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Best Counsel Poems

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


Premium Member I Am Willing,, a Miracle
To win is the trying..!' gainst despairs blank stare, a wounded earth still 
rolls on..! Midst the throes of territorial vying..

Shows our shattered crystal the...

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Categories: counsel, faith,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Ragnarok: the Storm
With the end of days upon them
Nears the time of final battle
In the halls of high Valhalla
Asgard senses its death rattle

In the forest crows the...

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© Roy Jerden  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: counsel, weather,
Form: Epyllion
Premium Member The Fall of the Winter King
The Fall of The Winter King    

He had risen to power
fueled by a vicious and ruthless determination
to reclaim a lost throne.

His tactics...

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Categories: counsel, flower, nature, seasons, spring,
Form: Epic
Premium Member My Father Your Father Our Father
My Father  Your Father Our Father

My guardian and protector from the evils of deception
I thrive in your presence by learning from your correction
The past...

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Categories: counsel, allah, appreciation, baptism, beautiful,
Form: Monorhyme
The Frost Bitten Leaf
O last withering leaf hold on to the bough
Whatever be the terror caused by the lightning
       Whatever the ruthless...

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Categories: counsel, allegory, death, hope, may,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member the essence of soft shadows -
I siphon the twilight ether
    like sweet smoke from apple wood
      I draw its magic IN, (as...

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Categories: counsel, analogy, appreciation, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
The Day That Died Forever
When I am Colder,Older and then alone...
I will collect the sky on my own...
When the art has faded and the days then fade-
when everyone has...

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Categories: counsel, adventure, angst, art, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Humble Prayer For Oneself
Dear Heavenly Father, 

Please forgive me for unconfessed sins of omission, transgressions of commission, and the iniquity in my own heart. I confess that I...

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Categories: counsel, prayer,
Form: Prose
Premium Member A Little In Love
A little in love
is all that I'll be
maybe I'll fall
just a degree

Maybe I won't
melt when he smiles
maybe my hope
won't run for miles

Maybe my world
won't encircle...

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Categories: counsel, betrayal, dark, desire, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Make Me Your Instrument
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace,
That I too may have it,
For how else can I share Your peace,
Unless I first may have it.

Give...

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© Judy Ball  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: counsel, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poetry Won'T Hold Her Tongue
Poetry won't hold her tongue
When desperate times
And the little men they breed
Would counsel silence.

     She bursts instead Athenalike
   ...

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Categories: counsel, art, on writing and
Form: Free verse
This Woman's Prayer
I pray not for power or place, only for the 
simple grace to look my neighbors in the face.
I seek not for silver or gold...

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Categories: counsel, devotion, faith, graduation, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Father's Day Prayer
Dear merciful and gracious God
The Supreme Father of wisdom
The One who provides knowledge and understanding
The guiding light of all creation
Leader, provider, and shepherd of our...

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Categories: counsel, dedication, devotion, faith, father,
Form: Didactic
Grace Thou Love Nary Forlorn----Old English
Her grace, she moves in poetry,
Tread cobbled path of wandering heart;
She speaks in moonlight spirit,
Thine treasure chest come undune,
'Till I lose mine feathers,
Frozen by her...

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Categories: counsel, character, fantasy, gothic, old,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member A Damsel Or a Camel
Why drowning when there's
the ability to swim in me?
Why sleeping in the cold woods
with a match box in my Jacket
and an Axe below my head?
Why...

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Categories: counsel, adventure, life, success, symbolism,
Form: Rhyme

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