Best Centered Poems
Below are the all-time best Centered poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of centered poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Mother TreeThe Mother Tree
I am the mother tree that spawned the seeds of you.
My children, you've grown and branched away from me.
You've married, left home to...
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Categories:
centered, birth, children, family, grandchild,
Form:
Sonnet
- Peace, Love, and Gods Greatest Gift -
The mellifluous musical tones of the village bells
Echoing chimes over the cold snowcapped mountains
Both finding their way to people in the valley below
Christmas songs —...
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Categories:
centered, celebration, christmas, december, inspiration,
Form:
Terza Rima
Repent and Believe
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Up until the summer of 1999, I only knew of the words "Jesus."
I knew what was being taught in church.
...
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Categories:
centered, bible, christian, forgiveness, jesus,
Form:
Free verse
MindfulMindful
Startled out of nonchalant light,
Wakefulness stands at attention
Ignited flame from the eternal candle,
Energized vigil of the watchman
At the soul’s dawning daybreak
Tingling in the...
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Categories:
centered, blessing, life, light,
Form:
Free verse
God's Kind Of PoetryI see God in nature, surrounded in the beauty of our earth.
As God may speak with his spark of life dwelling in me,
Expressed though HIS...
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Categories:
centered, beauty, devotion, poetry,
Form:
Terza Rima
The Devil Made Me Do ItIt had been a long night, an hour drive just to be with my sister. One must stay in touch with family; it’s the right...
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Categories:
centered, anger, feelings, relationship,
Form:
Haibun
THE JOURNEYOnce upon a weedy lawn
At Cedar Oaks Retirement Home
There sat my mother, weak and old
On an afghan knit to block the cold.
It was summer, but...
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Categories:
centered, appreciation, child, daughter, devotion,
Form:
Rhyme
Peace, Love, and God's Greatest GiftPeace, Love, and God’s Greatest Gift
The mellifluous musical tones of the village bells
Echoing chimes over the cold snowcapped mountains
Both finding their way to people in...
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Categories:
centered, celebration, christmas, december, inspiration,
Form:
Terza Rima
The One-Legged SandpiperI saw a one-legged Sandpiper
today on the beach.
I saw him land on his single pedestal,
it was an artful thing.
Entranced by his disability,
I stood transfixed with...
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Categories:
centered, animal, appreciation, bird, judgement,
Form:
Free verse
LotusLotus
Lotus petals soft with shadows
Drinking from your shallow pond,
Blossoms that compete with heaven,
With the twilight hour you bond.
Aquatic in your very nature,
Deemed fit to float...
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Categories:
centered, devotion, hope, inspirational, love,
Form:
Rhyme
'That Missing Link'One day after years of searching
for that missing link
he came along, without warning
he meddled with the barricades
I build...
The things I used...
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Categories:
centered, friendship, introspection, lifelove,
Form:
Free verse
Talking Smack*I've been called a 'shrew,' told I am self centered, petty, and a few other rather insulting and invective names, so here is my rebuke.
Who...
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Categories:
centered, parody,
Form:
Rhyme
Yucca
Daddy brought it home to mother
She did not like it at all, in fact it made her angry
Those innocent tough spikey, sword-shaped leaves
Centered with white...
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Categories:
centered, emotions,
Form:
Quatrain
Over The Horizon, Dedicated To AndreaOver The Horizon, Dedicated To Andrea
Beyond normal sight and imagination
Tho' perhaps a dear new sensation.
Hidden rainbows kiss blue skies
shall we issue cries?
Love begs not
Lies
to thus...
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Categories:
centered, appreciation, art, dedication, dream,
Form:
Rhyme
CountI used to count the years, the months
The days, the hours
The minutes, even the seconds
Since the last time we spoke
I remember the moment I looked
Into...
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Categories:
centered, depression, feelings, grief, growth,
Form:
Free verse
America, Oh AmericaAMERICA, OH AMERICA
America, oh America, the mother of Exiles,
Mighty woman with a torch,
Towers high as a top notch
Whose flame is the imprisoned fire
With conquering limbs...
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Categories:
centered, 1st grade, america, poetry,
Form:
Narrative
Consciousness FulcrumMy works need not be successful
Just when consciousness-centered
Success can be spiritual
Mundane and ill-tempered
If the living Holy Spirit of the
Absolute in me abide
My thoughts, words...
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Categories:
centered, heart, life, work,
Form:
Free verse
THIS NEEDS TO BE SAID
(Especially, for new...
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Categories:
centered, abuse, poets,
Form:
Rhyme
A Cold HeartIt's a cold, cold heart
that cannot feel
someone else's pain.
It's a heart without feeling
that averts its eyes
to the ravishings in the world.
It's a self-centered...
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Categories:
centered, angst,
Form:
Blank verse
Genocidal SurvivorsThey call me Brave Heart
Not because of my courage but because it is my last name
And not because I "like" Mel Gibson that much but...
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Categories:
centered, africa, courage, grief, growing
Form:
Rhyme
Lines of SeparationDuring the Civil War, the Mason Dixon Line
Divided North from South, separating families
In 1961 guard towers were erected
On the Berlin Wall, separation strategies
Although the...
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Categories:
centered, history, social
Form:
Rhyme
Haunting Spirit at Monmouth UniversityHome to President Woodrow Wilson
Ivy scaled Monmouth’s outer walls
Laughter of youth from decades past
Resonated in marble-floored halls
The theater building was set apart
Further down Cedar Avenue
Another...
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Categories:
centered, scary,
Form:
Rhyme
Breath of Love
Sometimes in life it never goes as planned
Into cul de sacs we turn behind us we leave
Feelings and sadness dealt by life's demands
Find that shining...
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Categories:
centered, faith, future, god, heart,
Form:
Rhyme
I Went To HeavenI went to Heaven…..
Why I went there and
how I got there….
now there’s the story.
Went there to plead my case.
Couldn’t afford an angel so
one was appointed...
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Categories:
centered, heaven, humor, travel,
Form:
Free verse
Insight outInner sanctuary
envision harmony and mental clarity
focus on a journey of possibility
Meditate on transformation and
awareness of inner state
peace and healing
Constructive thought
instruct your mind
to redirect the...
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Categories:
centered, caregiving, education, forgiveness, friendship,
Form:
Free verse