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Best Basis Poems

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


Premium Member Beauty
The basis of all beauty is hope,
          It gives no cause to sadness...
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Categories: basis, beauty, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Course Correction
Light the nation a new fire;
Awake the apathetic’s desire;
Like sheep to Shepherd’s crook;
We need a new course, old Book.

Our founders risked it all;
Starting with Lexington’s...

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Categories: basis, leadership,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member To My Dearest Children - Potd
Dear Children,

I can only give you a deep love that lasts
The span of my lifetime, nothing less.
On a quotidian basis, you will feel 
The warmth...

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Categories: basis, encouraging, meaningful, wisdom,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Karma
Yesterday, I followed her true invisible form
Colors turning a kaleidoscopic deep and warm

A state of mind, that makes reality feel alive
Stabbing moments that teach how...

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Categories: basis, bullying, conflict, life, universe,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Ruminations On Life
(The news of the death of dear and near ones reaching us on a daily basis has left me thinking of the transitoriness of life...

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Categories: basis, anxiety, death, journey,
Form: Rhyme



Little Toy Soldiers
Little Toy Soldiers going off to war
None will ever live to  see age twenty four
None of them even  know what they're fighting for
Little...

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Categories: basis, boy, goodbye, peace, soldier,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member It Is Not Happening By Chance
Rip down the statues
Rename the streets
Police the language
Label it hate speech

Burn down the cities
In peaceful protest
Justice is racist
Thus, civil unrest

No longer about 
Seats on the...

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Categories: basis, political, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member We Are Covid Free
We're Covid free - restrictions lifted
Shop barriers, they have been shifted
But there’s still a queue
For the ladies loo
Weak bladders, us gals have been gifted!

Bars opened...

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Categories: basis, endurance, health, hope,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Secret Love - 2nd Place Contest Win
If you spill your secrets to the breeze,
Don't blame the wind for laying them to light.
Once said, words are disclosed, even to trees.
And claim peace...

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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basis, analogy, appreciation, beauty, love,
Form: Crown of Sonnets
Premium Member Oasis
Written: January 1st, 2023 

Rumi's verse, "The desert beckons us as if it were the oasis,"
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© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basis, adventure, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Rubaiyat
" Bahama Nation"
A nation of peace,a nation of pride
A nation that's spread far and wide.
A nation of hope,a nation of joy,
Thats free for all, man,women ,girl and...

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Categories: basis, anniversary, dedication, history, holiday,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member - the Freezing Wind -
Dusk

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Categories: basis, feelings, life,
Form: Free verse
A Good Person
A good person.
What makes a person quote a “good person”? 
Does a good person always finish on top? Not really. 
Does a good person get...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: basis, how i feel, inspiration,
Form: Free verse
Courage Vs Conflict
COURAGE VS. CONFLICT
The history of man defines Ape as a primate.
Man seems to be in that mind-set today.
He lives life as pent because he denies...

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Categories: basis, conflict, courage, culture,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Jungle Drums
Jungle Drums

Well known was Molly by gossips
Words fell so easy from her lips
They always found ready ears
Revered was she amongst her peers

A casual meeting Molly...

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Categories: basis, life,
Form: Couplet

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