Best Approximate Poems
Below are the all-time best Approximate poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of approximate poems written by PoetrySoup members
Nau-Til-Us: An Approximate CreatureNautilus, chambered.
Mathematics? Not really.
By nature only.
Smells more like…
Ah…normal distribution
(Of golden spirals).
You could look it up.
FIBONACCI? Not really.
Logarithmic coil?
Not exactly....
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Categories:
approximate, math
Form:
Haiku
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:
approximate, beautiful, peace, star,
Form:
Verse
The Violence of MoneyThere is never an ending
to the spending
a world of paper
and plastic to collect
and horde
clothes
and cars
and homes
and jewelry
and fine wine
and paintings
stocks and bonds
vacations
and expectations
entire vocations...
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Categories:
approximate, anger, anxiety, violence,
Form:
Verse
Ekphrasis On House of Parliament At Sunsetstupendous silhouette of castle
piercing through hazy fog
reminds me of your shadow
as you come to meet me at twilight
mixed hues of spectral sky
reflected in...
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Categories:
approximate, appreciation, art,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Coplas On Wine By Nicanor Parra, Translated By T WignesanCoplas on Wine
( here, the famous AntiPoetic Chilean Poet Nicanor Parra, b. 1914, uses the more popular form of the « copla » genre that...
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Categories:
approximate, celebration, passion, poetry, song,
Form:
Quatrain
Aphrodite As An Anthropomorphic MapThe goddess we call Aphrodite
Is not just an old Grecian deity.
The Phoenicians did make
Her a map. It's not fake.
Her body is...
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Categories:
approximate, africa, body, imagery, language,
Form:
Limerick
People of FaithIt's hard to say where and when our town's People of Faith Cooperative started.
After all,
we have all emerged together,
and are still emerging
people of TaoGod,
right?
Our faith...
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Categories:
approximate, culture, earth day, education,
Form:
Political Verse
After School Jam SessionHow was school today?
Fine.
Did you learn anything important?
Maybe. I'm not sure yet.
Really? What are you considering?
We talked about Howard Odum's natural trinity
of altruism.
Maybe I skipped...
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Categories:
approximate, culture, earth, education, environment,
Form:
Political Verse
A Soulful Cry of Anguish Against FateA Soulful Cry of Anguish against Fate
(“The Tale of the Lonely Ghost”, a film (2013) by ANUP SINGH - who collaborated on the screenplay as...
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Categories:
approximate, death, first love, grief,
Form:
Elegy
Onam Carnival of Kerala-2“ the problem with Equality is that we desire it only with our superiors”
“Equal were all and happy they all were,
Deceits and falsehoods were unheard...
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Categories:
approximate, day, faith, sea, social,
Form:
Shadorma
Under the Red UmbrellaUNDER THE RED UMBRELLA
Under the red umbrella, sheltered in our rainy day nest,
my coal black heel lifts — our oneness beats in my chest.
Handsome...
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Categories:
approximate, paris, rain, romantic love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Incurable Society's IllsTwo scales must always be within an approximate range
for an accurate weight, and the close relationship
between the Humankind and God must withstand any change.
Solutions must...
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Categories:
approximate, adventure, confusion, health, natural
Form:
Terza Rima
Flavor SensationsWe push to imitate nature's
flavors, both sour and sweet;
compare the taste of lemons
to that of a lush, ripe peach,
or the nectar of pure honey
to the...
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Categories:
approximate, food,
Form:
Free verse
We'Ll All Become RobotsIt certainly isn't beyond the realm of possibility
That one day we'll become robots, it's more a probability
We'll have an on/off switch
And a program which
Will provide...
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Categories:
approximate, future,
Form:
Limerick
Flower BedShe sleeps under her perennial sheets
Her mattress is six feet deep
The head and footrest approximate her size
Her hand holds a single red rose that cries
Years...
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Categories:
approximate, betrayal, rose,
Form:
Rhyme