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Drought Poems - Poems about Drought

Drought Poems - Examples of all types of poems about drought 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 drought.
Premium Member Lament For Summer
...The summer solstice in years past so much welcomed... now there's foreboding: soaring temps, wildfires, drought... idyllic days are numbered.......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, angst, nature,
Form: Tanka



Running with Chum
...I rowed a boat into a lake, to clear my head from feeling addled. I forgot my big brown dog Chum, but after me he paddled. A loyal shadow in the water, but my eyes just looked ahead Chum’s breath ......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, dog, father, imagination, pets,
Form: Lyric
Safety Ventilation
...Sometimes it's hard for me not to be anxious Because when I worry I feel like I exist Stress drained my heart now it's a drought I have to face it, not sure I'll make it out Messed around too mu......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, angst, anxiety, confusion, death,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member THE Drought -
...Prickly are the waters drought no more do drops collected gallons of waters evaporated once was a lake than a pond now it's not even a fishing hole dust rise up we're vapors onc......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, absence, allegory, allusion, assonance,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Stranger in a Strange Land
..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22 The compass whirrs. North toward rock, south toward sand. East toward ice, and west toward river. Like a game of spin the bottl......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, analogy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member sands of Heraclee
...Peter (my bf) and I are at Heraclee beach for the weekend. It’s a little sliver of heaven, about 11 miles south of Saint Tropez. It’s too early in the season to swim - being breezy and 72°f - but ......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, beach, boyfriend, humor, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining In Summer
... There is nothing quite like rain in summer Summer season looks As young and beautiful as Spring. Petrichor wafts in the breeze. Flowers are bl......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, appreciation, encouraging, imagery, rain,
Form: Lyric
Sting
...The sting in my throat when I swallow that pill You know the pill.... that they say is hard to swallow The knot in my stomach and my heart As my mind replays the hurt , the neglect ,that I just ......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, confusion, feelings, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Drought
... Blue skies and sun blue skies and sun blue skies and sun constant, only a few thin wispy clouds and heat heat heat sizzling, shimmering on......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, anxiety, environment, fate, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raining in Summer
... In skies of gray I dwell inside of clouds, keeping company with mugginess and sweltering heat. People who labor underneath me perspire profusely; some curse. Others pray for me to cut thei......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, rain,
Form: Free verse
Longevity
...Your smile now leaves me immune to your nearness as she spits her spit to stories of drought amongst the crowded camp fire where her salt tears are recoiled ......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, analogy,
Form: Free verse
RAINING IN SUMMER
...RAINING IN SUMMER There are some for whom rain is a blessing After weeks of drought and dry riverbeds Those precious droplets of cool clear water Yet hardly enough to restore cracked earth But......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, rain, summer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO HAS POWER TO HELP US
... May 16 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Chronicles 25-27 Key Verse – 2Chronicles 25:8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enem......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, bible, blessing, christian, faith,
Form: Alliteration
Seductive Shadows
...Midnight's mystery, she wears with grace A black dress that hugs her curves in place That makes my heart race, Even by a lock, in her gaze... Silky fabric, smooth as her skin Invites my eyes t......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, appreciation, beauty, black love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Crimson Trumpet
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I gazed in wonderment at your majestic crimson trumpet dazzling like the dawning sun. You gracefully unfurled silken veils, revealing hidden treasures of gold and......Read the rest...
Categories: drought, flower,
Form: Free verse

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