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Bookshelves Poems - Poems about Bookshelves

Bookshelves Poems - Examples of all types of poems about bookshelves 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 bookshelves.
Premium Member Farewell
... My quill scratches here in this cold, musty, dark room with it my papyrus scroll. We are all of us entombed Last night, echoes of coming fright, impending Doom Once more, another step forward f......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, future,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Sudden Hints of Memories
...I catered to the sudden hints of memories the sullen notion that thought had occurred somewhere during the balance of quiet emotions I'd remembered traces of heaven that bestowed a calmness r......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, adventure, angel, inspiration, peace,
Form: Chant Royal



Premium Member I am Shakespeare
... Across the years, 400 plus, my stories endlessly play out their parts. I played not on painted stage, but I knew the human heart - I captured, with quill and scratch, the passions of laughter an......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, character, history, humor, literature,
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Love My Way
... "Love My Way" Ghosts read the walls like braille in this place it’s a macabre dance with the past and the petulant future it romances them away from the let-it-be momen......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, dark, light, love, muse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Raven and Wren
...RAVEN AND WREN As the world wakes up To the sun’s gentle rays of light Frozen memories melt and flow Penetrate but do not satiate Moments of insipid sight A scenery of incessant delight As ......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, bird, fate, hurt, leaving,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Beer Cheese Poetry Soup, Part Whatever
... Just add beer and abracadabra . . . Flavor galore! Just don’t add too much . . . Alcoholism is a disease. It should cook out though. Anyway, I hope it’s not too cheesy. Some of you are ......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Library
...In my dreams, I hear whispers and echoes from abandoned books Begging for attention, from their old bookshelves and cozy library nooks Ghostly pages full of dust, some damaged from water leaks and......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, books, dream, fantasy, old,
Form: Rhyme
I Am
...I am Wednesday morning trips to the local library with my mom and younger siblings, Wandering wondrous paths through bookshelves bustling with books. Exploring, savoring, lingering inbetwixt parag......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, family, heaven, miss you,
Form: Bio
From My Bookshelves
...Spiritual dragons – the ones that kill reside and wait impatiently for seeking fingers. Hobbits eat breakfast mushrooms in a leather-bound shire. Small books on overly large religions. Poets and......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member An Existential Curiosity
...*Image of January 14, 2023, by WinCal. An Existential Curiosity ~0~ Ambitious existent presence to yield, Hostage that's well endured of a pre-life, Handcuffed fallible praying......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, brother, dad, family, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Passing Ships
...With most of the people we see every day…we’re like ships that pass in the night. We see there’s someone over there…but we don’t often experience their light. One of the things I love about worki......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, community, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Stained Glass Pane
...One day— The sea will be my backyard Every morning, standing upon the deck Of the one called Going Numb A “Greatest Dad” mug in one hand My last vice burning orange in the other I wi......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, age,
Form: Free verse
Home Invasion
...Home invasion IKEA, the Swedish furniture giant Is invading your home Wherever you go homes look the same all in pine and is a blend of office and living room A mother has put her daughter t......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, appreciation, blue,
Form: Sonnet
Somnambulant Schlemiel Schleps and Says Shalom
...Somnambulant schlemiel schleps...and says Shalom... to anonymous readers March 22nd, 2022 (blustery and chilly Tuesday) reminiscing about mein kampf, when precious irretrievable youth frittere......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, absence, adventure, america, angst,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Harmless Guest
...Harmless guest Underneath Zoom chair Some small creature fleeing in confusion Ah ha, a brown lizard, harmless four-legged guest Hiding and scared, aren’t you? So am I Please do not visi......Read the rest...
Categories: bookshelves, animal, clothes, funny, house,
Form: Free verse

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