Riddle Poems | Examples of Riddle Poetry

Fire I may be a deity, but I do not truly know. The people talk about me, but have never told me so. They gather all around me like a holy worship ring... Staring into my illuminating depths.. I am...Read the rest...

Without further interruption a game, riddle. Abyssal void manifests a skeleton and a cloak, he has a sickle but is no reaper, plays cards instead. Dealt in a kraken with all sevens, four on the board but the dice are...Read the rest...

Dragging days to their awful end is a life suited for the wretched; when those unavoidable regrets come into play, we drop all wits! ...Read the rest...

Undefined, as a mountain range That catches your eye In distant view As you’re driving by Amorphous Wrapped in a shroud Of mystery, as a cloud A riddle, obscured In a bank of fog An enigma Veiled In grime and smog That knows no beat But...Read the rest...

Seabull baste the coup de faste Infectudo goncerotia gonzo Ron done wrong and was corrected for it Foresca fiesta frescoe fiskars deshthroes kiskstar By Start Up bark slarm no harm done to a cherry tree Wood freeze it ASAP keep...Read the rest...

It is a Flame so brilliant I dare not grow close But still, I fear it may Burn me So I Smother it. I throw upon it layers of hatred, isolation, vitriolic disgust. I Curse its name...Read the rest...

Written: May 12, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delicate views reveal fractured strands Grasping for straws, mere words alone Hidden from anxiety is a solitary grace We must...Read the rest...

whip-poor-will sings at daybreak.... tires burning scent someone keeps setting wood fires and putting car tires on them. I have called the forest rangers and they said there is nothing they can do...Read the rest...

There's a space with no light. So much crammed up there! Wonderful treasures in the front, Trash in behind. Images and memories all muddled together. Loads of ideas and half thought out plans scattered all over the place. Should have had some...Read the rest...

fulfills an hourglass and more can fill a whole beach~ and not made of sand...Read the rest...

Some say I'm soulful, Others the Devils tool, One minute I might find you doleful, The other acting quite the fool. Yet that's patently unfair, One aspect that I can't abide, For I'm as pure as the morning air, A child of...Read the rest...

. there ...Read the rest...

I hold all my truths to be a nuisance.  I hold all my shortcomings to be a riddle.  Through smoke and fog of plenty I am blinded to that which I should fear but in pride...Read the rest...

What am I? I’m great fun and sometimes crazy, Loud or soft with moods quite hazy, Full of love, sorrow, unrequited loss, One minute happy another sullen, cross. I see the world in shades of neon gray, Rarely do I...Read the rest...

Are butterfly wing movements in Brazil the nexus That creates our terrible tornados in Texas? Though we may not understand the how and the why, We should remember our words can make children cry. Before broadcasting our gossip far...Read the rest...