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Best Proposal Poems

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


Premium Member The Non-Proposal
This is the story of a clueless man
I had to give the “eye” to for a dance!
But once he noticed me, the tale began.
However, it...

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Categories: husband, proposal,
Form: Sonnet



Premium Member Valentine's Day Proposal
Nervous, anxious, praying
my love I express.
Girlfriend blubbers saying 
I’ll marry you - yes!

Parents very happy
we are getting wed,
Bridegroom joyful chappie
banns need to be read!

Joyful girlfriend...

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Categories: marriage, proposal, romance, valentines
Form: Rhyme
Written In the Sand
WRITTEN IN THE SAND

The Big Five—Africa’s pride in the vast open wild
Buffalo, Rhinoceros, Elephant, Leopard and Lion
Their prey—scattered Impala, Kudu and Waterbuck
On hardened dust… their...

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Categories: analogy, introspection, proposal,
Form: Heroic Couplet
If Love Were Enough
If Gratitude were enough, 
I’d fill the oceans with mine for having you
If laughter were enough,
I’d make you laugh till your last breath,
Just so I...

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Categories: proposal, anniversary, engagement, inspirational love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member On Criticizing Others
Rein in those opportunities to criticize
Think of all the good things to be said
Remember to see through others’ eyes.

Or sometimes simply resort to sighs.
In disagreement,...

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Categories: proposal, anti bullying, how i
Form: Villanelle



Roads
the shortest road
is the one that you know
the longest road
is the one that you love...

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© A.O. Taner  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: proposal, adventure, car, change, confusion,
Form: Verse
Let Me Be
You may not like my being
You may hate my appearance
The way I dress up and the way I smile
Don’t humiliate me, don’t insult me
I am...

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Categories: proposal, emotions, encouraging, freedom, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member That's Good Enough For Me
Through different eyes we see her,
This woman we both know.
She'll touch our hearts, in different ways,
As through this life she goes.
There's one thing you should...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: family, marriage, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
Wordplay Extravaganza
Wordplay Extravaganza
Sponsor: John Hamilton

Bugs bunny was the silliest hare with such a bright future ahead,
he wanted to give Lola something special, but he gave her...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: animal, silly, proposal, ,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Preposition Proposition
About the time you voiced to me
Above the river, by the tree
Across the bridge we saw the lights
Against the setting moon of night.

Behind my fears...

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© Andy Chunn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: confusion, emotions, language, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
The Class Guide
Me....,
a shy ..,
 and 
bashful guy
always kept me.,
confined to last bench..
down my head,
huddled heart ,
blenched my breathes and 
arms always clenched..


Staring with a thief eye
to...

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© Ra Shagun  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: proposal, beautiful, beauty, first love,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member Cupid Don'T Let It Miss
Cupid, drawback your bow, please
Don’t let it miss, don’t let it tease
Release the string, let the arrow wheeze
Squeeze through the trees 
Carrying it off in...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: love, proposal,
Form: Rhyme
My One Wish For Santa
Dearest Santa, my one wish may seem strange
but please do not interpret me as snide.
I wish this kindness so please do arrange  
my Christmas...

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Categories: christmas, funny, proposal, romantic
Form: Sonnet
My Plumber
My plumber is here to sort my pipes.
Says he has divorced his wife.
He just showed me his hose.
Then proceeded to propose.
I admit I got the...

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Categories: metaphor, proposal, recovery from,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Lucky Seventh Son
What made you so special my freckle faced friend..
the day I heard you singing to a record, from your window next door.
Bell bottom clad teenaged...

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Categories: crush, house, proposal, sad
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs