Best German Poems
Below are the all-time best German poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of german poems written by PoetrySoup members
ShadowIt was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...
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Categories:
german, dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
SophieSophie Scholl was raised a Christian in a Lutheran family
Born in the town of Forchtenberg in south west Germany
For standing defiant against evil with her...
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Categories:
german, death, girl, inspirational, rose,
Form:
Narrative
Categories:
german, angst, bullying, conflict, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Tease For Two
"Tease for Two"
“Ein bisschen Zucker
mit Ihrer Sahne, Sir?“
German accent
smoky toned
she purred
Periwinkles suavely winked,
then played with his -
cufflinks
“Not now Schvee Tart”
he...
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Categories:
german, adventure, humor, romance, word
Form:
Romanticism
Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"
The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson
Life spent in The Hard Sell
Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia
mouth sucking a loaded gun
blue ribbonned...
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Categories:
german, abuse, addiction, angel, depression,
Form:
Free verse
The Last Train To AuschwitzIn nineteen forty four on the third of September
Is a date in my mind that I'll always remember
It was the date of the last train...
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Categories:
german, abuse, death, evil, jewish,
Form:
Narrative
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:
german, america, child abuse, evil,
Form:
Quatrain
Scherben Des Lebens/ the Shards of Life/ Los Fragmentos De La VidaDie Scherben des Lebens lassen sich nicht kitten. (German)
The shards of the life cannot be cemented. (English)
Los fragmentos de la vida no se...
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Categories:
german, philosophy
Form:
Monoku
Heinrich Heine RevisitedI can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your...
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Categories:
german, history, international, philosophy, poems,
Form:
Narrative
An Ordinary Girl - Translation From TagoreSharing my translation of a famous poem (Sadharan Meye) written by Rabindranath Tagore, who won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. It's one of his...
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Categories:
german, life, loss,
Form:
Narrative
Exerpts From Hitler's Diary 1941EXERPTS FROM HITLER’S DIARY 1941
"I never travel without my diary, one should always have something sensational to...
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Categories:
german, funnywar, crazy, june, war,
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Lost Kind ReturnsKrummes Holz gibt auch gerades Feuer
Crooked logs make straight fires [Work with what you have.]
Downcast eyes scan; the larger fear’s...
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Categories:
german, freedom, heartbroken, loss,
Form:
Sonnet
O' Wheel of FortuneMy heart shrivels dry, blackened rose in bitter anguish, ...
Do you feel my pain?
Why must the flame of day dwindle...
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Categories:
german, musicme, me,
Form:
Narrative
Bicycle Playing CardsAround since 1885,
These playing cards contain
A fascinating history
That Google helped obtain.
My favorite fact’s from World War II.
(It’s more than rumored lore.)
Some special decks were sent...
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Categories:
german, history,
Form:
Rhyme
Kingsbridge Nine O FivePulled on the parka, and turned my face to the cold street.
Half running, half slipping, piece of toast hangin' from my mouth..
man oh man am...
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Categories:
german, beautiful, car, girl, love,
Form:
Dramatic Verse