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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.
I Breathe
I breathe my last breath. will and testament Consciously aware of what comes next...Death So I breathe and savor the cool wind within Smile...Read the rest...
Categories: death, life, time,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member A Time For Me
When will the time for me arrive when I no longer have to strive to fight to keep myself alive? When will I travel land and see, no longer bound by misery, but free to bask in revelry? When will my...Read the rest...
Categories: future, longing, time,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Three sides to every story
Many have told me it's all about "me" every time I hear that I want to flee let's talk it over don't act like a rover I always like to make it about we. What can I say to you...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, people, time, truth,
Form: Limerick


Time Vanishing
Time Vanishing Time waits for no one. Time flies when you're growing older. Where does all the time go? Watching your kids grow. More gray hair. Some turn silver. Wrinkles hands to face. Time fades. Life is passing me by. Just turned 49. Reflections left behind. Clock...Read the rest...
Categories: time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member It's Always Our Time a song
[Intrumental intro] [verse] I missed you you came back then bowed out again life's crazy times cutting in like sin And so I will sing to you the only thing I know to reach out to comfort just so you know I don't blame you I know you...Read the rest...
Categories: time, absence, boyfriend, devotion, emotions,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member In the Quiet Hours
In the hush of early morning, before the world stirs, I sit alone, sifting memories like sand through my fingers. The silence weighs soft, like a blanket left out in the damp, and each thought drifts in slow,...Read the rest...
Categories: time, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Moment Frozen In Time
While I think of that night Try to remember what happened that night All I remember is feeling pure joy As I think back I can not think of a single miserable thought Feeling like...Read the rest...
Categories: time, beautiful, for teens, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse
Child of times
A sun-kissed velvet, or a fiery flame, A goblet of a minstrel's wine, the same. A flash within his gaze, a heart laid bare, A mirror to his soul, beyond compare. A dervish's heart, a crimson stain, The dregs of...Read the rest...
Categories: time, age, child, hero, sun,
Form: Free verse
Snow
I’m getting old, and where I live I doubt I’ll see it any more, except maybe on screen When troubled towns are featured in the news, Or in those festive greetings cards with sleighs Or frozen pines, perhaps a...Read the rest...
Categories: time, beauty, christmas, environment, snow,
Form: Free verse
Filipino Culture Of Time
Laid-back, relaxed As time goes by Late than never....Read the rest...
Categories: culture, people, time,
Form: Than-Bauk
Premium Member Time is the Healer
Inspired by Time is the Healer by Glenn Hughes It's an old expression. Time heals every wound. It's not an easy lesson when you've been marooned. It's an old expression. A watched pot won't boil, and your depression won't lift or uncoil. Time...Read the rest...
Categories: heartbreak, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dry Eyes In Time
Teal tears cactus cries Falling like feather on deaf ears True love hears help heal...Read the rest...
Categories: time, angst, art, depression,
Form: Senryu
Not Much Time Left Here
the world is done with me, that is a part of the journey, people ask “are you sick?” no, just, done trying... just done trying to be, to be anything other than me. and the world hates who they see, so, that...Read the rest...
Categories: time, deep, metaphor, social, society,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Time
It can be your greatest friend A wonderful gift There till the end Repairing the rift But sometimes it carries A devastating weight Fulfilling its role As the arbiter of fate Spent the right way It's the key to your growth Wasted each day Die quicker...Read the rest...
Categories: time, adventure, child, courage, creation,
Form: Rhyme
Right Time
It always pays to keep a poem in your pocket, for you never know when someone might ask you for the Rhyme....Read the rest...
Categories: time, humor,
Form: Free verse

Specific Types of Time Poems

Read wonderful time poetry on the following sub-topics: change, christmas, death, harvest, passing, precious, rhyme, running out, war and more.

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Book: Shattered Sighs