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Best 17Th Poems

Below are the all-time best 17Th poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 17th poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Black Poetry Day
My black is majestic my black is smooth
Even when I was banished from public pool
Even if I was portrayed black face fool
I was a raven...

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Categories: 17th, appreciation, black african american,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Pirate of My Heart
It was the 17th century, and I was travelling with my family,
            We were...

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Categories: 17th, fantasy,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Amazing Grace
The soul whom the Son sets free
is free indeed,
Unlocking the rusting shackles
of oppression,
Allowing life’s amazing grace
to shine with His embrace,
Transformation of soul’s darkness
to light’s brightness,
The...

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Categories: 17th, devotion, faith, hope, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Harvest Inferno
Take me to the tombstone 
let me touch the gray stone that stands
where life could not
I will put my face to that touchstone of deaf...

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Categories: 17th, birthday, creation,
Form: Epic
Premium Member I Wait and Hope
In the frame there is a photo
which I took of you that day
just a month before you left me
on my own and went away.

It reminds...

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Categories: 17th, longing,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Save Me, That I May Rise Again To Stand
Save Me, That I May Rise Again To Stand

Where it that good-morrow brought thee again
save my broken soul from love-lust in sin!
Heal my heart, stop...

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Categories: 17th, art, conflict, desire, lost
Form: Sonnet
The Broken Hearts
The world is full of broken hearts,
so mine was nothing new,
     and anyone who loves someone
could lose that person too.
 ...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 17th, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Believe In Yourself
Every living thing.. Every breathing one..
Changes in life even for once…Some for good and some for bad..
Some where someone will always change..
Are you feeling betrayed...

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Categories: 17th, cheer up, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Paul Callus: Ego Sum
Paul
Husband of Sheila, Father of Kirsty and Paul-Mark, 
Grandfather of Valentina, teacher, and friend 
Son of Pauline and Nazarene, brother to six siblings:
Joseph – Angela...

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Categories: 17th,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Darkest of Confessions
Darkest of Confessions


Voices in my head
Dancing abreast with the abstract
Shattered glasses and shattered dreams
History repeats many a lovers’ defeat

I demand a duel
With my heart
I welcome...

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Categories: 17th, angst, appreciation, french, funeral,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Irishman
This is who I am
My name is Stanislaus J. O’Connor
Born on April 17th in Belfast, Ireland
Youngest of eight children
My father admired the Polish people
The way...

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Categories: 17th, lifegod, me, god, me,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Einstein Meme's
His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word Einstein broadly synonymous with genius. Albert Einstein’s brother was a monster, his name, FrankEinstein.

Einstein was asked...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 17th, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Timelessness Is To Being
My past already lived,
my unknown future is the only place to travel-
beyond paradoxes or predictions,
 I could stand in a world beyond a human life...

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Categories: 17th, change, future, pain, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
Trust Issues
Why do people always need s a promise.. To accept what you say..
Why do people keep asking if you are lying in anyway..
Why do people...

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Categories: 17th, care, forgiveness, hurt, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Home Brew
There once was a friend of mine,
Who was famed for making wine.
Her visits were great,
As she brought a crate -
But I lost a week each...

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© Jack Horne  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: 17th, friendship
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs