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Journey Poems | Examples of Journey Poetry

Journey Poems - Examples of all types of journey poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for journey.
Premium Member A High Price
Consumed are days and nights By this lacerating lingering longing To return triumphant the source of all Existence is a high price to pay To come to terms With what in essence we are...Read the rest...
Categories: introspection, journey, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Road Unseen
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I walk a road unseen for many a year except in my dreams or my wakeful yearning. This misty day — my joy replaces my tears. Who would've dreamt I'd find myself returning? Some pasts morph into shape-shifted fresh...Read the rest...
Categories: journey,
Form: Ottava rima
Jamais Vu
"NA" poetry contest Sponsor: Ink Empress 3rd Place. Jamais Vu ~ "The feeling of being unfamiliar with something that is familiar. The opposite of deja vu." These days, life is shroud in a fog so vivid I’m forgetting what it...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, allusion, angst, growth, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Eclipse In life
There are times you see The visual image of things getting tough. Friends go and you're left a fish in dry sea Roads that were straight begin to curve. You only see the high blue sky Speaking to you with...Read the rest...
Categories: inspirational, journey, meaningful, mentor,
Form: Rhyme
Radiance In the Dark
In the gloomy nights Dies my life; my soul Fighting unconquerable fights Demons within the cold Lying on the floor half dead__alive Fading image of the shore Far off for a glide A sense of vision Blurry in its appearance __mysteries of...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, anxiety, care, change, deep,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Journeys
A baseball glove lies on its back in a trunk of items once fresh and youthful now discarded for love and marriage perhaps a stroller whose blue-eyed ...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, baby, baseball, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Rose Blooms in Spring
She turns sixteen one cold December clime He strings dissembling lover’s thorns so girthed The sprouts of pristine virtue split by crime The core is sore, this shriveled Rose is birthed Though frigid Rose, she seeks to now resorb In...Read the rest...
Categories: 12th grade, innocence, journey,
Form: Sonnet
Understanding
Growing up so very fast Moments like these are meant to last A child only moments before Now her future unsure A child still is she A woman she must now be Childhood becomes distant Innocence lost in an instant Into her hands,...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, encouraging, for teens, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Let's do it
Cloudy Hurricane The tides have beads of value Bungee jump and pick...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, growing up, humanity, inspirational,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member My Vision Quest
The skies grew dark, Flashes of light, The past, the present, Glimpses in my sight. The dreams of the night, Invade until twilight. An owl comes with a message, Dreams and nightmares, Visions and premonitions. I see her focus within my view, Then I realize...Read the rest...
Categories: blessing, devotion, dream, journey,
Form: Rhyme
NO PLACE FOR POETS
There is no place for the poet... We are all lost In our last stages, without having time To leave...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, allusion, appreciation, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member LOVE RECALL TRUE STORY
A woman journeyed to the island of Jamaica in the West Indies The island of be happy and don’t worry First thing the woman did was laid on the beach Soaked up some sun There were many people among The...Read the rest...
Categories: journey, adventure, betrayal, body, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Journey of the Escargot-Funny Limerick Poetry Contest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Henry carried his house on his back, He could get up and leave, no need to pack. Although travel was slow For this escargot He traveled alone, made his own track. Although it took him many years Henry finally made...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, journey,
Form: Limerick
I am looking for a new place to begin again
I am looking for a new place to begin again, to start fresh. It seems I am always looking for such a place, even when I am okay with where I'm at now. Others tell...Read the rest...
Categories: growth, hope, journey, repetition,
Form: Free verse
Reach
Categories: journey, emotions, first love, inspirational
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Journey Poems

Definition | What is Journey in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs