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Lack Poems - Poems about Lack

Lack Poems - Examples of all types of poems about lack 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 lack.
Frequency of Heaven
...Tune into the frequency of heaven and start Let that be the loudest melody within your heart In the voice of the Body, let faith impart Only by God's Hand, it is heaven’s art In our weakness, in ......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, encouraging, faith,
Form: Free verse



Look Closely
...Nobody will see her true face, one she hides in disgrace. Even if you look closely, she is deceptive poetry. Her innocent smile is not her preferred style, with secrets behind her eyes, concea......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Free verse
Perfect Strangers
...Perfect strangers, we were once Waiting for time to take the chance For destiny to make our mark Where our hearts can make a spark I didn't know you, you knew me not We didn't care to tak......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Times They Are A-Changing
... Some people are devious They skirt around the truth But never actually say what they mean I'm assuming because of an ulterior motive Or it's a lack of understanding I would hope it's......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, time,
Form: Free verse
Travelin'
...Keep it on the road, Keep truckin', keep shakin' the load Keep ridin' the troughs and crests, Keep floatin', keep sailin' toward your best Now chug, chug on down the tracks, Getaway, far awa......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, confidence, courage, destiny, devotion,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member The Musings Of A Mouse
...Last night I was human. I was my "normal" self. Somehow, I've shrunk by five-foot-one! Now I'm a mouse upon a shelf. My heart sinks as I look down Upon the cat that was my friend. No purrs. M......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, animal, dream, muse,
Form: Rhyme
The Elegy
...Collaboration of poems I have looked away books to read then I realized I can't utter a word All of them told I can't read Then I chose to write I smiled and smiled and I wrote Come again to ......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, anxiety, war, water, western,
Form: Elegy
Premium Member Sculpted
... Life, are you a blessing or a punishment? I'm trying to understand how I'm a slave to the sculpted version of me. A prisoner without chains, upon a path forged with my own hands, feeling li......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, angst, pain,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Elusive
... I thought I had it nailed. The poem glittered bright. I quickly grabbed a pen and set myself to write. But that poem ran away just as I turned my back. It stayed just out of reach, A’laugh......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, humorous, muse, poetry, writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Princess of Atlantis
... Written: May 23, 2024 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I call you a Venus-blooded princess deity related to grace and love you, alone, lost track of your r......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, adventure, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Smoother Waters
...I never learned to sail, but here I am Daily buffeted by wind and waves. May never know how I got in this jam. I’ll end, I fear, in a watery grave. Look at me pretend to navigate Though I can’t ......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, family, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Too Close to the Edge
...Memories of a bleak childhood haunted him ever and anon. Whenever he thinks of that dark day, a thousand blades cut through him. Shocked by the ferocity of that memory, his mind still goes insane. ......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, angst, death, depression,
Form: Haibun
Today At Lunch
...I came to see you today at lunch, sure it was for all my old friends but especially for you It doesn’t happen often, I live an hour away from the school I would’ve gone to And although I felt so co......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, friend, friendship, sad,
Form: Rhyme
My Hearts Garden
...Crafts loves this is a mystery I see I didn’t know I suffer the same fate I too have a garden, mahogany Vines twist rocks onyx and alabaster Oaks and ember leaves in zeal flutter light Azure sky......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, dark, emotions, extended metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Bare Essentials
... A lady who entered a nudity contest complained the fee was in excess of her paltry means. To an all male jury she pleaded: Gentlemen, as you can see I lack the monetary essentials but not......Read the rest...
Categories: lack, humor,
Form: Light Verse

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