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Forbidden City Poems - Poems about Forbidden City

Forbidden City Poems - Examples of all types of poems about forbidden city 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 forbidden city.
Misplacing China
...I've almost forgotten it. It got too big - holes appeared, entire towns fell through my memory. The Forbidden City is a convoluted red and gold ribbon, my mind cannot now untangle. Images f......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Misplacing China
...I've almost forgotten it. It got too big - holes appeared, entire towns fell through them. The Forbidden City is a convoluted red and gold ribbon my mind cannot now untangle. Images float of......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, poetry,
Form: Free verse



Empty Pews
...EMPTY PEWS These seats have stories and if they could talk You would hear of the lives that many people walk The church filled on each weekly Sunday morn With families and neighbors and hearts th......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, anxiety, bible, heartbroken, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme


Orb
...Orb & The Forbidden City metaphysical impulse ensues through the flames of resistance shun its existence etched beneath the tapestry of loosened conclaves alone in desperation in the night heavy......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, age, america, angst,
Form: Free verse
The Monk
...Alone in isolation Away from all known civilization There lived a monk Personal reflections with the sacraments Devotion to Jesus Christ He hides in humble seclusion Works in the garden Strawb......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, anxiety, appreciation, art,
Form: Free verse



The Fate of a Princess - the Opportunity Taken
...Princess Layla, daughter of king Philip, had her life set since the day of her birth. From a young age, she was taught embroidery and the duties of a wife. Now at the age of fifteen, her parents had ......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, culture,
Form: Prose
A Book
...When a child if gifted with a book it transforms into a key to unlock the mind. The gate to the secret garden of imagination is pried from its forgiving hinges and the child is free to expand their ......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, adventure, books, children,
Form: Free verse
Baixiong
...BAIXIONG There was an empress in a 19th century land Who ruled with a fair but iron hand A small white dog was ever by her side In times of fear under her skirts he would hide Dogs not allowed......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, animal, best friend, culture,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Flowery Kingdom
...A kingdom with flower citizens competing with the west with discoveries and inventions, boasting of a time-stretching written language and a non-stop dynamic civilization globally signific......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, earth, environment, society,
Form: Ode
The Kissing Wall
...One more chance to glance at you, one more time to dine with you, one more chance to share with you, one more time to walk with you. Dear to love you, dear to trust you, dear to run a mile with you,......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, love, me, time, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Forbidden City
...Bow the great dragons, unto the mighty, Ruler under heaven. The divine master's iron heel, lies upon the Serpents neck. For brilliance illusion a golden throne shines, Blinding those whom refuse to s......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, beauty, dark, history, imagination,
Form: Free verse
The Siege
...Dual fall of the brass. From the bine, from the bliss of flower strength. An apparition of infiniteness of agony. Becoming one with failures. It tends to stay and enters the forbidden city of e......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, art,
Form: ABC
China
...We're going to China. It's supposed to be a 'learning experience' my mom says and we'll be going with your cousin, aunt, grandparents, and of course, me, your father, and your two brothers......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, travel
Form: Free verse
Mirror
...They constantly trample my dreams. They hover over my fear. They critisize my every stumble. They scowl at my every tear. They laugh and tell me I am weak. They tell me to stop crying. I beg f......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, introspectionme, me,
Form: I do not know?
A Chinese Marriage
...You took your place on a solid armchair Amused with the attention you commanded You told beautiful stories, great tales Of ancient Chinese marriages and their glory You spoke of what brides mus......Read the rest...
Categories: forbidden city, family, wife,
Form: I do not know?

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