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Envies Poems - Poems about Envies

Envies Poems - Examples of all types of poems about envies 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 envies.
The Indian Sign
...Modernity damns judgment its prophets seen as hostile As the soulless watch and covet like a eunuch envies man What’s needed is more judgment and critique to moral order The essence......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Humans Compare to Animals
... Bewailed an ostrich tirelessly: Two wings I have but still can’t fly. Daily I stare dumbly at the sky, asking What’s it doing there and why? Even the lion, king of beasts, growls bitterl......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, humor,
Form: Didactic



Moon Envy
...Quarter moon strives, grows half. Half-moon yearns, grows whole. Full moon offers— New moon envies: half, whole, full. ......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, moon,
Form: Imagism


Irony of Life
...Irony of Life In the quest for more, desires take flight, A luxury car owner envies the jet's height. The motorbike rider dreams of the car's gleam, While the cyclist longs for the engine's scr......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, africa, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
The Forgotten Child of the Four Seasons
...Winter slowly wakes with an ice-cold nose. Spends much of its time sneezy winds it blows. Spring’s wardrobe full of floral foulard feigns change. Dresses then frolics in daydreams of blue-sky m......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, autumn, spring, summer, winter,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member In the temple abandoned by time, in the silent whisper
...In the temple abandoned by time, in the silent whisper, Our palms unite, masters of the subtle light, You watch over with the warmth of spirit when angels dart, You, the reliquary of divinity, the......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
God's Entropy
... Oh, Angel! When I was dreaming of darkness, you woke me up to colours. Oh, Divine anomaly! who could grow plant-sweet, under moonlight's shadow. Oh, Perfect tree! whom even White-hole en......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, beautiful, christian, feelings, first
Form: Free verse
Premium Member He Masters Words
...his penning the universe envies....beyond description beyond reach cosmos cannot compare....the very stars can't outshine he masters words......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, 7th grade, appreciation, for
Form: Monoku
My Destinies
...Alas, I’m lost in you, in you You’re the sea of glistening doubt Insecurities, out of the blue, Is like a backpack on this journey of a route Crazed and disoriented once more You’re the one I ......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, angst,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Timeless Tulips
...Take me where merlot skies serenade songs of serenity, I long for timeless tulips that twirl in beloveds embrace, Where love is a thornless red rose, unfurling eternity, hope thrives with tuscan g......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, absence, emotions, i love
Form: Pantoum
The Moon's Sorrow
...Pity the Moon! As it survives only by the thing it envies. Pity the Moon! As it waxes and wanes merely reflecting the Sun's divine rays. Pity the Moon! As it lies in shame bringing darkne......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, moon,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Animals Are Like Humans
...Bewailed an ostrich tirelessly: Two wings I have but still can’t fly. Daily I stare dumbly at the sky, asking What’s it doing there and Why? Even the lion, king of beasts, growls bitterly that......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, animal, humor,
Form: Light Verse
Blood Moon
...This April night, the jasmines sigh a gentle, fragrant breath like fallen stars, they watch the sky envious of death Tethered, earthbound, by their vines how cruel, these crafty ropes yet sti......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, flower, moon, stars,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Bingsley: Carol's Cat
...Was he passing a baton my way that Friday, his last dawn, last day in flesh that felt? The poet in me thinks that’s so, for barely had I gained the door of Carol’s home (addressed my chair) when Bi......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, appreciation, loss, love,
Form: Rhyme
Son of Nobody
...*SON OF NOBODY* I was born in the Trenches In the walls and roof with no fences Drank from the seasonal rivers Trust me we knew no povereties We labour to live and not to gather properties......Read the rest...
Categories: envies, beautiful, childhood, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Free verse

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