Best Ancient Poems
Below are the all-time best Ancient poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of ancient poems written by PoetrySoup members
Indian InkINDIAN INK
Indian Accent, form the whispers inside
Chanting from long ago
Echoes come and go
Losing time in a soft eternal glow
A beautiful and delicate autumn mountain scene
Dry...
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Categories:
ancient, abuse, autumn, death, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Daughter of the North Wind Sings In Soprano
In riming realms
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes
filled with zodiacal-light musings
of ancient cosmic dust
dancing in the arms of Sol..
windswept...
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Categories:
ancient, passion, snow, winter, woman,
Form:
Imagism
Soul EmbraceSunlight rains upon my face
Cascading memories cloaked in mystery
Kissing my eyelids
Ancient teardrops glide down my cheeks
Warmth illuminating my hungry soul
A sense of calm
A pulsating ellipse...
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Categories:
ancient, age, child, creation, fantasy,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly...
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Categories:
ancient, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
Dreams of IndiaDreams of India
Her music haunts me
in such a knowing way
it makes me weep
and causes my heart to ache.
I become homesick for her
scents, her sounds, her...
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Categories:
ancient, beauty, culture, desire, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Whispers SharedYour time worn hand rests on my shoulder
A gentle firm touch
Ancient fingers stretching awake
And for that moment in time, I receive you
My body marinates in...
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Categories:
ancient, appreciation, beauty, community, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Midnight PoetWhisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound...
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Categories:
ancient, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
May It Be An Evening Star of Peace - In Collaboration With Our Ps Community Poets
Like the Evening Star guided ancient mariners through calm or troubled seas
Let it guide and help spread this message of Peace to the far ends...
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Categories:
ancient, beautiful, peace, star,
Form:
Verse
A Vanilla DoveCypress trees like evergreen steeples
rise above rows of gravestone woes,
their shadows lie side by side like railroad ties
across writhing paths banded like snakes;
the gravel...
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Categories:
ancient, bird, death, grief, hope,
Form:
Free verse
The EndThe End
Seeing through these cold dead eyes now,
This world looks much different.
The scars of one’s life entire,
Appear now for all to see.
What once meant everything,
Really...
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Categories:
ancient, change, death, god, heaven,
Form:
Lyric
PneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosisONE WORD~
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Running through my mind,
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
Running through my veins,
...
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Categories:
ancient, abuse, analogy, art, corruption,
Form:
Epic
Pandora's Kiss"Pandora's Pearls"
Crystal tears drown under the best velvet distinctive feel
A Ghostly feel that leads into a clear diamond road
I found myself seduced down an Ancient...
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Categories:
ancient, adventure, beauty, death, deep,
Form:
Epic
Escape of the Bluesman's SongWithin the frame a sepia scene
a dusty porch a rickety chair
the fabric of your dusky face creased
with ceaseless sunbaked woes
your...
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Categories:
ancient, africa, america, grief, racism,
Form:
Free verse
Lily of the NileLily of the Nile
O Lily of the Nile, your enchanting
purple starburst blooms
rise on naked stalks to greet
lovers on their river stroll as
nature lifts their...
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Categories:
ancient, beauty, flower, river,
Form:
Verse
Pirouetting On Cloud BanksDancing in space
Waltzing in the universe
Pirouetting on cloud banks
Aah yes
Come with me
Let’s dance together
Ancient flute notes echo
Amidst starshine and lost memories
I feel you there beside...
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Categories:
ancient, desire, fantasy, introspection, lost
Form:
Free verse