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Escape Poems - Poems about Escape

Escape Poems - Examples of all types of poems about escape 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 escape.
Premium Member Within these Walls
...Faces of death stare against my raptured skin. Silently, they watch me in frigid judgment. I used to run from them in unholy matrimony, Peeling the sins from my teardrops Wishing they......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, abuse, introspection, love hurts,
Form: Free verse



Let The Wind Blow
...In the wee hour of the morning I hear my spirit calling, I wasn’t sure how to respond to it but my emotion made me answer it. It was extremely dark outside and the street light on the other side s......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, america, clothes, creation, deep,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Shared Torch Lake
...I rock in this outdoor cheap chair Its cushion foam like ice cream Half-eaten by the winter mice in storage I don’t mind Don’t need a full seat to see before me The drop off on Torch Lake I......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, earth, father, imagery, nature,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Forever and Always
... In Him, I found the meaning, Letting go, In His hand, my dreams Flowed, glowing softly, gentle, Like the wind beneath the song, Who colors the life, In crimson smiles and cobal......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, appreciation, blessing, christian, forgiveness,
Form: Free verse
Love is a catastrophe, a bittersweet madness, a wild affliction that invades your soul
...Love is a catastrophe, a bittersweet madness, a wild affliction that invades your soul, Disturbs your peace, devastates your routine, transforming you into a shadow of what you once were, Each mome......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Have you ever been in love? It's terrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable
...Have you ever been in love? It's terrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable, It opens your chest and unravels your heart, letting the darkness seep in Through the cracks in your shell, and some......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There Is An Angel Who Sits Upon My Shoulder Who Goes By The Name Of Death
...There is an angel who sits upon my shoulder who goes by the name of Death, And though I cannot always see him, upon my neck I can always feel his breath As he whispers to me relentlessly, deftly us......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, dark, hope, inspiration, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Meeting of Hearts
...We are here on this very tentative and frightening occasion to commiserate and forget, celebrate and remember but, most of all, to chose that path which will lead us to the rest of our lives. It seem......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, love,
Form: Narrative
A Love Story
...This is a story of two lovers, A boy and a girl, destined for each other. They met by chance, and it felt like fate, Their love was pure, it was no debate. Their eyes locked, and their hearts ski......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, break up, journey, love
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Literary Standstill
...Am I meant to be found? Do not force it let it come. Let it come, Like you used to. Filing away the words, overproduced. Distraction is no bad thing, I tell myself. Coincidence, Nothing......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, angst, care, dark, desire,
Form: Free verse
Under the shield of eternity, where the stars whisper the secrets of the ages
...Under the shield of eternity, where the stars whisper the secrets of the ages, I carry within me two brains, one hidden in the safety of my being, And another lost in the ether, an invisible compan......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We All Make Poetry Soup
... Poetry Soup is fun to make, just follow this easy recipe. First take a huge pot, the internet. Next add a cup of creativity, with a cup of imagination. Add four quarts of red ink, li......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, giggle, poems, poets, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Twelfth Caprice Of Casanova By Michael Cheval
...you never have to chop me open my mind/thoughts splay out readily some version of knowing me, gifted then on and off go gloves/mask til there's no truth or fight left nothing ......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, art,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Short Poem Life
... Short Poem Life By Miracle Man 5/29/2024 Each life is filled with hits and misses, and none will escape days viewed as bad. Those good days passed, all reminisces, But none will ......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, life,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Accidentally: THE END
...Sand scrapes my skin as I wake, Warm water around my shoulders break, Spluttering, I shake my head and open my eyes, Palms and dunes to my surprise. Shock constricts my body as I cannot regist......Read the rest...
Categories: escape, adventure, beach,
Form: Free verse

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