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Upturned Poems - Poems about Upturned

Upturned Poems - Examples of all types of poems about upturned 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 upturned.
We Go Gently Underneath The Stars
...We go gently under the stars, Barefoot whispers on dew-kissed scars Of the sleeping earth. A velvet hush, Only starlight whispers, a gentle crush Of galaxies vast on our upturned gaze. No need......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, image, inspiration, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member snowball
...I got this new hand soap, called “Frosted Coconut Snowball.” It's the dreamiest scent ever. When I’d unpacked (from Spring break) and had everything in place, I dragged Andy and Leong into my bat......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, education, friendship, humor, school,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pansy
... I am a garden pansy, a descendent of the family Viola, poet's write praises of me not just these days; but in the days of Spencer and Shakespeare, I am that old, ......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, flower,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Persephone
... Struggling With carrying branches to dry for kindling, Cursing the seemingly extra long winter and those who keep bringing it; a shadow drifts over me like a primordial raven, and a rush of......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, mythology,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sea Spray
...the cold wet sea spray fell upon my upturned face heard my own laughter......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, appreciation, cool, sea, water,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Working Hands
... I was just a little girl, when I saw them, The hands that blessed my heart, With kindness, compassion and attention, Hands that sought to protect me, Bless me with their endless g......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, appreciation, blessing, encouraging, heart,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Trompe L'oiel
... Trompe L'oeil I use to be so sure of my colors But now my vision is jaded Perhaps it is obscured from the THOUSANDS of tears I've shed I taught you the primary colors, RED, YELLOW, and BL......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, analogy, anger, angst, emotions,
Form: Free verse
brief biopic of a bean
... isolated leaves— Coffea shrubs reach their stems toward sole-hung sun java shops murmur —misty exhales from hushed mugs loneliness is loud Bean's journey from upturned earth as vast as ......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, appreciation, food, journey,
Form: Bio
Arrivals
...Night thunder arrives. Occult spacecraft descend, hurl giant underbellies of sound downward - climactic events galvanize grouting and glass. The next boom is distant, yet lightning streaks acro......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Between the Years
...I see the elderly in the young. I see them carrying home in a string bag, onions, large carrots pale red nub-ends poking through tattered holes. A scarf tied over thinning gray hair. A face b......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Book of Changes
... "The Book of Changes" Thoughts arrived before words, 1000s of years before the crossing of curves always seen to be swimming upstream against the current thou......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, muse, mystery, spiritual, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Crow In Boots With Upturned Collar
...My feet are killing me In case nobody knows The chill is real But all I feal Is the pinching of my toes Oh woe O......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, giving, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Cold Comfort
...Who give me cold comfort when the Moon rides the pale I see the mice pass the silho and then I praise Schubert who has the courage to change his tune There's a man on a bicycle he has no cho......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Saturday Street Preacher
...I venture out For the first time in a while And am met by a sight: A Saturday Street Preacher, His altar an upturned crate, Voice amplified by a tinny megaphone. He reads not from the Good ......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, analogy, city, religion,
Form: Free verse
Disruptive Pattern Material
...I was first picked up In a cast-off shop in Liverpool; Surrounded by racks of seasoned shirts Bearing names of old soldiers. “Draper” draped on an immature frame In a collage of brown and gre......Read the rest...
Categories: upturned, allegory, fashion, identity, life,
Form: Free verse

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