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Best Container Poems

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


Premium Member C'Est La Vie
They had fought.

He left without a word... 
...while she was sleeping.

She threw on the gown she had worn for him the night before,
pushed off the...

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Categories: container, lost love, love hurts,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Curse the Hour
I’ll not be the mask of your madness
I’ll not be the whip of your demands
I’ll not be the drug of your habit
I’ll not be the...

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Categories: container, betrayal, recovery from, drug,
Form: Quatrain
Memories of Youth and Nature, Were a True Blast, In Collaboration With Robert Lindley
Memories Of Youth And Nature, Were A True Blast
In collaboration with Robert Lindley

Beautiful dawn a Nature walk would do one good
Across the flower filled pond,...

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Categories: container, creation, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Red Rose of the Moulin Rouge
I awaken; the darkened skies my alarm clock
I reek of whiskey, scotch and pastis
Tumbling out of bed, I reach for a cigarette
The dusk harkens as...

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Categories: container, rose,
Form: Light Verse
What's In the Urn
What’s In The Urn

Strangers offered me to join them in a drink
I met them on a mountain edge while skiing
They seemed like friendly normal people...

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Categories: container, adventure, animal, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Quatrain



Premium Member Mary Elizabeth Frye Dedication Poems, Seventh Poet Honored Part One
Part One of Two

Mary Elizabeth Frye Dedication Poems, Seventh Poet Honored
Part One 

(1.)
Graveyard Visit, Seeing Death's Saddest Truth

Walking rows of silent tombstones that litter in...

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Categories: container, creation, death, dedication, deep,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Havoc At Halloween
Blackie mounts my broomstick every Halloween
With her silky coat and eyes of emerald green
We’re silhouetted in the moonbeam's gleam
Kitty meows so loudly if ever we...

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Categories: container, cat, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form: Monorhyme
Kittens In the Barn
Kittens In The Barn

He stops and removes his boots before opening the door.  He enters the kitchen and smells the familiar aroma of morning...

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Categories: container, animals, people
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Desecration of a Grave
“Here lieth baby Rachel
Born 10th Sept 1894 Died 30th Oct 1896”

Marble stone that lays above the head,
white chippings that blanket the body,
flowerless vase that sits...

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Categories: container, me,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member In My ''Dreamy'' Spring Garden
Ajuga, will be a must, a blue beauty that blows in the wind.
Bellflowers, charming and faithful and lovely, of course I must have
Candy Tufts from...

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Categories: container, daffodils, flower, garden, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member What Means More Mty
items in my container of memories
playbill for "Les Miserables" that Dad enjoyed
reminder of ignoble government
Jean Val Jean’s quest for justice
fugitive from the merciless Javert

outdated cell...

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Categories: container, death, father daughter, memory,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Spring Abecadarian
Azaleas with their vibrant jewelled colours mingle with
Begonias to bring beauty to my garden borders.
Calendula or Marigolds in glorious gold dazzle me like spring sunshine....

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Categories: container, beautiful, nature, spring,
Form: Abecedarian
Premium Member Kick the Can
Please,
  Feel free ...
    Kick me down the street
      Like a dented can - label ripped,...

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Categories: container, abuse, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Shy
Coconut shy at Reece Fair...
Auntie Margaret is sure she'll win this time.


A shy goldfish travels home
in ornate container.





4/14/2015...

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© Julia Ward  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: container, fun,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member And
 
I recall . . . 
Dad's work shed to this day
The scent of wood and dust in the air
Cobwebs in corners and crooks
Sun flooding...

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Categories: container, dad, daughter,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things