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Best Anthology Poems

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


Premium Member African Anthology
walking gracefully  
with a pendulum movement ~
a herd of giraffes   

the mass migration
crocodiles at the river~
food for the taking

gazelles are running ...

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Categories: anthology, africa, animal, nature, water,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member Plagiarizing
"Mine all Mine!"

A thief I long to be
Your eyes original like the moon and sea

A lover in the world............
An Anthology, you walk and talk like...

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Categories: anthology, addiction, beauty, cute love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hello Butterfly
hello                      hello
butterfly  ...

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Categories: anthology, beautiful, color, imagery, insect,
Form: Concrete
Premium Member no poet am I -
a poet, you say? pardon no, not am I
there's only ONE poet - He writes on the
       sky
of sunsets...

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Categories: anthology, blessing, faith, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Oceana
Oceana

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: anthology, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse



My Love Shall Find You
Through eternal sun stars and space
My love shall find you I will embrace
Thru invisible realms and empty voids
There is nothing that my love avoids

Thru stormy...

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Categories: anthology, devotion, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Dream Big
Set your sights high
Follow what your heart desires
There’s nothing you can’t do

With your deepest breath
Take in the universe
There’s nothing you can’t do

Dream your dream in...

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Categories: anthology, confidence, courage, dream, future,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Final Farewell
To my life that betrayed the butterflies~
          within my chrysalis mind, 
forgive my flawed dialect, 
I...

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Categories: anthology, destiny,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Silent Inflictions
Childhood is a ship,
preparing to set sail,
but not all harbors are kind

the ocean a mysterious enigma.

Not all inflictions are visible,
some bruises remain invisible.
Not all trauma...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anthology, analogy, childhood, emotions, innocence,
Form: Free verse
Flawless Gems - Lei
A rainbow took my breath away
Whilst on a train one summers day

Her vibrant arc I was in awe
Though folk beside me never saw

With heads bowed...

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Categories: anthology, appreciation, nature, rainbow, technology,
Form: Lay
Premium Member Today I Learn To Be a Widow, Lesson 1
lesson one

i wake up alone
for the first time
the silence is deafening

i want to get up
but every fiber in me
is dead weight

i want to call my...

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Categories: anthology, death, loneliness, longing, lost
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Not all dreams come true
Mind softened, 
watching fusions 
of saffron strips
merge with scarlet hues,
elegantly charming 
             ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anthology, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mindful
Mindful  

Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in the...

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Categories: anthology, blessing, life, light,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ruin Gazing
Drawn by subtle intuition
I follow a winding path
into the heart of the woods,
emerging in an open glade
where feeble sunlight falls
upon a moss covered wall.
Isomorphic intimacy...

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Categories: anthology, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Heartbroken
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Khalil Gibran

In days of darkness,
sad stars shimmer like somber souls.
Upon...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: anthology, heartbroken, pain, sorry,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs