Best Close Poems
Below are the all-time best Close poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of close poems written by PoetrySoup members
Broken PeopleI wish to be with the broken people
the get in your face challenge me people
The sometimes hidden
sitting in a dark corner kinda people
The don't you...
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Categories:
close, people,
Form:
Free verse
Love Passing ByWhen the crimson rose has faded
And our day at last is done;
In the forest dark and shaded
Blows the tempest, dims the sun.
When the night holds...
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Categories:
close, love, love, pride,
Form:
Rhyme
Will You Tie My Shoes When I Grow OldYou were beautiful,
my tiny child,
wrapped tightly in my arms,
close to my heart.
I listened to you breathing.
I counted your fingers
and your toes.
Helpless,
you...
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Categories:
close, caregiving, childhood, daughter, growing
Form:
Narrative
To All the Heart Breakers -A Zombie's ValentineWouldn't you rather~
Wouldn't you rather be dead?
Maybe shoot yourself in the head?
Over my dead heart, I'd never want to be a zombie like you.
The sight...
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Categories:
close, anger, death, horror, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
A Near Death Experience of a Sweetheart "A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"
Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind...
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Categories:
close, death, death, god, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Like Ice --- the Waltz"Black Ice"
Sorrow flows from the first sunrise
Eyes deeper than winter and rainfall
A painful combination never felt before
At core death awaits
-...
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Categories:
close, absence, allusion, color, dance,
Form:
Alliteration
Her Masterpiece Is Her StoryHer paintbrush is a razor,
Her canvas, her wrists,
"I deserve the pain."
She shrugs and insists.
One day the brush will push down,
And it will cut so deep,
That...
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Categories:
close, abuse, addiction, anger, body,
Form:
Rhyme
Midnight PoetWhisper's of October
Whispers in this soup bowl
20 minutes after its muse explodes,
Daylight remains nothing more than a dream
Warding off the howling sound...
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Categories:
close, addiction, character, devotion, identity,
Form:
Free verse
Categories:
close, death, depression, hate, hope,
Form:
I do not know?
With Open ArmsCome to me my child
Rest your head in my lap
My hand strokes your wild curls
Feeling the dampness on your neck
Lamplight caresses your flushed cheeks
Shadows waltzing...
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Categories:
close, appreciation, emotions, fantasy, imagination,
Form:
Free verse
I Wore Your Skin~I wore your skin~
Brother, I wore your skin last night
Nothing but friction, blood -dry ink
Announcing a crush "Silence by the Sky!"
Integrity denied, endangered enemy
Brother, I...
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Categories:
close, anger, bullying, dark, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Love In the Silence of the SoulAs a young boy
Sitting in a pew
The winter darkness pressing down
Candlelight waves from hidden drafts
Shadows danced on the walls
I heard the words destined to me
“Be...
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Categories:
close, death, love, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
The Best Poem Ever~The best poem ever~
Without saying a word I’m going to go where no one has gone before.
A twilight zone, only God and I know of....
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Categories:
close, death, words, heart, heart,
Form:
Epic
A Poetry CollectionHourglass
Sand falls
Through the glass
Love falls
Within the past
Memories dance
They never last
Head in my hands
As I stare overhead
At the hourglass
Falling Down Stairs
Stairs broken
Wheels unspoken
I fell
Grasping for air
Are...
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Categories:
close, art, guitar, humanity, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
SheolDark Knight-tress
Underneath
This gown I feel nothing
Silk less feelings
The odor of intimate apparel lessens
Vanity fare from any sun
Warrior of beauty
Where have you gone?
A...
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Categories:
close, abuse, dark, evil, fantasy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse