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Time Poems | Examples of Time Poetry

Time Poems - Examples of all types of time poetry to share and read. This list of time poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of time poetry. This list of works about time is an excellent resource for examples on how to write time poems.
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Time an elusive thread, Unraveling mysteries, yet time remains unread and unknown. From birth to death, its secrets keep winding, Yet its origin, and ours, reprove our theories. A journey through aeon, our pale...Read the rest...
Categories: time, destiny, father, humanity, imagination,
Form: Other



When Death Stopped for Me
Because I could not escape from Life – It rudely dragged me forth – The chaos swirled, consuming all – And Oblivion, my worth. We raced through days – no time to rest...Read the rest...
Categories: time, age, cry, destiny, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Third Wind
1st wind, childhood 2nd wind, jobs, career 3rd wind, elder life. ...Read the rest...
Categories: time, adventure, life, meaningful, metaphor,
Form: Haiku
Where my memory's go
I had a moment to see Flashbacks Rewind, Rewind my memory I need these thoughts to breath Fireworks to help me feel Light my mind Keep me spinning on this timeline Moments ago, we touched hands and it touched my soul Only my heartbeats...Read the rest...
Categories: time, bereavement, friendship love, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Time robs us
Time robs us of faith we are in such a hurry don't wait for answers...Read the rest...
Categories: time,
Form: Senryu



Premium Member nothingness
mass austerity within singularity there's no clarity flickers in darkness motion overcomes starkness throws off death's harness gravity freeing nothingness begets being one lost in fleeing the movement divides that which expansion decides existence abides spawns evolution universal solution until conclusion all lost in own space seeking to fill everyplace in outward...Read the rest...
Categories: time, change, creation, death, life,
Form: Haiku
When silence speaks
When you’re down and out but you got an image to uphold, but it feels so unnatural and you feel you never fit your mould. You give your best impression, but then people call you...Read the rest...
Categories: time, dream, faith, hope, imagination,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Time Vanishes
Time vanishes grandma said Where does it go? Queried her grandson Totally unsure, but it is gone quickly Ticking away, tick, tick, tick I tried to hold on to a minute once But it could not be done. So I thought...Read the rest...
Categories: time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Only Slade's Brain
Tim was the new judge in Deadwood Flat Not really qualified, just a rancher at that He first case was of the outlaw, Horace Slade Caught red handed in a cattle raid The jury took ten minutes to recommend...Read the rest...
Categories: humor, time, western,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member FAR
Invisible opportunity stairs Flight fate fashioned Masked mental wares. Past existential roots Accrue manipulative motif Extant present imputes. Futuristic intents allure Remote eternal sanguinity Time track obscure. ...Read the rest...
Categories: desire, time,
Form: Other
Premium Member The Memory Speaks
The Memory Speaks I leave… But…I come back — again. Again I’ll return through time’s opening doors, …Fleeting through peripheral halls — their floors — so well cleaned ...Read the rest...
Categories: time, imagery, life, memory, remember,
Form: Imagism
Little brothers warmth
When I was locked behind the bathroom door, since I didn't wanted to face what I was made for, you kept waiting behind even more, which made me unsure. Protecting I should you in this life,...Read the rest...
Categories: time,
Form: Double Dactyl
Premium Member Time Change
I really wish that we could stop changing the clocks twice a year Most people I believe agree with me , but the governments seem stuck in the sand I fear Data shows a lot of people...Read the rest...
Categories: life, time,
Form: Rhyme
GOLD
GOLD I'm Trying To Figure Out How: >>> Perspective >>> >> Everything. >>> I MEAN, IT'S ALL BEAUTIFUL! *** IF *** You Look *** At it *** Right. But...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, fear, life, time,
Form: Free verse
April 6 Beverage, libation, liquid, Daily Ritual Drinks Drink
April 6—Beverage, libation, liquid… Daily Ritual Drinks Drink in the morning I drink a cup of snarling hot coffee while watching the news. in the afternoon I shift to tea either earl gray or herbal tea. a day without Earl Gray is not a good...Read the rest...
Categories: drink, time,
Form: Ode

Specific Types of Time Poems

Read wonderful time poetry on the following sub-topics: change, christmas, death, harvest, passing, precious, rhyme, running out, war and more.

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