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Writing Poems - Examples of all types of writing poetry to share and read. This list of writing poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of writing poetry. This list of works about writing is an excellent resource for examples on how to write writing poems.
Premium Member Tis not just words that make them poetry
For poems are not but words we thrown together Tormented thoughts confined to metaphor Nor picket fence alliteration Dancing on the edge of passing thought Beware, the creaking gate that bids you enter Pay heed to silent stones soft whisperings Tarry...Read the rest...
Categories: poetry, truth, writing,
Form: Verse



Premium Member When Words Burn
Your lies are strong like coffee grounds, but I can't grind them up small enough to make them go down smooth Your presence is becoming more like unexpected coffee stains Unsightly, unwanted, unbearable, unstable The heat burns...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, conflict, feelings, hurt, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Fight Night
The full Half of me wants to empty this clip of aggression The empty half of me wants to light a candle that matches the aroma of my favorite snack and genre of movie Looking through...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, anger, conflict, how i
Form: Blank verse
The Tortured Poet
She picked up her pen There were monsters in her head Tortured poet's life...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, art, life, mental health,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member S u Rr E a l i T y no B
. .movement acceleration .in the. abstract ...Read the rest...
Categories: word play, words, writing,
Form: Imagism



Spell'n B'd
. tap with theirn frenetic digits ...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, blessing, education, encouraging, literature,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member We All Make Poetry Soup
Poetry Soup is fun to make, just follow this easy recipe. First take a huge pot, the internet. Next add a cup of creativity, with a cup of imagination. Add four quarts of red ink, liquid will be needed. Stir well, then start to...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, giggle, poems, poets, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Sound Bites: May 28, 2024
Dead Calm Without friction there is no motion Without motion — creation stops (Dreamsleep: May, 2024) Abeyance My pen is searching for its guitar case a place to sleep when the writing’s done To rest in the dark between flowing moments of what might be coming...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Beginning Again
I decided to work smarter Instead of just working harder This may seem a bit trite No need to get uptight This poem is just my restarter ...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, courage, creation, humor, life,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Two Poets Meet Collaboration
What do you see when you see trees? My eyes travel each trunk and branch. With feathered leaves in blowing breeze till the chipper comes with a cranch! Your details shine with luminescence - I eschew detail for the...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, feelings, fun, humor, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Definition of A Poet
Definition of a poet: I think a poet is...? A poet is...? A poet...is!...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, inspirational, poetry, poets, spiritual,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The End Of The Story
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ when courage called truth · and the dust of rationality settled · each story found its end...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member BLANKETY-BLANK VERSE
Alas it is a chore to write Blank Verse Unable to peruse my rhyme filled purse In search for words not better but not worse A sad lament of poetry’s last curse To stab the darkness with an ill-used...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, humor, irony, muse, words,
Form: Verse
Facets
Not all those who wander are lost Maybe they love the path and not the destination. Not all those who always wonder are kids Maybe they love to lost in their mind and not in the path of...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, how i feel, peace,
Form: Free verse
Lost Track of a Ginger Snap
Get in your room now,” as daddy fashioned a gun. Mom grabbed me and her facial expression was undone, something must be wrong, I ask she looked at me and welts started to run, down we hunkered under the...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, animal, dark, death, dog,
Form: Narrative

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Definition | What is Writing in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs