Best Contemporaries Poems
Below are the all-time best Contemporaries poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of contemporaries poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Lady of the HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the...
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Categories:
contemporaries, abuse, analogy, black african
Form:
Haibun
Heinrich Heine RevisitedI can clearly sense your utter despair of Der Matratzengruft*
As you valiantly carried on your poetic works to the very end.
This did not change your...
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Categories:
contemporaries, history, international, philosophy, poems,
Form:
Narrative
The Story of the Grand PianoShe was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who...
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Categories:
contemporaries, allegory, betrayal, music,
Form:
Prose
Bullying 101Step 1:
Inhale an envious mask upon your castrated
skull,
and prompt this necessary illusion to commence.
Bathe yourself in ego-filled waters till you feel superior
to...
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Categories:
contemporaries, allegory, anti bullying, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Changing TimesToday's changing times tell me
I need to become more contemporary.
Yet these old bones of mine
Would rather remain with the familiar.
Using archaic words gives me...
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Categories:
contemporaries, analogy, change, words,
Form:
Free verse
The Grand PianoShe was a grand piano: grand in structure, grand in beauty, grand in quality
of sound. She had captured the heart of every pianist who...
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Categories:
contemporaries, analogy, love,
Form:
Narrative
Kings and Queens IiTell me your reasons and I shall tell you mine; never ceasing stories, but!?
Sheltered as a child and kept from the world, to soothe anothers...
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Categories:
contemporaries, hope, life, love, me,
Form:
I do not know?
Categories:
contemporaries, judgement, trust, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Man and the Singer- MysticThe Old Man and the Singer- Mystic
it was like the old man
aged and rustic
a Singer sewing machine
oddity to find in a river
rusted, like the old...
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Categories:
contemporaries, old, people,
Form:
Free verse
I Have Seen a New DawnI awoke this morning, before Dawns early light; the Sunshine still slept.
I took my coffee cup, out on the porch, and for “Lenore” I...
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Categories:
contemporaries, devotion, history, love, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Founder's DayFounder's day
>A wind of gratitude is waving
>River of love is dancing, exhibiting wonderful styles whiles meandering
>Cloud of commemoration is drifting.
>All to say ‘’ayeekooo’’
>’’Osagyefo y3...
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Categories:
contemporaries, africa, anniversary, birthday, happy
Form:
Lyric
Reflections By Commodore John Barry“He fought often and once bled in the cause of freedom, but his habits of War did not lessen in him the peaceful virtues which...
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Categories:
contemporaries, adventure, autumn, dedication, history,
Form:
Epic
Wisdom's Marching CouncilI know you invited the Brothers to side-line along,
but only if we are here to listen;
Don't speak.
Yet I may have credential for qualifying voice.
For I,...
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Categories:
contemporaries, deep, health, poverty, race,
Form:
Political Verse
I Am An African FarmerI wear a toga bigger than the life I live
I know who I am so I scream aloud, clear
My name means unlimited abundance
Cultivating the earth...
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Categories:
contemporaries, farm, life, political,
Form:
Free verse
Villanelle: No Man Can On His Own Escape Written Fate, For Thiru-ValluvarVillanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate
For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of
the...
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Categories:
contemporaries, beauty, character, creation, god,
Form:
Villanelle