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Looking Back Poems - Poems about Looking Back

Looking Back Poems - Examples of all types of poems about looking back 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 looking back.
Premium Member As SUCH
...Such are the eyes I Pierce Glazing unto on view Of my innerman looking back at me I see the reflection of the 3rd man He's shown me glimpse of Heaven Of my innerman looking back at me I see......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, analogy, blessing, caregiving, deep,
Form: Free verse



What I believed
...Looking back, I shouldn't be surprised at all; thinking of the lies they claimed were gospel true: Humpty Dumpty didn't sit upon the wall, families don't really live inside a shoe, Jack and Jill ......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, lost love,
Form: Ottava rima
Dismissed! Battles laid down for a dissociative survivor
...Thinking about us I come undone Looking back I don’t know Whether we lost or won Voices in my mind That I just can’t translate But I know I’ll learn to appreciate I’m not laying blame I......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, abuse, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Worth More Than My Weight In Gold
...Worth More Than My Weight In Gold Wondering around this space in time looking for that someone special just to call mine. Opening up my heart at every turn, giving freely instead of allowing the op......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, art,
Form: Free verse
Dying is easy
...He died once, A long time ago. He sat in his car, On the side of the road. His girlfriend had left him, So he just looked at himself. Crying out his thoughts, In droplets of hell. And......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, angst, death, depression, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse



Sitting Quietly in May
...Some might say, it's just another day but the days so quickly pass age marking time far too fast; spring was a season of mixed messages days of rain and dampened dew full of old memories,......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, lost love, missing you,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Grand Dragon Press
...Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther kings famous ......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, 2nd grade, black love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Regret
...Looking back, I see a trail of regrets, A path littered with mistakes I can't forget. If only I could turn back the hands of time, Would my life today be more sublime? Oh, the bad decisions I'v......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, anxiety, dark, sad,
Form: Rhyme
Breathing
...I’m scared of what life has in store But I’m also excited to see what it is. Back in 2021 I wanted to end it all I was ready to forfeit this race. It was always day but I chose to not see th......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, mental illness, sad, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Passage Of Time
...Passage of Time Time, that unforgiving mistress, whisks us away like autumn leaves on a gusty day, scattering our lives like petals in the wind. She wraps her bony fingers around our hearts, squeezi......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, beautiful, betrayal, day, freedom,
Form: Free verse
The Dance
...Looking back On the memory of The dance we shared 'Neath the stars above For a moment All the world was right But how could I have known That you'd ever say goodbye And now I'm glad I didn't ......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, appreciation, music,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Clowning around
...Sometimes I'm just a clown hanging around making others happy when I make funny sounds Jokes they tell at school that often break the rules Pretending to be something others think as cool I won......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, allegory, care,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Timelapse
...You caught me running, constantly looking back, tears merging within the rain. If I took a leap, would I fly? Left behind, the mole above your lip, laughter in your eyes, jaded progression. I......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, absence, care, cry, dark,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Seasons of Our Love
...On summer nights Nostalgia's muse revives Scent of jasmine Fig tree fragrance fuses Memories meander Minty ice cream flavours Add sweetness to hungry kisses Star gazing to cricket symphony......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, longing, lost love, nostalgia,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Having God's Good Hand Upon Me - Titus 3: 4,5
... Looking back having God's good hand throughout my life, I can testify of His goodness and mercy for He's heard my constant cry A few highlights along the way being adopted soon after birth ......Read the rest...
Categories: looking back, god, me, spiritual,
Form: Rhyme

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