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Time Poems | Examples of Time Poetry

Time Poems - Examples of all types of time poetry to share and read. This list of time poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of time poetry. This list of works about time is an excellent resource for examples on how to write time poems.
Chivalry
Coupled, they brave the storm and critical exposure forced by the storm to form a perilous enclosure. Under its salvo, they press shivering shapes together to limit the foray of such unholy weather. Embedded thus, they dare defy the higher forces. Yet his chivalry is...Read the rest...
Categories: time, caregiving, smile, spring, storm,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
I must have been in a coma Not to see time passing by So can you explain to me The mysterious reason why How did it happen? What’s my excuse? Did I suddenly go blind? Was I really so obtuse? I wasn’t prepared...Read the rest...
Categories: time, age, dream, grief, image,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member I Miss
I should have when I could have but did not, In retrospect I missed a chance or two. I see it now! If only then I knew - I would have given life a better shot! But...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, life, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time Manifests
The more time spent worrying about a problem The less time for thinking of a solution. The more time spent worrying about others The less time for your own happiness. The more time spent worrying about tomorrow The...Read the rest...
Categories: encouraging, feelings, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member transcend dents of time
opposite my upstairs relaxation chair window-corner be a pendulum clock ...above a low shelf-cabinet and below a black and white buddhist meditation image... the pendulum keeps swinging but the reading doesn't change ...reflecting that a time reality be as our heart keeps ticking and...Read the rest...
Categories: adventure, time,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Don't Dream, Don't Cry
Don't dream, don't cry... don't let be something of your daily living; as you know dreams don't last more than a single night! Don't dream, don't cry... don't shiver under your sheets: wish for the guy who held you tight! Don't dream, don't...Read the rest...
Categories: time, anxiety, desire, dream, happiness,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member In My Pretty Garden
In my pretty garden, I see a new blossom. Each morning the flowers, welcome me with their silence. I love to see the swirling butterflies, going in for a kiss from the flowers. Following close behind, I see a big...Read the rest...
Categories: time, beauty, flower, old, silence,
Form: Free verse
The Dance of Illusion and Truth
In a world of synthetic dreams, Where nothing is quite as it seems, Emotions emanate and rise, Painting stories across the skies. Swirling thoughts in a misty haze, Drift through memory's rustic maze. A timeless dance...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, time, truth,
Form: Free verse
Barding Time
Can you put the past behind you is there nothing left to learn Can you look toward the future your dreams no longer spurned Can you ask that final question that unanswered sets you free Can you step inside the moment to be or not — to be (The New Room:...Read the rest...
Categories: time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Devil
devil spread half truths to followers who see the raven fly devil hide your face under the moon and as we dwell, leave us this path through hoards of history's gold watched by years of rising land and waters fill and empties whole and time is...Read the rest...
Categories: death, life, nature, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Afternoons Aplenty
we spent the afternoon throwing ourselves off castle walls jumping into moats we spent our time pierced with swords having arrows hit us and many more miss us in aching arms in shields that's what we did sharing blood and last breaths...Read the rest...
Categories: time, death, life, meaningful, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Where did the Time Go?
Inspired by the Glenn Hughes song, "Where Did the Time Go?" Where did the time go? We meet again!  Were we young and foolish then? Now, what do we know?  It was love at a glance. We had a fight. ...Read the rest...
Categories: time, age, lost love, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Memory Answers
Life is precious and people die and people die and people die One day closer a last goodbye a last goodbye a last goodbye Questions asking forever bide forever bide forever bide Memory left to answer why to answer why to answer why (The New Room:...Read the rest...
Categories: death, life, memory, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Arm-in-Arm Awaiting
‘I shall multiply your seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand on the seashore’* ...Read the rest...
Categories: time, children, father, future, god,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member To Walk the Land of My Fathers
O, to walk the land of my fathers to trod their sacred paths Grant me strength to...Read the rest...
Categories: time, bible, father, god, history,
Form: Couplet

Specific Types of Time Poems

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