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Time Poems | Examples of Time Poetry

Time Poems
Time Poems - Examples of all types of time poetry to share and read. This list of time poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of time poetry. This list of works about time is an excellent resource for examples on how to write time poems.
Premium Member Resurrection Time
When time springs forward, and light prolongs the day When insects like bees, mosquitoes, and wasps, gallop into Spring, armed with weapons to annoy and sting When birds fly North, and bears awake to hunt When the chilly winds...Read the rest...
Categories: time, easter,
Form: Prose Poetry
A Tale of Time
Don’t you know you ed with my heart Don’t you know you ripped it apart Don’t you know I’ll make a new start I can turn this chaos to art Over fifteen years of friendship you...Read the rest...
Categories: time, friendship love,
Form: Rhyme



Time Has Nothing to Do but Dance
A crow struts into a bar, it's a crow, not a native American. There's a hot wind blowing through town Texas Rangers are drinking on the job. A young beauty is busy capturing boys' hearts on her I Pad. A land Line...Read the rest...
Categories: time, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Naturally Beautiful Outlook
An island sunset, when mango moon is calling, Lush palm fronds sway, when the day is stalling. Ivory tailed comet, comes but once in a lifetime, Sitting in tropical sunset, at just the right time. Gemmed hummingbird sparkle. Destiny...Read the rest...
Categories: time, beautiful, hope, imagery, lost
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Alternate Lives
(“Still Life”, 2021, original encaustic) Alternate Lives Time appears to go in a line From then to now And some times it does But at a certain point the stream Becomes a river Which then spreads into a delta. I’ve always found...Read the rest...
Categories: time, appreciation, life, perspective, relationship,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Time is not the enemy
time is a blob a slippery amorphic thing that we trust to be malleable yet slips through your fingers when we least expect it one moment time seems manageable the next it's rambunctious and chaotic it's like our two-year old toddler that mustn't...Read the rest...
Categories: future, loss, time,
Form: Free verse
Afternoon In Life
Looking at the clouds turning to pale In this late afternoon film My mind wander like a lonely kite Floating soaring to the wind I sit here in a big stone a lonely prince Observing the sleepy sun to...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, introspection, life, time,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Of Time and Crime
Time sure can sneak up on you like a bandit steals across the floor Open the door ~ ...Read the rest...
Categories: silence, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gray Stillness
The still clouds across the pasture hugging the mountains, did not stir A blanket of gray, everywhere brought peace to a soul that is bare Gray stillness stopped time in a beat There is nothing left to defeat Only wisdom to...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, inspiration, motivation, time,
Form: Rhyme
time flies
i sat reading a book pondering on what i could ever possibly do to make myself feel better i glance at the clock it is 2pm on a sullen sunday i am filled with resentment resentment towards myself, towards them they speak in...Read the rest...
Categories: time, anger,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Spring Time Rest
We entreat the God of Love with glee sweet natures candy! Nervously naturally fearlessly did hurry to the water spring as the rushing winds blew swiftly to the Spring time Garden of expectations to take...Read the rest...
Categories: time, america, appreciation, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
Not The First Time
Not the First Time By Cathrin Stuart Late at night, you came home drunk Not the first time I heard you and Mommy talking Not the first time You came and pulled me out of bed by the hair Not the...Read the rest...
Categories: time, anxiety, child abuse, family,
Form: Rhyme
Time
Time ticks by, an endless fading of lives awry. Time kicks and spins, but we never know where it begins. Time breeds pain and heartbreak, but not just that. Time breeds love and faith, and...Read the rest...
Categories: time, beautiful, death, fate, myth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Through the window of time, waves of souls flow, lost in darkness
Through the window of time, waves of souls flow, lost in darkness, Through the window of dreams, I feel caught in webs of memories and eternal longings. Through the window of destiny, the mirror of the world...Read the rest...
Categories: time, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
A Strange Time
i hate the saying i met you at the wrong time or we met at a strange time because when isn't a strange time? we're on a planet perfectly aligned for us so i think every second on this planet is a strange...Read the rest...
Categories: time, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Time Poems

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