballad
Testing Music Equipment
...Sphinx applied for a job at Duel Tool Instrument Manufacturing. During his first days he was assigned four breaks and lunch at Noon which lasted for 45 minutes.His work days would be four days a w......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, guitar, music,
Form: Ballad
Testing Music Equipment
...Sphinx applied for a job at Duel Tool Instrument Manufacturing. During his first days he was assigned four breaks and lunch at Noon which lasted for 45 minutes.His work days would be four days a w......Read the rest...
Categories: sphinx, guitar, music,
Form: Ballad

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