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Best Rubai Poems

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


Premium Member On Memorial Day
My only son once asked me why
  A fine mist, today, enveloped my eye
As I began his query to answer
  Caught in my...

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Categories: cry, holiday, tribute,
Form: Rubai



Premium Member Reconciled
An introvert since I was a young child,
I am tranquil quiet and never wild;
never thinking it would be an asset, 
    ...

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Categories: how i feel,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Choice
Quatrain #55:
CHOICE


Voice sacred trust in words that flow,
Poise knows you must bring truth to show;
Noise is but rust that corrupts good,
Choice now sculpts bust where...

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Categories: allegory,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Roses and Wine
A penny for your thoughts
  with inflation it’s a nickel
The longer you go on
  the more I find you fickle

You looked sincere, so...

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Categories: romance, rose, satire, wine,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member A Flower
A flower that has once lived and aged
With all of life's opportunities engaged
Then lost its petals and its scent
Waits stilled, extends its lessons of life...

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Categories: faith, flower, life,
Form: Rubai



Premium Member The Good Times
Frittering their lives away
  at work, at home, at play

When the good times finally died
  ~ they'd nothing left to say...

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Categories: fun, life, sad,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Blessed Is the Day of Rest
How blessed is the Day of Rest
   
   You feel you are a special guest

Welcome to the Palace of the Lord

...

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Categories: day, god, home, inspirational,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Mode
Quatrain #857:
MODE


Make up your mind to seek the light,
Opt truth in kind to guide your sight;
Deed can now bind the love you share,
Etch what heart...

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Categories: allegory,
Form: Rubai
Never Interact With Burning Hearts
His path has crossed mine several times
He can even read my minds 
I tell you never get too close
He can also hear your cries

The love...

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Categories: boyfriend, dark, mystery,
Form: Rubai
Kids Funny Bee Buzz Poem
A KIDS FUNNY BEE BUZZ POEM
								 
The fuzzy, wuzzy bumble bee
a fussy, hussy bee was he
because he lost his buzz you see
in a muggy, buggy...

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Categories: children, funny,
Form: Rubai
Anticipation
I stand and wait by the garden gate
My object of affection is fashionably late
When she appears she will be mine
For a wedding is planned to...

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Categories: girlfriend, love, wedding, urdu,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Affection
One mouth you were given, but two ears
So you would talk half as much as you hear
Remember this biological fact
  ~ and affection you...

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Categories: appreciation, friendship, spoken word,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Dogs
My hands, smelly, brown, it's truly heinous...
I love those dogs, I do! But it's dubious
I'll ride my wheels again through grass!
Clean after them please? I'm...

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Categories: anger, animal, dog, humor,
Form: Rubai
Premium Member Cheer
Quatrain #40:
CHEER


Cheer finds the way to bridge the miles,
Love primes fond say with profound smiles;
Live well each day with heart and soul,
Grace moves fine play...

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Categories: allegory,
Form: Rubai
Lagoon of Salted Men
Lagoon of life, lake of man
Bitterness in life, salt of man.
Sourness or sweetness, salt of the tongue
Harvest of the young, actions of man

Sourness of tongue,...

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Categories: destiny, life, words, work,
Form: Rubai

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