Best Symbolic Poems
Below are the all-time best Symbolic poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of symbolic poems written by PoetrySoup members
Categories:
symbolic, autumn, life, spring, summer,
Form:
Free verse
Dawn of My HeartOrdinarily I lie in my bed
mentally grasping for any slender thread of slumber
which I can possibly find to cling to!
But there was one time -
a...
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Categories:
symbolic, morning,
Form:
Free verse
Silence of a Poet"When the Grim Reaper asked for my spirit,
I told him to take my poetic pen.
He walked away smiling, leaving me illiterate."
In the mystical wilderness of...
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Categories:
symbolic, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Tartan and PipesTradition and dress
A nations finesse
Symbolic in style
By a country mile
The drone of the pipes
Tartan clad
Bonnie on the girls
Proud on the lads
Highland dancers
In kilted...
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Categories:
symbolic, history, inspirational, passion, places
Form:
Rhyme
The Veil I WearA fire blazes behind the veil
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This veil I wear
is not made of cloth
for no fabric could withstand
the incendiary passion
I command
It's self-imposed
not forced
no man's hand
would...
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Categories:
symbolic, analogy, identity,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
If Only-----------------------------
(PoetrySoup Format)
. . gravity were graceful, giving and gracious
...
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Categories:
symbolic, hope, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Gentle Summer RainShe writes about Fall's beauty in the rain
The falling raindrops' dance ascribing thence
Bespoken verse that lightens her refrain
before the time they met...
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Categories:
symbolic, beauty, care, creation, imagination,
Form:
Sonnet
Famous Last LineIndia (Original Poem)
I hear much joy in the music,
View elation in the dance
Feel happiness in the laughter,
Soulful spirit in poetic romance.
I feel love in the...
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Categories:
symbolic, hindi, people, places,
Form:
Rhyme
Categories:
symbolic, art, sky, stars,
Form:
Ekphrasis
What a PrivilegeAs a child, I mistakenly believed that older people chose to have stiff backs, wrinkles on their faces, and veins like small, fat snakes on...
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Categories:
symbolic, age, introspection, wisdom,
Form:
Other
Woodstock~Woody Wood From the Hood~
Deep, inside yourself, you walk a sour way of life,
Carving my name, on every tree with a hunting knife
You log in,...
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Categories:
symbolic, abuse, animal, bird, character,
Form:
Alliteration
ImpeachMerry Impeachness
Justice delayed however symbolic
the orangutan finally won his award
for corruption and dereliction of duties
the constitution used to apply to all
IMPEACH
the orange leach
Lucifer has more...
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Categories:
symbolic, america, child abuse, evil,
Form:
Quatrain
The Beauty of WaterThe beauty of water
Water, one of nature's great pleasures.
Do you find the sound of water calming, soothing and serene?
Whenever I hear water and am outside,...
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Categories:
symbolic, water,
Form:
Free verse
Seduction In Spring - a Haiku GarlandCherry Blossoms Bloom
Resplendently dressed in Pink
Seducing the Spring
Glory unfolding
They release their sweet fragrance
Pirouette and twirl
Music from the breeze
With limbs so graceful swaying
Blushing...
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Categories:
symbolic, appreciation, beauty, dance, flower,
Form:
Haiku
The CutA country yearns industry
from assiduous minds revolutionary,
cities conceived with mind set and skill
yet lay insipid in the body of Britannia
those in need of life’s blood,
akin...
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Categories:
symbolic, inspirational, memorial,
Form:
Free verse