Best Canonical Poems
Below are the all-time best Canonical poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of canonical poems written by PoetrySoup members
Their Precious Jewelswhere *Sharia reigns
women are precious jewels
hide them from the world
let no other man behold
the diamond that you possess
guard that precious gem
her ovaries will get hurt
if...
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Categories:
canonical, men, power,
Form:
Tanka
Felled TreeDear swollen-trunk maple, deemed
diseased by the saw-happy tree guy,
you who have stood silently, supposedly
slipping your ailment through your roots
to the neighboring...
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Categories:
canonical, life, tree, space, tree,
Form:
I do not know?
An Awful CrimeThe narrow lane led to an awful place
With its own page in the annals of history,
Where once was committed a murder most foul
It’s perpetrator to...
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Categories:
canonical, history, mystery
Form:
Quatrain
Who, Why, What, Where, WhenWho, Why, What, Where, When?
Take a meme, and make it clean by belief, engagement,
God meme, Santa Claus or denim jeans are fundamentals,
They offer...
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Categories:
canonical, faith, god, happiness, identity,
Form:
Quatrain
Logical AstutenessEducation has never deluded me,
it is a rich mine from which my gemstones are extracted;
and all of them can adorn with its brilliance
a king's...
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Categories:
canonical, education, history, people, philosophywords,
Form:
Sestina
Alpha Bet Cap ChaAlpha Bet Cap Cha
Just twenty six letters of the english language to whit
twisted in various & sundry combinations pit
this bull dog of a canonical wordsmith...
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Categories:
canonical, anxiety, crazy, devotion, giggle,
Form:
Free verse
Apathetic Dusty ShelvesApocryphal embellishments of
a non-canonical secret society,
teeming amidst a dubious
enterprising authenticity,
exposure's excessed stormy decay of
tormented poet's crushing blows,
ego's wild oats fruitlessly...
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Categories:
canonical, allegory, destiny, hyperbole, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
Bishop Bougram's Apology'Tis in a manner far from thrasonical
That I come to you in full canonical
What I chose to do was to instill my love
On acolytes...
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Categories:
canonical, addiction, child abuse, corruption,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bible Defined 11022011Other source of supernatural knowledge is the Bible
In the words of the Council of Trent
Which enumerated the books of the Bible under their proper titles
The...
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Categories:
canonical, education, family, children, friendship,
Form:
I do not know?
The 36 Percent PoemThe 36% Poem
I recall going to the stained-glass church as a child
and wishing the Jesus statue would move, that he would
just step down from...
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Categories:
canonical, forgiveness, religion,
Form:
Blank verse
Ibykos Fragment 286 TranslationIbykos Fragment 286, circa 564 BCE
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Come spring, the grand
apple trees stand
watered by a gushing river
where the maidens’ uncut flowers shiver
and...
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Categories:
canonical, desire, emotions, feelings, garden,
Form:
Verse
DoomsdayDOOMSDAY:
All claim they revering Almighty GOD,
Same time hailing graven images as their lord.
Plainly they see it no wrong;
The inappropriate way of procuring mammon.
And their advertisment...
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Categories:
canonical, judgement,
Form:
Lyric
As a Resident of Schwenksville Boro For Five Plus YearsAs a resident of Schwenksville Boro for five plus years...
Intersection upon adventitious
encounter, when first seed of genocide planted
unsuspecting subsequent rapid usurpation
quickly eradicated rightful breed
of what...
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Categories:
canonical, abuse, adventure, age, america,
Form:
Free verse
Elliptical Part1Canonical, orbit, elliptical, prodigal, crown
come back to me reasons and signs and be found in these
Stardust, Sirius, be the scourge of Thebes and of the...
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Categories:
canonical, abortion, adventure, allegory, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
2009 Hyundai Sonata An Infuriating RattletrapTime and again finances stretched
to breaking point
crackle, pop, and snap
'curse Alfred E. Neuman
smiles at yours truly
(this luckless papa)
with with his toothy gap
haint even Abel nor...
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Categories:
canonical, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme