Best Minstrel Poems
Below are the all-time best Minstrel poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of minstrel poems written by PoetrySoup members
Minstrel and MuseSerenading me with vivid poetry
Her pen extends thoughts so lovely
Weaving words into graceful birds
heart-felt...
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Categories:
minstrel, dedication, thank you
Form:
Free verse
The Merry Minstrel of MickleoverThe Merry Minstrel of Mickleover
I strike this chord without a sword
For I am not so brave
Whence came a knight with armour bright
Who vowed princess to...
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Categories:
minstrel, history,
Form:
Rhyme
The Minstrel and the RubbishThe minstrel and the rubbish
To a homeless in N.Y., who had a guitar to keep him company
...
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Categories:
minstrel, allegory, faith, hope, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
The Water DanceWhile talking to the moon about my day
How strange, when from the east, a minstral wind
As sleeping trees began to gently sway
Dead leaves upon the...
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Categories:
minstrel, dance, moon,
Form:
Sonnet
In Thrall In Thrall
I’ve scooped plasma from the sun
To cook meals and heat my bath,
Moved Mount Everest just for fun;
None can ever walk my path.
I’ve had...
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Categories:
minstrel, fantasy, fun, humor, life,
Form:
Quatrain
The ClownThere is a solace in his silence, a servant of his solitudes,
As he comforts in compliance, a jester to the multitudes…
He stands alone a neophyte,...
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Categories:
minstrel, angst, character, conflict,
Form:
Rhyme
Unicorn's GalaInvitations to the Gala
issued by a grave impala
were highly sought out missives
by the bold and the submissive
Those omitted uttered curses
shook angry fists or...
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Categories:
minstrel, fantasy, imagination, red,
Form:
Imagism
My Gypsy HeartMy gypsy heart is restless.....
I’ve been here too long
too long....
the fields alive with paths that lead....lead...
there, to the edge of the earth and sky
the minstrel...
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Categories:
minstrel, adventure, how i feel,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Eden‘Twas a grey november morning
When I climbed outside my window
To see my breath like dragon’s smoke
Swirl and dance away.
‘Twas bitter cold
That autumn day,
And sickly...
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Categories:
minstrel, allegory, childhood, lossold, autumn,
Form:
Free verse
The Magician's HallThe wind is in the west
and the moon large and low,
the tapered horizon aglow
with the...
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Categories:
minstrel, allegory, creation, god, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great AbyssI walk in silence as I defile
Chasing circles with a vixen vile
Only the shadows know my pain
For I walk in silence of slumbering shame
With solitudes...
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Categories:
minstrel, absence, depression, hurt, loneliness,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
minstrel, art, beautiful, birth, creation,
Form:
Haiku
I Do Not Belong To YouI will not be your puppet in a minstrel show
Because I guarantee no Mammy, Jezebel, or Sambo lives here
You may try to control...
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Categories:
minstrel, black african american, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet the Taste of Parted LipsSweet the taste of parted lips
Sweet the taste of parted lips
sipped gently from the vine
Droplets of sensation fill
this cup your precious wine
Take this weary...
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Categories:
minstrel, good night,
Form:
Rhyme
Mr. Lopez and Mr. AyersI flip the history of Bojangles
On a cool Sunday evening
Los Angeles coming down
A flow of oboes breathing
Through the lung of the street
The hobo not stopping...
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Categories:
minstrel, friendshiplove,
Form:
Free verse