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Writing Poems - Examples of all types of writing poetry to share and read. This list of writing poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples of writing poetry. This list of works about writing is an excellent resource for examples on how to write writing poems.
Poetry Police
People should be warned, people should get wise, Or else they might find, a nasty surprise, Early hours, Tuesday, sirens broke the peace, That was the sound of Poetry Police, Rushing to the door, I asked “what’s my...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, books, judgement, poems, poetry,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member CAN
Writing is fun Challenging our mind Doing this one. You will find Asking your muse Words are assigned. You’ll the choose None but three You may use....Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Other
Advice to a Young Poet
Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Write Something
I put my pen to paper , what should I say Maybe comment on the brilliant sunshine coming my way Or perhaps about life's opportunities would be a good place to start I could wrrite about the love...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member But I made it home
Left behind enemy line waving a torn flag but I’m fine dirt on my face my boots worn bullets passing by me with the speed of lightning rapid friendly fire exploded my skull dust clears...Read the rest...
Categories: america, encouraging, feelings, writing,
Form: Free verse



Apathy
I wrap my fingers around the pen which has lain dormant collecting dust for months on end feeling as if I'm lifting a fifty pound weight straining not just my joints but my brain, its neurons refusing to fire like the...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, angst, depression, image, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member no poet, am I
poet, you called me? oh no - that’s not I ... there's...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, beauty, god, imagery, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member leau de la vie
I’m … (thus told) oft’ purveyor of a pen drowning in the anguish of the heart … bulletin: love - not always love love - always pain always - all ways … wherever, whatever, WHOever the soul divides for, consumed, one day … lost to time’s...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy, appreciation, wisdom, writing,
Form: Free verse
Oblivious
She is oblivious to the fact That she can make my mind Tedious Which makes me furious But imagining her smiling upon Makes my heart troubled as ocean On a stromy night...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, feelings, first love, i
Form: Free verse
YOUR MAGIC
It was 3'O clock On a lonely morning, You called me It's only a Cup of tea, But you are the only attracted me the most, Your eyes are the beauty Where I get lost, I lost myself in your magic It's...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, beautiful, beauty, black love,
Form: Free verse
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Jovial Dr Jekyll played for juvenile Justice a just jaspered journey jokingly jumped...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, 12th grade, extended metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
Hoop and A Happy Child
A little child once hopped round a hoop. The child tried it once and it felt like the best thing. The child went back everyday hopping around the hoop with smiles and no care in the world. Everything...Read the rest...
Categories: writing, art, growth, life, write,
Form: Narrative
Writers Block
Opening and closing the curtains. Looking outside, then back to my paper. Silence. Then tearing sounds. The curtains scraping the screen. I opened the window to help me think. But the muggy heat is tearing me up. So I hide in the...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Free verse
Writing
I’m writing with pen. Scribbling and doodling. Writing a rough draft. Then an even rougher draft. Falling asleep and knocking coffee all over my pages. Using up my whole notebook. Running to the paper store and begging for all the paper...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member writing haiku
five seven five wrote fingers tapping as words thought vision forming words...Read the rest...
Categories: writing,
Form: Haiku

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Book: Shattered Sighs