Best 13 Poems
Below are the all-time best 13 poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 13 poems written by PoetrySoup members
How Poetry BeganThat thing that we call poetry -
when asked where it began,
I’d say it started beautifully
before the dawn of man!
It glistened on the oceans
before man came...
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Categories:
13, nature, poetry,
Form:
Quatrain
The Poet Who Never WasI thought I was a poet who had a pen of gold
With clear access to writing that was mature and bold.
I thought I could go...
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Categories:
13, emotions, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Unspoken WordsI often scribble in the sand
The words I find so hard to say
And hope the wind will come along
And blow them all your...
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Categories:
13, words,
Form:
Quatrain
The Mother TreeThe Mother Tree
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...
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Categories:
13, birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form:
Sonnet
Welcome To a Brand New World, Song VersionWelcome to a brand new world
Verse 1
How are you feeling right now?
Is there still a yearning in your heart?
You're probably like, ten million or more,
praying...
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Categories:
13, christian, earth, gospel, hope,
Form:
Lyric
Love of NatureWhether ocean or mountain with valley green
or every deep forest in between
My love for Nature fills my eyes
With every creature of Earth and sky
The changing...
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Categories:
13, nature,
Form:
Couplet
My Affair With a Frost Flower State of Affairs
There’s a beguiling danger in beauty…
seduced as I was by the fickle fingers of fate musingly stroking my hair,
I envisaged
this lusciously lavish landscape
of sun-raptured...
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Categories:
13, betrayal, dark, emotions, heartbreak,
Form:
Free verse
Sundown MeditationTake a deep breath
Let yourself relax
Close your eyes
Come with me
Inhale
Exhale
Let me guide you
I’ll take you on a magical journey
Give in to the moment
Relax
Breathe
Close your eyes
You’re...
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Categories:
13, adventure, freedom, journey, peace,
Form:
Free verse
How Do I Love Thee - Let Me Count the Ways1.
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:
13, love,
Form:
List
The Sham of My HumanityEvergreen flavored mantras
did nothing to purge bitter bile from my lips
nor slake the smoldering thirst for a Rosary remedy.
Tick-tock petals unfurled one by one
as your...
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Categories:
13, anger, grief, heartbreak, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
A Chorus Sang Its Last ConcertoI walked in darkness along the shore
seeking only solitude and nothing more
Thunder drummed from somewhere far away
like foreboding timpani as clouds began to play
They competed...
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Categories:
13, beach, emotions,
Form:
Elegy
OceanaOceana
Oceana flings her sequined petticoats
Upon the sands as if to toss the seaweed
From the swirling edges
While she dances with the wind
With each turn she...
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Categories:
13, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
Ocean WhispersOcean Whispers
I sit on shore by windswept seas
and feel the vibrant ocean breeze
As waves cascade upon the sand
...
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Categories:
13, moon, ocean, sea, water,
Form:
Couplet
Crepe-Myrtle FlowersEventide’s misty winds gently oscillate
Colorful clusters of crepe-myrtle flowers
Crowning atop rows of elegant tree-trunks
Blooms lavender, pink, red, and purple
Hanging in air from tips of twigs...
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Categories:
13, flower,
Form:
Imagism
Categories:
13, bird, hope, love,
Form:
Shape