House Poems - Examples of all types of house poetry to share and read. This list of house poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read artistic examples of all types of poems about a house, dwelling, or home including short, famous, and beautiful house poems. Share and read poetry about your childhood home, a gingerbread house, or your dream house. Read
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Love Old Houses
Love old houses,
there is something intriguing;
walking quietly I feel connected.
The past whispers to me,
the wood floors creak;
love old houses !
I wander rooms,
imagining all the former residents;
there is something intriguing !
The pigeons coo,
I find that...
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Categories:
house, lost,
Form: Verse
Coloured HousesCity walls,
A riot of colour,
Whispering stories,
Lives painted in sunshine,
Blooming....
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Categories:
beautiful, house, sensual,
Form: Cinqku
PebblesThe little stack of pebbles
A long way from the ground
Taken from the quarry
To a new driveway was bound
In the lorry went
Through the gates of the house
Its loud engine frightened everything
From the chicken to...
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Categories:
house,
Form: Rhyme
Blue Collar, White CollarBlue collar school,
Blue collar play,
Blue collar children,
Blue collar praise,
Blue collar words,
Blue collar phrased,
Blue collar work,
Blue collar pay,
Blue collar union,
Blue collar say,
Blue collar terraced,
Blue collar glazed,
Blue collar town,
Blue collar ways,
Blue collar nights,
Blue collar days,
Blue collar skies,
Blue...
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Categories:
children, day, house, night,
Form: Rhyme
The Haunting
"Deep silence lay heavy in the walls, floors, and even the bricks
as I stood still listening ... knowing that death still lingered here."
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Categories:
house,
Form: Ottava rima
Let's respect our two homesTime to be respectable
I live in two homes in my mind
I’m both Frida and Diego
Like me, they lived in Twin Houses
The tortured me lives in the blue one
The elephant in the red and white
The one...
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Categories:
art, divorce, home, house,
Form: Free verse
Clouds of Grey HuesClouds of grey hues,
Swim across the air above.
A dove is flying high,
Racing to reach his nest below.
You can feel the rain,
Drizzling droplets from the sky.
Pouring as it comes,
Faster and faster raindrops...
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Categories:
house, 5th grade, april, beauty,
Form: Romanticism
Physics FormulaPhysics is a house
If the formula is weak
You don't have spouse....
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Categories:
house, marriage, philosophy, soulmate,
Form: Haiku
Just Think About ItLook! The house is rich
But, decoration is poor
Come to think of it....
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Categories:
care, character, engagement, house,
Form: Haiku
BricksBrick by brick, I built this home,
each piece with purpose, in which it owns.
It was the hardest task I ever did face,
As I made sure everything was in its right place.
Yet, suddenly, my house collapsed,...
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Categories:
house, confusion, extended metaphor, faith,
Form: Rhyme
In The Forest Are Two CottagesIn The Forest Are Cottages
Is a cottage built
A two story home
With a Bay window
It has a stone front
then layered with bricks
Their entrance door red
The garage door same
In the forest seen
Trees around the home
Is cleared to...
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Categories:
house, community, family, flower, garden,
Form: Imagism
Requiem for a Lonely WomanIn the outskirts, where whispers weave through the wind,
there stands a farmhouse, its timbers groaning with secrets,
a silhouette etched against the horizon’s fading light.
Once, it was alive, pulsing with the beat of day-to-day,
but now, it’s...
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Categories:
house, loneliness, woman,
Form: Free verse
Feeling WatchedCity life is blinding me,
Loud and clamoring it demands
Coaxes me out of my hands
Makes it so i cant see.
Theres too many trees,
All swaying with their own melodies
Some mirror my pleas
Others crack until i cease
To use...
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Categories:
allusion, house, imagery, life,
Form: Rhyme
Memories of a Childhood HomeMy dad built a house on a hill. How exciting to climb to the tippy-top then look down upon the roof, and dog home, the bean garden, and to sled the slope in Winter white.
eyes...
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Categories:
home, house, memory,
Form: Haibun
Fancy's not Free
I’ve always wanted fancy
So my car’s a Bentley
Why am I not satisfied
For years I’ve craved a mansion
My house cost me a...
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Categories:
car, fantasy, happiness, house,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of House Poems
Read wonderful house poetry on the following sub-topics:
beautiful, childhood, country, dream, family, gingerbread, haunter,
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