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Best Essence Poems

Below are the all-time best Essence poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of essence poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Death of the Poet Destroyer
~The Untold Fatal Attraction Poem~

Mid-morning she sees the sun ahead
Her death flowed in a messaged bottle
Gazing into her brown eyes upon all open sores,
Her conscience...

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Categories: essence, birth, change, conflict, death,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member A Tulip Grows Under An Evergreen - Inspired By the Poets At Poetrysoup
A
fine
Parrot Tulip
in vibrant intensities 
with unique undertones
of green acquirable only in a 
few forests. A ruby red swirls within 
its petals beckons awareness of those...

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Categories: essence, beautiful, beauty, earth, light,
Form: Shape
Premium Member A Near Death Experience of a Sweetheart
    "A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"



Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind...

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Categories: essence, death, death, god, death,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thinking Out Loud
~writer's notes~

i think out loud
from my fingers to a keyboard 
so forgive me if my speak
is somewhat long winded
if it has swirls and curls
this is...

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Categories: essence, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member I Want Your Seeds
**"And his name was Jack"**

No one perceives what abides above the clouds. 
A giant, a harp, maybe golden eggs. 
I demand to see and feel...

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Categories: essence, adventure, funny, old, rain,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member With Open Arms
Come to me my child
Rest your head in my lap
My hand strokes your wild curls
Feeling the dampness on your neck
Lamplight caresses your flushed cheeks
Shadows waltzing...

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Categories: essence, appreciation, emotions, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Swan
The Swan 

Feathers floating in the wind
Perform in slow motion,
Each drift into the shadows of yesterday
She is not me -- She is not you!

A theme,...

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Categories: essence, beautiful, romantic, wife,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Casualness of Casualties
In the intimate interlace of chance and fate, in the ultimate interplay of time and place, and with the consummate checkmate of my human dignity,...

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Categories: essence, death, evil, family, fate,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails - a Collaboration With Robert and Teppo
Waking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today starts my anticipated forest trek,
seeking salvation from...

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Categories: essence, appreciation, beauty, introspection, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Hidden Treasures

 *        *    *       *    ...

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Categories: essence, art,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Lily of the Nile
Lily of the Nile 

O Lily of the Nile, your enchanting
purple starburst blooms
rise on naked stalks to greet

lovers on their river stroll as
nature lifts their...

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Categories: essence, beauty, flower, river,
Form: Verse
Premium Member Life, To Me
Colors daubed for seasons' scenes
          I sift through life for what it means
   ...

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Categories: essence, appreciation, friendship, life, love,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Editing of Me
My words were rewritten until they became yours
As grammar and syntax perfected your thoughts
Pages lined with highlighters polished me to extinction 

I wanted to resist...

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Categories: essence, conflict, recovery from,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Day I Became a Poet
I remember the day I became a poet.

In the magnificence of the submerging sun,
I glanced upon her admiring its majesty.
Amidst hues of clementine and lilac,
her...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: essence, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
The Garden That Lives On
The 
        old house
   from my memories 
 opens to a wide porch
adorned by mom with...

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Categories: essence, garden,
Form: Concrete

Book: Reflection on the Important Things