Best Definition Poems
Below are the all-time best Definition poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of definition poems written by PoetrySoup members
When the Piano Bleeds PainIt's 3 am,
her pillow soaked in regret.
Loss has left her spirit lonesome,
darkness a definition of insanity.
In the silence of the night,
vexatious voices vibrate inside
her somber...
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Categories:
definition, angst, lost love, love
Form:
Alliteration
Shackles of LoveShackles of cynicism have displaced your heart,
the love that once transcended time is no more.
No wordsmith can bring beauty to an invisible emotion,
lost in translation...
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Categories:
definition, analogy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Poetry Numbs the PainOne day we will be, forever silent.
Where would we be without poetry?
As a child, I buried my heart,
drained from games death would play -
in adulthood,...
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Categories:
definition, childhood, emotions, life, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Sunday MusingsJudgement
You light the fire, then play the victim.
It's not my fire, yet you let it burn.
Rage and pain drive you insane,
creating a parody of hypocritical...
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Categories:
definition, emotions, judgement, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Laid To RestTears no longer come,
dried ducts of wrung emotion,
denied one more drop of release.
... but only to feel
Feel your finite presence beside me,
inhaling your sweet...
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Categories:
definition, bereavement, best friend, death,
Form:
Free verse
What Is LoveHow does one answer, what is love;
it's part hope, part apparition.
But what it truly is; sort of
simply defies definition.
Have you ever felt so alive
that it...
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Categories:
definition, beautiful, emotions, feelings, heart,
Form:
Quatrain
SeductionMy view on seduction,
is that what you're asking me?
Specifically love,
my thoughts on loving a woman,
that's what you want to know?
Have you ever...
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Categories:
definition, romance, women,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
definition, perspective, spiritual,
Form:
Didactic
Categories:
definition, analogy, emotions, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
What Holds More Resplendent Gifts of the Great and Vast BeyondWhat Holds More Resplendent Gifts Of The Great And Vast Beyond
Seas of poetry orations, I once took my swims
being strong in spirit, stouter in heart...
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Categories:
definition, art, creation, dedication, inspiration,
Form:
Rhyme
Love In the TrenchesNow this is my definition of love
It's much like wrestling in the mud
You get down and dirty
And say things quite flirty
Then it all comes together...
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Categories:
definition, hilarious,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
definition, simple, words,
Form:
Rhyme
In Our Blindness, Chalked Up To Just Be FateIn Our Blindness, Chalked Up To Just Be Fate
Life, its complexity truly astounds
astounds this old soul so sadly earthbound
earthbound but not without imagined flight
flight into...
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Categories:
definition, appreciation, art, conflict, corruption,
Form:
Sonnet
To Tame the TempestThey know how to press those buttons,
With just a familiar chosen word or two,
How to enrage one's spirit with a tone,
A glance sharp enough to...
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Categories:
definition, anger, feelings, forgiveness, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Laid To RestTears no longer come,
dried ducts of wrung emotion,
denied one more drop of release.
... but only to feel
Feel your finite presence beside me,
inhaling your sweet...
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Categories:
definition, death, true love,
Form:
Free verse