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Could Poems - Poems about Could

Could Poems - Examples of all types of poems about could 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 could.
Premium Member wondering what could have been
I thought she was my doppelganger I did not approach her, nor she me then 1972 in an airplane hanger I wonder now what could have been...Read the rest...
Categories: could, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Words I Could Never Say
I can’t tell you not to leave, but please, stay here. Don’t touch another body, don’t disappear. Do they make you nervous, just like me? I won’t be mad if you touched them, see. But tell me, why did...Read the rest...
Categories: could, love, love hurts, sad
Form: Free verse



The words you could not say
How often do you meet someone who (almost) never apologises? Or admits they're wrong? And if you show compassion and empathy towards them, the greater their unyielding behaviour? Remember that if you're a good person and...Read the rest...
Categories: could, emotions, feelings, humanity, meaningful,
Form: Rhyme

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Before it Could Bloom
Winter knocked at my door Before it could bloom Staring into an abyss I long for the days old good   Deserted like embers from burning firewood Love took a huge rebound Still waiting for it to return Return in the best shade...Read the rest...
Categories: could, heartbreak, heartbroken,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Haunted
Haunted By a portrait on the wall By eyes that will not let me be The man who went instead of me and took the fall. Haunted By the ship I set in motion Watching with disbelief when it hit the reef And sank...Read the rest...
Categories: could, allegory, analogy, bereavement, death,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member If only I could touch you once
If only I could touch you once You are loved by me, defrosted, chilled A heart works, delete it from your life Wipe my face, tears are witness, my victims You can’t give love, emotion and touch I just drink...Read the rest...
Categories: could, i love you, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We could muse all night
We could muse all night. Or else, we could fuse all night. Gosh ~ your belt is tight....Read the rest...
Categories: could, first love, funny love,
Form: Tercet
To the world
I just wanted the world to know that this was not me And i am not her It was never me so long as i know her I am not the one to blame so seen as her...Read the rest...
Categories: could, mother, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If I Could Write the Perfect Poem
If I could write the perfect poem I’d write it high above, The stars would be my letters And the first word would be love. Love because it brought me here And has never let me down, Despite the...Read the rest...
Categories: could, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
If there was just one thing I could change
If there was just one thing I could change I would request an odd divinity to ferment in an Elixir Which never intoxicate, nor take the state beyond rationality No one is an aftermath of coping, coping in...Read the rest...
Categories: could, anti bullying, care,
Form: Free verse
Icarus could never
I've heard people fall in this ultimate madness called love But I fly I fly higher and higher And as I fuel my strength, I make you my wings The elite wings that even Icarus could not afford For...Read the rest...
Categories: could, myth,
Form: Free verse
How could it be
How could it be? In the city, All I could see, Was people and vehicles, One after another. Follow each other's. In the rush hours. How could it be? In the forest, Water flowed in the creek, Calmly and rhymthly. Then suddenly, It tumbled down quickly...Read the rest...
Categories: could, humanity, mystery, nature, riddle,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member If You Could Change Places with Me
I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes And just for that one moment I could be you Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes You'd...Read the rest...
Categories: could, how i feel,
Form: Ekphrasis
Premium Member Could I bury my head in your chest bones?
Unlike the smell of rain on country road sediment I can not find the tears to make my trauma relevant There is no sweet scent found in my complex petutlance I wish my mind quiet; when its thoughts...Read the rest...
Categories: could, devotion, good night, heart,
Form: Rhyme
If The Sky Could Weep
The sky shows no concern or grace, For Friday's dawn or sister's place. Oh, I wish the sky would weep for me, Its tears would bring some sweet relief, you see. Yet still, I know it's not to be, For...Read the rest...
Categories: could, cry, deep, depression, grief,
Form: Rhyme

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