Verso Poems | Examples

DEWFRESH MORN

DEWFRESH MORN
Poem written for “Vibrations from a Verso” Poetry Contest, Nette Onclaud, sponsor, July 26, 2025
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birdsong, sweet serenade 
songs of wonder 
branches sway, leafy shade 
scent softly wafts 
tears from night softly prayed 
fields of umber 
no longer am I frayed 
Visit here quite oft!

Dark Coal of Night

Sponsor's name: Nette Onclaud
Contest title:  VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest  Date: July 26, 2025




A sky like a pressed coal
Stars like embers
Shadows unforgiving
Absence of light
Dust-laden silent air
Faint warmth enters
The dark brushes the skin
Scream of the night!

Dewfresh Morn

Contest : Vibrations From A Verso
Sponsor : Nette Onclaud
Date : July 26, 2025

Sparkle of unfurled dawn
Dances on dew
Diamond lattice entwines
Grass with crown worn
Sapphire stillness glistens
Braces world new
Bright hues of sanguine sky 
Hail dewfresh morn!

Dark Coal of Night

Vibrations from a Verso  7-25-25  Sponsor: Nette Onclaud Theme Chosen: Dark Coal of Night
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Dark Coal of Night

Moonbeams, morning’s prophet,
Chase coal of night
Into wombs of white fire
As flames imbue
Dreams with clarity’s gems
Facets of light,
Glittering stars of dawn ~
Diamonds of dew.

Dew Fresh Morn

An ombré of coal black
zinnia red
across stygian sky
metamorphose
the stelliferous night
when sunrays tread
the dewy morn awakes
red as a rose!



Placed fifth
VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Nette Onclaud 
25th July,2025

Dewfresh Morn

Praise this renewed daybreak
Grace of sunlight
Pouring into my home
Blessings unfold
To grant me well with peace
That work be bright 
In times of restlessness
My strength I hold !


Variations From A  Verso
 Contest of Nette Onclaud
Jul 23, 2025

dark coal of night

For: VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud
July 24, 2025
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in the dark coal of night
the light the light
is hidden from our sight 
each one is blind
and silent deaf and dumb
without the right 
to question why oh why
can't You be kind!

Dark coal of night

Contest: vibrations from a verso
Sponsor: Nette Onclaud 
Date: 24th July, 2025
Placement: third
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A dark cloak wraps the sky
Draped in deep gloom
Blind to starlight's bright glare
Fear grips each ghost
Running helter skelter
Their time of doom
Lies ahead in the night
Fear at each post!

La Sittera Restaurant

Colorful the garb
a perfection
of lovelyness
a bite at resto verso
find a place to dance
ooh you
got me going
aint shame to say
keep on with
the way you're going
Woman you know
how to
get your way
full respect to your
situation
I have something to say
I wanna be
with you tonight
I gotta and need to
make it right
got me feeling a way for you
tryna keep it
honest tween me 
and you

L'Alpage Fendant
a wine they drank in Grone
in the canion of Valais

"We were on tour in Europe
we went out on night
and " El Whorio el Brazilia"
meet my date and took him
from me. I was her understudy
at work, and this Scram took
wind of us and rootia Married with him.
the Oboist and and the flutist
had to pull apart> Txomin and Dynomoss
sent Whoretense back to
Godbout where she
lived: I got
the job and the man!"
By 
Lambada Pagode
the UnderStudy

Samba Mquiagem De Carnaval

SAMBA MAQUIAGEM DE CARNAVAL

Verso 1: Prepare TUDO,
Hoje é Carnaval, é hora de brilhar;
pinte seu rosto, 
deixe sua 
beleza interior 
ganhar vida 
Com cores 
vibrantes 
e brilho em abundância [...] 

Refrão: Maquiagem, maquiagem, 
vamos sambar a noite toda 
De batom ousado 
a olhos esfumados 
mostre a diva
que você é [...] 

Verso 2: Hoje é Carnaval,
é hora de brilhar;
pinte seu rosto, 
faça a sombra
deixe sua 
confiança crescer 
deixe a maquiagem 
contar a história [...] 

Refrão: Maquiagem, maquiagem, 
vamos sambar a noite toda 
De batom ousado 
a olhos esfumados 
mostre a diva
que você é [...]

Bridge: Perca-se no ritmo, 
sinta a batida 
Dance a noite toda, 
Com a maquiagem 
feroz e ousada 
então vamos lá, 
vamos sambar, 
vamos dançar [...] 

Refrão: Maquiagem, maquiagem, 
vamos sambar a noite toda 
De batom ousado 
a olhos esfumados 
mostre a diva
que você é [...]

Heatpumps Are Grand

A wood stove takes some work
to keep it lit
and is in fact a job
for younger men
With wood to chop and haul
and then to split
and just as you sit down
it's time again!

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This one is called a Verso-Rhyme,
8 lines, 6:4:6:4:6:4:6:4 syllables,
and xaxbxaxb rhyme scheme,
as per poet's collective dot org

Fairyland of Fantasy

The hills that once were gold and red
Are now a deep gray and barren instead,
Awaiting the first drape of winter’s white
Snow, or ice crystals sparkling in the light,
When they become a fairyland of fantasy
A sleigh ride through the bowered canopy,
Headlining the holiday season’s pageantry
Like on Christmas cards a frequent sight
A walk in the frosty hills is such a delight
Or bundled tight for a ride on a bobsled,
Steaming chocolate, and a warm cozy bed. 

Written November 10, 2022
[Verso Rhyme Scheme
a/a/b/b/c/c/c/b/b/a/a]

TENTH PLACE WINNER
submitted to "2022 Marathon Lap 20" Poetry Contest
sponsored by Mark Toney

Broken Memoirs

I could lie twas Salma
Who made I edit my note
A love note it was a rem1
Reminder with a Coordinate
Coordinates do come home
I pleaded heard turning into ice
Starlet breezing without a care
Re-ignited the flames of drama
Mtanga an African love story..
At the stadium of heroes Gee Tanga
Led you the way in a Month of love
Kaayan did I utter your name the 4thM
Kensoul you make trainers dreams of No
Of Mo love M1 when all are beautiful Wooo
Aromas of well cooked Warriors of colour

#aKFS peace day 
All K's Forces are Special
NGO Na Ngao ya kidavida

Volt and Coat of Arms..
Isn't a Verso genxermais pillar
Not to be found at Kemets Border..
Champe for a cause..
Cast aside were you
TanaTeru Glory of Sion..

#RiuKeyLifeBirthings
An eruption magmation
A living machine eyes all around
Who saw The Lord of Host
Twas You MyKinsman Isaiah son Of Amoz
Who will help us but US
Inspire with a punch held high
As them kids cover up in Bibs
Am a GJDeon Arma Water Bird..

#Staring at the scorching Sun
#UshakaBayete2022 codeZed 254

Dimension of Safe-Keeping

Your father is neither dead nor is he sleeping.
He has traversed the thin line of demarcation
Into a marvelous dimension of safe-keeping,
Consider it a marvelous realm of preparation
For what we earthlings refer to as eternity,
An exciting adventure into the vast unknown
Frightening, our limited concepts of infinity,
Where true being-ness in never outgrown,
The gracious Almighty sits on the throne.
No end to the delights of the ultimate reality
To this place your father has quickly flown
Where he shall experience no law of gravity,
Beyond all fantasies of human expectation
Where no longer is one exposed to weeping,
We might think of it as an awesome vacation
Your father is neither dead nor is he sleeping.

Written June 18, 2022
[utilizing my own verso-rhyme]

Consider the Finer Things

Come, let us together consider the finer things
Like mystical pyramids and fringed silk scarves
Stones that bring comfort to the aching bone
Intricate ebony statues the lonely man carves,
A secluded stroll through a shaded pine grove
The glimmer of a blue diamond in natural light,
Warm feelings borne of proud accomplishment
A billion stars shining in far galaxies in the night.
Whispered words of love under the firmament,
Wonder of the senses, feelings, touch, and sight
Intricacies of a threadlike web brown spider wove,
Cool mists that bathe the worn Mississippi wharves
Scoops of frozen custard piled high on sugar cone
A fine restaurant neither can afford, going halves,
Enraptured by intricate trills the coloratura sings. 

EIGHTH PLACE WINNER
written April 25, 2022
[Verso-Rhyme]
submitted to Brian Strand Premier Contest
sponsored by Brian Strand

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