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Best Categories Poems

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


The Three Categories of People
THE THREE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE

At the zenith great men stood unopposed
Exonerated people of great wisdom and wealth
The earth is their point of arrival and departure
Terminus...

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Categories: categories, people, world, men,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Never Enough
Why does the voiceless canary stare so bleakly?
Why do the sullen grey clouds desert a sombre sky?
As the ugly black smog blots out the valiant...

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Categories: categories, environment, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Adebimpe, the African Beauty
ADEBIMPE

Going through this life at a frenzied pace
It's clear why we call it human race
I saw a piece of carefully gathered stardust
A desire for every...

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Categories: categories, africa, character, eulogy,
Form: Ode
Childhood Stories
Interested in my thoughts?
I’m interested in yours, too
Nice of you to stop by 
A not-so-phony comment will do
It’s nice that everyone talks and leaves me...

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Categories: categories, angst, me, me,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Writing Poetry For Milton
 " . . . I experience the ultimate thrill.
When all the noises around me are still." 

       ...

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Categories: categories, poetry, writing,
Form: Pantoum



Problem With Submitting Poems
Something is wrong with this site.
I cannot submit any poems because
the category is not working properly.
I tried to check off two categories, 
and neither one...

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Categories: categories, abuse,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member March Middleness
March middleness is much too fleet,
coming in on a creature’s feet.
Is it the lion which brings it on
pouncing with a roar on my lawn?
Or does...

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Categories: categories, art,
Form: Rondeau
How Would You Like Your Reasons
I have a millions reasons why I keep my love from you
Because I'm feeling nice today, I'll give you one or two
Or maybe I'll recite...

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Categories: categories, angst, voice, voice,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Emojis
Judging you by your emojis 
they disclose untold stories;
Those that get the click
more than just one pick;
Not so random categories....

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Categories: categories, computer, emotions, feelings, humor,
Form: Limerick
There For Me
Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Categories: categories, 12th grade, character, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Understanding Lipids
Lipid is another name for fat
Blood lipids are fats in your blood
Doctor creates a breakdown of different types of fat in your blood
Help determine the...

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Categories: categories, christian, devotion, faith, religion,
Form: Light Verse
The Human Condition
The absurdity of the human condition:
The only condition we try to make sense of,
Make reasonable,
Sanitized,
Certain,
Familiar,
When we know we can’t.

But still we love our categories,
As if...

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© Nick Ruff  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: categories, angst, death, deep, humanity,
Form: Free verse
I Folded My Mother Up
I Folded My Mother Up

I folded my mother up
Into a creased peace of paper 
Folding memories into intentions.
Flattening the dementia of unstructured emotions
Into a neat,...

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Categories: categories, childhood, death, farewell, grief,
Form: Elegy
Today's Family
TODAY'S FAMILY

Humans are of One kind,
*****Sapiens, Human beings.

They do no Run as a Pack
As other beings do.

They move as Families
On this dear earth

And ...

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Categories: categories, cousin, daughter, family, father,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member My Sexuality
There is Heterosexual, Homosexual, Bisexual and Asexual.
I don't fit into any of those categories at all.
I'm sexually attracted to myself. I'm I-sexual.
I'm also in love...

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Categories: categories, self,
Form: Rhyme

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