Best Canon Poems
Below are the all-time best Canon poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of canon poems written by PoetrySoup members
12-31-23: A Number's Existential Crisis'Twas the twilight of the year, a twinkling tiara,
December 31st, digits dancing dunes in the Sahara.
One, two, three, one, two, three, it's a prance,
A numerical...
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Categories:
canon, celebration, hilarious, holiday, humor,
Form:
Lyric
Speechless Spoken Word ArtisteSPEECHLESS SPOKEN WORD ARTISTE
So if my vocal folds can’t collaborate to produce sounds to communicate loudly to your beautiful mind that I have an endless...
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Categories:
canon, art, beauty, emotions, humor,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Temple of the ButterflyI am the void
I am the wrath
I am the undulating sun seraph
In the temple of the butterfly
The shadow is my alibi
~moths, in rooms full...
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Categories:
canon, death, humanity, silence, war,
Form:
Free verse
The Trip of My Lifethe grace of Paris
lingering in my thoughts. . .
Madrid’s grimy walls
As our small group of students entered Madrid, it was an early morning in...
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Categories:
canon, travel,
Form:
Haibun
Anglo-Norman Arisingthe wealth of norman England is poised to grow
towns enlarge, markets exchange, a fresh fertilising sprinkled culture
kingdoms extend with numbers reducing
...
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Categories:
canon, england, history, identity, immigration,
Form:
Narrative
Volga 1 - 3( while taking a tour through those poems readers are requested to keep in their hands, a
feather from the pea-cock’s tail )
Volga - 1...
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Categories:
canon, fantasy
Form:
Prose Poetry
A Ambiguous Music of LoveStill could feel the saccharine notes
played on the alluring eyes where I lost myself
for a while.
It flattered the vanity of the ...
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Categories:
canon, destiny, emotions, life, love,
Form:
Free verse
The RevolverScene 1:
There once was a man
filled with joy
a wife, a home
and a cute infant boy
Everything was grand
with twins on the way.
A spontaneous dog
who liked to...
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Categories:
canon, loss, , cute,
Form:
Free verse
Beautiful OblivionSit and watch the thin, blank dawn
that never quite sweeps you off your feet.
Wrestle with memories that don't want to be suppressed,
and repress the urge...
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Categories:
canon, allegory, depression, hope, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Skelton BonesDown in the crypt where the caskets lie
And dust stirs up when trucks go by
Giggling sounds, not moans and groans
From the tomb of Skelton Bones
When...
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Categories:
canon, fantasy,
Form:
Rhyme
When Our Cup Does Not Run OverSin is a revelation. It is God who shows us OUR sin. He also points to the BLOOD OF JESUS as the antidote. Sin is...
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Categories:
canon, allusion, anxiety, bible, encouraging,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Salon of Forbidden ThoughtThe Salon of Forbidden Ideas
is a place where the free-thinkers go
to express their unsanctioned opinions
and explore what they aren't meant to know...
At twilight, they slip...
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Categories:
canon, america, analogy, freedom, perspective,
Form:
Rhyme
Symphony In the DesertRagged notes of unsung sorrow
stretch toward the heavens
in undefined
agony
trails of symphony
aching for forgiveness
follow in pristine pitch
night sky alive with
unearthly splendor, eclipsing
moons, stars and...
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Categories:
canon, forgiveness, happiness, hope, imagination,
Form:
Blank verse
Labyrinth of SighsLabyrinth of Sighs
Wondering through a labyrinth of sighs
More platitudes with attitudes that never question why
A litany of afterthoughts about where we go...
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Categories:
canon, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Door Unlocked, Please Close Behind YouThe church door was unlocked
So I went inside
Many pews had spider web barriers in place
Yet the linen was clean and ironed
Dates of mass clearly on...
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Categories:
canon, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse