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Best Cliched Poems

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


A Cliched Theme In Rhyme
They told you and promised your breath will expire
Your soul will go missing like the crackling fire.
They told you -- they advised -- to accept...

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Categories: cliched, age, growing up, hope,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Poet, No Longer Will I Sup At Your Banquet
My eyes were sorely struck when once they perceived
verity in your insightful words. Oh, how they grieved
when you chose to kneel low enough to kiss...

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© Lin Lane  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cliched, poets,
Form: Rhyme
October 13th
Wake up a little earlier; another troubled night
But the remnants of pre-birthday make-up still do their job remarkably
Smile for the camera; these pictures are keepers,...

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Categories: cliched, angst, depression, friendship, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Black Africa Still In Chains
Its creation’s simplicity still stands as a difficult puzzle
head is twisted backwards while in a forward motion
still looking behind at the chronicles of some centuries...

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Categories: cliched, abuse, africa, black african
Form: Dramatic Verse
What Color Is
Color is a unique sensation/,

Color doesn't sense. 

Senseless color is. 

Is color one way or the other? 

Color may not be what it is. 

It may not be what...

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Categories: cliched, beauty,
Form: Free verse



True Love For a Nerd: Specifically, a Logophile
True love for a nerd (specifically a logophile)

True love for a nerd, specifically a logophile... is him not interrupting you while you read, just watching...

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Categories: cliched, boyfriend, cute love, funny
Form: List
Premium Member Lovin From the Oven
Those kisses from behind
when I cooking supper
make me feel so wonderful

It is like being a newly wed
you taste wonderful 
mixed with sauteed vegetables

Like you love...

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Categories: cliched, husband, joy, kiss, love,
Form: Free verse
NIGHT CALLERS
I love them, truly love them and surely always will 
They come for me in hope when sleep eludes my night 
They dance about my...

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Categories: cliched, addiction,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Not a Church Confession
Do forgive me, it has been a while,
And perhaps far too long, since I've been here last,
With you or with such burdensome weight. 
 
Hands clasped between...

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Categories: cliched, longing, love,
Form: Free verse
Urban Grind
shackled
daily wager
sweat of brow not so sweet
muscle and sinews strain, work out
to earn dough for bread, and to work out, too
cyclic diurnal grind of life
cliched,...

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Categories: cliched, angst, destiny, urban,
Form: Rictameter
What You Felt In That Moment
deeper-day-dreaming. 

was he not a confident lover?

disheveled-darning-dominant.

confidence is not letting what may be disheveled in you get so deep that it dominates 

so by day,...

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Categories: cliched, destiny,
Form: Free verse
'sheep' Is General
Sheep is general, as a term
cliched by constant use.
One wonders why the name is used 
as a form of soft abuse.
There's nothing wrong with sheep...

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Categories: cliched, funny,
Form: Rhyme
Crimson
Is crimson the new black
Or just a poet's muse
Should I be standing before the jury
Yes your honor, it is true

What will be the new crimson
Candy...

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Categories: cliched, color, humor,
Form: Quatrain
The Women
We laugh and cry. We smile and have fun
But even when that is all said and done 
In our hearts still lie the sadness and...

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Categories: cliched, daughter, hope, inspirational, love,
Form: Rhyme
Productivity
"Life is short!" Cliched.
But true. Each day that goes by
Is never regained...

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Categories: cliched, freedom, hope, inspirational, introspection,
Form: Haiku

Book: Reflection on the Important Things