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Best Existence Poems

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


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: existence, beautiful, beauty, earth, light,
Form: Shape



Premium Member To All the Heart Breakers -A Zombie's Valentine
Wouldn't you rather~

Wouldn't you rather be dead?
Maybe shoot yourself in the head?
Over my dead heart, I'd never want to be a zombie like you.
The sight...

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© Skat A   Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, anger, death, horror, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Its a Part of Me
Our lives are not immune to the impact of time,
nor is our mind between the tensions of love and hate.
That's why I curse this wanderlust...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, emotions, introspection, life,
Form: Prose Poetry
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: existence, angel, beauty, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member No Such Thing As Forever
We all arrive alone naked and vulnerable,
crying our eyes out, not knowing -
this is the first day of the rest of our life.
I guess the...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, analogy, death, life,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Voices Echo In Emptiness
With a sigh summer citrine sky turned green 
spontaneously into existence. 
Autumn's palette adds changes and are seen
to its systematic experience.

Stars shiver in fear on...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, death, loneliness, nature, voice,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Somewhere Over the Horizon
Deeply dive into my Southern border. .  again
again. .  border around my existence ever so deeply

Somewhere over the Horizon
love is met gently

Images melt...

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Categories: existence, imagery, senses, , western,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Narrow Margin
In the narrow margin between life and death,
I feel as I'm walking a tightrope - but balancing.
I'm a portrayal of metaphors, 
illuminating like spring's moon,
who...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, analogy, how i feel,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways
1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Categories: existence, love,
Form: List
Premium Member listen to life -
have you not heard me?

borne upon the air at dusk, dancing ... I have whispered you in a million voices
    still, you...

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Categories: existence, life, philosophy, truth, wisdom,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hidden Treasures

 *        *    *       *    ...

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Categories: existence, art,
Form: Shape
Premium Member Warriors
This one is for the broken,
hiding behind invisible bruising.
For the forgotten and the ones 
who have forgotten us,
like the misunderstood misfits.
Who howl at the moon,
look...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, assonance, dedication, inspirational, life,
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: existence, love, romance,
Form: Romanticism
Premium Member Behold Death
Behold Death

Behold Death in your loving arms.
Embrace it as you would the loved
one who passed…entering another 
realm, as they are still hovering near
and can hear,...

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Categories: existence, death, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Petals and Poetry
In a world full of unwelcome nightmares,
I recite dreams of poetry to the one who cares.

I'm pondering a perfect metaphor,
trying to portray my mum's devotion.
Thinking...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: existence, appreciation, child, mother son,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs