Best 29 Poems
Below are the all-time best 29 poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of 29 poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Tale of Fire and IcePart I: Ice
He shines like silver midnight moon -
cool marble statue, this tycoon.
And though he makes the ladies swoon,
of ice he’s hewn; of ice he’s...
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Categories:
29, dream, fire, love, lust,
Form:
Rhyme
I Think of You - An Alternative Universe - 6From childhood it was a world of two...you and I...
I leaned lightly, leisurely against your heart and you let me in.
We were five I use...
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Categories:
29, best friend, cute love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Healing Power of the Drumyour labored breathing
called out to me
and in my soul I knew
what needed to be done
I reached for the drum
to summon the spirits
called out to ancestors
and...
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Categories:
29, inspirational, native american, prayer,
Form:
Free verse
September"September, beautiful month of my birth, is nigh, but I cannot feel glad."
September, drifting in with glow of moon,
you stifle Summer’s ardor. . . and...
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Categories:
29, nature, sad, sun, time,
Form:
Terzanelle
Soul Searching Trek Along Winter's Snow Painted Trails - a Collaboration With Robert and TeppoWaking to cold blown tent, ground frozen icy hard
woods are my love, as is poetry to a bard.
Today starts my anticipated forest trek,
seeking salvation from...
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Categories:
29, appreciation, beauty, introspection, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Unsure the ShoreGrim fog, I praise the shelter of your drear,
the sundown ghost morose not grandiose,
I walk alone - but, no -- with my despair;
a bittern bids...
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Categories:
29, 8th grade, beach, bereavement,
Form:
Sonnet
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:
29, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Free verse
That Potent Urge -Gotta Go, Gotta Go Right NowI think no stimulus could be
as potent as the one to pee.
A feeling frequent and innate
is this - the urge to urinate.
It comes each day...
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Categories:
29, home,
Form:
Rhyme
Canyon Reverie ConstanzaI stop to watch the eagle soar.
At dawn his silhouette flies high
Through brilliant tinted scarlet sky.
Below the gorge at valley’s floor,
The creatures rise up one...
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Categories:
29, autumn, nature, wind,
Form:
Rhyme
When a Man CriesNo one ever told me that your heart could bleed without a drop that anyone could see. I didn't know your soul could lose weight...
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Categories:
29, depression,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Silent GoodbyeI forgot myself today
as melancholic melodies
overwhelm each beat
of my wandering heart.
The sanctimonious sun deceives
as a bitter breeze breathes
against sullen silent surfaces.
Recycled emotions penetrate
with a...
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Categories:
29, absence, i miss you,
Form:
Prose
The Land of the Midnight SunI went cruising to Norway with my wife across the North Sea
We travelled the route the Vikings took but with added luxury
Our first port of...
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Categories:
29, boat, friend, holiday, sea,
Form:
Narrative
The Missionary and the BumThere once was a bum. He was the neighborhood drunk. He had an unkempt demeanor. His salt and pepper hair had not been washed in...
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Categories:
29, faith, friendship, love,
Form:
Prose
Love's Eternal DeathThe hollow eyes of love are never gone
They keep within the waves of trembled tears
From days so poor when love was looked upon
And one where...
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Categories:
29, emotions, lost love,
Form:
Sonnet
Midsummer BreezeMidsummer Breeze
How may I extol a midsummer breeze?
As soft as rose petals in cooling wind
That flutters leaves upon the verdant trees,
And endeavors to make...
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Categories:
29, flower, heartbreak, son, summer,
Form:
Sonnet