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


Premium Member Poet In Recluse
I relinquish my pen before the storm
of her tears falling upon my bare arm
her gentle whispering breathed in my ear
Muse of mine, adieu to your...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: breathed, emotions, solitude,
Form: Rubaiyat



Winter's Afterglow
stars twinkled brilliantly
against majestic snow-capped mountains,
delicate pure white flakes danced;
swirling, twirling, rhythmically.

she stood, nose pressed tightly
against the window pane; gazing in awe
at the magic the...

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© Lynn Marie  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: breathed, angst, death, introspection, loss,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Spring Flowers
Spring Flowers

Opal open clouds let raindrops freely fall
Coaxing coy blossoms of spring to bloom.
Fragrant sweet scents permeate the air.
Snow drops begin the parade as they...

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Categories: breathed, beautiful, bird, birth, flower,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poe's Untimely Demise
*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: breathed, horror,
Form: Rhyme
The Universe of You
I have never seen a flower blush when I took it's hue
and held it there a prisoner captive to my view.

I have always heard the...

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Categories: breathed, autumn, beautiful, love, planet,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member March 19 Memories
Mama….it’s today
The chalendar shouts it
Today
15 years ago..you breathed your last
and I still see you in dreams
and I still miss you, Mama

I’m sitting here
in front of...

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Categories: breathed, death, faith, mother,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Dance To Love - Part 2- POTD - The Grand Finale - a Visual Art Poem Tribute
POTD 6th August 2019

The clock ticks down the passing day
Tedious seconds count down my existence
Time for my pills ~ Time to call the nurse
Time ~...

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Categories: breathed, romantic, tribute,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Last drop of ink
Love is a silent emotion,
invisible to open eyes.
But, I saw the naked soul
of her enigma - 
        ...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: breathed, romance,
Form: Ode
Paper Boats
(Dedicated to one of my childhood friends)

You were one of those charming lilies
that bloomed, so fresh, in my springtime pond;
when my homesick wings of longings...

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Categories: breathed, childhood, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Stanzas By the Sea
I

when the world had no headsets
the sunbathing crowd
fell asleep to the sounds of
transistors played loud
while the deckchairs and windbreaks
kites, beach balls and more
formed the stripes,...

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Categories: breathed, beach, england, holiday, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member When It Comes To Me
I often sit for long periods of time
hoping the perfect beginning will come to me.
To write a poem that starts with a pristine Capital
leaving readers...

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Categories: breathed, adventure, celebration, change, identity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Where Birds Cannot Fly
There is a sacred place, beyond the deep blue skies
while living, we cannot go, and where birds cannot fly
a vast, mysterious realm, not meant for...

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Categories: breathed, christian, heaven, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member all that is between -
dust …

they say ...
dust ... to dust, yet
I have measured the stars
counted their intervals
felt hope's whisper on my neck, keen
kissed and cursed its face …
I...

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Categories: breathed, analogy, appreciation, life, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Loves Luculent Light
Love’s Luculent Light


Beyond the portals of time exist immaculate immortals incarnates of light,
helped by the Angels to seed sempiternal love into our earthly existence.
In Perpetuum...

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Categories: breathed, destiny, fate, love,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Forlorn Hope
Sitting on the cusp of dusk and evening
Placidly he ruminates where life has been 
When she still believed in vibrant springs
And exulted dawning of purple...

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Categories: breathed, lost love, moving on,
Form: Verse

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